Power(full) Week 2
Power(full) Week 1
Easter at Bright City
Speak to the Storm - Week 10
Speak to the Storm - Week 8
Speak to the Storm - Week 8
Speak to the Storm - Week 7
Speak to the Storm - Week 6
Speak to the Storm - Week 5
Speak to the Storm - Week 4
Speak to the Storm - Week 3
Speak to the Storm - Week 2
Speak to the Storm - Week 1
Celebrating 10 Years at Bright City
Blessed Assurance Week 5 - Sharing Sunday
Blessed Assurance Week 4 with Nick and Jess
Blessed Assurance Week 3 with Alexandra Hoover
Blessed Assurance Week 2 with Josh Walters
Blessed Assurance Week 1
Bright City Future Fund 2023 - Please find the presentation at the following link:
Future Builders - Week 9
Future Builders - Week 7
Future Builders - Week 6
Future Builders - Week 5
Future Builders - Week 4
Future Builders - Week 3
Future Builders - Week 2
Future Builders - Week 1
Introducing, Alexandra Hoover
Growing Promises: Week 4
Growing Promises: Week 3
Growing Promises: Week 2
Growing Promises: Week 1
Friends of Bright City: Andrew Sbarra
Friends of Bright City: Brandon and Laura Robinson
Friends of Bright City: Emilio Aviles
Friends of Bright City: Josh Walters
Friends of Bright City: Stories of Mission
Friends of Bright City: Katie and Josh Walters
Bright City Father's Day
Protect the produce
Made for more: multiplication
Made for more: when we’re in the thick of it
Made for more: so don’t settle for less
Made for more: but doing less
Made for more: keep plowing
Made for more: the miracle before the miracle
Easter- Come on See
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 8
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 7
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 6
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 5
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 4
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 3
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 2
Becoming Winsome: Evangelism for the Rest of Us, Week 1
Flourish: How We Pray
Flourish - Week 3
Flourish- Starting and Sustaining Spiritual Momentum
On Waiting: Christmas at Bright City
On Waiting: In the Waiting, We Can Experience Peace and Fulfillment - Andrew Sbarra
On Waiting: Waiting for Rescue - Jess Connolly
The future is Bright - People Are Our Priority
The Future is Bright - The Bright Future Fund
The Future is Bright - When Ownership is an Honor
The Future is Bright Because Jesus is at the Center
Bright City 10/16/22 - Persistent Resistance, Week 7
Bright City 10/9/22 - Persistent Resistance, Week 6
Bright City 10/2/22 - Persistent Resistance, Week 5
Bright City 9/25/22 - Persistent Resistance, Week 4
Bright City 9/18/22 - Persistent Resistance, Week 3
Bright City 9/11/22 - Persistent Resistance, Week 2
Persistent Resistance, Week 1
Bright City - Tale of Two Cities
Bright City and Deb Hopper
Bright City and Henslee White
Bright City and Andrew Sbarra
Friends of Bright City with Jackie Aviles
To Bright City from Lomé, Togo Part II
To Bright City from Lomé, Togo
Bright City 6/26/22 - Power(full) Sharing Sunday
Bright City 6/19/22 - Power(full) Week 8
Bright City 6/12/22 - Power(full) Week 7
Bright City 6/5/22 - Power(full) Week 6
Bright City 5/22/22 - Power(full) Week 5
Bright City 5/15/22 - Power(full) Week 2
Bright City 5/1/22 - Power(full) Week 2
Bright City 4/24/22 - Power(full) Week 1
Easter at Bright City - There is More
Palm Sunday
There's Power in Preparation
Deb Hopper - You've Heard it Said Week 6 | "You Do You"
You've Heard It Said Week 5 | "You Will Always Feel Alone..."
You've Heard It Said Week 4 | "Church is the Problem...
You've Heard It Said Week 3 | "You should just give up..."
You've Heard It Said Week 2 | "It's all up to me..."
You've Heard It Said Week 1 | "You've heard it said..."
