WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960 All right. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Church Digital Podcast. Church Digital. 00:00:08.340 --> 00:00:14.560 Jeff Reed here, founder of the Church Digital TCD. That's how the cool kids call it these days. 00:00:15.020 --> 00:00:19.280 And hey, looking forward to doing the stream on this Wednesday. 00:00:20.180 --> 00:00:27.440 I was supposed to join you on Tuesday and had a little family situation going on. 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:35.040 My daughter strained, sprained. We're not actually sure. Sprained an ankle. 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:44.020 And so urgent care was involved. Doctors, no broken bones. X-rays are clear. 00:00:45.260 --> 00:00:50.400 She is she's a dancer, ballet, tap jazz, all that sort of stuff. 00:00:50.440 --> 00:00:53.720 And so she's in dance recital season. So she's freaking out. 00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:58.220 And so we're going to an orthopedics on Thursday, tomorrow. 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:02.740 So hopefully, hopefully things are good there. 00:01:02.860 --> 00:01:09.320 We're optimistic, but things things seem to be going good in the Reed house these days. 00:01:09.460 --> 00:01:13.120 Troy Jones is joining us, jumping in front from the outside. 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:15.700 Hi, Jeff. Talking about a kid choice. 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:19.640 What, four or five weeks away from wrapping up school as well up in Pennsylvania. 00:01:21.700 --> 00:01:24.040 Hi, Troy. Hope things are well. 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:28.460 Anyway, so we are cramming in a stream here, last minute. 00:01:28.700 --> 00:01:32.360 There are lots of other things happening right now in the Church Digital. 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:35.140 So audience is going to be a little low. 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:42.640 Literally, as I'm doing this stream, there is a guided prayer session that's happening right now. 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:48.140 Stacy is going, doing prayer right now with a lot of people. 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.840 Hey, Troy's actually, Stacy's here. 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:52.560 Stacy, I literally was talking. 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:55.460 Isn't your guided prayer right now? 00:01:56.140 --> 00:01:58.900 Like, I don't want to make that awkward, but I was not expecting that. 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:01.160 And also, we've got Flatcap. 00:02:01.820 --> 00:02:03.940 Flatcap jumping on the stream as well. 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:10.300 Flatcap is streaming on Twitch in about an hour. 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:16.940 And so, I don't know that I can officially raid people from YouTube to Twitch because it's a different platform. 00:02:17.220 --> 00:02:18.540 Like, it really doesn't work that way. 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:26.860 But, at noon central, noon eastern, we're going to wrap this one up. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:33.100 And y'all are going to go hang over on Twitch TV and see what my friend Leighton has coming up. 00:02:33.100 --> 00:02:42.520 Leighton, what are you doing these days over there on, what do we have going on today on Twitch? 00:02:42.700 --> 00:02:43.620 Who are you interviewing? 00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:44.880 What's the plan? 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:46.000 Drop it in chat. 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:47.940 We'll throw it on here in a little bit. 00:02:48.940 --> 00:02:54.880 But seriously, thank you all for praying for my daughter, Caitlin. 00:02:55.700 --> 00:02:56.600 She's 16. 00:02:57.660 --> 00:03:01.480 And so, while you're praying for my daughter, Caitlin, pray for the upcoming driver's license. 00:03:02.500 --> 00:03:05.420 That is pending very, very soon. 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:12.940 So, Caitlin has been doing a great job driving. 00:03:13.640 --> 00:03:20.600 But she logged 50 hours driving with me, which was a challenge in itself. 00:03:20.820 --> 00:03:29.980 Not so much watching my daughter drive as much as trying to get 50 hours of time where my daughter is not attached to her cell phone. 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:33.860 And getting her to drive it during that time. 00:03:34.320 --> 00:03:36.940 But we do have all the hours logged at this point. 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:41.100 All she's got to do is do the test and she's going to be fine once we book it. 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:43.620 And then the fun start happens. 00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:53.080 The fun starts happening because I get to kick back and watch my daughter drive herself all over the city instead of me driving my daughter all over the city. 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:56.180 Isn't that what parenthood's about? 00:03:56.180 --> 00:03:56.540 Isn't that what parenthood's about? 00:03:56.540 --> 00:04:07.780 Like, the point where you get your kids to the place where they can care for themselves and then you just literally sit back with a cup of coffee and then just watch them make complete idiots of themselves? 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:10.680 I've always been waiting for that moment. 00:04:10.820 --> 00:04:13.360 Usually, it's the parents making idiots of themselves. 00:04:13.820 --> 00:04:19.580 Or, you know, more precisely, it is me making an idiot of myself. 00:04:19.740 --> 00:04:21.660 And so, maybe you can't relate to that. 00:04:21.760 --> 00:04:27.700 But I tend to make an idiot of myself on a regular basis. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:29.560 And so, anyway. 00:04:30.140 --> 00:04:34.400 Hey, Stacey's guided prayer is 730 Pacific, 1030 Eastern. 00:04:34.620 --> 00:04:37.560 I was half an hour off somewhere along there. 00:04:38.420 --> 00:04:42.380 And so, that happens in our open office, the Church Digital slash office. 00:04:43.100 --> 00:04:47.160 And then FlatCap does his stream over on Twitch. 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:49.620 Awesome. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:51.140 Hey, what are we going to talk about today? 00:04:51.320 --> 00:04:51.780 I don't know. 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:56.560 Anybody got something they want to talk about today? 00:04:57.140 --> 00:04:59.720 I mean, I've always got stuff that I want to talk about. 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:04.420 But let's just, can you just call it kind of kick back, relax, call it easy? 00:05:04.620 --> 00:05:05.260 Nah, I've never. 00:05:05.440 --> 00:05:06.480 Nah, that doesn't sound like me. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:08.240 All right, hey, listen. 00:05:08.340 --> 00:05:10.780 There's some interesting things that we're working on. 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:17.660 Hey, speaking of Troy, Troy's like, explain what I am doing. 00:05:18.460 --> 00:05:20.340 Troy, I never know what you're doing. 00:05:20.380 --> 00:05:21.800 Because you're supposed to be in school right now. 00:05:21.900 --> 00:05:23.140 But I will say this. 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:26.700 That Saturday night, if you're watching this live. 00:05:27.460 --> 00:05:29.700 Saturday night, the 26th. 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:33.820 Our friends are doing a takeover. 00:05:33.820 --> 00:05:37.040 The Holy Aces are doing a takeover of our Discord. 00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:41.780 And they're going to be doing a demo of what's going on with that. 00:05:41.940 --> 00:05:51.120 And so, if you're interested in virtual reality or seeing what these guys and gals, what they're doing in ministry spaces, it's incredible. 00:05:51.320 --> 00:05:53.420 Troy is going to be a part of it. 00:05:53.660 --> 00:05:57.700 And their team is going to be actively involved. 00:05:57.820 --> 00:05:58.620 I love these guys. 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.700 Like, I'm really excited to see what these guys are doing. 00:06:01.840 --> 00:06:02.180 Forgive me. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:03.200 I am exhausted. 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:04.960 I haven't had enough coffee today. 00:06:05.020 --> 00:06:08.620 But I'm really excited to see what these guys and gals are up to. 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:10.580 And so, look for that. 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:12.120 The Holy Aces are doing that. 00:06:12.520 --> 00:06:15.820 Somebody tell me what time Saturday, as I'm chewing the fat here at the beginning. 00:06:17.080 --> 00:06:17.480 Saturday. 