Welcome to the Battle Lake Alliance Church. Here in our community, we believe that we are here to share good news, good news of Jesus Christ. Members of the Battle Lake Alliance Church come from all different backgrounds, all different walks of life. So no matter where you are, you are welcome. Colossians 1:28 is what guides us as a local church. It says, "We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ." And for us, we attempt to accomplish that with ministries for all ages. And so we invite you to join us here in Battle Lake at 10 AM on Sunday mornings and throughout the week in various different ministries we have.

- My name is Elissa Picconatto and I'm an International Worker with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. And that means that I want to say a really big thank you, to you. Because I am part of your family and I am so privileged to be able to represent you, going overseas carrying the same messages that you're hearing in your churches about God's love for you to people and places where they have very little opportunity to hear that. And how that can impact their lives. One of the ways that you support me is through prayers. This is a fight. This is bringing the light to places that are extremely dark. The majority of people in Northeastern Germany have absolutely, no faith in anything beyond what they can see and touch. We have an amazing God that has transcended what we can just see and touch. We need your prayers to be able to push back the darkness and be able to share that light. We also have some ways you can contact us through the Christian Missionary Alliance's website. We also have a newsletter that goes out regularly, that we'd be really happy to share with you, so you know exactly what to pray for and what we're up to. And then the last way is one of the most important ways for keeping us on the field, and that is through the Great Commission Fund. Thank you so much to those of you who have already given to that. Because that is what enables us to be on the ground there. And to those of you who haven't given to the Great Commission Fund, if you wanna learn more, you could ask your Pastor, you can ask other people in your church, go on the CMA's website and there's some really easy ways to be able to plugin with our ministry that way too. So I wanna say thank you, again, so much for including me in part of how you're reaching out to the lost in the world. And I look forward to meeting some of you face-to-face. And being able to find out how you're doing that in your neighborhoods too. God bless you.