Sunday, April 7, 2019. Long Story, Short (Part 4). 1 Corinthians 12:4-12 & Acts 1:6-11. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. At the ascension of Jesus, the disciples get caught staring up into heaven when they ought to have been looking at the world around them. The church is not a group of believers waiting for their ride home; the church is a group of people carrying on the work - and story - of God, which Jesus has re-framed with the language and imagery of the kingdom of God.