"You The Birthday" - Rev. Kea Westbrook

19:50 for leading us in a mighty way our step team kicking us off daniel leading us in prayer amen our praise and worship ministry and choir amen god is just doing an amazing thing god is doing an amazing thing in the life of friendship west and we see that fruit in the life of our young people our visitors have already been welcomed one more time can we celebrate any of our visiting family we'll give god praise for you if you're watching us online. We get that. We sending up a sound of celebration for you as well. You hit that like button, hit that share button because somebody somewhere we believe needs this word on today. Amen. We give God praise. Also, we want to honor the angel of this house. Would you help me to celebrate our senior pastor, our first lady, our first family. Come on, help us to celebrate the angel of this house, Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III.

20:46 and we always want to honor the man of God and we give God thanks and praise for, amen, the great leadership and the great vision that we as staff get an opportunity to follow, amen. So we give God praise and we honor the spirit of Christ and we give God thanks for his presence, but we also give God thanks for our senior pastor. Just a few announcements that we want to make you mindful of. We have Clayton Tucker, who was a nominee for Texas Agricultural Commissioner, who's here with us today. God bless you. Thank you for being with us in worship today. Just a few announcements that we want to make you mindful of. A couple of things we want to remind you of, amen, as we are hastening to the close of our Emerging Generations month. They say time flies. Amen. When you having a good, when you kicking it, amen. Time flies when you're having fun. We want to close out our Emerging Generations month with a family field day. So we're inviting the entire family of faith to join us on Saturday, August the 29th. Put it in your calendar, August the 29th from 9 a.m. to 3 o'clock p.m. at our 616 West Keith location for a They are family, a fun, a fellowship because it is Texas and it's hot.

22:06 We're going to be inside. Amen. We're going to be inside. We're kicking things off with a special session led by the CEO and founder of Beyond the Ball, featuring the game plan for raising a triple threat athlete. Then get ready for basketball tournament, tug of war, family obstacle course, so much more. And the best part, look at somebody say this, the best part is absolutely free. Somebody say free 99. Amen. So you just bring your shoes, amen, bring your workout clothes. It's completely free, no registration fee for the workshop or any of the day's activities. So bring the whole family, join them as we celebrate Emerging Generations Month with a day of fun and learning and fellowship. We can't wait to see you on Saturday, August the 29th from 9 a.m. to 3 o'clock p.m. We're also excited about our Freedom Summer Justice Revival. Y'all not excited about revival?

23:03 Listen, with all that we got going on, with all that we got going on, we need our commitment to justice to be revived. So we're asking you to join us Friday, August the 28th at 6.30 p.m. for the Freedom Summer Justice Revival. And then join us the next day, August the 29th from 9 to 4 p.m. for the Freedom Forward Election Ready Boot Camp. Breakfast and lunch will be provided as well as giveaways. And both of these initiatives are going to be held here at the 2020 West Wheatland Road location. Again, that's Friday the 28th, 6.30 p.m. Saturday the 29th from 9 to 4. Our Freedom Summer Justice Revival. And we need, oh Lord, we need our commitment to justice to be revived in these last and evil days. That's right. Say amen. Come on, give God praise. I also want to remind you that today is Teacher Appreciation Day.

24:01 I know all the educators, so just give God praise for Teacher Appreciation Day. We want to celebrate and appreciate the teachers who constantly pour into and encourage and help shape our youth and our young people year after year. If you're an educator, just rest on your feet real quick. Just rest on your feet so we can acknowledge you. Come on. Come on, give God praise for our educators. at the end of service we want to take a moment to honor and pray for you so go ahead get get yourself prepared we want to take a moment to honor and pray for you we're going to invite at the end of service all of our teachers our administrators every educator uh to come and join us at the altar as we cover them in prayer and after service we invite you if you're an educator to meet us in the narthex we've got something special for you uh there in the narthex as we celebrate our educators for the tremendous work and responsibility that somebody said amen right there. That's good. We also want to give God praise because this morning we had five who went to the waters of baptism. Come on, family. If you got baptized this morning, stand so we can acknowledge you. Come on, look at all these young people. Come on, Give God praise for what the Lord is doing.

25:22 God bless you. Amen. We thank God for them and we continue to be a church. We want to be a church that will support negative, but we wanted to celebrate them this morning. Amen. For their great commitment to God, which is a great capstone for all that we have done this month as we celebrate emerging generations. Amen. Amen. Well, we know that our pastor continues to rest and recuperate. It's been an interesting time of vacation for him, for sure. With all of the demands that continue to press upon him. But he is continuing to take vacation. And we are excited about him returning in the month of September. Restored. Refresh. And we know that the anointing is going to overflow. But we are excited this morning because there is a preacher in the house.

26:18 My father used to work on the railroads as an electrical engineer. And so I learned very early when there's a train on the track, you got to get out the way because you don't want to get run over. Amen. There is a preacher in the house this morning in the person. Well, let me do this. Let me really let me let me fix it. she is a visionary leader she has a heart for the young people that she leads she cares about them and that compassion and that empathy shows forth in her leadership where i'm grateful to god that god has united uh her not only as a member of the church she's been a member of the church uh for several years but now a member of the staff amen we are so excited to have not only as our, amen, youth, young adult, and collegiate pastor. But the preacher for the morning, Pastor Kia Westbrook.

27:16 Come on, y'all give God praise. come on send up a sound of praise for pastor westbrook we already know that the spirit is going to meet her in this time of preaching if you pray as you are praying for her we are praying amen as a staff we're staff pastors we're praying for you that your hearts and your minds and your spirits would be open and receptive to what we know the spirit is indeed going to say to the church through pastor kia Westbrook. Amen. Amen. Now in the spirit of Sankofa, as we continue to celebrate our church's 50th anniversary, Pastor Westbrook and Chosen have invited some of the original members of the Chosen Generation Youth Ministry to join us in worship today. They're here to affirm this generation behind me and in front of you to remind them of the privilege and purpose and power that comes with being a part of the chosen generation youth ministry.

28:17 Can you say amen for OG chosen as they come? Come on.