Well, good-day folks. Thanks for joining us for the Church of the City, New York

podcast. It's such a joy to have you here. This time of year, our whole church is beginning

to look back and remember what it is that God has done and look forward to what he has for us

in the future. And one of the most surprising thing that's happened this year

is the realization of how many folks like yourself

are tuning in each week as a part of our online family.

Our podcast audience has grown remarkably this past year.

And so we wanted to take a moment to say thank you

for trusting us with your theological development and spiritual

formation every week. We consider it an honor to be able to share what God's doing in our church

through our church into your world. And we just wanted to take a moment to let you know

this really matters to us. It is not just a podcast we put on. It is a joy to know that we're walking

alongside you and helping being a part of equipping you for where you are. We're also starting

our Christmas offering. It's a vision offering called Living the Liturgy. And it really is designed to

help us bring more theological resources like this into your life and also fuel our ministry here in New York.

So if we've touched you in any way, you consider yourself like a stakeholder or a shareholder

and what we're doing here in New York, we would love to be able to partner with you.

You can go to church.ncy slash give to find out more details about that.

But we did want to take a moment just to say thank you for being with us.

And it is really an honor to share God's word with you every week.

Okay, let's get back to the podcast.

Today's teaching text is from 1st Peter 4 4 verses 7 to 11. The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert

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