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:19.740 I saw it. 00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:22.520 I saw a graphic somewhere, but I'm not seeing it right now. 00:06:24.640 --> 00:06:25.040 Anyway. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:28.240 Maybe it was in WhatsApp. 00:06:30.020 --> 00:06:31.420 9 p.m. Eastern. 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:32.340 9 p.m. 00:06:33.700 --> 00:06:34.860 I'm an old fogey. 00:06:34.940 --> 00:06:37.840 You want me to stay awake to 9 p.m. Eastern? 00:06:39.260 --> 00:06:39.660 Man. 00:06:41.960 --> 00:06:47.200 I'm usually, like, you know, on my fifth round of Zs by that point. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:48.600 Wow. 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:52.680 All right. 00:06:52.700 --> 00:06:53.660 So, rule of thumb with Jeff. 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:54.920 Jeff either falls asleep. 00:06:55.100 --> 00:06:57.160 As I'm speaking to myself in third person, I got to stop. 00:06:57.180 --> 00:07:01.000 I'm either asleep by 8.30 p.m. 00:07:01.460 --> 00:07:02.480 Or it's 4 a.m. 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:06.040 I have to get to sleep before the rest of the house. 00:07:07.400 --> 00:07:08.840 And it's all about my dogs. 00:07:09.780 --> 00:07:15.640 Because my dogs will come to sleep when my wife comes to sleep. 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.200 And my wife comes to sleep when the kids go to sleep. 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:23.960 And so, I have to get to sleep before the dogs go to sleep. 00:07:23.960 --> 00:07:28.480 Because, or, it's all, like, it all falls apart. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:35.980 Because if the dogs come to bed and I'm still awake, the dogs take over the bed, there's no room for me and I'm up until 4 a.m. 00:07:36.840 --> 00:07:40.900 So, I have to go to bed at 8.30 before my kids, before my wife, before the dogs. 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:45.220 Or it's, um, it's, it's toast for me. 00:07:47.020 --> 00:07:47.560 All right. 00:07:48.080 --> 00:07:50.580 Flat cap is saying that it is for the young at heart. 00:07:50.700 --> 00:07:55.080 The air show in TCD Discords, the Church Digital, and the Holy Ace. 00:07:55.880 --> 00:07:59.580 The Holy Ace is excited, excited to see what's going to happen there. 00:07:59.660 --> 00:08:01.000 In all seriousness, go check that out. 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:03.780 Check out the TCD's Discord for more information on that. 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:06.840 Discord.thechurch.digital. 00:08:06.940 --> 00:08:09.480 Discord.thechurch.digital. 00:08:09.580 --> 00:08:16.040 That'll get you into the group and there'll be more information on the event coming up in there very, very soon. 00:08:16.140 --> 00:08:18.120 There's a demo video in there in general chat right now. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:21.320 That's, I've always been excited about what these guys are doing. 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:23.080 So, cool. 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:24.020 Hey, listen. 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.740 Some interesting things. 00:08:26.500 --> 00:08:32.800 It's going to be a low-key stream today, but some interesting things we've been working on with the conference. 00:08:33.160 --> 00:08:35.000 And, you know, I may have said this. 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:36.860 I don't remember. 00:08:37.180 --> 00:08:42.880 First off, how awesome was Mr. Pete last week? 00:08:43.460 --> 00:08:45.260 Like, wow. 00:08:45.540 --> 00:08:49.280 That guy, I'll be honest with you. 00:08:49.280 --> 00:08:56.280 I did not think I would be having an interview with a puppet at any point in my life. 00:08:56.500 --> 00:09:04.520 And after having about a two-minute conversation with Mr. Pete or Pete the Puppet, I'm like, dang. 00:09:04.640 --> 00:09:10.920 I actually wouldn't mind, like, doing a full show on with, what do you call it? 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:12.040 Was it Pete the Puppet? 00:09:12.140 --> 00:09:12.660 It was something. 00:09:13.280 --> 00:09:16.440 That was really, really cool. 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:25.120 And so, look for, I may double back with Mr. Pete, but in all seriousness, dude's 84 years old. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:34.560 And what I, so many people have reached out to me, thanking me for doing the interview with Mr. Pete, 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:47.500 and just talking about how Mr. Pete has revolutionized, has challenged, has encouraged them in their Metaverse ministry walk. 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:56.580 Like, like, Oasis, VR Tiger, Oasis Church VR, Stuart McPherson, formerly Lakeland VR. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:05.520 Like, some guys that have been doing VR for a long time have talked about how Mr. Pete was influential in their lives. 00:10:06.140 --> 00:10:16.580 And it's like, dang, Mr. Pete was like, was been doing this for a while, has been empowering and encouraging people to do digital and virtual ministry. 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:23.940 Yeah, even, even at 84 years old, I mean, yeah, sure. 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:32.320 Puppets, ham radios, like, these are unconventional things that you would not normally see in virtual reality. 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:40.320 But, dang, because it's unconventional is what makes it attractive, is what draws people to him. 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:44.880 And the genuineness of who he is, absolutely incredible. 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:55.600 And so, see you, Troy, if you have not watched the Mr. Pete interview, go back on TCD's YouTube, grab it, watch it, check out the podcast, listen to it. 00:10:56.020 --> 00:11:00.020 Yeah, you know what, actually, no, you've got to watch it, because this dude is unbelievable. 00:11:00.380 --> 00:11:10.420 Like, just as genuine as they come, and an 84-year-old guy who couldn't even spell Metaverse, 00:11:10.420 --> 00:11:20.340 and all of a sudden is now doing this on a regular basis and doing all sorts of stuff in big screen and empowering and almost inviting ministry to happen on other platforms 00:11:20.340 --> 00:11:29.520 and encouraging pastors and missionaries in that space, I'll be honest, like, it makes me tear up a little bit, man. 00:11:29.660 --> 00:11:33.260 It really, like, I just was really impressed by that guy. 00:11:35.040 --> 00:11:38.560 So much so, I was like, hey, Mr. Pete, like, what are you doing? 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:41.700 Like, we need to work more together. 00:11:42.040 --> 00:11:46.940 Mr. Pete, where can we get you to fit in with the Church Digital? 00:11:47.180 --> 00:11:51.720 Because, like, a lot of the stuff we've been doing is a lot of the stuff that Mr. Pete's been doing. 00:11:51.880 --> 00:11:53.780 Mr. Pete's been on his own doing it. 00:11:54.420 --> 00:11:58.820 And, I don't know, I've always been more of the guy. 00:11:58.880 --> 00:11:59.720 How is that face? 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:01.600 I just looked at myself on the monitor. 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:04.980 I'm in a stupid face day. 00:12:05.660 --> 00:12:08.400 And some would argue I'm always in a stupid face day. 00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:14.340 You know, I've always been the guy who's like, we're stronger together than alone. 00:12:14.880 --> 00:12:21.120 And so, look for more for Mr. Pete in the weeks and the months to come. 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:23.920 I'm excited by some of the opportunities there. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.260 It's really interesting. 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.120 I've got, we're doing EDM right now. 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:30.720 I'll tell the story. 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:31.920 We're doing EDM right now. 00:12:32.140 --> 00:12:33.760 And we've got two or three. 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:41.160 One of the cohorts that I'm leading is, I'm doing five cohorts right now. 00:12:41.680 --> 00:12:43.940 Oceania, Africa, three in Americas. 00:12:45.400 --> 00:12:50.620 And one of the three cohorts is, this is weird. 00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.960 I didn't schedule it this way. 00:12:52.020 --> 00:12:52.760 I didn't plan it this way. 00:12:52.800 --> 00:12:53.360 It just happened. 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:56.480 It's filled with retired people. 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:00.180 Like 60, 70 year old people. 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:03.800 My mother is one of these people. 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:06.160 And so, my mom, I love her. 00:13:06.260 --> 00:13:07.760 She's called me three times today. 