Bright City 2/6/2022 A Great Cloud: The Power of the Family of God - Sharing Sunday
Bright City 1/30/2022 A Great Cloud: The Power of the Family of God Week 4
A Great Cloud: The Power of the Family of God Week 3
A Great Cloud: The Power of the Family of God Week 2
A Great Cloud: The Power of the Family of God Week 1
Join us for Christmas at Bright City!
Join us for part eight of our series on The Chosen. If you haven't seen The Chosen, you can click here to watch.
Please find the times for each of the referenced clips from Episode 8 of The Chosen:
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Clip 3 - 27:40-30:56
The Chosen Clip 1: 1:35-4:23 Knowing God - The Trying is the Thing
The Chosen Clip 2: 8:28-10:05 Obeying God - We can’t be holy without Him
The Chosen Clip 3: 10:44-13:18 Loving God - Loving God when He doesn’t heal, doesn’t answer our prayers
The Chosen Clip 4: 31:07-34:45 Serving God - Serving like Jesus comes with a cost
Join us for part four of our series on The Chosen. If you haven't seen The Chosen, you can click here to watch.
The clips from this episode are from the fifth Episode of Season 1
1st clip (6:25): 46:06-50:04
2nd clip (14:35): 50:45-54:40
3rd clip (26:38): 3:50-8:35
Join us for part four of our series on The Chosen. If you haven't seen The Chosen, you can click here to watch.
The clips from this episode are from the fourth Episode of Season 1
1st clip (6:10): 0:09 - 3:09
2nd clip (19:15): 8:42 - 12:-02
3rd clip (31:30): 46:05 - 50:07
Join us for part three of our series on The Chosen. If you haven't seen The Chosen, you can click here to watch.
The clips from this episode are from the third Episode of Season 1
1st clip (9:05): 13:05-16:57
2nd clip (17:10): 20:15-21:35
3rd clip (23:05): 23:08-25:56
Join us for part two of our series on The Chosen as we look at rest and Shabbat. If you haven't seen The Chosen, you can click here to watch.
The Chosen, Episode 2
Clip 1: 20:16-24:40
Clip 2: 30:24-34:43
We're jumping into a life-giving new series around The Chosen. If you haven't seen The Chosen, you can watch the series for free here.
The Chosen, Episode 1
Clip 1: 00:30 to 2:31
Clip 2: 21:51-25:00
Clip 3: 48:36-52:12
Pastor Nick concludes our message series Winsome and talks about what it means to be an outpost of healing in a hurting world.
What do winsome friendships look like? What does building a winsome community mean? Join us for a powerful message from Pastor Nick on what it looks like to build the kingdom through our friendships.
What does it mean to be a winsome people? Pastor Nick shares a life-giving message on what it looks like to live out our faith in the midst of a messy and broken world.
Join us for a Holy Spirit-breathed word from Jess on how the breath of God empowers and equips us in our lives.
Join us for an encouraging word from Pastor Nick on the restoration and renewal that comes when God breathes life into His people.
We need a fresh vision of what it looks like to be filled with the power and presence of God. Our culture desperately needs the breath of God exhaled into them - are we doing that well? Join us for a life-giving message from Pastor Nick.
Join us for a life-changing message on revival from our incredible friend Alex Hoover. This is one you'll want to listen to on repeat.
Join us for a life-giving message from our special guest Pastor Michael on the wellbeing of our souls.
Are you too busy looking at someone else’s race that you’re missing your own? Join us for a quick, encouraging message from Pastor Nick on keeping focused on running the race God has called YOU to.
3 questions to ask yourself to refresh, refocus, and recalibrate as we head into the second half of 2021. Life isn't about balance. It's about priorities.
We’re kicking off a new message series on Promises: 4 Life-Changing Promises of Peace from Jesus. Join us for a powerful message from Pastor Nick on the foundation of peace and the risk worth taking.
Join us for an inspiring message from Becca Foster on rest. May it refresh your spirit and point you to the Prince of Peace.
Join us for a life-changing message from Pastor Nick on the power of gratitude and how the practice of thankfulness pulls us out of the wilderness.
Join us for an inspiring message from Pastor Nick on vision and adversity and how vision is a weapon for your victory.
