Good morning church, how we doing? Come on. Our Savior lives. Amen. Amen. Hey, my name is Zach White,

and I am a resident at this church for one last day. And I cannot believe that this 10 months is coming to a

close. I am so thankful that God brought me here to learn and be poured into by leaders and pastors

who are determined to develop this next generation, specifically John Green and Derek

Davidson, are fierce leaders of the residency this past year. Us residents, we came in from all

across the country, literally coast to coast. I'm from Litterock, Arkansas, Wu Pig Sui. Come on.

I am so thankful to the Barnets, my host home, who let me live with them for the past 10 months.

I am so thankful for the church body, who all of you guys, who have invested into the mission

of Harris Creek, which has invested into me, which has laid the foundation for what I hope

to be, what I get to do for the rest of my life.

It was a special moment being commissioned,

prayed over alongside my fellow residents just a few minutes ago, who I consider some of my

closest friends now, and that just makes sense because we were in The Grindr together this past

10 months. I don't even know how many books we read. We read the Bible in 90 days.

We had to read in order to teach. We had spontaneous presentations. We had semester presentations.

We had roundtable debates. It was loaded and we all individually were in our own ministries.

I had the lucky privilege of learning under Nate, the great

Tilgan Camp with the Net, our young adults ministry here at Harris Creek, and it was amazing.

And if that sounds like a lot, it's because it was. We got to do a lot of things and we got to learn a lot. And while that is true,

while we got to do a lot of things, one thing that we were taught and reminded of over and over and over again is simply that ministry,

everything we do as ministers revolves around one thing, helping people know Jesus and grow in their

relationship with Him. Why? Why is that what everything revolves around,

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