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.480 I have to call her as soon as this stream's over. 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:10.320 It's an emergency. 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:11.300 She has to talk to me. 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.040 It's not really an emergency, but she needs to talk to me. 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:17.920 But she was, she's doing EDM. 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:23.320 And, you know, she just keeps asking me questions. 00:13:23.420 --> 00:13:24.320 She keeps asking me questions. 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:25.820 She keeps, she's so excited. 00:13:26.680 --> 00:13:34.600 And, and she just, she doesn't have like any other place to kind of outlay to work through some of this. 00:13:34.680 --> 00:13:42.800 And, and a lot of times we create like what we call outpost regional networks that, that it's more peer to peer group kind of support. 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:51.960 And, and that's really the heart behind what we're doing with outposts is to, to give an opportunity to explore, experiment, to be encouraged and to be empowered to do ministry. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:14:00.220 And so like, and so like, we're, we're doing that, but this retired group really hadn't totally developed yet. 00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:07.500 And, and so Steve, my brother from another mother, he's in that group as well. 00:14:08.280 --> 00:14:19.380 And basically I was like, Hey, Mr. Pete, how'd you like to like mentor some 70, 60s and 70 year old people in doing digital ministry? 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.140 And dude, Mr. Pete was like, Oh, I'm all about that. 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.180 That's incredible. 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.100 Do it. 00:14:26.160 --> 00:14:27.820 So I'm like, yeah, Mr. Mr. 00:14:28.040 --> 00:14:30.040 I just connected Mr. Pete with my mother. 00:14:30.880 --> 00:14:34.320 Um, I didn't mean it that way, but it did sound funny. 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:36.040 Uh, so I'm, I'm excited. 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:36.680 I'm excited. 00:14:36.800 --> 00:14:39.620 Mr. Pete, Mr. Pete, I am excited for you, sir. 00:14:40.060 --> 00:14:40.440 All right. 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:43.900 Hey, listen, um, conferences. 00:14:44.540 --> 00:14:46.340 Oh my gosh, I'm excited. 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:56.220 So I'm going to, I'm going to tell you right now, the church digital, we are doing a town hall meeting. 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:58.320 We are going to do a town. 00:14:58.380 --> 00:14:59.760 We do these things once a quarter. 00:15:00.040 --> 00:15:07.200 We circle the wagons, get everybody together and, uh, kind of just, this is what we're working on this quarter. 00:15:07.380 --> 00:15:08.580 This is the challenge. 00:15:08.640 --> 00:15:09.580 This is the opportunities. 00:15:09.580 --> 00:15:15.480 This is where we want you to, to get a big picture of, of where we are and where you fit. 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:18.080 This is where we want to hear from you. 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.460 Uh, what do you need? 00:15:19.520 --> 00:15:20.460 What are your challenges? 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:27.260 And, and we are doing that town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 20th. 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:31.820 So Tuesday, May 20th is our town hall meeting. 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:39.260 And at the town hall meeting, I will be announcing, um, the, the conference, um, 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:46.480 themes and dates, dates and themes for the conferences for the fall. 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:50.800 Now, some of you might be astute. 00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:55.420 Wait, he said dates, dates is plural. 00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:57.960 He said themes, themes is plural. 00:15:59.660 --> 00:16:01.800 Does that mean you're doing more than one conference? 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.440 Um, that is what that means. 00:16:07.260 --> 00:16:10.040 I've been watching a lot of house lately. 00:16:10.040 --> 00:16:11.180 I've been binging house. 00:16:11.280 --> 00:16:12.640 I'm on season four right now. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:14.640 Uh, don't ask me why. 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:16.840 Uh, actually I don't, I don't mind it guy. 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:22.340 You know, the guy's kind of a, a, a know it all, but you know, he, he can, can, you know, 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.820 read between the lines and pull things. 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:27.620 So I'm channeling my inner house here. 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:30.740 I'm going to start calling you all morons. 00:16:30.920 --> 00:16:33.120 No, you're going to start calling me moron. 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:37.780 That would probably be more accurate, but we're going to be doing more than one conference 00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:38.920 in the fall. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:47.720 Now I've already kind of announced that we had said that we were going to do, um, a, uh, 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.440 a conference. 00:16:48.520 --> 00:16:50.820 I think I said this, I think we had said this publicly. 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:52.260 If not, I'll just go ahead and say it. 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.260 We're going to do a European conference. 00:16:54.600 --> 00:17:02.360 Uh, you know, our Simon, our, uh, European, um, outpost leader, uh, and, and we're going 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:06.920 to be partnering with him and, uh, missions organization in Europe called Mission Alliance, 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:14.860 uh, to, to sponsor, uh, uh, the, the European digital missionary conference where we're going 00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:20.000 to highlight missionary work that's happening in, in Europe and how, what that looks like 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:24.560 digital and their speakers and their, and it's, it's meant to connect people to Europe 00:17:24.560 --> 00:17:31.240 uh, to EDM and to the outpost, but it's also a way for us, you know, not of Europe to maybe 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:35.320 get an insight of what's happening in Europe and maybe pull lessons from somebody in different 00:17:35.320 --> 00:17:35.920 contexts. 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:38.480 And so I'm excited about that conference. 00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:43.080 We, the church digital, as we'll be sponsoring that and running that and we'll be running, 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:49.080 um, uh, I would say at least one other conference. 00:17:50.520 --> 00:17:56.200 Uh, although I suspect that it will be more than just those two conferences. 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:01.380 Feel free to read between the lines on that. 00:18:02.020 --> 00:18:06.800 Um, we, our, our teams are, are actively working on a number of fronts. 00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:13.120 Um, at the end of the day, I did not, I, I, I've, I've talked with leadership about this. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:20.540 You know, we do a, in the spring, we do a mega conference, right? 00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:24.280 Like, I mean, what we did back in April 2nd. 00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.740 Oh my gosh, that was this month. 00:18:25.780 --> 00:18:26.780 That seems so long ago. 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:29.760 What we did back in April 2nd was incredible. 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:31.740 The mega conference just blasted out. 00:18:32.540 --> 00:18:35.500 Get everybody and their mother to, to come to this thing. 00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:36.640 That was awesome. 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:40.660 That was so exciting, uh, to be a part of and to see that happen. 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:47.400 Um, we're at this place where we wanted to do two, uh, at least two conferences a year. 00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:52.360 And, um, I, I just, I felt like we needed more. 00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:58.460 We needed to do something different than just that same type of model over and over again. 