Welcome to Fresh Life Church. We're so glad you're here. It does my heart good to see you.

If you're new to the church, you know, maybe you're not aware and that's okay. I'm really glad if you are new to the church that you're with us today if you

joined online or here at the invitation of a friend or maybe you're new to one of our communities

and you're looking for a church and you're here we're so glad you've come means the world

in our family we've been a little

bit thrown off kilter as life tends to do that that's because last well two weeks ago now Easter weekend we all were planning

and moving towards of course in ministry here's what you got to know if you're

going to be a pastor you're going to work holidays all right it's just how it goes

so I have I was talking with my mom. I have not had a

Christmas, a Thanksgiving, an Easter with my family since we started this church.

Last 17 years on Easter Sunday I stood here and preached Easter Sunday church to y'all

and not been with any of my family and that's just part of the job right that's

not telling you that to make you feel bad or whatever.

If you're a soldier, you do your soldier things.

If you are a grocer, you're a grocer.

You have to deal with the rush of Super Bowl parties, right?

All the things.

So we all have our unique challenges.

I haven't preached, missed Easter Sunday in 17 years,

though, until this year, because on Good Friday at 2 PM,

we were told my dad had days to live.

And we thought we had another year, year and a half.

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