Welcome to the Bethel Church Sermon of the Week.

We hope you enjoy this message by Pastor Bill Johnson.

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Thanks, thankful, Bethel family, blessings to you.

And much love and ongoing blessings to Eric and Candace.

I'm just so thankful.

This is more challenging than you may be able to imagine, but we're going to do well.

I want you to notice the picture behind me,

and they're beautiful.

All those orange trees are evergreens.

So either they were photoshopped or they're dying.

Actually, either they're photoshopped or they're dead. It's a beautiful color

contrast. All the dark green trees in the middle, those are actually the kind that turn orange,

but they are green. I just thought it would help me to communicate that to you because it's so important.

All right, help me out here. Open your Bibles.

That's, that helps me, just trust me, work with me here.

Open your Bibles, if you would, to Jeremiah chapter 29. Jeremiah 29 we will as has probably been said well enough already

I think we are not going to be quick to be making plans we want to savor the moment in a sense because

we want to make sure that we give honor where it's due

and express our absolute thanks and gratefulness and celebration for who Eric and Candace are

and all that they've done. And so this would be a very tender season. We will be very open and upfront with you

about what's going on and when,

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