Building Dedication I

In this video, I will be talking about how to make a 3D model of a Alleluia! Let the sound of thunder roar! Alleluia! He is born again! Alleluia! He is rose in majesty! Alleluia! We will ever sing! Let us come before our mighty King, Worship Him throughout our days. Let us bring a special offering, A joyful, joyful symphony of praise! Alleluia! Let the sound of thunder roar! Alleluia! He is born again! Alleluia! He is rose in majesty! Alleluia! We will ever sing! Let the city of all its goddesses roar! Let the waves of thunder and truth gleam! Let the hills sing of forevermore! To praise the mighty King of earth and sea! Let us praise His great and awesome name! Holy, holy is our King! Let us witness now our sealed in claim! Let us exalt Him as we sing! Alleluia! Let the sound of thunder roar! Alleluia! He is born again! Alleluia! He is rose in majesty! Alleluia! We will ever sing! Let us come before our mighty King, Worship Him throughout our days. Let us bring a special offering, A joyful, joyful symphony of praise! Alleluia! Let the sound of thunder roar! Alleluia! He is born again! Alleluia! He is rose in majesty! Alleluia! We will ever sing! Amen! Amen! Amen! Lord, we thank You for the joy of our celebration, pale in comparison with the weight of glory that You have set apart for those who love You, Lord. And so we thank You for just the opportunity, Lord, to taste a little bit of what it is, Lord God, that You want to work in us, of the joy of life. Lord, of the celebration of the Spirit of God. Lord, of the preparation of our souls, God, for what You have in all of eternity. And we ask You, Lord, to be pleased with this gathering, Lord. May every one of us here today, Lord, present ourselves to You as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to our God. We thank You, Lord, and give You praise in Jesus' mighty name. Everyone said, Amen. Wasn't that glorious? Praise the Lord. It's kind of too much to take in all at once, isn't it? Your eyes, ears, and heart are filled. I just bless the Lord. I welcome each one of you today. And I know that many of you have honored us by coming and visiting with us. And we thank God for you. We just feel very special because you made the effort to come and celebrate what God has done for us here at North Way Christian Community. My name is Jay Pasavant. For those of you who don't know me or what we're doing here, we're excited to share with you something of what God has done for us. And you're sitting in the fruit of much labor over the last nine months. And we're just delighted to be able to acknowledge God together. We know that He's the one that receives the glory and the honor and the praises. One of our elders, Ken Hobbs, is going to come and lead us now in worship and praise together as we celebrate what God has done. Let's stand together as we praise the name of the Lord. I was looking in my Word that said, Majesty. Majesty is dignity and elegance. And we've just seen that displayed here today. It also says in Psalms that Jesus, our God, is clothed in majesty. It gives us an idea of what majesty is. And we know at one time that Jesus did not have any majesty, just as He was going to the cross. But then what happened? He is alive today. It says, Before, and now, and forevermore, He is majestic. Let's stand. Let's sing together, Majesty. Majesty. Majesty. Worship His Majesty. Unto Jesus be our glory, power, and praise. Majesty. Kingdom authority. Love from His throne unto His own is ever great. Oh, exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus. Magnified and glorified by Jesus the King. Majesty. Worship His Majesty. Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings. Majesty. Oh, Majesty. Worship His Majesty. Unto Jesus be our glory, power, and praise. Majesty. Kingdom authority. Love from His throne unto His own is ever great. Oh, exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus. Magnified and glorified by Jesus the King. Majesty. Worship His Majesty. Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings. Oh, exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus. Magnified and glorified by Jesus the King. Majesty. Worship His Majesty. Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings. Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings. Let's give Him glory and honor. Praise you, Lord. Hallelujah. Give Him glory. Worship Him and adore Him. Hallelujah. The King of kings. The Lord of lords. Give you praise and honor and glory. Hallelujah. Yes, our God reigns. How lovely. How lovely are the mountains on the feet of Him. Who brings good news. Good news. Yes, He's announcing peace. Announcing peace. Proclaiming news of happiness. Praise you, Lord. Hallelujah. Give you praise. Arise, shine. For your light is come. Arise, shine. For your light is come. And the glory of the Lord is risen. The glory of the Lord is come. The glory of the Lord is risen. Upon thee. Arise, shine. For your light is come. Arise, shine. For your light is come. And the glory of the Lord is risen. The glory of the Lord is come. The glory of the Lord is risen. Upon thee. Arise, shine. For your light is come. Arise, shine. For your light is come. And the glory of the Lord is risen. The glory of the Lord is come. The glory of the Lord is risen. Upon thee. Give you praise, oh Lord. Hallelujah. Praise you, man. Praise you, wonderful man. Glory to you, man. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord, that you have come. Oh, Father. It's good to be in your presence, Lord. We welcome the presence of the Holy Spirit here today. Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Let's give Him praise and honor and glory with that old hymn of the church. All hail the power of Jesus' name. All hail the power of Jesus' name. Where angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem. And crown Him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem. And crown Him Lord of all. Be chosen seed of His judgment. Be ransomed from the fall. Hail Him who saved you by His grace. And crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him who saved you by His grace. And crown Him Lord of all. Let every tongue and every tribe on this terrestrial fall To Him all majesty astride. And crown Him Lord of all. To Him all majesty astride. And crown Him Lord of all. For that with yonder sacred song We at His feet may fall. We'll join the everlasting song. And crown Him Lord of all. We'll join the everlasting song. And crown Him Lord of all. Praise the Father. Give Him praise. Give Him honor and glory. Give Him praise, Lord. Hallelujah. Praise Your name. Oh Lord, we can't give You enough praise. Thank You, Lord. Thank You. You may be seated. Welcome someone as you're seated. Take time right now and welcome the people right in back of you. Would you do that? Welcome the people. Aren't you glad to be here? Aren't you glad to be here? It's so good to know that we're not just solidly cemented toward the front. But we belong to one another, beloved. We belong to one another. And we're so grateful that God, in His sovereign way, about 62 months ago, 62 months almost to the day, that a group of people, about 145 people, gathered right over there. This wall right here divides where these blue large walls are. And they divide that whole building. And that's where the first North Way Christian community met 62 months ago. March the 28th, 1981. And God continued to pour out His Spirit and bless the leadership of North Way who were committed to some foundational principles that we continue to see evidenced in our midst. And we're seeing the fruition of many hours, of many prayers, the fruition of lives that were once no people, but now are the people of God. Amen? Amen. And as we're just reflecting, I was just thinking about these eight or nine families that gathered together for the first couple months and met in home groups on Sunday mornings, about 45 or 50 people. And they chose to call a J-PASS event as their pastor and that God was calling forth a new expression of the life of Jesus in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. And the joke was around that during the first three months, Jay just didn't know what to do. He sat up in the office at the open door and kind of looked at the walls. Believe me, the walls were very close together. And week by week, God added to our numbers daily, those who were being saved. And we continued to grow, and pretty soon we were in three rooms, and today we're in four rooms of what was once Bradley House North. And George and Boots Bradley, I don't know if you're here today. Are you here? Are you somewhere out there? We invited them to come and be a part of this time today. They so graciously allowed us to be here each Sunday morning and then different meetings during the week. And then we came to a place where we knew that God was calling us out, and he was calling us to plant ourselves and to be here in the North Hills and have an expression in the North Hills that was much more permanent than it was before. And so we pursued bargaining on this building, moving toward an agreement, and yet we just couldn't really deal with the Lowrys who owned it. So we had to move out, and we did. And on January 1, 1985, we moved out, and we moved out to St. Teresa's, a Catholic church in Perrysville, on Perrysville Highway. We were there for about five or six months. And one Saturday afternoon, I believe Jay was looking through the paper and just happened to see an ad in the paper that Bradley House North was going up for auction. And for six months we had tried to obtain this building, and it was amazing. In about three short weeks, God gave us this building for half the price we were willing to pay for it originally. Isn't God great? Hallelujah. And you know, from the foundation of North Way, we've been committed to some foundational principles. We've been committed to power released by the Holy Spirit. We've been committed to prayer, a lifestyle of prayer in the church. We've been committed to the reality that God wants to call forth the people in praise and worship and to lift up the name of Jesus. We've been called forth realizing that He wants us related to one another, bound to one another. And so the foundation of North Way was centered in ministry, in homes, together, seeking God, seeking His face, ministering to one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfilling the law of Christ. And God has been so gracious to us, beloved, that the words of Jesus, the words of Isaiah that Jesus confirmed 700 years later when He said, Indeed, today in your presence, this prophecy, these words are fulfilled. