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The Unfolding

Page 114: Monte Gannon and Michael Smith

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When the police knocked on Pastor Monte Gannon's door, he never could have imagined it was the start of something beautiful. Everything his church-owned was packed in a trailer that had been stolen and burned to the ground. As Monte prayed, he remembered two things- desperate people do desperate things, and God can take what was meant for evil and turn it for good. In a video that went viral, Monte reached out to whoever was responsible for the crime saying, "You are valuable. God has hope for you. You are invited to Meadows Church." He had no idea how his words would come true.

Transcript

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Page 114 of the unfolding is the story of Monty Gannon and Michael Smith.

0:05.7

I'm telling these guys and I'm trying to keep it together.

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I said, this pastor of the church just, you know, offered me forgiveness and wants to try to change my life.

0:13.9

I was like, maybe there is a God.

0:16.6

I mean, who does that?

0:18.4

God's story has been unfolding.

0:21.6

Since the beginning of time.

0:24.7

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:31.1

Another page in the unfolding.

0:33.9

The The Unfolding.

0:45.0

Hey, this is Meredith Foster.

0:51.4

Every week on The Unfolding, we share a God's story, how God uses the events and experiences of our lives to transform our faith.

0:53.8

When I first heard about this week's story,

0:55.7

I thought, that is so incredible. There's no other explanation, but God. When you've heard it,

1:03.4

I think you're going to feel the same. Monti Gannon is a pastor. His church experienced something

1:09.3

awful. As Monty was grappling with this turn of events, he sensed

1:13.6

God saying, you know, this looks terrible, but I'm about to do something beautiful. This is a story

1:20.5

of God taking what was meant for evil and using it for good, mind-blowing, life-changing good. In order to understand where you were when this

1:33.0

incident happened, I'd love to hear a little background about where your faith was and what you're,

1:38.7

what were you like? Yeah, definitely. I mean, even before I was in ministry, I mean, just to give you

1:43.5

a context of where I was with Christ, 18 years old, I went to college, and I mean, even before I was in ministry, I mean, just to give you a context of where I was

1:44.8

with Christ, 18 years old, I went to college and I church, I was kind of done with church,

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