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Hello church family.

My name is Darren Speck and my wife Andrew and I serve as

deacons in the Connections Ministry and we've been here about 18 years and this morning I'm going to be reading from Jonah 1 through 17.

But the Lord hurled a great wind up on the sea and there was a mighty tempest on the sea so that the ship threatened to break up.

Then the mariners were afraid and each cried out to his God and they hurled the cargo

that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into

the inner part of the ship and had

lain down and was fast asleep.

So the captain came and said to him,

what do you mean?

You sleeper, arise, call out to your God, perhaps the God will give a thought to us that we may not perish.

And they said to one another, come, let us cast lots that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us. So they cast

lots, the lot fell on Jonah, then they said to them, tell us on whose account this

evil has come upon us.

What is your occupation?

Where do you come from?

What is your country?

And of what people are you?

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord

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