A new month and a new week of some very exciting space news, we've got the Firefly launch Starship update, so stay tuned everybody, as this is your episode of Tomorrow News for the week of September 6th, 2021. Firefly Aerospace are one of the upcoming small sat launch providers along with Astra and Launcher to name a few. Their rocket, named Alpha, is actually one of the largest small sat-designated launch vehicles currently being developed and tested, designed to carry up to 1,000 kilograms to Leo and 630 kilos to a sun-synchronous orbit. Here you can see compared to Rocket Lab's Electron, it's actually massive. At 0200 UTC on September 3rd, the first ever launch of an Alpha rocket occurred from Slick 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the west coast of the USA, and getting off the pad it actually went pretty smoothly. You can see here that the rocket ascends into the sky with nothing abnormal to be seen. On the stage of the flight, the second stage and all six payloads on board were heading for orbit. However, at some point in time from launch to 1 minute and 16 seconds into flight, something happened to engine 2 as it flamed out entirely, causing a lot of acceleration speed, resulting in a delay to reaching Max-Q as the vehicle was travelling at a much lower than expected speed. No, Tim Dodd, it wouldn't turn out to be great at all. A little while after the call-out was expected, it was said that the vehicle had reached Max-Q, but sadly, as soon as that happened, the vehicle violently veered off course, causing the fan to break off due to the aerodynamic forces, and then the flight termination system was activated, creating a giant fireball over the skies of California. I really think the reaction from the crowd at this point explains the emotions everyone was feeling in the moment. Also just a word of advice, I never thought I would need to give out. If you're watching a rocket launch and the flight is terminated or the vehicle breaks apart or whatever happens, please do not allow your children to run out into a field where a piece of rocket has just fallen from the sky because for one, they could and probably would injure themselves handling it and two, if a piece of rocket has just fallen in that area, it's very likely that more pieces of rocket will be falling in that area as well, and nobody wants a chunk of rocket landing on their head. But at the end of the day, everyone should be giving Firefly a huge congratulations for how far they managed to get with their first ever launch. Spaceflight has always been and will always be unforgiving, and the team there have managed to get a rocket further than most other humans on Earth could. The company will still get data from this launch and they can learn lessons on what to improve for the next one. Let's keep the spirit high, moving from a company who had their first launch a few days ago to one who had their first launch 15 years ago. Last week I said the first time we will see the cupula, which is going to be attached to the docking port of the Dragon spacecraft for the Inspiration 4 mission, would be when the vehicle reaches orbit and it opens its nose cone. Turns out I lied, these photos were released last Wednesday of each crew member posing within the dome window in California before it was shipped off to Cape Canaveral to be mated with Dragon resilience. A short full of gravitas officially entered service by receiving the booster used on the CRS-23 mission, B106-1, and a few days after the launch, onlookers at Port Canaveral were able to witness this brand new state-of-the-art ship bring home that booster. ASOG isn't the only new kid on the block, however, as SpaceX has a new fairing recovery ship named Doug after Doug Hurley. Converted from a platform supply ship, which is a cargo ship designed to service offshore platforms, a big crane was put on the back, a design most likely influenced by Sheila Bordelon, one of the ship's SpaceX contracted after they no longer needed the fairing catches, mistree and mischief. The vessel also has the capability to tow a drone ship out to sea, removing the need of an extra tug, and with ASOG already having the capability of full autonomy and just read the instructions getting the upgrade soon, the SpaceX sea fleet may actually be shrinking soon. Doug will also be getting a sister ship, appropriately named Bob after Bob Benkin, the other astronaut who flew on the DM2 mission. Moving down to Starbase, I don't want to say it's been a bit quiet because it's never quiet, but there hasn't been as much major activity going on as there was last week. Let's start with GSE tank 7, which was rolled from the construction facility down the road to the launch site, whilst the test tank that was doing cryogenic proof tests last week did the opposite. It was rolled back to the construction site, and when I say they did this simultaneously, I mean they did it simultaneously, as there was a little bit of a tank traffic jam with tank 7 having to wait at a restaurant for the test tank to pass. I can imagine whilst tank 7 was there, it was probably wanting a nice Methodox cocktail as well. A new common dome has also been sleeved with some stainless steel rings, which is currently speculated to be for the upcoming booster 5. The thermal protection tiles on ship 20 are still being checked over ahead of the orbital flight attempt, with only the top few having markers left on them. And last but not least, in the world of Boca Chica this week, cryo tank Shell 6 has been rolled out to the tank farm. There wasn't any other tank traffic on this run, however, so it didn't need to stop at a restaurant. And finally this week in the world of SpaceX, Andrei Korolev, the grandson of the lead Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev, has been given a tour of the SpaceX factory by the man himself, Elon Musk. Quote, we are incredibly grateful for the invitation, hospitality and unforgettable almost hour-long personal meeting. Continue to move the world forward, Mr. Musk. And here is your space weather with Dr. Tamethaskov. Space weather this week is definitely picking up. As we take a look at our Earth-facing disc, you can see there is a coronal hole that's going to be rotating in through the Earth strike zone here over the next couple days. But you know what, this coronal hole really isn't all that well formed so we're not expecting a lot of fast wind from it. The real story is in all of the bright regions you see, both in the north and in the south, there we've had tons of them actually emerging over the past couple days. In fact, we have region 2864, that's the main player. But over the past couple days, we also had region 2865, 66, 67, and now 68 emerging just in the last 24 hours or so. Back on the fourth, BWAMMO! You see right there, region 2864 launches an Earth-directed solar storm. Now right now, we're waiting for coronagraph observations and models to give us a better indication of how strong this storm is and how soon it will impact us. So we've got to hold on for just a few more minutes for that. Meanwhile, as we take a look at the far-sided sun from stereo's view, this is stereo A and it's looking at the sun just a little bit from the side. You can see region 2864 as it's forming and beginning to gurgle and actually launches that solar storm. But you also see all these regions in the south. Look at it, you can see region 2865, 66, and 67, a whole just kind of emerging very, very quickly. So this is all boosting that solar flux for amateur radio operators and emergency responders and it looks like we're going to stay easily in the moderate and maybe even moving up to the good range for radio propagation. For more details on this week's space weather, including how the new bright regions or that Earth-directed solar storm might affect you, come check out my channel or see me at spaceweatherwoman.com. Just before we leave again for another week, let's take a moment to thank the citizens of tomorrow. Without their continued support of the show, we wouldn't be able to continue. If you'd like to join the escape velocity, orbital, suborbital, or ground support citizens, head on over to youtube.com forward slash join and become a member for as little as a dollar a month. 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28 people got shot 28 people got shot record. This is guaranteed. I was there. So this is facts Yeah, yeah, the club called power and and and so Did you Was in there? No, I'm sorry. Did you put that event together? That was somebody else event But my artist which my entertainer she was hosting it but 28 people 28 people got shot Did anybody pass away? Nobody died.  Yeah, we gon talk. I gotta ask you a couple of more things before I get you out of here The gutter I gotta ask you about being in some of these dangerous places that we talked about the boy homes and all that You ended up you was at a party for next two times you say was was was was headlining Okay, I just want to ask you like to be in a situation where how many people did you say got shot? 28 people guys 28 people guys record. This is guaranteed. I was there Facts, yeah, yeah, the club called power and and and so Did you In there? No, I'm sorry. Did you put that event together there was somebody else event But my artist which my entertainer she was hosting it but 28 people 28 people got shot Did anybody pass away? Nobody died. Whoa, damn Nobody got shot. Nobody died. That's a blessing. It's not your hospital. Everybody listen. Let me tell you how facts that is I finally got out the club. I'm driving home. I stay out far, right? I'm staying far. Yeah, I don't stay in the city. No, so I'm driving home, right? Swear to God. It's on my life B.    And so you hear the shots rain out. Yes, sir I'm on stage for this going off. That's why for this did the five years, too Oh, this isn't the same. This is the same reason. He went to jail Oh, that's the reason why your boy went.   You feel me music good.   I ain't saying nothing different. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just saying like That's different type of chaos, but it's still chaos.  That's one of the bats Sometimes his face card is bad.  You feel me?