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, to grant to those who mourn in Zion, to give them a garland instead of ashes, and the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit, that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. Beloved, our commitment has been to people, to seeing the church which was broken, which was hurting, healed and restored, becoming what she was always intended to be. And week by week and month by month, we've seen people restored and healed. And added to the church. Growing up, equipped and sent forth. And Veronica and Dennis Riley are such a vital part of our body. I want to share just a moment about, you can come Dennis and Veronica, about how God touched their lives through the ministry of North Way. And, you know, I said they could have three minutes, and now it's down to two. But we're just so grateful that they could just come and share what God has done in their life through the ministry here. Hi. This is a little intimidating, but I'm so full of joy to be able to share what Christ has done in my life through this body. It was four years ago that my wife and I first came here. We came because we felt it was time that our children hear something about God, and maybe be part of a church. We had been married for nine years during that time, and didn't go to church together, and didn't really know where we stood with the Lord. And as we came in here, we found people who were willing and joyful to speak forth that Jesus was their Lord. And they were willing to worship him, and to sing to him, and to sing his praises. And they were willing to live that out by offering themselves to us, love and care and friendship. And that was all new to us, and it was special. And it made us take note that there were a lot of wonderful things in our lives. We had a good marriage, a good job. We were happy. And yet we saw that there was something in the lives of these people that we didn't have. And we came to know that that was Jesus Christ. And through that, we had to question what we had. And we realized that we were leading lives for ourselves, that we were our own little God. And we came face to face with Jesus. And through the people here at North Way, we made a commitment to follow the Lord. And we came into a personal relationship with him. And I never knew what that meant. I heard that term around here. And it was making a commitment, it was stepping forward, saying that we would follow Jesus as our Lord, that opened up a relationship between Ronnie and I with the Lord. And we came to know him. He lifted the veil from our eyes. And there were many wonderful things that have followed from that. One is that we've taken a marriage that was special, and it's become a godly marriage. Jesus has become the center of our marriage. And it's just renewed us and restored us and refreshed us. And I'm here just to praise his name. And I want to thank the body that was willing to express their love towards Jesus and boldly proclaim that before us so that we were challenged to see where we stood with the Lord. Since that time, many, many things have happened. His body has blessed us financially. It's cared for us. And it's reached out to us in love. And that was Jesus shining through each one of you. So I just want to say thanks. And I'm so proud to be able to stand up here and say, Jesus is my Lord. Hallelujah. That, my friends, is what this church is all about. We met here for years when the principal smell was liquor. And the principal atmosphere was smoky. And it didn't matter because Jesus was in the house. And he's still in the house today. Just as Dennis was sharing right there, I know the Lord was touching several of you. You wish you could say that about God and your relationship to him. And because Jesus is here today, you can say that. You can touch him today. We're thankful for what God has done to use many people to cause this building to be raised up for his glory. It's really changed a lot in the last few months. And I just, because we want to move along today, I only want to acknowledge three people whose lives really exemplify the labor that scores of people, many of the contractors and subcontractors and so on, and many volunteers, many of you, what your lives were poured into this building to make it be what it is today. But three people that, to me, epitomize that. I want them to stand in just a moment and just where they are. In fact, I think it'd be really well if we do this. I'm going to ask the elders to come, and we're going to have a prayer of dedication right now. And as the elders come up, come brothers, I'd also like to ask Dolph Marché, John Silverman, and Veronica Riley to come forward. Praise the Lord. Dolph Marché, come brother. That's all right. We want you to come. We want to pray. This is Dolph Marché, the architect who designed what you see today. Isn't that glorious? I'll tell you. And this dear man, a brother in Jesus, stood his ground, beloved, when many of us thought it was sinking sand. I want you to know that. And I praise God for his perseverance and faithfulness and the godly spirit and heart that he shared with us. His vision has persevered. I want to thank the Lord for the opportunity to let me walk in faith and be persistent in hearing what he was saying to me. That's right. No matter what my Christian brothers and sisters were saying or what anybody else was saying. Thank you, Lord. This man, his hands are anointed of God, and I mean that. And all that you see here, John and one other man put it all up. They