Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heitzik. We're so glad you've joined us today.

Sometimes the Bible reads like a museum gallery. Stories unfolding in bright swatches of color and brushstrokes of glory with larger than life figures like Abraham, David, and Jesus himself showcased in beautiful lighting with polished plaques gleaming beneath them.

But hidden in the corners of the gallery and tucked between the pages of Scripture are stories that have been passed over.

Through this message with Pastor Skip, we'll encounter those who may have been overlooked for centuries,

but were seen, called, and used by God.

Welcome to church. We have Leonardo da Vinci. We have Rob, we have who is that Rembrandt right there,

and then we have nothing right there. And that is the name of our series, overlooked.

We're looking at characters in the Bible that are typically overshadowed by major personalities.

Because of that, these are overlooked individuals.

So the first week we looked at a guy by the name of Baruch, who was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah.

Last week, we looked at the unnamed woman named the Shulamite Bride.

That's what we name her. That's what we call her.

But she had an actual name, the wife of Solomon. And today we look at somebody in the book of Exodus

chapter 18 named Jethro. So turn in your Bibles to the second book of the Bible. That is the

book of Exodus, Exodus Chapter 18.

Now, I always tell people to open your Bibles to whatever we're looking at.

That's because this is not a speech that I'm giving.

This is not a talk.

I used to have somebody come up to me and go, that was a nice talk.

And this is a sermon, in more particular, it is a Bible study. And because it's a Bible study, it's always

helpful to have a Bible to study. And so we have them available in chairs in front of you if you did not bring one, or you could maybe share with the person you're sitting next to if you don't have one.

But it's always good to follow along, and we're in Exodus chapter 18.

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