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Oh Bethlehem Baptist Church, and desiring God in Bethlehem College and seminary, we'd like to

welcome you to this seminar, Let the Nations Be Glad with Pastor John Piper.

This is the first time John has done this seminar on missions, even though he's done dozens of these Friday night, Saturday morning seminars over the years, and we're glad that you could be with us for this.

Some of you may know that these seminars have previously been called TBI Seminars,

The Bethlehem Institute, which was our apprenticeship program and training program here at Bethlehem. and College and seminary, and we would love to have you take a look at

Bethlehem College and seminary if you're interested. There are tables here in the

back for the college and seminary. Also you can check things out online at BCS-M-N.org.

Also there's another one of these seminars coming just around the corner.

November 11 and 12, the theme is corporate worship, and the title is Gravity and Gladness.

That's November 11 and 12, and we'd love to have you join us for that as well.

The format for the seminar is five hours, two hours this evening, three hours tomorrow morning.

So a little warning ahead of time that it'll be two three hours

this evening.

and if you would like to stretch or visit the restrooms,

please feel free to do so at any point. The restrooms are out the

doors through the Commons. If you'll follow the little white chain fence there

that's roping off the wedding reception party for tomorrow, you would go right to the restrooms there.

There will then be a short break about nine o'clock and we'll come back in here to have a

Q&A time with Pastor Piper. And if you would like to enter a question for that

Q&A time, we're taking those questions via Twitter. You can do that from here or those who are watching on the live stream. If you would

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