did everything. All the bulkhead, all the stage work, all the offices. Lots of things you don't see, but I hope you'll just move around the building afterwards and see. Many offices they created, the things that they did. And it wasn't just the fact that they were working, but whenever they were there, John exuded a spirit of confidence that God was working through him and used some of his creativity to just put things together. And we were really blessed to have you, John. We thank you very much. Thank you. And this demure little lady here is really a tiger when it comes to decorating. She set herself in motion and wasn't to be daunted along the way at all. And much of what you see all around the building, she labored to put together creatively, working with Dolph and designing it and putting the colors together and so on and enlisting volunteers. Many of you, I wish we could acknowledge you all, but you know we love you out there. And I trust as we pray now for the building that you'll know that we're thanking God for what he's done through all of you and these three to bring this about. And I've asked Pastor Scott McCabe to pray our prayer of dedication. I'm going to ask you to join hands where you are. And could I ask you in addition to be standing as we pray together? This has to be one of the most exciting days of my life. And very much like Solomon must have felt as they prepared to dedicate the temple, I feel as if right now I'm surrounded by a group of men and women who indeed are my brothers and sisters in Christ. And that group isn't just behind me. There is an extended family in the body of Christ that is real. It's the realest thing on earth. I just want to read a few verses before we pray. Out of 2 Chronicles 6, starting at verse 12. And said, And then skipping down to verse 18. But will God dwell indeed with man on the earth, he asks? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee. How much less this house which I have built. This house cannot contain all that God will do. But the living temples, those living stones whose hands are joined right now will. Let's join in prayer. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord. Lord, just as Solomon's hands were raised to thee, in dedication of that work where much toil and much strain had gone forth, we too, Lord, as we join hands, dedicate this building to the glory of God and for the use and purpose of fellowship of the saints of the living God. We thank you, Lord, as we were reminded this morning that these walls will fade away. They one day will be burned. But Lord, that work, that marvelous work that we dedicate at the same time that you're doing inside the saints of God will never be destroyed. For Lord, we have begun to walk with you forever. You're shaping temples now that will give you glory in glory. Lord, hallelujah. We say hallelujah. Blessed be the name of the Lord God. We lift up the name of Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords. Hallelujah. Lord, we now, in Jesus' name, dedicate the one on our right, the one on our left, the one before us and the one behind us. And these walls and this roof around us, Lord, we dedicate and commit this all to the glory of God. That this world will see that there is light here shining in the darkness, that no one in this community can be the same, because Jesus Christ is doing a marvelous work here. No one in this city will be the same, because you are doing a work like this, Lord, all around this city. That no one in this country, Lord, and ultimately to the ends of the earth, will be the same, because they will hear and see the life of Jesus in those you are sending forth from this place. In Jesus' name, everyone says. Amen. Hallelujah. You may be seated. Thank you. Praise the Lord. For those of you that don't know, we at North Way believe that this Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God. And we seek to order ourselves according to it. One of the things this Bible specifically tells us to do are to pray for the government authorities and those who He has placed over us. And I feel it myself today to be a great privilege to have two specific men who have come here representing our state government here in Pennsylvania. And I'd like to introduce each of those men right now. And if they'd like to come and just say a word to you, I trust that they'll feel free to do that. First of all, I want to introduce Representative George Pott, who is here. And he graciously, at the last minute, agreed to come and greet us. And I trust, say that it's okay that we can stay here. Is that right? Okay. What a beautiful place you have here. Thanks. And praise be to God. And the Lord has certainly made His face to shine upon you and been so gracious unto you. He also has given you a challenge. He has been good, and He's given you a challenge to go out into the community and help all other people in this community learn the Word of God and learn the meaning of true relationships with Jesus. My sincere congratulations and very best wishes for a temple of glory. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Thank you. Amen. You might be looking for a job here. That's right. In addition, I want to acknowledge and express my appreciation to State Senator Edward Early, who has come to share this moment with us, a man that we respect and appreciate and have for some time. Senator Early, come and share with us. Thank you, Pastor. It so happens I am looking for a job. Here's your chance. Far be it, though, for me to be qualified to come and speak at the temple of the Lord. I do want to praise the work of all of you who have put forth the effort and who have turned this particular building into a house of God. And I cannot praise you and thank you enough. Many of you who are my constituents in the work that you are doing will bring forth many of additional constituents who are not here today, but I'm sure with the work of the pastors, the work of the elders, the work of those who belong to this particular congregation, I'm sure many who are not here will be here. That's right. Amen. I thank you. I thank you for the opportunity of being with you today in your hour of glory, in your hour of opening this very, very nice house of God, and I wish you the best of luck. Thank you, Reverend. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. Thank you. A very important part of having this celebration together was an opportunity to call together many of our friends here in the North Hills area and around the city of Pittsburgh at large who represent other congregations of people just like us, who love the Lord Jesus Christ and are committed to his kingdom. Having been here in the North Hills for 12 years now, I know how difficult it is to pastor and remain in relationship with other pastors. That might sound strange to you, but pastors are people most of the time, and that is the problem. Sometimes it can be very difficult to see what another is doing and you begin to see weaknesses or draw comparisons and so on. One of the things that has held the church back, the church at large, the universal body of Christ, is the inability for men and women of God, of different persuasions and so on, but committed to the lordship of Jesus Christ, their inability to yoke together in unity to take this gospel. Jesus said that it would be when we loved one another, and the world saw that, that all men would know that we are his disciples. And here today, a number of pastors have honored us by coming to share this event with us. And I want to call these men right now to come forward. I might not be able to introduce you all, but I want you to come right now out of your chairs. We're going to have a prayer of unity for the church right now. We're going to ask God to join the church together. Thank you brothers. Come stand right here, would you? Amen, Lord. These are dear men of God, each one. And I'm going to fumble once or twice, but I think you need to know who these men are. You know, Scott, this is Paul Ferraro from Cranberry Christian Center. And you know about Paul, those of you who come to North Way, and we're excited for Paul and what the Lord wants to do through him. And I'm very honored today that Jerry Landry of Memorial Park, my former senior pastor, is here to share this with us. God bless you. Fred didn't mention his name, but this is Fred Steele, who I could say so much about that's so good, but I'll wait until later. Norman Valentine from the Christian Missionary Alliance Church here in the North Hills. Dear brother in Jesus has been with us now for some time, and our fellowship together is strong even though we don't get it together enough, dearly brother. Okay. YOU, Youth Opportunities Unlimited on the Northside. We've been working with them for a number of years and serving the inner city and the needs of the people in the church there. Now, this dear brother came. These two brothers come together. Ray Patterson and Mark Geppert from Dayspring Christian Center. Hallelujah. Ray said he was twins. I don't know about that. You know this dear brother here in the center? This is Russ Bixler of Channel 40, and a dear man of God that we're glad to have here today. He's going to pray for us tonight. Lee Kreicher of the Pittsburgh East Full Gospel Church. We're getting to know Lee now as co-workers, partners in the gospel, out in the Penn Hills area. Lee's blessed of God in moving and anointing this spirit. That's Pittsburgh East Full Gospel Church, brother. Thank you. Rich Kriznerick of Cornerstone Fellowship in Greensburg. Rich has so much to offer of a teaching gift, and I pray someday he'll come and share with us here. The Lord's using him to raise up a congregation of believers just like you out there in the Greensburg area. Praise the Lord. This is John Babson of the North Hills Evangelical Free Church. John and I see each other seven times a week at Denny's. We are always eating together, and I appreciate John's partnership at Eden Christian Academy and other works that we're into together here. Most of you know Pastor Ron Bailey of the Allison Park Assembly of God. Let's welcome Ron. We'll be hearing from Ron in just a moment as one of the men that stood with us in those first days together. Dear brother in Jesus, appreciate him. Here's Jim Morrison for the last week at North Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Jim and I have known each other initially all the way back in the early 70s, I expect. Still friends. Jim will be sharing in a moment also, and then he's leaving immediately to go to Denver. This is Pastor Bob Ebaugh, who is Living Word Fellowship. I kept wanting to say Millwood Hall, and I know that wasn't right. Pastor Bob and I have known each other also for a number of years and have shared the joy of seeing God minister. Bob and I prayed together. Remember that, brother? For many months in that little cubbyhole office in the open door. That was a bonding time together. This dear brother has come. It was through him that we met Abraham Pothen. This is Bert May, who works with Christian Literacy Associates. Now, these men represent, beloved, you as the people of God. And I want you to pray now as Russ leads us in a word, in a prayer of unity together, that God is going to do something through the United Church of Jesus Christ. Just remain standing as Russ leads us. Glory to God. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We glorify you this day. We give you glory and honor. We're reminded of how you cleaned the smoke out of this building. But Lord, if you want to bring your smoke back in here so that we can't even minister today, that's all right with us, Lord. We thank you for glorifying yourself in our midst. We praise you for this demonstration of Christian unity here right now. And my only grief, Father, is that there aren't more. Father, we praise you for bringing the body of Jesus Christ together. We thank you that we can rally around the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We can love one another. Lord, we want to have this happen. We want to have a close bond with one another when we don't have to have it. And not wait until that day when we're forced to love one another and to share our goods in common. But Father, now we pray that your Holy Spirit will sweep across this area, this whole of Allegheny County, Westmoreland, Butler Counties, all these counties, represented Beaver County here, sweep across here in power, in the power of your Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, with miracles attending as the word of the Lord is proclaimed, as the name of Jesus is broadcast in our area. Lord, use each one of us to say the same message, to love Jesus, to love your word, and to proclaim the soon coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, Lord Jesus, come soon. Come soon, Father. Get us all excited about the next great event on the prophetic calendar. Lord, get every one of us excited about it. We give you this building. We give you ourselves. We declare the unity of the body of Jesus Christ. We declare that we are the body, and each one of us is a separate part, flowing together, working together. We declare unity in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord, for making this church, this congregation, as a city set on a hill, a light that cannot be extinguished, and a crucial part, an important aspect of this unity for which we pray. Bless the pastors, Father, the pastors of this congregation. Use them to this end, that your kingdom might grow, grow in love and concern for one another, and that each of us will recognize who we are in Jesus Christ together. For we pray in his name, amen. Amen. Praise the Lord. Thank you, brethren. You may be seated once again. We're going to hear briefly from Jim Morrison, who over the years for me has been a brother that I knew I could go to when I needed help. And that was pretty frequently. Jim knows probably more of you than I do. Even in my own church, I think sometimes Jim has a gift of relating to people, and I have appreciated his friendship a great deal. And truly, as he moves to Denver, and I was serious about that, he's taking the pastorate of Faith Presbyterian Church. I couldn't quite say that. Faith Presbyterian Church. How quickly you forget! That's right. And that's in Aurora. I can't spell it either. Aurora, Colorado. Okay. I want you all to know that I am risking everything right now by giving this microphone to Jim. But I'll do it anyhow. Jim Morrison, praise the Lord. Thanks, Jim. I guess I want to tell you about one experience that I had with Jay early on. It's somewhat related to all of you. This one morning, it was about ten minutes to twelve, and I was doing what I always love to do. I was on my way out to eat. It didn't matter where. And I was going out the door, and I had this impression. I believed the Lord in a very special way was touching me, and I had to stop dead in my tracks. It was just like that. Maybe you have these experiences all the time. I don't. And I knew that I couldn't leave our building, that I had to go back and call Jay. I didn't know why. I just had this impression upon me that I was supposed to do this. So I went into the phone and dialed Jay's number, and I said, Jay, this is Jim. I just thought I'd call you. And he said, Jim, it's good to hear from you! And I thought, Whoa, I guess he's paying for lunch. And Jay said that since he had gotten up that morning, he had been praying that God somehow in a special way would touch my heart so that I would get together with him before 12 o'clock that day. And I want to praise him for that. I was overwhelmed by that when he said that, and I was thinking, Oh boy, I wonder what this lunch is about. And we got together, and it was down at Roy Rogers there. Remember that, Jay? That's closed down now. Maybe God wants to put a church in there. I don't know. But we met for lunch down at Roy Rogers on McKnight Road, and Jay at that time was struggling with a call that he had to go up into the state of New York, and some of you may have been aware of that. A church up in New York State had been discussing their future, and Jay is the pastor, and he had been pra