Today we are launching into the final block of our yearlong series on the practices: "PRACTICE: OFFER;" with our first practice of the block being "missions." Colby starts us off by revisiting the framework Jesus gave the original disciples when he told them, "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth." What does it truly mean to be a witness? Acts 1:8 gives us one of the most powerful and far-reaching commissions ever spoken, and it turns out it belongs not just to the original disciples but to every one of us. This message takes us on a journey in four directions, beginning with a look back at how the gospel actually reached us. Someone prayed. Someone spoke. Someone lived faithfully in front of us. That chain of ordinary people empowered by the Holy Spirit stretches back two thousand years, and we are the living proof that it works. As we reflect on who carried the gospel to us, gratitude becomes the natural response, and that gratitude fuels our desire to carry it forward. The central insight here is both simple and stunning: the gospel does not advance through sophisticated strategies or institutional power, but through ordinary believers who are willing to be witnesses right where they are.