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[5202.14 --> 5203.78] that it is compelling.
[5205.52 --> 5206.00] Right?
[5206.06 --> 5206.74] And as you take
[5206.74 --> 5208.00] one of these reasons
[5208.00 --> 5208.74] or as you take
[5208.74 --> 5209.46] all of them,
[5209.48 --> 5210.74] and I pray that you remember
[5210.74 --> 5211.66] even just one
[5211.66 --> 5213.36] and you have conversation this week
[5213.36 --> 5214.42] even about just one
[5214.42 --> 5215.38] when someone says,
[5215.52 --> 5216.46] why do you go to church?
[5216.62 --> 5217.62] Take one of these.
[5218.38 --> 5219.38] But I also pray
[5219.38 --> 5220.32] that it changes
[5220.32 --> 5221.72] the way you come.
[5222.22 --> 5223.36] It changes the way
[5223.36 --> 5224.52] you prepare to come.
[5225.02 --> 5225.12] Right?
[5225.18 --> 5226.34] And instead of
[5226.34 --> 5228.10] do we have to go to church?
[5228.34 --> 5228.56] Right?
[5228.56 --> 5229.48] Maybe it becomes
[5229.48 --> 5231.78] even angels want to be part
[5231.78 --> 5232.72] of what's happening here.
[5233.52 --> 5234.68] And so I'm going to go
[5234.68 --> 5237.10] with excitement and joy.
[5238.24 --> 5239.08] Instead of,
[5239.30 --> 5239.48] you know,
[5239.54 --> 5241.14] I don't get anything out of it.
[5241.26 --> 5241.50] Right?
[5241.52 --> 5242.24] This is a chance
[5242.24 --> 5243.66] to visibly lay down
[5243.66 --> 5244.44] your preferences
[5244.44 --> 5245.56] and your priorities
[5245.56 --> 5246.70] for the body.
[5246.70 --> 5247.20] Right?
[5247.44 --> 5248.66] And to worship
[5248.66 --> 5252.00] our shared head.
[5253.42 --> 5254.56] Instead of
[5254.56 --> 5255.94] maybe church is boring.
[5256.34 --> 5256.44] Right?
[5256.64 --> 5257.96] Gathering is the means
[5257.96 --> 5258.68] by which God
[5258.68 --> 5260.42] holds onto you
[5260.42 --> 5261.38] until the end.
[5265.52 --> 5266.70] I mentioned at the beginning
[5266.70 --> 5268.46] that here
[5268.46 --> 5269.32] in this
[5269.32 --> 5270.86] part of the world
[5270.86 --> 5271.88] we are living in a time
[5271.88 --> 5272.48] that is seeing
[5272.48 --> 5275.36] almost unprecedented
[5275.36 --> 5276.42] decline
[5276.42 --> 5278.12] in church
[5278.12 --> 5278.92] gathering
[5278.92 --> 5279.90] and participation
[5279.90 --> 5282.82] for a number of reasons.
[5284.54 --> 5285.18] And after
[5285.18 --> 5286.42] the COVID pandemic
[5286.42 --> 5287.60] those numbers
[5287.60 --> 5288.88] never picked back up
[5288.88 --> 5290.14] in our
[5290.14 --> 5292.48] North American West.
[5294.02 --> 5294.68] There's a book
[5294.68 --> 5295.54] that I read recently
[5295.54 --> 5296.66] called
[5296.66 --> 5297.90] The Great Dechurching
[5297.90 --> 5299.32] by Davis and Graham
[5299.32 --> 5299.92] and Burge
[5299.92 --> 5301.62] and they end
[5301.62 --> 5302.80] that with a note
[5302.80 --> 5303.40] of hope.
[5304.76 --> 5305.62] Because at the end
[5305.62 --> 5306.06] of their
[5306.06 --> 5307.96] sociological analysis
[5307.96 --> 5308.98] of what was going on
[5308.98 --> 5310.92] they also said
[5310.92 --> 5312.50] that there is
[5312.50 --> 5313.82] reason for
[5313.82 --> 5314.60] hope
[5314.60 --> 5315.10] because
[5315.10 --> 5316.92] of how
[5316.92 --> 5318.22] we can now
[5318.22 --> 5320.24] reimagine
[5320.24 --> 5321.02] and
[5321.02 --> 5322.36] re-bolster
[5322.36 --> 5323.62] our understanding
[5323.62 --> 5324.92] of why we must
[5324.92 --> 5325.66] gather.
[5326.94 --> 5327.70] And they said
[5327.70 --> 5328.68] in their interviewing
[5328.68 --> 5329.82] and work
[5329.82 --> 5330.98] that
[5330.98 --> 5332.72] it actually
[5332.72 --> 5334.18] wouldn't take
[5334.18 --> 5335.44] that much
[5335.44 --> 5336.42] in many cases
[5336.42 --> 5337.72] to get people
[5337.72 --> 5338.70] to come to church