This video might be my most emotional video ever. This video means so dear to my heart. And I want you all to help me like this video, share this video so that all of us can see it. Good evening. How are you all doing? It's your favorite village boy Mr. Ghana, baby. And I'm in Jinja, Uganda on my way to meet this woman that I've never met. But she's been talking about me almost every time I check on YouTube. Guys, I'll be going to the salon. You know why? Because what the matter? It's true, dear.  I'm just excited of her. They are coming to Uganda. And guys, let me tell you what. Mr. Ghana is already on point. She looks so nice, the hair, the dress, everything. And I want to... When they come to Uganda, I want them to meet me.  They said dream big. I want them to reach to meet me when I'm looking so cute. And I decided to check on what she does. Apparently, she builds for old people. She takes care of young people in the village, I mean, especially kids. And when I watched her first video, I was kind of touched. And I was like, anytime I come to Uganda, I'm just going to find her. But today I had a lot of activities to do. Oh, my leg, my leg! No, relax, Maya. Ah! So it's almost five o'clock. I thought I could not make it. But she called me and said, the whole village is waiting for me. Oh, my goodness. I don't think I can disappoint. Okay, now within 30 minutes, you'll be here. Okay, let me try to be entertaining the people because I want you to find them because we are many here. Hey, you'll see. So yeah, come along with me. Let's go meet her. And I know and believe that you all are going to enjoy this amazing episode. When it comes to village videos, I get super excited. I mean, the village boy going back to the village. And I received a call that worded Maya. I said that Uganda is very beautiful. Uganda is not that far. So, Bananga, how are you feeling? Fine, fine, fine. Fine, fine, thank you. I'm so excited by the way. Yeah. Boris wanted to meet Ms. Trudy. So I'm like, wow, she came in the village to find me. Bananga. So, of course. So, guys, like sometimes I'm not believing it, but I'm believing it because whatever I can do. You said I'm coming, I'm coming. We're on the main road. You're not to get lost. So we are going to wait for you there. God, look at that. Oh, my God. No way. Oh, my God. Oh, my goodness. This is coming for me. Ah, ah, ah, ah, goodness. Oh, what do I do? Run up there. Look to see you all. Do I have to come out? Yeah. Nice to meet you. Hi, I'm a committee member. Ah, where's Ms. Trudy? Ms. Trudy's here. Hey. OK, we'll follow you. Yeah. Guys, what is in front of me? I've never seen anything like this before. This is smaller than one walk, man.  Ha, ha, ha. You want to come up? Jeez. Definitely come up with the cast that's moving, but this is the... Oh, my God. This is crazy. Oh, my God. She's celebrated like crazy. Ah. I can say in that whole village. Ha, ha, ha. Oh, my God. What do the banana leaves symbolize? Oh, my God. Look at that, look at that, look at that. Look at that, look at that. That is beautiful, man. Oh, come. Wow. I'm heading to the village. We're not even in the village. I came to wait for her as the roadside. Even with another long cruiser. That's crazy, man. Oh, my goodness. Like, they got my photo. They got my photo on the car. No, this is priceless, man. Can you see the photo on the car? Yeah, can you see? The president today. You guys have no single idea how I feel right now. Look at that. For people. Yeah. Uganda itself has been amazing. I never dreamt of coming back to Uganda again, but I've had nothing but pure love and an open arms from Ugandan's welcoming me to their beautiful country. I've never cried in any country. If I cry, which means maybe I got deported or something is happening. That's why I'm crying. But a mere walker made me shed tears. Oh, my goodness. Look at that. How? Everyone, Jesus. Oh, no way. What is going on? Look at that. Oh, wow. Oh, my goodness. No way. No. My goodness. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. This is not the only walk-on that I've had in Uganda. YouTubers in Uganda also walk on me and they even played my song and it got me so emotional, but I did not cry. But what this lady, Salah Tourist, together with the whole village, I mean the whole community, did, was exceptional. There were a lot of walk-ons in Africa, but this was exceptional. You know why?  I saw my wife shedding tears to the extent that even when the whole program started, she was quiet because she couldn't believe what was happening. I felt like I was dreaming. What's going through my mind was Africa will one day come together. If you believe, say amen. Because I'm from Ghana. These are Ugandans and they got to know me through social media. But they received me, not because I'm from Ghana, they received me just because I'm an African. And that warm walk-on touched me and I started crying. What made me cry is the heart behind it and the mind behind the whole ceremony. I'm Kim Uji on YouTube, but I'm Nathan Kimori. Nathan? It's nice to meet you, man. Thank you so much. We work together, we start twice. And I'm already behind the camera. Okay. Nice. So we are trying to change our community. Because now it's late, but I will come here in the morning again just to see what you guys have done and what I can also do to support. Definitely. Thank you. Thank you. That's beautiful. You adopted my name, Kim Uji. That's beautiful. And then maybe I also adopt the name now. I will give you flowers. Flowers? Wait a minute. Flowers? These are the same kids that Sala uses YouTube community to build a school for them. And my subscribers beauty to have a school because in the lockdown, I was teaching them here because they did not know how to do anything, even build kids. And I was like, we need to do something. And my daughter, I went in town and bought books for her during the lockdown. And then the kids started coming. They wanted to learn. So I was like, Mom, I will go down and buy some books for them. So we started from there then. I was just vlogging as you know. And I was like, these are my kids. And I was like, Sarah, I want to buy for them blackboard. Sarah, I want to buy for them mat. Sarah, I want to build for them. And that's how we got these rooms. And that's how the school came. You built a school in your village just because of YouTube? Yeah. But at least you have seen of the package that you had prepared for you. So right now, as a Bongo should do is how to do this. What did Maya say? How? Like they are always here. Turn it. Yes. Okay. So maybe you could come so that you can pop there. So I'm so sorry. I have been dancing in the hall there. Yeah. Yeah. So we come to both or one? Okay. How about through the Maya? Is it what? Okay. So because we are going to all hold it at night. Okay. Okay. I have so much respect for Africans that holds and respect their culture. And that was what is happening in here. Especially to see kids dancing beautifully wining their way. Believe me. If you don't value your culture you can definitely not dance like this. For making me feel special. I really appreciate this.  So that I can don't come. In the description you all need to go and subscribe. It's by force for you guys to do this for me. Please go and subscribe. But like the video, subscribe and be part of this awesome family. Maya. My most emotional video ever. Please like this video. Share. So that so many people will get to see this community in Jinja. Yay!