00:18:58.860 --> 00:19:03.020 A lot of the feedback that I got from the first round and, and, and I did, I did, I listened 00:19:03.020 --> 00:19:04.520 to the feedback from the first round. 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:12.020 A lot of people were talking about how the tables and the breakouts were really the best 00:19:12.020 --> 00:19:16.620 part, um, smaller, uh, you know, more, more intimate settings. 00:19:17.800 --> 00:19:26.940 And so, um, yeah, we, uh, we're, we're molding, we're adjusting spring conference. 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:30.780 We've been using it like a global conference. 00:19:30.780 --> 00:19:37.080 This is everybody coming together on a massive topic and the, the fall conferences, they're 00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:40.020 more going to be more targeted, more focused. 00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:51.940 Um, regional may not be the best word, but targeted, um, niche casting, niched, um, you 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:56.340 know, words like that may fit the, the idea of what we want to do in the fall. 00:19:56.860 --> 00:20:03.860 And so look for two, three, four conferences coming up for the church digital in the fall. 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:05.160 Think of it this way. 00:20:05.520 --> 00:20:09.800 Fall is going to be a conference season for the church digital. 00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:17.740 And because of, you know, generosity of, of you donors, supporters of, of sponsors, uh, 00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:22.100 for the conference and beyond, you know, we're in a position where we're able to do all of 00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:23.940 this once again for free. 00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:30.640 And so all of the conferences, um, uh, that we're doing, however many it is, uh, we're, 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:36.960 we're in a position hopefully to keep it for free, uh, for, for the next, uh, for the fall 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:38.440 20, 25 round. 00:20:40.760 --> 00:20:42.420 So Jeff, when are you going to announce it? 00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:47.080 At town hall. 00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:50.680 So we'll have all the ducks in a row by May 20th. 00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:53.100 Uh, if not, I'll, we'll fake it. 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:54.940 We'll lie and just go ahead and announce it. 00:20:55.020 --> 00:21:01.240 But we're, we're excited to, to get to this, uh, by May 20th and, uh, looking forward to 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:06.920 seeing you when we, uh, when we announce all this on the, uh, May 20th, uh, stream Tuesday, 00:21:07.020 --> 00:21:10.560 May 20th, one o'clock for, uh, the town hall meeting. 00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:18.060 Um, the other thing, um, that, uh, um, um, I'm excited about, and it's one of the things 00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:26.160 that, that we've, we've really been trying to figure out as an organization is, is how 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:30.360 to get people, you know, it's funny. 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:35.960 We we've been using the word owning how to get people to own the vision of the church digital. 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:40.980 And Hey, you know, the church digital we had, um, what'd we have? 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:49.860 I think we had six or 800 people join, um, sign up that were completely new to the church 00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.280 digital. 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:59.240 And so like the, let's say 50% of the people who registered for the conference were completely 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:04.700 cold to church digital, had no previous, uh, um, exposure to TCD. 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:06.900 By the way, that's freaking incredible. 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:09.540 Like that, that right there is, is a stat to itself. 00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:18.180 I was so excited to see some of the exposure that we got and how new people are coming in 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:23.860 maybe with not even real ideas on, on what digital missions work looks like. 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:29.260 And now, you know, now they're starting to get communicated and resourced and empowered 00:22:29.260 --> 00:22:31.440 to be able to do that, to explore that space. 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:38.920 But as we're moving people from connection into community and, and, and really hoping that 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:45.380 they'll start to own these ideas, um, towards that, I've really been wrestling with this 00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:47.360 idea of, of ownership. 00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:49.580 Now, TCD is a nonprofit. 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:56.000 Um, I'm, when I say ownership, I'm not talking about the level of like selling stock, you know, 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.820 cause you can't own a nonprofit. 00:22:57.820 --> 00:23:00.360 It's there's, there's, there's nothing to, to own. 00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.960 It doesn't, it doesn't work that way. 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:10.600 So it's not ownership as in like you're, you're retaining stock value or something like that. 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:27.100 But it's, it's, it's more of, um, buying into the vision of it, contributing to the vision, 00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:34.280 to the mission of, of what this is doing, being a part of it at, at, at a, at a higher level. 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:39.720 And so, and this is what we're really starting to, you know, scratch the itch on, on the church 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.140 digital. 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:49.020 How do we get to the place where we can get people to, to contribute at, at a higher level? 00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:53.140 What is contributing even mean at, at a higher level? 00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.720 And it was interesting. 00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:58.260 I was actually a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting, no, I guess it was two weeks ago. 00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.920 It was Palm Sunday. 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:08.660 I was sitting at church and, um, you know, I go to a small church plant here in Miami church, 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.600 about three years old. 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:19.940 And we had a, um, we had a guest, guest speaker, you know, in the guest speaker really kind of 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:27.800 brought the hammer strong on, on discipleship and, and, um, the, the, the challenge of discipleship 00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:29.600 versus consumer centric churches. 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:37.280 And, and it was a, it was a, it was a, honestly, it was one of the more well-crafted messages 00:24:37.280 --> 00:24:41.220 I've heard on that topic presented from a pulpit. 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:48.300 Oftentimes when I hear pastors preach on this, they, they don't really swing the hammer because 00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:52.240 they're, um, they're overly cautious. 00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:54.540 And this guy was a guest pastor. 00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:57.580 Uh, and for whatever reason, I guess he had permission. 00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:59.720 Dude was like swinging a hammer right out of the box. 00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:01.400 I'll, I posted, it's funny. 00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:05.260 I posted the video on YouTube, uh, in our YouTube video on our TCD channel. 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.760 So I was like, you guys got to hear this. 00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:09.880 It's really good, but he did something. 