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If you have a Bible and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look on with

let me invite you over with me to Nehemiah chapter 3 feel free to use table of contents if you need to

Nehemiah chapter of three.

It's in the Old Testament, the first part of the Bible.

And as returning, I want to welcome those of you

at other locations around Metro DC,

as we gather together as a church family around God's word and

especially those of you who are visiting with us today we are really glad that you're here. The majority of you who are

members of this church family spend the majority of your week doing work, either in an office or home or at school,

outside of a church setting.

Think about it this way.

If you work just 40 hours a week for 40 years of your life,

then you will put in over 80,000 hours at a job during your lifetime.

And if you go to college, then kindergarten to college is another 15,000 or so hours preparing to work.

We have 80 students from Penn State is passing through here today and worshiping with us.

So all those hours in education, and then for many there's collective hours commuting on

top of all that. of our

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