Okay, good morning everyone. Welcome back to another session. Let's just begin this time with a word of prayer So can one of us maybe Salome, can you lead us in prayer, please? Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord for all that I've done a father which is a glory, honor and praise a father Thank you for staying a father and having a father in our lives a father Pray for butter and you give him glory a father. Can you help him while he's leading us today a father? You give him wisdom what to speak and what not to a father Thank you Jesus for all that I've done. God you bless each and every one over here who's there and who's about to join a father God you give it glory honor and praise in Jesus most precious name I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you All right, so We've come to the last chapter yesterday. We completed chapter 8. We looked at you know, how we can pursue him even as we are praying and seeking after God God is God who is response to hungry hearts and a heart that is passionate a heart that is persistent a heart that is compassionate towards the people around us and We looked at what to also pray when we are praying for revival Pray for repentance Pray for more of God the manifestation of his spirit pray for the salvation of the laws transformation of communities Also, it's very important to engage in fasting and prayers. There will be times You know, God will put in our hearts to fast and pray now The whole aspect of fasting and prayer is you know, it's a whole subject altogether. There's lots to learn about that But Isaiah very briefly he Describes in his book and he says what is the true fast? What is what does it mean to fast truly meaning?  I'm doing it now The reason if we want to fast and pray is because we want to be changed Just like God like Jesus just to become more like him and and out of that Will, you know, flow out the miracles and God begins to answer our prayers and all of that, right? So We'll move into chapter 9 this will be our last chapter and then I think what we will do is next Monday We should be able to wrap up on this subject and I know it's a it's a long It's been a long semester meaning a lot of material that we went through a lot of revivals and Right from the first century church to now But it's always good to go back and refresh your memories Maybe, you know pick up on revivals that you like to learn more about you can go online read about them and These will help us, you know, we can get encouraged we can build our faith and Also, we can use them, you know in teaching others about the importance of Pursuing God for revival, right? So chapter 9 our page 101 in my book Stewarding revival To host the presence and and manifest his glory now There will be some points that are repeated. So I'll just go a little quick in those areas, but We are stewards of what God entrusts us with, right? So for example, if Just take a small example, right? Example we buy a guitar or an instrument now We are we've got the guitar or the instrument we need to take care of that, right? We need to be good stewards of it now For example, we buy a guitar or buy an instrument and then after we buy it. We don't take good care of it Right? What's gonna happen? maybe those if it's a guitar the strings are gonna rust off and You know the we need to make sure that we change the strings at the right time have it tuned Clean the guitar every now and then now we need to be good stewards of what God has given us Right now, maybe God maybe not all of us our own, you know started our own ministry or You know, but here's the thing whatever God has given us Whatever he has entrusted to us We need to be good stewards, right?  So if God entrusts us with something he expects us to look after it to nurture it right and so This includes spiritual leadership entrusted to us Right when when we are in the ministry, maybe we are serving in different capacities within the church community Do it as good stewards, right? It's not whether okay. Hey, this person is watching or the other person is watching It's not about that being a good steward is being accountable to God Right. Yes. We need to be accountable to man. That's why we also have leaders above us but Remember that whatever we do in our life and wherever we serve whether it's in the church or The small group do it as good stewards of God right Good stewards is not only managing about managing well what has been given to us But it is also about multiplying and passing it on to generations Right now we did a lot of these revivals We saw that you know these men of God were great men and women of God did wonderful works They you know, they stewarded the revival well, but they towards the end They did not multiply it. They did not succeed that revival to the next generation Right now that's these are lessons that we can learn even as God, you know Pose out his spirit upon us in different measures We are to be Sorry good stewards of the Holy Spirit Right. So let's look at this example from Matthew chapter 13 24 was 24 towards 30. Can one of us please read that? Matthew 13 24 Towards 30 Christopher if you can go ahead and read that Yes Matthew 13 24 verse 30 another parable he put forth to them The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tears among the wheat and went his way But when the grain has sprouted and produced a crop then the tears also appeared So the servant of the owner came and said to him Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tears? He said to them an enemy has done this The servant said to him Do you want us then to go and gather them up? But he said No, lest while you gather up the tears You will also uproot the wheat with them Then both go together until the harvest and at the time of harvest. I will say to the reapers First gather together the tears and bind them in bundles to burn them But to gather the wheat into my barn Amen. Thank you Christopher. So here Jesus is giving a wonderful example here of separating the wheat from the chaff right and here It's a wonderfully, you know, the Lord Jesus is You know putting forth this example. He's saying, okay He tells his workers go put some good seed in the ground right, but The enemy comes in between put some tears and then those begin to grow Now all of a sudden they're wondering. Hey, the workers are saying We put good seed on the ground. Where did these tears come from and it is it's interesting to see that the master knew okay, the enemy has come and So these stairs among us right among the whole plantation now, what are we getting at? But that is a move of God there will be You know Manifestations are mixed fleshly manifestations of the work of the enemy right meaning There will there will be the genuine there will be the freshly manifestations How how how do we you know look at these two now? It may look the same. Remember the enemy You know, he knows how to duplicate things, right? And so it may look Very identical. It may look exactly the same Maybe it is, you know for example You know if in certain places if there's an outpouring Maybe there's the people who want to gain attention to themselves or they want a place of superiority, right or You know this feeling of hey, I'm more spiritual than you I am holier than thou kind of attitude now these are wrong reasons and wrong motivations within a move of God Right now here's the interesting thing The worker said okay master will go and we'll you know pull off these stairs You know so that the good The wheat remains and the good plantation remains It sounds like a good idea, right? It sounds like a good idea But the master was wise enough and he said no no if we pull it off Even the wheat it's going to come along with that and then the whole you know the whole plantation is going to be a waste But let's wait for the harvest Let's wait for the time When everything is ready for the harvest We will pull them all out then we'll separate the tears and then we will separate the wheat the tears We will take it we will burn it away and the wheat we will put it into the barns And so the owner was Mindful that he should not uproot anything Even during those initial stages instead wait for the fruit wait for the harvest so wonderful example Sometimes, you know in our zeal for God We may end up being in a hurry or we may end up trying to you know correct people and We may end up doing it in the wrong way at the wrong time So sometimes, you know, we really need the spirit of discernment or we need the wisdom of God Sometimes it's very good to just keep quiet right just stay quiet and prayerfully ask the Lord what needs to be done right and and wait let let God work in those myths wait and see the fruit and You know, that's when it'll be It's wise to make decisions. Let me share this incident that happened many years ago here in the city of Mangalore Not to put down anyone but this is something that happened and It could happen to any one of us right there was this elderly couple right who stayed in the city of Mangalore and They began to attend our church you know If they've retired if it completed their work and they retired and they would come every Sunday, but one thing I noticed Every Sunday right from the second Sunday onwards. They became very comfortable with the people around so that was good But one thing I noticed is Whenever I heard them talk, you know, they would talk about, you know This other pastor or they'll be talking about this other person what he did what she did it was more like, you know kind of Gossiping kind of a thing now. They are really elder to me and And I really wanted to go and tell them right, you know, let's avoid this and Because in none of our church folks really, you know, we've maintained it after a long, you know A lot of hard work. We've maintained it in a way that we don't talk about things But, you know, I just kept quiet and this went on for a couple of Sundays And then I was asking God, God, I know that if I confront them They're going to get upset and I know that they will eventually say, you know, I'm not going to come to the church and all that So I was asking God, God, give me the wisdom. How do I Tell them because I can't keep quiet also because if I keep quiet then it's like I'm not protecting the church and I said, okay, let's wait. Let's see Let's give them another month. Let's see if there is a change. Let's see if there's fruit From what they've coming and learning over the past, you know, two months or so and I just kept quiet and somewhere around the third or the fourth month, you know This gentleman, he came up to me and he said, you know what pastor? I have been wanting to tell you this One thing I've noticed is in your church, whenever we talk about people Nobody talks back about anything. They just keep quiet and And when we were having our family prayers, the Holy Spirit very clearly told us to stop Gossiping and talking about others. So we are very sorry for speaking and talking about other people other pastors And we want to apologize If we have created any problem if there's anything that we have heard people's sentiments here But we assure you that we will not go we will not repeat this and I was so You know, I was so comforted because I thought to myself, what if I had, you know confronted that person immediately maybe they would have said, hey, oh Well, I never said anything. It's just been two weeks