Well, like Miles said, my name is Matt Cole. I'm the worship pastor here at Auburn Community Church.

Been here for just over five years now, full time. I have lived in Auburn. I'm an Atlanta transplant,

born and raised OTP. That's outside the perimeter, for those of you who don't know Atlanta.

And so it has been the biggest honor of my life to have been on this journey while ACC has

been growing and God has been moving.

Caitlin and I both count it such an honor to be here.

And even in this moment, I just want to thank the elders and Miles for even letting me

stand here and take this mantle for a week. And what a lot of people don't get to see, the vast

majority of people at ACC is behind the scenes, behind those closed doors where the meetings of what

is decided here and what is prayed about here and the

vision and the direction. And I've gotten to be in those meetings and in those moments. And can I

just encourage you and tell you that the realness, the honesty, the health that is in this place

is real. Like it's not a hype show. Like our elders are some of the healthiest people that I've

ever met in my life. And so it is so cool to see God doing a work in and through people who have said,

you know what, God, you can have all of us. And what's even crazier is that we have a lead pastor that has allowed me to stand here.

And I want you to feel the gravity of the reality of this situation.

Like, Miles has let someone who is superior at every major sport stand on his stage in this moment. And that's huge, y'all. God is on the move.

Like, the spirit of God is on the move in this place. And for real, and Miles was like,

bro, you better tell them the truth. He's a little better at basketball than me. And that's about it.

And so that's the truth um and so that's that's the truth um

and so in all seriousness i'm so thankful to be here and we've been in a series um in ephesians for a lot of

weeks now and it's been incredible and if you miss last week i would encourage you to go listen to

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