well, good morning. So our church family, my name is dan if I haven’t met you and for those of you who know me so good to see you, it’s been three months Yeah, it’s good to be back with you guys, I was on a short sabbatical, some of you forgot who I was, I forgive you, still love you but my family and I blessed tremendously by that sabbatical break, really refreshing the Lord and also encouraged by your prayers. Uh some of you sent notes of encouragement and gift cards, just did little things to let us know that you were thinking about us and we certainly appreciate that we’re so blessed by that. So thankful for a church family like you all and my Children every saturday night would ask one of them would ask that why aren’t we going to our church and that also blessed me because they feel loved here and they love being here and so I’m thankful and I’m glad to be back with you. But anyway, that’s enough about me, Let’s get into the word of God, open your bibles to john chapter 15, The Gospel of john chapter 15 Today we’re kicking off a new series um we are doing a series called rooted and the first two weeks of this series mike and I will talk about being rooted in the vision of sewer church and rooted in the values of sewer church and then in the following weeks will unpack some of the rhythms that we think are necessary for disciples to grow in this rooted faith in christ and so um that’s just kind of a introduction of where we’re going with this series. Um so john chapter 15, beginning in verse one, I’m gonna read the passage all the way to verse 11 and then I’ll pray for you all. You need those prayers, somebody you’re like, what did I get myself into? He just got back, what you gonna do? The Lord is good, Let us read his word, I am the true vine and my father is divine dresser, every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches whoever abides in me and I in him, he, it is that bears much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing if anyone does not abide in me, he’s thrown away like a branch and withers and the branches are gathered thrown into the fire and burned if you abide in me and my words abide in you ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you by this, my father is glorified that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples as the father has loved me, so have I loved you abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love just as I have kept my father’s commandments and abide in his love these things, I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full as the word of God. Let us pray father in heaven, thank you, thank you for this day, thank you for the truth of your word, thank you for the reality that you are indeed gathering of people to yourself for your glory and God, we’re so thankful that the gospel invitation was presented to us that we might come to you and be called Children of God. We ask that Lord in this time that we have together as your people, God, that you would help us to understand exactly what it means to abide in christ that we might be more fruitful in christ that we might bring more glory to your name with our lives God, that is our desire. Work in this way. Holy Spirit move among us. We ask in jesus name. Amen, Amen. So as I said in the beginning that this is the beginning of a new series entitled rooted and today we’re gonna look at being rooted in the vision of sword church being rooted in what we believe God has…