Hey church, we're so glad you're here.

Thanks for joining us.

Welcome to the Annex.

We have never had church in this facility before.

You probably can't tell this on camera,

but it's like, it's a 100 million thousand square feet.

It's massive and it looks like we're filling it.

We're not.

We're dwarfed in this room,

but we're having a good time and we're so glad

that you joined us.

I am really, really excited about this sermon.

And here's the reality, full disclosure.

This is not a sermon I wrote for church.

This is actually a presentation I wrote

to close out a funeral for my friend last week.

I led a memorial service for a dear friend of mine

and I led it on my birthday.

The dad turned 43 and I mean, I wanted.

I wasn't gonna miss the memorial for anything

and was there in the suburbs of Seattle.

We had an amazing opportunity to honor our friend

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