here. I'm here. Oh, the reaction could have been bad But you know, I thank God that They themselves understood now, there will be times they will not understand What I'm trying to get at is wait Give some time give people time right and see the fruit in their lives if there is there's no fruit that is bearing in their lives then go ahead confront and Make things right, but we must wait For people to see the fruit in their lives. What the spirit? What is of the spirit will bear genuine and lasting fruit, but Fleshly manifestations will not Right. So in due time, it will it will just be shown in in people's lives, right? If there's somebody who's always, you know Praying seeking God Living in honor, you'll see the fruit. Yeah, it is obvious. You will see good fruit But if we see people trying to make up things, you know, trying to make up prophecies or You know, fleshly manifestations just to go along. We will see the fruit Right, we may not see it immediately. We may not understand it immediately But eventually it will come out because the Lord himself said we shall be known by our fruit, right? So So give people time But also be discerning ask the Holy Spirit. That's God. When do I you know step in? How should I go about doing this? The master here in this passage. He had the spirit discernment. He had the wisdom. He said no, no, let's wait I don't know destroy the entire field which we have struggled for but let's wait and when the harvest is ready We'll do the needful. We'll pull off the Tears we'll pull off the wheat and we'll do according to it And so it's very important that we do that too when we're stewarding a visitation We need to make that a habitation of God meaning God wants to dwell among his people Yes in the Old Testament the Holy Spirit would come minister to people and go away Right, but now in the new covenant the Holy Spirit is in us The Holy Spirit is with us always and so it's not only about a visitation of God. We want to pray For a habitation of God Right, so for example, we're praying for healing. We're praying for deliverance. We're praying for a You know a move of God in our midst It's it's great when God does it, you know one Sunday. There's a powerful move of God But what we also want to pray for is look God continue this let this be a habitation Day after day or week after week Maybe it's in your life group setting or your church setting. We pray God let there be let this be a habitation Let it be a continual thing going on and on like, you know, one of the things we do at ABC is we after our sermon we spend some time in ministry ministering to people so we probably You know sing a song and then we Pray for healing pray for deliverance. God gives a probably word of knowledge or a prophetic word We spend time ministering to them now.  Just as hey, you know what that that Sunday was a wonderful service. Yes, that's great But we wanted to be a habitation Right And how do we make it a habitation? We need to teach people we as leaders need to train other people Right, uh, if the leadership is well prepared What we can do is we can ensure that the house of God Is maintained as a dwelling place of God Right, uh, so how do we? You know maintain this house of God as a dwelling place of God first one Keep the house clean No sin in the house. Right. We need to encourage people to Keep away from the things of this world. Don't let the things of this world Come into the church and these fleshly manifestations pride jealousy anger backbiting All these things right we we as a church need to keep away from it. Let's keep the church clean Right meaning Don't point fingers at others. Let's not say, okay. He's you know, this person did this and this person that that Let's keep the house clean Paul writes to the efficiency says Do not give The enemy a point of entry Another word says don't give him a foothold. Let's he take the entire room Right. Yes. Christopher. I see you raised your hand.  That's a good question, Christopher. Yes, it could be applied to both But, uh, so, uh, when we look at the parables, Christopher, what we see is we have something called as the kingdom parables And then we have the regular parables, right? Uh, so, uh, this is, you know, uh, a kingdom parable So whenever we see a kingdom parables is more likely towards, uh, the kingdom of god, meaning the church as a whole, right? Now we I'm not saying we can't apply to ourselves. Yes, we can But then there are also the parables which are More, you know, related for us like, for example, the parable of the lost son, right? The parable of the lost sheep Um, uh, I'm plenty of other parables. So, uh, here on in context what Jesus is trying to say is, uh, Wherever, you know, there is even the parable of the sower is is in context to Again a person their personal life and as a community as a whole uh, and so yes, uh, Christopher, so This could be applied to our life as well. We're in, you know, there are things in our life and, uh, you know We all go through those, you know, those thorns or those tears that may be there in our in our lives, but But the point is what we can do is Christopher look at it and see Okay, is this bearing fruit in my life? Right? Uh, is it something that is helping me? You know one one one. Let me give you this example a young man a young boy a college student Um, he's a pastor's son and he came to our church and He's from a different state and he came to our church and uh, very very fervent boy Serving, you know, he's a pastor's kid. So he's there on Sundays serving in the church He asked me a pastor. Is it wrong to listen to uh, you know, uh, these Secular songs they just love songs or or you know, just regular secular songs There's nothing wrong that the lyrics are not bad. The The videos are not vulgar the lyrics are not Against god.  Uh, I said Here's what I said, right? And I could be I may be wrong, but I felt that You know, this was something that he needed to hear. I asked him I told him it's not wrong If you want to listen to that If you feel that it's not it doesn't have any Bad lyrics or unholy words and the videos are not Vulgar and they don't and not explicit if you want to listen to it go ahead and listen to it And he was very happy, but then I asked him Is that What you're listening to is it bearing fruit in your life? Is it Something that is drawing you closer to god So his answer was no Is it bearing fruit in your life? No, I I get some kind of peace in my heart, you know, after a long base work listen to Okay, but is it bearing fruit? Is that peace staying for a longer time? Or is it after the song is over the piece has gone? And is it bearing fruit in your life And and and I and he said no, it's not bearing fruit Nor is it giving me like a constant peace But I just feel like doing it Right, so I remember telling him now if it's not bearing fruit in your life if it's not drawing you closer to god Then you need to make the decision to know whether that is a wheat Or a tear in your heart in your life Right, you can let it grow together Right, we can listen to gospel songs. You can listen to these songs also both are growing together Right, uh, nothing's nothing wrong is happening Right, we've got the wheat. You've got the tear also both are growing together right, uh, but Is it helpful Is it helping you Grow into more of god's likeness into more of god What is it that it does to you? So, you know, the more I probed Him the more I questioned the more I just began to ask him all these He came to an understanding that hey, uh, I can't stay without this Right, uh, because it's not something that I have to have in my life. I can't stay away from it If I want to draw closer to god and if I want to do something more for god in my life I'll have to let go of it. I'll have to take it and burn it away If I don't doesn't mean god is going to condemn me and bring, you know, whole kind of You know condemnation on me and say you are a sinner and all of that But it's just that, you know first Corinthians chapter I think it was first Corinthians three Paul is writing to the believers. He's saying we will stand at the judgment seat of christ Uh, and he's saying we will be saved from the fire But our works will be tested by fire Right And so if our works are tested by fire that which is not of god will be burnt off We will not be rewarded for that only what is of god will be rewarded. So Even if we don't stop You know, we keep listening to you know gospel songs and we are listening to secular songs It's not that we got is going to throw us into hell. No, but on the judgment day You know That will just be burnt off. There's no reward for that. I might as well do something where I am rewarded for You know, so so yes in our personal lives also there will be these tears that are growing within good ground and so Especially now, you know In this world that we're living in Young people have access to so much of music that is around us music and video games and so many other things that can easily, you know Draw attention away from god. So it's very important that we That's a work. We have to do right the holy spirit will remind us Hey, this is something that you need to get rid of now me personally Uh, you know growing up as a young boy. I used to listen to a lot of secular music is we you know me and my brothers we used to listen to heavy metal And all these bands and uh, you know, we were always listening to bands We would do all of this and then once I became a believer I would still listen to it I used to listen to it. Then I think oh man, I shouldn't have wasted my time But then this music you're listening to 10 years or you've been playing these kind of music. It's so attractive Then it came a time when I had to say, okay, I need to stop this I need to do this And so I slowly came out of that music Right. Uh, so Christopher, I hope that answers your question. There will be things in our lives Uh, well, but but the tears that we have to ourselves Uh deal with and burned off from our lives. It's all it's all the rewards. That's it. It's all about Whether we are growing closer to God or no So, Christopher, I hope that answers your question any No, I I I understand that uh That's why I I I I mean I I think I just I know wanted to Bring up the point about in that in that interim period of time where you know, uh, you know, we have We have, you know You know taken away. I mean that the tear is just taken away from us. So we just discard it completely uh There is a need to You know Focus on the on the goodness and all the good works that we we are capable of doing because I find that Sometimes um and it happens to me sometimes also I see it in the individuals also where you know, there is a lot of focus on Okay, you know, I have this, um, you know one or two tears Which could be which could be uh, not good in the in the in the short term But they focus a lot on that and then you know, it sort of he focuses them from doing good works and um, the other thing is that um I mean, I feel that You know one one status taken away and discarded it has to be replaced with something else that is good because otherwise This is void which which sort of appears over there and you know Can lead people are uh become uncomfortable with that, you know, so, um, I was just thinking about, you know, more just in that time frame of you know, um Uh, you know discarding it which may take, you know, maybe