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.820 This is what I want to do. 00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:20.380 He really focused on Matthew six, as he was talking about what it looks like to own the, 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.960 the, the vision of TCD. 00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:23.040 And so I want to do this. 00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:24.980 I'm going to, I'm going to do a screen share here. 00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.840 This is going to be different for me, right? 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.520 We're going to, I'm going to read some scripture here. 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.640 Matthew six. 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.280 Let me see if I can push the right button. 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.680 That's kind of there. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.120 All right. 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:39.080 So let me get this to work a little better. 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.460 Matthew six. 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:45.020 All right. 00:25:45.020 --> 00:25:54.920 So Matthew six, I got it here in front of me. 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:57.280 You can see it, but I want to scroll down. 00:25:57.360 --> 00:26:00.140 There were three things that he pulled out. 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.320 Like if you're going to own the vision, a disciple was his point. 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:08.320 If you're going to, but you know, I, I would, I would agitate, agitate. 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.180 I would change the adjective. 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:16.460 If you're going to own the vision of this, of, of the church digital, I would invite you 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:23.260 as the founder, as the leader of the church digital, as, as maybe the visionary of the 00:26:23.260 --> 00:26:24.060 church digital. 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:31.440 I will tell you that, that we as an organization are in desperate need of this. 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:34.000 What is this that I'm referring to? 00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:40.280 You know, first off, I would suggest that we are in desperate need of a prayer. 00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:51.240 Matthew six, five, by the way, Matthew six is the, um, the, um, the beatitudes, the sermon 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:57.720 on the Mount, uh, arguably one of the best sermons ever preached, uh, Jesus, Matthew five and 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:00.860 six preaching this, but Matthew six, verse five. 00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:07.440 And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites for their love and to stand and pray 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:12.640 in the synagogues and at the street corners so that they may be seen by others. 00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:18.680 Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward, but whenever you pray, go in the room 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:25.580 and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret 00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:26.580 will reward you. 00:27:28.020 --> 00:27:34.100 When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as Gentiles do for they think that they 00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:36.540 will be heard because of their many words. 00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:44.520 Do not be like them for your father knows what you need before you ask him. 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.840 Pray in this way. 00:27:46.020 --> 00:27:47.420 And it's the Lord's prayer. 00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:50.280 Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:53.620 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:27:54.260 --> 00:27:55.880 Give us this day, our daily bread. 00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:58.240 Forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors. 00:27:58.800 --> 00:28:03.100 Do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:07.860 For if you forgive others, their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you. 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:14.960 But if you do not forgive others, neither will your father forgive you. 00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:16.520 I just noticed this is NSRB. 00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:18.020 That's an unusual translation for me. 00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.220 Sorry. 00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:30.720 But step one for us, if we're looking as I'm asking for people to buy into the vision of 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:42.780 Church Digital, to be owners, to be contributors, to help us as we're empowering digital missionaries 00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.620 at a global level. 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:50.460 Step number one is we need people that are willing to pray for us and for the mission space, 00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:53.460 the mission fields, and the missionaries therein. 00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:58.020 This is why we did, and this is the best kept secret of the Church Digital, 00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:06.560 10.02, where we've got this, our prayer initiative to stop and pray at 10.02, and we've got people 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:12.340 around the planet that stop and pray every day at 10.02 a.m. 00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:17.640 Again, we're basing that off Luke 10.2, for the harvest and plentiful, but the workers are few. 00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:23.200 Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into the harvest field. 00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:25.320 And so that's our hope. 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:33.400 Our hope is that people would commit to sign up, to pray, not just sign up. 00:29:33.520 --> 00:29:37.700 Okay, yeah, yeah, I'll pray for you, and not pray, but to stop. 00:29:37.760 --> 00:29:39.580 I'm trying to figure out how to move to get in the frame. 00:29:40.040 --> 00:29:45.760 But to stop and to pray for those in the mission field. 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.780 You know, it's interesting. 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:51.360 I have, my phone vibrates. 00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:53.740 I have an alarm that goes off every day at 10.02. 00:29:54.300 --> 00:30:01.080 Um, if, if my speakers are on, it actually plays MC Hammer's Pray back from like the 80s. 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:04.440 Um, yeah, I, I just, don't ask. 00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.720 You can at me if you want. 00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.820 Tell me how horrible that is. 00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:09.540 But, but that's, that's my, my moment to stop and pray. 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.380 And it was interesting. 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:17.040 Today in a leadership meeting, um, I was wrapping up a meeting and my 10.02 alarm went off. 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.540 And so I finished a couple sentences. 00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:21.180 And by the time I was done, it was 10.04. 00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:26.020 And I said, hey, Leighton, can you pray for the harvest? 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.720 Can you pray for the, in the mission field? 00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:32.740 And, and, and we, we took the time right there to pray for it. 00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:37.780 I, I've been in, um, I've been driving in different places. 00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:39.900 I've been in digital meetings. 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.120 I've been in physical meetings. 00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:42.540 I've been alone by myself. 00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:44.320 I've been with my kids and my wife. 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.640 I've been in Disney World with my family. 00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:55.080 Um, I have been in many different situations where I have stopped and prayed for the mission field in 10.02. 00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:07.340 And if we're looking at what it means to, to own, uh, to contribute, um, prayer is a, is a big part of that. 00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:13.300 And so I want to invite you, A, come join us at 10.02. 