Pastor Steve prepared us for the new academic year by preaching from Colossians 1:1-14 and asking the question, "What is one goal or good thing you want to see happen in the next year?"

The sermon ended with the congregation praying Colossians 1:9-12:

"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light."