a few days. It could take a month or you know, a couple of months um and um where You first you'll focus on the on the goodness and you know, we we pray and you know, there are the, you know, uh Maybe uh, you know going through what I've got and you know talking to other people and you know discarding that And uh, but that just that that period of discarding, uh, may not be just one day. It could be We take that So just to you know, focus on the on the on the goodness and uh on the good works And um able to move on That's that's where that's coming from Yes, thank you. Thank you. Christopher. Yes, that's wonderful too. Yeah, there are times when you say, okay You know what I did this wrong So I will not serve at all. No, god is like how Christopher's saying he's saying What he's trying to bring is that you know, we all have gifts talents We have things in us that we are capable of doing and uh, god has bestowed upon us. So Uh, let's not only focus on okay, this is wrong. This is the tears in my life or these are the wrong things We also, you know, even as we are working on that We remember that we are a work in progress. We're changing Glory to glory. Uh, so we can focus on our strengths also and say god these other things that I'm able to do and able to Give to your kingdom and to serve and uh, so we also, you know, focus on that and serve god So yeah, thank you so much Christopher for sharing that all right, uh, so First one was uh, keep the house clean No sin within the house You know, one thing we always say is don't give the devil of the pulpit time Now it's sad to see that, you know, a lot of churches they Come on the pulpit and then they start saying oh this person did that this person did this And they talk about all the you know certain places you you know churches you the sermon starts off with the world news What all is happening around in the churches? That's all not required. What is the pulpit for? It is to preach the word of god Right, and so don't give the enemy A foothold don't give him time Keep the unity of the spirit the unity of the spirit Uh will bring the anointing of god and uh and when you know The unity of the spirit is where problems and conflicts will be solved remember acts chapter six There's the the there are two kinds of people there the elderlies people who for the serving of food you got the you know the widows the grekkian jews and you got the regular jews and What's happening there's division or the people or the other jews are looked after better than what we are Okay problem in the church. Let's resolve this so they all sit. Okay. They come up with the solution What is the solution? We'll choose seven people full of the holy spirit. They will do the serving of the food and problem solved right There was unity in the spirit everyone said okay, right, so Unity of the spirit will help resolve conflicts keeps the house clean three Keep a humble heart. We talked about humility the last chapter Stay away from being pride. Just be humble Look at don't look at every you know if we are a leader don't look down on people. Okay. I'm here. You are there No, we're all the same, right? Keep the lord jesus as the focus Meaning that he is the lord. He is the The owner of the house. He's the leader of the house, right? We are just his stewards. So we keep we encourage people to keep their eyes fixed on jesus not on pastors not on leaders not on evangelists and the healing and all of these things which is wonderful But our eyes need to be fixed on jesus because he is The leader right and contain continue and maintain Prayer that fuels revival now in a church community now Prayer is very essential God provides the fire And we provide the sacrifice so as we pray As we pray it's a sacrifice. We're saying god Pour out your spirit pour out your presence, right now There will be times we will go into intense times of prayers There will be times we'll go into intense times of worship continue that fuel it right if that's something god is doing fuel it right if so if it's the if it's worship that is You know where god is working through worship fuel it if god is working through prayer fuel it, you know meaning Fan it into flame or let it just increase Right and very very important stay With what is important Right in in in terms of the church There are some things That does not change for example, we love to see miracles. We love to see You know the blind see the deaf here. We love all these things, right? There will be times when you know, there'll be gold dust or You know angel visitations The angel of god came and told me this and the angel told him that and all of these things There will be testimonies within the church wonderful Right, uh praise god for those testimonies and all of these things but Our focus is not on the angels Our focus is not on the gold dust angel feathers and all these I remember one of these places uh seeing a Couple of years back. I remember seeing this where they said that there were angel feathers long kind of feathers falling off in the Church, I don't remember when I saw that to some clip that somebody sent it to me long time back It's wonderful for all this but here's the thing That should not be the focus now for example, if I'm going to church My mind should not be say, oh, what if there's gold dust today? No I've got everything wrong if I if I think that way Oh, what if an angel comes and I miss the angel? No I am going to church So that I can experience the presence of god I can hear the word of god. I can build myself up We are to stay with the important that is preaching the word winning souls discipling them fellowship with believers sharing caring equipping the saints going out on missions uh outreaches and and and that's that's that's what it is And as we do all this in between we may have all these wonderful spiritual manifestations, but that is not the key That is not, you know, it shouldn't be okay. I saw the angel So they what the angel said only and so we will listen to the angel. No, no, no That is very dangerous stick to the word stick to what Uh, the doctrine and the teaching of the word of god remember the apostles in the book of acts They're going about peter's going about and you know, they said hey peter's coming Let's line up all the sick people There and peter's walking there and the shadow of peter Brings healing on all the people there The next day they didn't say okay Shadow ministry or whatever They didn't say that Right They said what did they say? Let's continue in teaching preaching and equipping the believers. They did not stop that Right peter and john went to pray. They saw the lame man on the You know, uh Front of the temple said silver and gold have I none? But what I have I'll give to you in the name of jesus rise up and walk Right and then he rises up and walk the next day. We don't see uh You know kind of any new teachings going on there, right? It was Hey Teach the word preach the word. Let it be followed up with signs wonders and miracles, right? The the signs and wonders Did not cause them to formulate a new doctrine That's the danger here if there are angels and In a gold dust and all of it that's good but do not Start new doctrines with all these manifestations If we do so then We're at the wrong side. We we've lost focus on what is important Which is the word? Which is all the other things Right acts 542 says and daily in the temple and in every house They did not see Teaching and preaching jesus as the christ They did not stop No matter what miracles happened No matter which angel came No matter what happened They did not stop teaching and preaching the word of god So that's very important that we also in our lives, right?  I want to talk into people's.  You know, god's called you for that and if you feel that that's your calling go ahead Uh, so what do I do pastor? Uh, I said start off with reading two chapters a day And spending at least an hour in prayer said one hour in prayer And his reaction was like, oh, that's it's gonna be difficult And reading the word for how long at least two chapters keep half an hour meditate on the word of god And it was he, you know, the next after two weeks. He said what happened? Are you praying? Is god speaking to you? No, no, no, I could not pray.  So I told him you're losing focus Your focus is on the people on the prophets and not on god And so it's very important not to lose focus we have these you know In ministry and it's sad to say that people are So entangled with those leaders, you know, they just want to be like them Right. They forget about Jesus. They want to be like this leader While the scripture says we are the image of Christ. We need to be in the image of Christ So we need to get those things right and Consolidate what is being released Right. The word consolidate is very important, which means strengthen Strengthen what we have We talked about this also in the previous chapters Keep using what god is imparting in in each of us if we don't use it We will lose it If god is imparting some kind of a You know word of wisdom or a Prophetic word, he's releasing it to you continue to ask more continue to use it I remember the first few times, you know, I was unsure, you know, hey, is this god? I felt this in my spirit. I went to my leaders. I said Can you help me out in this? I'm not I'm not sure is that me or is it Is it is it god speaking to me? I'm not really sure and so Whatever is god is imparting in you Get help if you don't understand but use it Right Build on it grow in it if we don't We will lose it Right now consolidate strengthen Whatever we have where appropriate we can document things And you will be learning on church administration also in the final year on how to you know Have church administration and church ministry done So you can learn more on consolidation there as well then Create and maintain revival culture the culture of revival to continue You know the same way how it started off It should not be something that is like a wind which comes and goes away, but let it continue You know, the revival culture is always god focused The presence of god focused and not program focused right Now programs are important. I'm not saying we don't do events. We do a lot of events It's important. But the reason we do those events is so that The presence of god can minister to our lives and to people's lives as well. So Revival culture is one where we are full Yet we are hungry for more of god. We are blessed with all things yet We are poor and spirit meaning we are wanting more of him Is a revival culture is where we pray worship And win souls and make disciples and we are passionately eager to do more And so even as we go about doing these things I know we have a little more left, but we will stop here Next Monday Will be our last class and so we can wrap up. We have questions We can take questions as well. So We'll stop here. We'll pick up from point nine from next week And so let us all Learn and desire to be good stewards of what god has given us. It may be the smallest thing But let's be good stewards and god is pleased with that Amen. So any thoughts any questions? if you have I will what I'll do is next Monday also, uh, after the class I will post the assignment So we've divided the assignment to I've personally made it to do 50 and 50 marks and then we will consolidate And you'll be marked on 100. So All right, so I put that