for 21 days, 
we’re going to be seeking the Lord

through prayer and fasting together.*

And that’s going to lead into
what we’re calling a sacred assembly,

or what we’re going to name
the return gathering

where we’re drawing all of our campuses together
to, to come together for several days

of seeking God in unity.

Yeah, in the in the Bible,
in multiple occasions,

there would be a sacred assembly
where the people of God would come together.

They would commit themselves
to what God had for them in that season

and for what was ahead.

If you go to the book of Joel,
the book of Joel talks about

God pouring out his Spirit
on all his sons and daughters,

giving dreams and visions.

And right before that,
before the dreaming,

there is a returning where God says,
“Call a sacred assembly,

call my people to return to my heart.”
we’re going to for…

As for as a church family for three days,
we’re going to go after worship,

pray, recommit ourselves to God as a whole
for this next season.

And this Dream Now Initiative,
if you’ve been around Saddleback for a while,

we’ve done capital campaigns
a very similar,

but we’re seeing this is the next chapter
of what God has in store for our church family.

Big visions, big dreams,
and what better way to go into a dream

that God has for your life
to be fully surrendered and fully committed.

As you think about the beginning of the year,
you, you might say before you do a fast,

the first 21 days,
hold it for that season

starting the beginning of February
and let’s get our whole church together,

praying, seeking God
and then dreaming together

God’s dream for the future of our lives.

Yeah, this is going to be such a special season
as we move into this together.

We’re…we feel God has something
maybe unique and unprecedented for this time.

You think back on the history of Saddleback
and how God has moved historically

through this church in such dynamic ways
that have impacted the global church around the world.

And we believe that God has another season
of that for Saddleback Church

and that this is the beginning of it.

We’re on the ground level
and we’re coming together to say,

“God, would you move again in this generation?

Would you pour out your Spirit again
on this generation in our day?”

I’m going to ask you to take some time off of work
to make margin here

to see the dates on the screen here
to come and to join us.

Some of you guys might want to get a hotel
from the other campuses,

come down, spend a few days
and it’s going to be a very powerful time

of a church family gathering
seeking the heart of God for this next season.

This is going to be incredible.

I can’t wait to be part of it
called the Return Gathering.

Any final parting words *
that you want to say