00:31:14.520 --> 00:31:17.760 Pray with the, for, even for your own ministry. 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:21.980 I mean, what if we stopped and prayed every day for our own ministry? 00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:31.880 And then we prayed that God would continue to reach into his mission field in digital and virtual spaces. 00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:42.880 And that God would continue to empower missionaries to be active in reaching into his digital and virtual mission field. 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:49.860 I'm telling you, there, there's a lot of opportunities to pray for people in that space. 00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:53.620 But it was interesting, the sermon, we didn't just stop at, at praying. 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:56.120 Uh, we actually, we talked about fasting. 00:31:56.980 --> 00:32:10.300 What would it look like if, if we prayed daily and we fasted weekly, or we fasted even monthly, uh, towards the, the digital and, and, uh, in the, uh, virtual mission fields? 00:32:11.020 --> 00:32:18.440 What if, what if we stopped and, and fasted for the ministry that's happening in these spaces? 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:21.320 Concerning fasting, let's look at Matthew 6.16. 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:28.160 And whenever you fast, do not look dismal like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others they are fasting. 00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:31.080 Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward. 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:41.960 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face so that your fasting will be seen, not by others, but by your father who is in secret. 00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:46.900 And your father who sees in secret will reward you. 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:57.400 And so what a, what a, what a challenge for us to, to, to pray and to, to fast. 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.580 Now, it's, it's interesting. 00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:01.600 I have a, what, what am I, one of my good friends growing up? 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.940 She actually, actually, you know what? 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:11.280 She was the, uh, surgeon general for the, the state of, um, Tennessee during COVID. 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:14.940 She was the state, uh, the, what was it, what was it called? 00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:17.800 The surgeon general for the state of Tennessee during COVID season. 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:20.880 And so Morgan, uh, was, was her name. 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:44.920 Actually, I can't think of her married name right now, but, um, we used to get into arguments because she was so, um, against the idea of fasting because fasting is actually, you know, at that time with her science, I know some article somewhere in buzzfeeds.com says it's okay, but denying yourself food for that. 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:49.980 Long of a time, the food starts to, you know, your enzymes, your body starts to eat on itself. 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:59.280 And in, in, in, in, in, in, in, in, in some sense, it's not a healthy thing to do to fast for a 24 hour period or something like that. 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:16.000 But what, what, what she understood at, at a, at a, at a, you know, at a scientific level, she, she maybe missed the, the, the spiritual opportunity where we're not even being dependent on food when we're fasting. 00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:18.200 We're being dependent on God. 00:34:18.600 --> 00:34:30.760 And, and it's that, that symbolism of, Hey, God, we're, we are not just praying words to you, but we're putting our actions where we are by fasting. 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:33.460 We're, we're showing our dependence on you. 00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:40.360 God, anything that you're doing in this space in physical and digital, it is not of our own volition. 00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.740 It's not of our own control. 00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:43.060 It's not of our own action. 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.400 It's of you. 00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:53.200 And so stopping and fasting is our way of showing God, Hey, God, you are in control of us. 00:34:53.440 --> 00:35:07.300 And we hope that you will sustain our physical body as well as our, uh, uh, physical ministry or digital ministry or virtual ministry in this context. 00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:18.720 And so like for us, the idea of, of owning, of contributing, of casting, uh, of, of buying into the vision at a higher level for the church digital. 00:35:19.060 --> 00:35:34.920 We not only want to ask you to, to, to, to like, um, to pray daily through 1002, uh, but we want you to, to, to join us in, in fasting for your mission. 00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:54.040 So, um, let's fast for what God is doing through you in the mission field, but to fast for how, um, we, the church digital, God can use you through the church digital and God can use the church digital to reach and disciple people at a global scale. 00:35:56.180 --> 00:36:02.760 There's this, this has been the challenge that I've had. 00:36:03.540 --> 00:36:07.660 If you know me and, and I don't want to speak out of turn, most of you would agree with this. 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:12.520 You know, I'm, I'm a, I'm a little bit of a control freak in the grand scheme of things. 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:16.180 If you know me well, you know that that you don't have to disagree with that. 00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:23.040 Like that's, I, I can, I can, I can control, uh, pretty, pretty well in those situations, but it's interesting. 00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:39.040 I've really, at a personal level, I've seen God move so well when I loosen up the reins, when, when I release control and allow God to move through it. 00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:41.000 It's, it's, it's interesting. 00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:47.620 The, the points where I've seen God move best is where I lost the most control. 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:55.300 The point where I've seen God not move is actually where I feel like I've moved the strongest. 00:36:55.480 --> 00:37:00.380 And by releasing control is giving God the opportunity to move in that. 00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:09.240 And so as an organization, to be honest, like I'm even like, as we're fasting, as we're, we're going through this. 00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:15.220 God, come and do something that's beyond what we can do. 00:37:20.660 --> 00:37:28.140 I mean, if you look at me, as my mom would say, you could probably skip a couple of meals, Jeff, it'd be okay. 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:41.400 The larger challenge though is, is, is I want to see God move beyond what I could do through Jeffrey.com. 00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:51.820 I want to see God move and do things beyond my wildest expectations or goals or standards. 00:37:55.560 --> 00:37:57.960 because God's vision is bigger than mine. 00:37:58.080 --> 00:37:59.580 God's vision is better than mine. 00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:03.360 I never thought I'd be here. 00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:06.260 Never thought I'd be here. 00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.920 I am so thankful. 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:18.460 God's got me here because what I thought I wanted to be and do and how God turned that on its head and where God brought me instead is so much better. 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:26.960 And it's being dependent on him in these moments for me as I'm, as I'm praying and fasting and seeking him. 00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:32.000 I want to invite you to join me in this. 00:38:33.600 --> 00:38:51.040 Praying and fasting that God would do something incredible through the life of you in and through and for and to and because and whatever other adjective you want because of the church that you're, I don't think it's actually an adjective. 00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:51.880 I'm bad in English. 