on Monday after the class itself. So Right any other questions any thoughts so we can close in prayer Okay So no questions. No thoughts. Okay. All right I just I just have a thought so thank thank you pastor again for your teachings. They've been really inspiring I just like that point you made about not being Programmed focus, but god focus because um We're in a time I need whereby churches define Church as the activities conferences they hold in a year It's like people are losing focus of what's important, you know um It's it those conferences are important. They empower believers, you know, but it's like We're stealing away the church from god to be more program focused and within The falls of the church and we're not emphasizing on fellowship We're not emphasizing on people reaching out to those who Often who who who are in darkness, you know, we're more about us Activity making a name, you know and all that so I think that's very instruction of Instructive rather sorry that we should be more god focus. What is god saying in our season and time? What is it god telling us to do rather than we Proposing what we ought to do we should we should allow him be the one to dictate what we ought to do Yes, thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you say yes That's that's very true. Uh, you know Even the times that we are in like for example, even you know here in mangrove when when we started off three and a half years ago We were just 10 people I thought god, how are we going to get more people now? I knew that you know and any church as that's a You know, we have to do events, right? We have to do like worship evenings or youth meetings And then we tell our youth. Hey, why don't you invite other youth? Oh, so nothing wrong about that but here what's important is Our focus is not okay.  Maybe hurting. They may be going through different challenges But let the presence of god minister to them Maybe next class. I'll share with you a few things that happened to me personally You know and how from, you know, 10 people we are now about About 75 to 80 people in the church And how in just in span of about one and a half years because it's been two almost two years You know on and off with coven so in span of one and a half years The lord brought a lot of people within our community and how did god do that? So probably I'll share that with you next class All right, all right. I think we're past time. You'll have to get to our your next session. So Let's just quickly close in prayer Father, we want to thank you for this our lord We thank you for all that we are studying and all the learning of god I pray god that you minister to each one of us. Bless each and every student Even as they're learning through different courses over this semester that your spirit will teach Impart empower and use them lord for your glory god. We thank you in jesus name. We pray Amen, amen Amen, thank you so much everyone. We will catch up next week. Have a great week ahead.  Thank you. God bless


Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's ceremony. As a reminder, place all electronic devices on silence. The ceremony will start in two minutes. Good afternoon, ladies, gentlemen and distinguished guests. The officers, non-commissioned officers and service members of the Ohio National Guard would like to welcome you to the change of responsibility ceremony between Command Sergeant Major William A. Workley and Command Sergeant Major Scott M. Bargy. Today, Command Sergeant Major Workley will relinquish responsibility to Command Sergeant Major Bargy. Please rise for the recognition of the official party and remain standing for our national anthem and the invocation. To join me this afternoon in a prayer. Lord, we do pause at this time of change of responsibility to seek your leadership in your blessing upon this ceremony, our lives and our service in the military. We thank you for the leadership. Our NCO Corps gives to our entire Army and especially to the leadership of Command Sergeant Major Workley and Command Sergeant Major Bargy, the service they give to this state. We thank you for their wisdom, their experience that has enabled them the lead to mentor and to serve as examples for each of us to follow. Continue to use them to do great things. As they continue to serve at the highest levels, may all of us seek to serve at our greatest potential and ability as we follow the Army values and as we live out our faith in our military service. In your name we would pray, amen. Thank you, Chaplain Burris. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. Again, I'd like to welcome you to today's change of responsibility ceremony. I am First Sergeant Desiree Lane and I will be your master of ceremony. Presiding over today's ceremony is the Adjutant General, Major General John C. Harris Jr. Joining him on stage is Command Sergeant Major William A. Workley and Command Sergeant Major Scott M. Bargy. Command Sergeant Major Bargy will now introduce his family and special guests in attendance today. Thank you, Command Sergeant Major Bargy. Now I'd like to recognize our distinguished military guests in attendance today. Please hold your applause until the end. The Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Brigadier General David B. Johnson. The former Chief of Staff for Air, Brigadier General Retired Rebecca O'Connor. State Command Chief for Air, Chief Troy R. Taylor. The former State Command Sergeant Major for Ohio, Command Sergeant Major Retired Albert Watmell. The Chaplain for the State of Ohio, Colonel Daniel Burris. A heartfelt welcome to you all. I'd also like to thank all the other commanders, Command Sergeant Major and leaders in attendance today. The change of responsibility ceremony is a military tradition that is rich with symbolism and a heritage dating back to medieval times. Soldiers often carried staffs or standards into battle that identified them as a unit. Throughout military history, unit colors have marked the position of the command team on the battlefield and served as a rallying point. While attacking or rallying on the battlefield, soldiers would follow the standard or color of their leader, most often found at the forward edge of the battle. In more recent times, the colors represent not only the heritage and history of the unit, but also the unity and loyalty of its soldiers. The colors are the symbol of authority, representing his responsibilities to the organization. Wherever the command team is, there are also the colors. The passing of the Joint Force Headquarters colors represent the transfer of responsibility from one command senior enlisted leader to another. Command Sergeant Major Workley will now relinquish responsibility of the Ohio National Guard Command Sergeant Major Bargy. The command senior enlisted leader is the senior enlisted service member in the state. He is a spokesperson for both the loyalty and concerns of the soldiers and airmen and the principal advisor to the agitant general. The passing of the colors from Command Sergeant Major Workley to Major General Harris signifies his last act of allegiance. The passing of the colors from Major General Harris to Command Sergeant Major Bargy signifies that the unit is never without NCO leadership. This completes the passing of the colors from the outgoing command senior enlisted leader to the incoming command senior enlisted leader and signifies the confidence that the agitant general places and the non-commission officer for. At this time, Sergeant First Class Ryan Acker is presenting a bouquet of yellow flowers to Tammy, wife of Command Sergeant Major Bargy. Yellow is a sign of welcome and new beginnings. The budding flowers represent the anticipation of things to come to once again welcome her to the unit and symbolize her continued relationship with the state. At this time, it is my honor to introduce our speaker, the Agitant General for Ohio, Major General John C. Harris. Hello, thank you for being here and I'd like to begin my remarks by addressing our retirees. I was pretty moved just a few minutes ago because more than one person has said to me how proud they are of what the National Guard has accomplished since many of you have been retired. It's so good to see you here but I need you to know that the things that you've seen over the past few years whether it was COVID response, response to civil disturbance, response to cyber attacks, while it's the folks who are still wearing the uniform who executed that, you're the ones who set the conditions for that. As we realized very, very early in the COVID response there are two things that they've said you can't search trust, you have to build that over time and you can't search excellence. And from day one, when we responded to COVID, when we asked people to go on duty that day and stay in that duty status in some cases are very extended periods of time, we had excellence in our ranks, in our culture, in our leadership from the start. So thank you because we didn't do that, you all did that. And as I said, you can't search and it's either there or it isn't. So thank you for building such a strong foundation that we rely on so much today. Second thing I'd like to do is sort of explain the senior enlisted leader position because it is a relatively new position. I realized early on how essential this position was. Most of what we did during the COVID response and in so many other responses are joint responses. And the need for leadership that works on both the blue and the green, the army and the air national guard space is essential. And I wanted, when I became the adjunct general, for the state command sergeant major to enjoy that commander to serge major relationship with the ATAG army that I enjoyed with Roger Jones and other previous command sergeant major. And the same thing for the command chief of the air guard. I wanted that command chief to enjoy that commander senior enlisted leader relationship. And quite frankly, sometimes the adjunct general gets in the way of that. So I decided I'm gonna let these two service senior enlisted leaders function as service enlisted leaders. And I is the tag, I'm gonna leave them alone. And I realized very quickly that I could not function without a senior enlisted leader. It's impossible without that sounding board, without that voice of the non-commissioned officer core, I felt that I was really flying blind. And in many cases, I found myself going into the command sergeant major's office or the command chief's office and saying, what do you think of this? And violate my own rule that I wasn't gonna, wasn't gonna drag those guys into tag business. So I realized very quickly that I needed a senior enlisted leader. And I was reluctant to do it at first because I hate pulling any resources to this headquarters that could be utilized in the field. But it turned out to be one of the greatest decisions, one of the greatest benefits to me that has happened in my time as the adjunct general because having this seasoned non-commissioned officer, not only representing the non-commissioned officer core, for various events like state partnership, program events and other joint endeavors, but also having the advice and counsel of a very senior seasoned non-commissioned officer is invaluable. And I've been fortunate enough now to have that experience with two just fantastic, fantastic leaders. Sergeant Major