Join us for a beautiful message on the soul-shifting power of prayer from Deb Hopper.
Join us for a life-changing message from Jess on worship and how it can lead us out of the wilderness.
Join us for an inspiring message from Pastor Nick on the life-changing power of generosity.
Join Pastor Nick as he discusses how we can fight limiting beliefs and speak life.
Join us for Easter at Bright City!
Join us for a reading of scripture from Easter week.
Join Pastor Nick as he talks about what it will take for us to shine the light of Jesus in a meaningful way.
Join us for our final installment of House of Love, our series on relationships!
Join Pastor Nick as he talks about pursuit.
Jess Connolly shares about relationships that change the world.
Join Jess and Nick as they discuss purity and grace.
Join Pastor Nick for this series: House of Love.
Join Pastor Nick for this series: House of Love.
Join Jess Connolly as she gives a State of The Union of Bright City, using Acts 2:42-47 as a guide.
Join Pastor Nick for this three-part series, Begin Again: Three Perspectives from a Boat. See more information at brightcity.church.
Join Pastor Nick for this three-part series, Begin Again: Three Perspectives from a Boat. See more information at brightcity.church.
Join Pastor Nick for this three-part series, Begin Again: Three Perspectives from a Boat. See more information at brightcity.church.
Philippians 2: 12-18
Please join us this Sunday as Deb Hopper shares her take on how to live a full life through Humility.
Philippians 2: 3-8
Matthew 11: 28-30
Please Join us as we share how Small Groups have impacted our lives. We will hear from Gibson Hopper, Jennifer Harris, Jamie Hopper, and Billie Jo Clark
Philippians 1: 12-21
Philippians 1: 1-11
ACT 16: 6-10
2 CORINTHIANS 11: 24-28
Luke 4: 1-13
Luke 4: 1-13
Luke 3: 21-22
Please welcome Stacie Gensic as Jess Connolly talks with her about the times God has been with her through motherhood,
Seth Stone has an amazing story about the battle with mental health. Join us in this episode as Tyler Ezsol interviews him on Shame vs GRACE.
We really learn some new language in this conversation.
You're not going to want to miss this!
We had a little technical difficulties and some of the audio was not salvageable. We will continue to work to make it better in the future!
Join us in this episode where Jess Connolly interviews Kristen Ezsol about Perseverance
CREATIVITY MANIFESTO
I believe God uses creativity to leave the world more in awe of Himself and I am made in His image, therefore I will partner with Him to mirror the majesty of heaven, cultivate a better humanity, and increase expectation for eternity.
WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING?
DOUBT
DEFEAT
CONSUMERISM
GENESIS 2:15
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
REVELATION 22:1-5
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.
JAMES 4:14
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12
12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
REVELATION 21:15-21
15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. 18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.
JEREMIAH 29:4-5
4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.
Walk in Obedience when it comes to CREATIVITY
Identify areas you’re consuming + repent.
Identify your version of creativity and use it daily.
Call out the gifts of creativity in other and speak life to them.
Walk in Abundance when it comes to CREATIVITY
Find an organization that is cultivating our city, and plug in there.
Help us flex our creative muscles as a church.
WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE BRIGHT? A sacred commitment we make together, to order our lives in a way that allows us to encounter God and shine in our culture.
Mark 10:42-45 “42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Philippians 2:5-11 “5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 ...that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
What happens if we don’t live this way?
1 -- Unholy Ambition
2 -- Pride
3 -- Injustice
“Power + Vulnerability” MANIFESTO “I believe God modeled power, authority, vulnerability and weakness in Jesus, therefore I will use my God given power and authority for His glory, and I’ll let His power, be made perfect in my acknowledged weaknesses..”
How do we walk in Obedience when it comes to Power and Vulnerability? 01 | Identify and Steward your Power + Authority for Good. 02 | Embrace your God-given Limitations. 03 | Join a People of Vulnerability + Weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 “8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
How do we walk in Abundance when it comes to Power and Vulnerability?
1 -- Practice the Principle of Gleaning.
WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE BRIGHT?
