The Breakdown: "I'm In My Bag"

1:01:36 So we have a few announcements tonight before we depart. Um, first announcement that we want to, uh, uh, give you is our Howard Thurman Bible Institute. Amen. Can we give it up for our HTBI. Amen. You still have time to sign up for the Howard Thurman Bible Institute. It begins next week. We have these practical life enrichment classes coupled with advanced biblical studies. And shout out, look, as Pastor Magruder would say, a shameless plug, we have a class on grief. We're going to be doing a class on grief. We have classes for young adults. We have a multiplicity of classes that we're going to be offering next week. And so this is going to kick off. HCBI will kick off again on Monday, October the 12th. So mark your calendars Monday, October the 12th and it will go all the way. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. We will conclude on Thursday, October the 15th.

1:02:30 And look, once you get off work, don't trip. Don't worry about, you know, stopping, going through the drive-thru, getting you something to eat. At 6 o'clock p.m., we will have food. And then we'll have food. We'll eat from 6 to seven then we'll have classes from 7 p.m until 8 p.m nightly so you can register by visiting h htbi bible institute.org also our breast cancer awareness sunday is coming up this coming sunday our church family as we're preparing for breast cancer awareness on this coming sunday each year we set aside time to recognize and support those whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. And so if you are a woman or if you're a brother who has survived breast cancer and you have a journey and a story to tell, please come by. If you're receiving current treatment right now or living right as a survivor, we invite you to register for our recognition worship on this coming Sunday, October the 18th.

1:03:29 Register participants. Sunday, October the 18th. I apologize. I'm sorry. Sunday, October the 18th. October 18th. October 18th. Again, registered participants will also receive an invitation for our pre-service reception. And so registration is open all the way. It started now. We'll continue to have our open registration. You can scan the QR code that's on the screen now, or you can register at friendshipwest.org. Also, we have our ARJ Founders Ball coming up. We have a few tickets left, family. tickets are still available for this unforgettable event we have our arj founders ball we're celebrating 50 years and so amen shout out to 50 years and so if you have not purchased your ticket tickets are 80 you do not want to miss this on october the 30th for our founders ball for more information you can reach us and reach out to arj seniors at friendshipwest.org also on sunday right at the church is the last sunday that we will be out in narthex we will be having tickets um i think we're almost maybe i think maybe we have around 50 tickets left for somewhere around 50 tickets and so if you not if you have not purchased your ticket yet please do that asap Also, we have our documentary screening and panel discussion coming up.

1:04:57 So we're inviting everybody to come out to do a documentary screening and panel discussion with Pastor Haynes and attorney Lee Merritt and moderator Jerrica Richardson. And this will take place on Friday, October the 23rd at 630 p.m. here in the sanctuary. So join us, please, please join us for the special screening of Justice Now presented by Friendship West Baptist Church and the National Urban League. This is going to be on Friday, October the 23rd, 2026 at 630 p.m. And please mark your calendars. You do not want to miss this amazing event. And so come experience this powerful documentary and engage in conversation concerning faith, justice, and the work that we continue to do day by day. And finally, we have one more announcement. We need your help, church family.

1:05:51 We need your help. for our hallelujah outing night. It's coming up quickly. It's quickly approaching. And we are in need of candy donations. Please bring bags of candy to the church before October the 31st. And you can make a monetary donation as well via text. You can give at FW Discover to, I'm sorry, you can text to give at FW Discover to 28950. And for more information, You can contact us at discover at friendship west dot org. Amen. We need candy donation. We're going to be blessing the kids. I know my kids are excited and ready to run around and have all types of fun every year for the last two years since we've been here. My kids have thoroughly enjoyed our hallelujah out of night. So shout out to our amazing children's pastor, Reverend Dr. Nerissa Grigsby, and also our youth and young adult pastor, Pastor Kia Westbrook, for the amazing work that they are doing with Discover and Chosen.

1:06:54 Amen? That concludes our next.