Warkely, he started his career in the 80s and there aren't many people in here who started their career in the 80s left, many of whom are retired, but he did start his career in the 80s. And one of my favorite things, he's never heard me say this, but he started his career as a cook. And throughout his variety of assignments, whether that was in the 237 PSB or as a brigade command sergeant major, I always see those characteristics of a cook in him, what do I mean by that? No matter where you go or what you do, it's always the mess section that's up first on duty, getting ready for everybody else. And it's always the cooks that are the last ones to go to bed because they're setting up to get ready for the next day. And Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major Warkely may not realize it, but I see that characteristic in him all the time because his car is always the first one in the parking lot and generally it's the last one to leave, it's just in his DNA, it's how he's wired. But most importantly, when everybody else goes on leave and there are just a few soldiers or airmen left back, the cooks stay back because they still have to work and they take care of them. And whether it's one or 20 soldiers or airmen that are left back in the rear, it's always those caring cooks that are there taking care of those soldiers and airmen. And I see that in Sergeant Major Warkely, he has always been there taking care whether it's one soldier issue that he's got to track to ground or whether it's a collective strategic problem that we've got to engage at national levels to fix, he's always been there to do that. So Sergeant Major Warkely, thank you for that. Thank you for being my right-hand person for these years, fantastic. Please pass my appreciation on to Amy because she's been a part of the team. She's actually traveled to a few events with us and she's been a great partner for you. And thank you for being my wingman. Not goodbye, certainly, but moving on to a different position as a State Command Sergeant Major in a full-time capacity and congratulations to you for that. Command Sergeant Major Bargy, welcome to the team. You know, it's pretty rare here, number one, to be a nominative senior listed leader, but the qualifications that I look for in this position, someone who's previously been a brigade or a wing, Command Sergeant Major or Wing Command Chief, you know, the list gets pretty small. And then when you look at the characteristics that we look for in that person, someone who can thrive in a joint environment, someone who can build those relationships without the authority to build those relationships, again, like I said, it's pretty rare, air-indeed and Command Sergeant Major Warkely, Sergeant, I'm sorry, Bargy certainly demonstrates that. As a person who's certainly done heavy lifting for his country for a long time, I lost track of the number of days he's been on duty. I can tell you, he spent 54 months just outside of the country, 54 months away from his family. That's just what he spent outside of the country. But one of my favorite experiences with Command Sergeant Major Bargy, and this is how I knew he was the guy for me someday, was during COVID when we ran the mass vaccination site at the Wollstein Center.  And keep in mind, the Wollstein Center was a multi-agency event, so it involved FEMA and a number of other federal agencies. We were literally there pretty much to run the manpower pool, to run the thing, but it was not an Ohio National Guard mass vaccination site. We appointed a dual status commander, so we were in charge of the forces inside the Wollstein Center. That was General O'Connor, and she selected as her senior enlisted leader of course, Sergeant Major Bargy. So during that DV event, because it was multi-agencies, we kicked off in the morning, and everybody looked at everybody else to see who was gonna take charge. And the agency that was gonna be in charge really wasn't in charge that day. And I saw the switch flip in Sergeant Major Bargy, where he went from an advisor to an Army non-commissioned officer. And he literally swung into action. He starts marshaling groups together.  He literally took charge of the event. Between him and General O'Connor, we got through the day, and everybody got the tours, and everybody got briefed, and everybody left, high-fiving each other about what a great day it had been, but had it not been for his leadership, and he and General O'Connor's initiative, it would have been an absolute disaster. And so for a non-commissioned officer who can understand the environment, and when I talk about the politics of being a non-commissioned officer, it's not about Republican Democrat politics, it's about reading the room, reading the room and operating appropriately based on the environment. I'm not sure there's anybody better suited than Sergeant Major Bargy, so I'm sure happy to have him on my team. Welcome to the position. Thank you so much for signing up for this. You know, at this level, the line becomes really blurred between full-time and part-time. The number of days that the senior enlisted leader spends on duty with me are doing something for the National Guard, whether it's state partnership or other events are pretty significant, so without an employer that's supportive of this, which you both have, thankfully, and a family that's supportive of this, which you have, thankfully, it would be absolutely impossible. So for all of you, again, thank you for this, for the excellence that we enjoy in this organization, both those currently serving for our retirees, for the families and friends who continuously support us through thick and thin, and to both of you, great leaders, congratulations on your new assignments. I wish you the very best, and thank you for continuing to serve this nation the way that you do. Thank you, Major General Harris. We would like to invite Command Sergeant Major William Workley to the podium to make his parting remark. Hey, good afternoon. This is directly related to that seasoned comment that he had and being around since the 80s. That or I write too small on my card, one or the other, so hey, thank you, sir. Thank you for the comments, and thank you for the opportunity. About four years ago, I had the opportunity or the good fortune, actually, to attend the Keystone C-Cell course, which is pretty rare air. I was a brigade CSM, I'm not sure why they let me in the course to start with. They must have had an extra slot or something. I was pretty intimidated by the level of NCOs that were there from divisions, from cores, from all services, foreign militaries as well. But after about day two, I started to get comfortable, and I figured out, you know what, I probably do belong in this group, and I think it gave me a lot of confidence, and it showed me at that level what a C-Cell was and what the job entails. And then a couple months later, I got Sergeant Major Jones, former State Sergeant Major, sent me a text and said, hey, I think the boss is gonna be getting in touch with you to be the C-Cell for the Ohio National Guard. And I remember the first meeting we had where I was asking, you know, what are our expectations, what are we gonna do here? And I'm not sure either of us really knew what it was gonna look like. And you made the comment, we're gonna build this plane in flight. So, you know, I think for a couple months, we did what we thought we needed to get done. I'd attend where I could, I was M-Day, and it would be around when I could. And then about six months into the job, the pandemic happened. And I might be one of the few fortunate people from the pandemic because it was the biggest joint engagement operation that we'd ever undertaken. And right away that position became relevant. And it was a great opportunity for me to work with, with Air and Army and our interagency partners at the state. I had the opportunity to sit on working groups with state directors and truly have an influence, I think on the course of Ohio's response. So, you know, when I think back to, you know, as being a traditional soldier, I think that's the value of the C-Self position is our MSC Sergeant Majors who are very experienced and have deployments and everything. There's only one seat at this level. There had been only one seat as a state Sergeant Major. And it didn't fit in a lot of people, a lot of M-Day, traditional soldiers, careers, but this does. So, you know, I think in that respect, this is such a great opportunity. You know, I got, I think we've made a lot of hay with, with SPP over the last three and a half years from the NCO lane. We've always had really good relationships at the NCO level going back to the initiation of our partnerships. But I think that comes and goes a little bit as the personalities on our side of the, of the partnership and the personalities on the other side of the partnership change. I was fortunate about the time I came on, both our partners got new C-Sells and we bonded pretty quickly and we're able to move some pretty good agendas on the NCO development front forward. And I'm sure Sergeant Major Barge is just gonna expand that from here and keep the ball rolling. Also had, you know, the opportunity over the last three years or so to get involved at the national level with, so our, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs has a advisory council that I was fortunate to be the region four primary representative for. So I got a seat at the table at the national level to influence issues that affect our soldiers and airmen day to day. That's a great opportunity. I would encourage Sergeant Major Barge to look for that opportunity down the road. So, you know, if you were here a few weeks ago for a ceremony much like this, you heard me babble on for quite a while and it's interesting. So I took the state CSM job that day and then this announcement came out, I don't know, maybe about three weeks ago or so on a distro and I had at least a dozen people come up to me personally and say, hey, what happened? You know, three weeks and you're, they're kicking you to the curb or did something happen, you're leaving? I'm like, no, no, I'm still the state Sergeant Major. I'm just not gonna be the C cell. So a little confusion there. It probably speaks to the fact that we haven't done a great job of publicizing the C cell and getting it out there. But we'll keep working on that in the future. So, Sergeant Major Bargey, I couldn't think of a better NCO to take my place. I think you'll just take what we've initiated and continue to make it better and better. And I wish you all the luck and you're still part of the Army team.  