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:57.720 So we, to own and owns may not be the right word. 00:38:58.200 --> 00:39:02.120 We want to talk about, um, praying. 00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:09.820 We want people to pray daily, to be a contributor, to, to, to take the next step with the church digital. 00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:15.100 We want you to, to, uh, to be a contributor, uh, which means you, we want you to pray daily. 00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.920 We invite you to pray daily. 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:19.940 We want you to, to fast, uh, through that. 00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:23.620 Um, and then there's a third thing that we're going to ask you to do. 00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.820 And, and, and it's the gift. 00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:29.920 Um, you know, we're looking here, Matthew six, let's say verse 19. 00:39:31.060 --> 00:39:39.440 Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:58.060 You know, it's interesting that, and listen, I, I am not the, I'm not looking for type. 00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:13.160 I'm, I'm, I am, we are, the church digital is not a church, nor are we, do I want to position ourselves as such and, and want to challenge to take, you know, money away from the, the bride of Christ in this situation. 00:40:15.040 --> 00:40:25.460 Um, but I, I, I do think there's a, a, a really interesting challenge here on Matthew six, 21 for where your treasure is there. 00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.520 Your heart will be also. 00:40:29.640 --> 00:40:34.560 Many of you have benefited because of the ministry of the church digital. 00:40:36.140 --> 00:40:55.480 Um, I would, I, I have loved doing, helping, shaping, um, contributing, equipping, mobilizing, um, empowering, encouraging. 00:40:55.980 --> 00:41:00.500 I've, I've loved seeing this organization do what it's doing. 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:09.280 And so I, I don't want to, I don't want to stop what I'm doing. 00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:14.340 This organization, our leadership doesn't want to stop what we're doing. 00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:21.960 But what I do want to challenge you to do is to maybe think about 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:27.920 taking a next step financially into this. 00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:37.140 Look, I, and, and if it's, if it's five bucks, you know, there are some people that five bucks a month is, is a big deal. 00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:45.480 And so whatever that number is, I'm at this point, I'm not, I don't know that I'm, I want to put a dollar figure on, you know, it's funny. 00:41:45.580 --> 00:41:46.080 I'll say this. 00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:59.820 We were actually kicking around the, an idea campaign of like, okay, we want everybody to do like, okay, one, 1% of your monthly income, 1% of your, what would it look like if you give 1% of your monthly income to the, to the church digital. 00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:08.100 And, and like the 1%, that's a, that's a whole thing in, in political subculture in America, which I don't want to get into. 00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:11.000 And so we kind of backed away from, from some of that language. 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.480 I do believe this though. 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:24.340 I do believe that for many of you, you see value in what you're doing. 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:28.600 A lot of you are spending a lot of time in our community and enjoying our streams. 00:42:29.080 --> 00:42:31.640 And, and that's, that's incredible. 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:33.940 We, we don't want to stop these things. 00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:51.960 We want to invite you to contribute into this so that you can own a piece of the, the ministry of, of what's happening here that you can pass it forward through the gifts that we're able to get. 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:59.180 Now is not only able to resource you, but to resource someone else and continue on that, that vision for it. 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:16.040 And so that's really what we're wanting to do is, is challenge people to one, pray, two, fast, and three, give to the vision of, of the church digital. 00:43:16.560 --> 00:43:27.620 And so to that end, we're going to be announcing here, pretty much effective immediately, the idea of being a digital missions ambassador. 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:42.300 Now, this is, this just launched, like you are, are getting the, uh, this may be the first kind of wave of, of seeing this page, the church.digital slash ambassadors. 00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:55.500 We want 50 people to have one purpose, uh, to move digital missions forward with prayer, fasting, and generosity, prayer, fasting, and generosity. 00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:57.380 Uh, it's a spiritual calling. 00:43:57.480 --> 00:44:05.460 We're looking for 50 people to stand in the gap as digital missionaries to pray, to fast, to give, to be part of something that can't be measured by views or clicks. 00:44:06.120 --> 00:44:06.800 Love that. 00:44:07.080 --> 00:44:18.680 But by lives reached in digital spaces and, and, uh, and the, by a lot, by lives reached in digital spaces, the building will never touch. 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.900 It's so interesting. 00:44:20.080 --> 00:44:26.360 We, um, you would look at our websites and be like, yeah, we don't like buildings. 00:44:26.520 --> 00:44:27.920 We actually love buildings. 00:44:28.120 --> 00:44:30.720 Buildings are great, but buildings serve a purpose. 00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:33.440 And the purpose is not everything anymore. 00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:35.400 And so buildings are going to reach you. 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:36.100 Buildings are going to reach. 00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:37.780 But there's a whole lot of people like that. 00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:39.260 We need to reach that the buildings are not. 00:44:41.200 --> 00:44:47.200 As an ambassador for digital missions work, a digital missionary ambassador, here's what we're asking for. 00:44:48.040 --> 00:44:51.540 Pray daily, uh, for missionaries in the movement. 00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:58.780 Fast once a month for boldness, breakthrough, uh, and digital saturation. 00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:01.080 And give monthly. 00:45:03.560 --> 00:45:05.120 Your prayer covers the work. 00:45:05.200 --> 00:45:08.360 Your fasting sharpens, uh, the mission you're giving fuels the future. 00:45:09.620 --> 00:45:15.620 Uh, it's not about ownership of a mission as much as we, but this is about ownership of a mission. 00:45:15.620 --> 00:45:18.640 We believe God is inviting many of you to act on. 00:45:19.560 --> 00:45:23.580 Uh, this is the beginning of what God is doing beyond our building. 00:45:23.700 --> 00:45:42.620 We're hoping to get in the season 50 ambassadors that will, uh, commit to, uh, being active in praying daily, fasting monthly, and, um, uh, giving, contributing to that. 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:45.480 How's this fit for you all? 00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:55.020 As, as, as people watching the streams, you all are, um, well, you're the, you're the ones that are most bought in. 00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:59.180 I would love some feedback from you on this. 00:45:59.240 --> 00:46:00.120 You can throw it in chat. 00:46:00.220 --> 00:46:13.120 You can DM me directly, but we really want to challenge you, uh, to contribute, to consider being an ambassador for us through the church digital. 00:46:13.520 --> 00:46:42.100 Um, and, and, uh, looking at maybe potentially, um, man, I so want to say owning and I can't say, I don't want to say owning to really help represent this at a global level, to represent this of, of the church digital, to be an ambassador, um, with others towards the idea of being, uh, digital, uh, missionaries and the work that's happening in digital and virtual spaces. 00:46:42.100 --> 00:46:50.560 Um, um, help us, um, and then at the same time, maybe start to champion these ideas publicly. 00:46:52.720 --> 00:46:54.020 So here's what I want you to do. 00:46:54.080 --> 00:46:57.440 I want you to check out the website, the church.digital slash ambassadors. 00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:06.340 We'll put that link in the YouTube description and the show notes, the church.digital slash ambassadors, A-M-B-A-S-S-A-D-O-R-S. 00:47:06.520 --> 00:47:08.100 I think that's how you spell ambassadors. 