A sacred commitment we make together, to order our lives in a way that allows us to encounter God and shine in our culture.
Matthew 19:16-22
“16 Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” 17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, 19 honor your father and mother,’and ‘love your neighbor as yourself’.” “20 “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” 21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.
“GENEROSITY” MANIFESTO
“I believe God is a generous provider, therefore I will give back to Him faithfully and share generously so His heart can shine through my giving.”
2 Corinthians 8:11
“Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.”
2 Corinthians 8:7
“7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.”
Malachi 3:7-12
“7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’ 8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.' “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you? “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. “11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty.”
WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE BRIGHT?
A sacred commitment we make together, to order our lives in a way that allows us to encounter God and shine in our culture.
“REST” MANIFESTO
“I BELIEVE IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, THEREFORE I WILL PRACTICE BEING RECREATED IN MY BODY, MIND, + SOUL.”
ENEMIES OF REST - STRIVING
“I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES.”
1 CHRONICLES 29:12 [NIV]
“Wealth and honor come from You; You are the ruler of all things. In YOUR hands are strength and power to exact and give strength to all.”
ENEMIES OF REST - ANXIETY
HOW I FEEL WHEN IT DOESN’T HAPPEN.
EXODUS 14:14 [NIV]
“The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 [NIV]
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
ENEMIES OF REST - PRIDE
“LOOK AT WHAT I MADE HAPPEN!”
JAMES 4:6
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
REVIEW - THE 3 ENEMIES OF REST
STRIVING: I can make it happen no matter what it takes.
ANXIETY: What I feel when it doesn’t happen.
PRIDE: Look at what I made happen.
STEP OF OBEDIENCE
1 - Take 24 hours off and rest in His power
2 - Determine how you’ll enjoy God and feast - feast on the Creator and created things.
3 - Capture thoughts of striving and worry - to speak truth to them.
IDEAS FOR ABUNDANCE
1 - Consider ways you can take your sabbath rest to a new level.
2 - Sleep like a child of God at rest.
3 - Consider the pendulum of work and rest.
“REST” MANIFESTO
“I BELIEVE IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD, THEREFORE I WILL PRACTICE BEING RECREATED IN MY BODY, MIND, + SOUL.”
WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE BRIGHT?
A sacred commitment we make together, to order our lives in a way that allows us to encounter God and shine in our culture.
“TIME” MANIFESTO
“I BELIEVE GOD HAS PLACED ME HERE ON PURPOSE, THEREFORE I WILL BE PURPOSEFULLY URGENT ABOUT HOW I USE MY TIME.”
PSALM 144:3-4
Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
EPHESIANS 5:15-17
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”
PSALM 90:12
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
PSALM 5:3
“In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.”
MARK 1:35
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”
PSALM 1:1 + 2-3
“Blessed is the one...whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.”
NEHEMIAH 1:6
“Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night...”
WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE BRIGHT?
A sacred commitment we make together, to order our lives in a way that allows us to encounter God and shine in our culture.
PROVERBS 18:21
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
“WORDS” MANIFESTO
“I BELIEVE THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE TONGUE, THEREFORE I WILL USE MY WORDS FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS AND THE GLORY OF GOD.”
GENESIS 1:3-5
“And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
JOHN 1:1-5
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
JOHN 1:14
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
JAMES 3:1-12 [msg]
Don’t be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you’d have a perfect person, in perfect control of life. A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can’t tame a tongue—it’s never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can’t go on. A spring doesn’t gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don’t bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don’t bear apples, do they? You’re not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?”
2 CORINTHIANS 10:5
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
DEUTERONOMY 30:11-14
“Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it? Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.”
WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE BRIGHT?
A sacred commitment we make together, to order our lives in a way that allows us to encounter God and shine in our culture.
Q1 -- CAN GOD USE ME?
EXODUS 3:11
“But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
EXODUS 4:10
“Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”
Q2 -- WILL GOD USE ME?
1 Corinthians 6:20
“...You were bought at a price...”
Q3 -- DO I WANT TO BE USED BY GOD?
ROMANS 12:1-2
1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
[Margaret Mead]
