Honoring Jack Bunting
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Jack Bunting has served as an elder for over 50 years and so today we honored is service to Christ and His church.
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- Hi, Jack.
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- Can you come forward? Yeah.
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- Jack, come up here with me.
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- You made the announcement, was it last week or two weeks ago? Two weeks ago.
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- Yeah.
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- That you were going to be retiring as an elder after over 50 years.
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- In that area.
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- Of service in the church.
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- Yes.
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- Not trying to call your age.
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- Give or take.
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- Give or take, yeah.
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- And we are very grateful for all that you have done.
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- I enjoyed it and loved it.
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- Today we have some of your family joining us.
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- I don't know if you noticed.
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- Yes.
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- Did you notice back there? Yes.
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- Oh, no.
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- Well, Jack, we are grateful for all that you have done for the church.
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- And as a token of our appreciation, we have produced for you an ornament for your wall to remind you.
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- It says, Jack Bunning, because of your faithful service to this church body, which has spanned for more than a half a century, we honor you this day, March 21st, 2021.
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- Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor with deepest appreciation and affection, the congregation of Sovereign Grace Family Church.
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- Thank you very much.
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- To God alone be the glory.
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- Amen.
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- Amen.
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- Just let you know, the elders that you have, the pastor and the two elders, and then the best you could get.
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- I learned a lot being an elder with them.
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- I enjoyed my time being an elder, but it comes to a time that I need to step back when I see that I haven't finished, but I'm just not able to do some of the things I'd like to do.
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- I'm still going to go around and shake your hand and hug.
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- As a man told me when I was a young boy, 27, Mr.
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- Mosley, he would go around and he would hug the girls.
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- And I says, Mr.
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- Mosley, does it not offend your wife when you go and hug the women? He said, son, at my age, it doesn't make any difference.
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- He said, remember, you shake the man's hand and you hug the women.
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- He was in his 60s and I was in my 20s.
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- Thank you very much for the confidence in allowing me to serve you as your elder in the church.
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- As I said, there's my other son.
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- Yes, you have a whole family.
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- See, this is the part that we have to tell you.
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- We've tried to keep it a secret, and I don't know if we did a good job, but we have a meal in your honor.
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- Callahan Chicken, your favorite, has catered the meal for you.
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- Oh, you're going to have some good food.
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- And we've invited Tanya and Troy and Todd and their families to be with us today to honor you.
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- And we want you to go and enjoy the meal and know that we love you.
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- And we were talking about him being in here to affirm the congregation.
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- You vote yes.
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- Right? Then you can go enjoy the meal, and we'll be in there directly.
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- You go ahead.
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- The food will be here any minute.
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- Go enjoy your family.
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- Go enjoy your family.