00:47:08.520 --> 00:47:11.580 We really need a, a shorter vanity URL on that too. 00:47:12.060 --> 00:47:17.920 Um, but we, um, we do want to see more of this move forward. 00:47:18.020 --> 00:47:20.080 We're inviting 50 of you in this season. 00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:25.340 Um, what is this not, this is not a giving campaign. 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:29.340 This is not the church digital needs money. 00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:32.620 And so we're asking desperately for people to give. 00:47:32.740 --> 00:47:34.740 Now, listen, I, I'm going to be blunt. 00:47:35.220 --> 00:47:36.980 I, I was in that season. 00:47:37.580 --> 00:47:41.880 I was in that season two months ago, three months ago, four months ago, where we were desperate. 00:47:42.580 --> 00:47:51.900 Um, God's moved in some great ways and, um, you know, the church digital is stable, um, moving forward. 00:47:52.040 --> 00:48:03.280 The church digital is stable, but so it's not giving, but I do believe this is that, that, um, you know, the money is, is, uh, is a testimony to where your heart is. 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:15.840 And, and maybe some of you, there, there's an opportunity to contribute a little bit, to own, own the vision of the church digital and set up a monthly contribution right towards that. 00:48:16.180 --> 00:48:18.700 You know, I've said this, I think I can say this. 00:48:20.180 --> 00:48:23.760 Daniel Heron's a 20, how old is Daniel Heron? 00:48:24.060 --> 00:48:26.860 Daniel Heron's maybe 24, 25 at this point. 00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:35.880 Daniel Heron, um, started the Robloxian Christians when he was like 11 or 12 years old. 00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:42.340 Dude ran a digital church in Roblox called the Robloxian Christians for over a decade. 00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:48.880 He, um, literally I asked him once, like, how many people do you think you connected with? 00:48:48.900 --> 00:48:55.580 He's like 50, 60,000 people, uh, easily through the Robloxian Christians over the course of his lifetime. 00:48:55.580 --> 00:49:01.980 It was funny, at age 21, 22, he aged out of, uh, ministry on Roblox. 00:49:02.220 --> 00:49:04.580 He felt like he was too old to do ministry. 00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:09.260 And, um, they tried to hand it off to somebody else, but they ended up shutting the church down. 00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:13.540 I say all that to say that Daniel Heron's a 25 year old. 00:49:13.620 --> 00:49:18.140 He works in, in, um, politics, political work, um, something. 00:49:18.700 --> 00:49:19.880 I'm not really sure. 00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:29.180 Um, he ran, for a while he was, like, director of a suicide hotline in, like, New, uh, New Mexico, I think. 00:49:29.620 --> 00:49:30.700 Anyway, that's not the point. 00:49:31.100 --> 00:49:41.820 The, the, the larger point is that Daniel, uh, you know, young adult in the Pacific Northwest was contributing 10 bucks a month to the church digital. 00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:54.160 And, uh, and I'll tell you what, it made me proud that this kid, he's not even active in, in digital missions work today. 00:49:54.160 --> 00:49:57.360 Uh, he's, he, but he has a history in it. 00:49:57.420 --> 00:50:06.440 He understands and he is, is passionate because while that's not what he's doing now, that is where his heart was. 00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:12.800 And he wants to see the church digital help others continue that, that mission on. 00:50:13.860 --> 00:50:16.200 And so do invest 10 bucks a month. 00:50:16.420 --> 00:50:21.460 And that may be the widow's might, um, 10 bucks is not a lot. 00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:33.600 Um, but God can do a lot with a little, and, and I'm excited to see what we continue to do with just a little on a global scale. 00:50:35.700 --> 00:50:37.360 So it's not a giving campaign. 00:50:39.060 --> 00:50:58.720 It truly is an opportunity to invite you, uh, to be ambassador at a prayer, at a fasting, um, and at a, at a financial level, uh, to invite God into the digital relationships that you have through these methods. 00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:05.220 And to see what God can do through you, through these methods. 00:51:07.540 --> 00:51:11.060 What would it look like if you prayed for your own ministry every day at 10.02? 00:51:11.680 --> 00:51:13.560 What would it look like every day? 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:15.960 Stopped. 00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:22.640 And nothing is more important than stopping and praying at 10.02 for, for what God's doing in this space. 00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:41.140 And through you, what would it look like if you took 24 hours and fasted a month just for the sole purpose that, that you're, you're showing your dependence on God, not on, um, worldly methods, not on strategy, but on God. 00:51:42.140 --> 00:51:56.160 And what would it look like if you sacrificed a little bit of financial stability, a little bit of financial stability, just to, uh, show God that your heart's in the same place. 00:51:57.500 --> 00:52:08.100 I, I think there's an incredible opportunity for us to take this to, uh, our personal ministry to a higher level in digital and virtual spaces. 00:52:08.260 --> 00:52:09.680 So, Hey, that's what I'm looking for. 00:52:09.740 --> 00:52:13.520 I'm looking for, as I close that screen, I think I saw that screen somewhere. 00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:24.360 I am looking for, um, 50 people to be a digital missions ambassador. 00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:33.660 Check out the website, www.church.digital slash ambassadors, A-M-B-A-S-S-A-D-O-R-S for more information. 00:52:34.540 --> 00:52:35.000 All right. 00:52:35.560 --> 00:52:36.760 Well, Hey guys, guess what? 00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:37.740 We're going to wrap up. 00:52:38.080 --> 00:52:41.000 I told you it was, I mean, it was a, it was a, it was a chill day. 00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:43.380 It's kind of just chill today. 00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:46.700 Tomorrow, next week, uh, I'm excited. 00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:48.920 We're going to have Stacey and Elmichelle coming on. 00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:57.520 We're going to be talking a little bit about, uh, mental health and, uh, the church digital, uh, chaplain's work. 00:52:57.520 --> 00:53:09.600 You know, we've got the two ladies here, Stacey, Elmichelle, uh, have been active, have been actively working in digital and virtual, uh, through the church digital in our communities. 00:53:10.220 --> 00:53:20.700 Um, and, and we want to start to let the church and digital know what, what they're doing as, what does it mean to be a chaplain of the church digital? 00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:24.220 Stacey's chaplain overall of the church digital. 00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:28.320 Elmichelle does a lot of chaplain work for the church digital and virtual reality. 00:53:28.540 --> 00:53:38.780 What does that mean, um, and how they can help, uh, missionaries and ministries like yours in that. 00:53:39.140 --> 00:53:46.100 And so it's going to be a really good, a really practical conversation coming next week. 00:53:46.100 --> 00:53:49.080 So check, uh, it'll be Tuesday, 1 p.m. 00:53:49.080 --> 00:53:50.420 I think we're going to be good for that. 00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:56.120 Uh, whatever day that is, as I say, 27th, 28th, 29th, I guess it's Tuesday the 29th. 00:53:56.120 --> 00:53:58.340 Be back onto our normal scheduled time. 00:53:58.740 --> 00:54:01.780 Uh, then yes, Stacey's looking forward to that. 00:54:01.780 --> 00:54:06.420 And I'm sure Elmichelle is as well, but Hey, uh, for today, we're going to land the plane. 00:54:06.560 --> 00:54:10.120 Uh, and so thanks for hanging out with us here on the stream. 00:54:10.120 --> 00:54:16.120 Like I said, everybody, uh, as I'm wrapping up here, go, go open up a new web browser, go 00:54:16.120 --> 00:54:24.940 to twitch.tv slash the church digital twitch.tv slash the church digital our, our, our good 00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:33.320 friend, uh, uh, Layton flat cap is over there in, uh, on TCD's Twitch channel and he's getting 00:54:33.320 --> 00:54:35.000 ready to kick off a couple hours stream. 00:54:35.240 --> 00:54:38.120 So hang out with him, enjoy the podcast interview. 00:54:38.260 --> 00:54:43.580 Tell him I said, Hey, and, um, we're coming soon from the church digital. 00:54:43.740 --> 00:54:44.000 Okay. 00:54:44.180 --> 00:54:44.620 Love y'all. 00:54:44.720 --> 00:54:45.360 Appreciate everybody. 00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.160 Bye.