Thank you all for coming and I look forward to my next assignment. Cool, thank you. Thank you Command Sergeant Major Workley. Ladies and gentlemen, the new Command Senior Enlisted Leader for Ohio, Command Sergeant Major Scott M. Bargey. As my family and many of you know, my favorite Mark Twain quote is don't let backs get in the way of a good story. Unless you can't think of anything better. Well today, I can't think of anything better. Thank you to everyone who had a hand in doing this today. I really appreciate your effort all the way from getting it on the busy schedule to picking up the flowers. I know it takes a lot to do something like this, but it's not every day that we make Ohio National Guard history. For those of you that do not know, our storied organization turns 235 years old next Tuesday and that was the first ever Command Senior Enlisted Leader change of responsibility ceremony. General Harris, I stand before you today. Humble, proud, determined and appreciative. Humble, because of the great honor and privilege I have as being selected by you as the second Ohio National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader. Filling in the footsteps of Command Sergeant Major Workley will be no easy act to follow. I look forward to continue working with Sergeant Major Workley as he already assumed the responsibility as the 10th Ohio Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major. Congratulations again, Bill. Additionally, I look forward to working with the 12th Ohio Air National Guard State Command Chief, Command Chief Master Sergeant Troy Taylor where we are already off to a flying start. Thanks for carrying the colors today, Troy. Although my experience working with the Air is neither extensive nor negligible, back in 2009, while deployed with Colonel Durenberger, I worked as the Army Senior Enlisted Leader at Alial Salam Air Base in Kuwait during our deployment. And during my assignment as the Joint Senior Enlisted Leader on the COVID Joint Task Force from 2020 to 2022, where I worked directly for Brigadier General O'Connor, Colonel Hesterman, twice, and Lieutenant Colonel Brackman, I did enjoy all of the five-star restaurants, luxury hotels, and first-class airline seats. But I know I have much more to learn about our teammates in blue. Sir, I'm proud because of the long, rich, and storied history of this organization and the accomplishments that go back to July 25th, 1788. Proud to carry on the honor of previous famous alumni of our organization like Major General Rutherford Hayes, Major General James Garfield, and Second Lieutenant William McKinley, the 19th, 20th, and 25th presidents of the United States. Private Jacob Parrott, our nation's very first Medal of Honor recipient 160 years ago. Coach Don Shula, the only person to coach an NFL team to an undefeated season. And Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson from the 371st Sustainable Brigade, the two-time Ohio Army National Guard. And see whether you, who succumbed to lung cancer three years ago, the Heath Robinson Pact Act was signed into law last August and was named in his honor. Sir, I'm determined to ensure that I continue to do those things that led me to this place on this day. To continue my long-standing mantra of the health, safety, and welfare of my service members and their families is my number one priority. Without this People First philosophy, toward our service members, we cannot meet our mission without our service members, we cannot fight tonight. I'm determined to uphold characteristics exhibited that led to a rater comment from my company commander, Jeff Leroy, from when I was a first sergeant in Charlie Company 1st to 147th Armor in Greenville, Ohio. From an evaluation that started in September of 2001 and ended in September of 2002, a year after the terrorist attacks brought down the World Trade Center on 9-11. Received a coin of excellence from the battalion CSM for developing three platoon sergeants recognized as the best in the battalion. That coin was given to me by Sergeant Major Schenck and I still use this coin as a reminder of my responsibility to develop some more than NCOs. Some of you may be familiar with those platoon sergeants. Sergeant Major Nelson, who's here today, former 16th Engineer Brigade CSM. Sergeant Major Nichols, who's supposed to be here, but is currently AWOL, former ADA Brigade CSM, and Sergeant Major Burris, currently deployed as the 37th BCT CSM. Additionally, we had two other NCOs from Charlie 1st, 4th, 7th that would become Sergeant Major. Sergeant Major Fields, also currently deployed with the 37th, and Sergeant Major Lucas recently retired from the ADA Brigade. Needless to say, we had an all-star team there, but I would be in risk if I didn't mention the best of that group, First Sergeant Bolton, who's here today. All of them are rock stars in my book. As high of a compliment as that bullet comment was on that evaluation report, on that same report, I received an even higher compliment by my senior raider than Lieutenant Colonel James Green. This is the NCO that I would select to train my own children. Newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Bargy was a year old at that time, and over the last 22 years, that compliment has become more personal to me. Hope you're watching Colonel Green. Additionally, I am determined to uphold the verbiage in a memo dated 25 February of 2004, signed by then Lieutenant Colonel John C. Harris Jr., my squadron commander. It was a recommendation memorandum to the president of the Sergeant Major Selection Board for then Master Sergeant Bargy. I quote, he embodies the characteristics of an exceptional soldier, and he attacks every task and purpose with alacrity. This superior NCO lives the Army values and works tirelessly to ensure his unit's success. That board approved me to be added to the Sergeant Major Selection List, and I was subsequently promoted a few months later in August of 2004 in the CAB Squadron as your operation Sergeant Major, sir. However, in typical 37th style, they promptly attached me as their brigade current ops Sergeant Major working with my lifelong battle buddy, Sergeant Major Jeff Lauren, for the duration of the deployment. I'm as honored now as I was that day I was promoted to Sergeant Major in 04 when the Sergeant Major of the Army pinned that rank on my collar. Sir, I'm appreciative of the four pillars of support that I've had in my career to enable me to take advantage of the opportunities that I've had in my career. I am sure many of you can empathize with these pillars. Family, although I may wear the rank and the uniform, my family has sacrificed greatly and has given much in my military service. Thank you. My wife Tammy, sons Alec, Jarrett and Tyler, my parents Dennis and Suzanne, my in-laws Ted and Marge, my sisters and brothers and your families, your support, sacrifice, understanding and love is immeasurable, incalculable, irreplaceable. I love you all and would not have been able to do any of this without you. Thank you for making the long trip to be here today. It means everything to me. Leaders, to General Harris, your leadership is inspiring. There is not a person in this room that does not admire what you have done and continue to do for this country, this state, this organization and its people. In regards to our two relatively new to the position Air and Army A tags and the Chief of Staff, it is extremely difficult to replace talent like Generals Camp and Moore, but you've hit back to back to back home runs with Brigadier Generals Johnson, Woodruff and Watkins. It is evident that talent runs deep in this organization and again it is a testament to the leadership, vision and execution. For the commanders that I have served, five company commanders, two battalion commanders, two regimental commanders, nine brigade commanders, six JTF commanders. Most of you are here today. I appreciate you being here.  I cannot thank you enough for the time we spent together. I have very fond and a few crazy memories of our experiences. I'm a better service member for having served with you to accomplish every mission and take care of our service members. For my past NCO support channel and NCO mentors, those previous sergeants major of mine, specifically commands our major Shank and Horn and state CSM's Watmow, Jones and Chambliss. Your mentorship, guidance and support were instrumental in any measure of success that I may have achieved. Thank you for keeping me grounded and to focus on what is important. Subordinates, you have given me plenty of opportunities to mentor, teach, problem solve, learn, grow and on occasion raise my voice, raise my tone. I can only hope I met or exceeded your expectations as many time as I failed. You have always exceeded mine. I will continue my promise to work hard to ensure your experience serving on our team as a deposit of one and because you are the lifeblood of this organization. And again, we cannot fight tonight without your patriotism, support and dedication. For that of your families and your employers. Employers, I work in IT for what would be considered a large company that was started in Dayton by the governor of Ohio. No, not governor DeWine. It was started by governor Cox and our company celebrates its 125th anniversary next month. I am proud to work at Cox Enterprises in Atlanta, Georgia not because of how big it is or because of the name recognition of many of our brands around the country but because of our 22 national workplace awards, 41 inclusion and diversity awards, five environment and sustainability awards and most of all because of our people first philosophy. I work on a great team. If everyone had teammates like Scott, Ethan, Randy, Henry and especially Ryan Lucas, we would not have retention issues with civilian employers as the root cause. I'm not quite sure why they put up with me, but they do. My team is based in Atlanta and they couldn't make it up here today because they're doing their job and mine. Scott's in my chain of command and I have had to tell him three times in the past 11 years that I've been called to active duty. I was able to give him some advanced notice twice in 2013 when I deployed with Colonel Robinette, Colonel Hatfield and Colonel Tackett and in 2017 when I deployed with Colonel Betz, Colonel Bodner and Colonel Tackett again. I was able to provide a pretty decent and complete estimated timeframe for my absence. However, during COVID, a little over three years ago when I received a call from Colonel Dave Rhodes, I gave Scott about two days notice and said that I didn't know what the duration would be but my orders were only for two weeks so I'd probably be finished pretty quick. Yet again, he did not blink an eye, he did not hesitate but he only asked as usual to keep him informed and ensure that there's anything he can do for Tammy and the boys. Just let him know. The employers of our service members are our strategic partners. Thank you for the Hope Cox team for having my back. Whether you walked across the drill floor or whether you made the journey from out of state, thank you for being here today. God bless our families, leaders and service members and employers and God bless the United States of America. Thank you. Thank you, Command Sergeant Major Bargy. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand as Chaplain Burris gives the invocation and remain standing for the Army Song, the Air Force Song and the exit of the official party. Please join me in prayer today.  Give us the eyes to see what is before us in the ears to hear those who are around us and the hearts to understand and know what is best. May we be considered among the brave and among the true as we continue to serve our families, our state and our nation. In the name of our Lord's name, we pray it. Amen. The nation's fight and we are equals fully held on. We are equals fully armies on its way. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the ceremony. On behalf of the Ohio National Guard, we thank you for attending this change of responsibility ceremony. Please join us for some light refreshments as we celebrate this joyous occasion.