Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast. Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

Hey everyone! Hello! So good to be here today. Now I've met many of you over the years and at the

campuses, hey campuses, maybe I've met you at an event here or a conference. Some of you know me as

Pastor Robert and Pastor Debbie's daughter-in-law, which Pastor Robert will be back in the pulpit next week.

So make sure you join us again next weekend. Some of you know me as James Wife. True.

But if you're new to Gateway or I just haven't met you yet, hi, I'm Bridget. Nice to meet you.

I get to oversee and lead our women's ministry here. Pastor Debbie passed the baton to me four

years ago for that. I also get to oversee some other ministries and departments within the church

and women's and men's really partners together. So men's summit is coming up guys right around the

corner. And if you didn't get a seat here, if you didn't get a ticket for in person, we still have

plenty of opportunity for you to join us online. So make sure you do that. So that's my work life.

At home, I have three kids. So I'm a mom. And what you'll hear a little bit about them later.

And it's a special weekend for me. It's my birthday weekend.

So y'all, I'm preaching on my birthday. It is so awesome. I'm just so excited. I'm pumped to be

here. So I don't know if your allergies have informed you that spring has sprung.

But my allergies have informed me of this. So I have a bottle of water in the event I need it,

just warning y'all. Okay, so something around this season of the year is wedding season.

I just talked to a woman at a store who attends here at Gateway and her daughters getting married

this weekend. I know a bunch of other people have their bridal showers come out, wedding parties,

all of that. So congratulations, everybody. And like, I'm a girl. So I love love.

But even more than the lovey-dovey mushy-gushy stuff of a wedding, I love weddings for people watching.

Bridesmaids, I'm watching. But by far, my favorite are the groomsmen.

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