Hello, if you don’t know me, my name is Brady Hill, and like my friends who are speaking as well, I’ve been a member of this church for my entire life. This of course means that this great church is one of the few things in my life that I can confidently say it’s been here for me the entire ride, for every mile stone. This includes graduating high school, and of course college. Fun fact: I will be attending the University of Central Florida in the fall. I probably don’t know myself nearly as well as I’d like to think I do, and even that guess is probably a far cry from reality, truly understanding yourself is a tad on the tough side, but I do know one thing. I’ve changed substantially as a person. Not every bit of it was tangible and the majority of it, if not all of it, went unnoticed. Day by day everything seems pretty consistent, but if you look back at yourself from a year ago, possibly even half that time, you’ll find that it’s not quite the same. There’s no negative connotation there, it’s simply that the way I perceived myself and the world around me altered. My interests changed, video games were exchanged for running shoes, bedtime went from the one thing I resented to the one thing I yearned for the second I left it, money for food stayed money for food. My work ethic changed, I have quite a bit of leadership under my belt,
I’m close enough to being an Eagle Scout. But above all this, one part of me has stayed rock solid. My faith and this community. It’s always been there for me and it always will be. I can’t adequately put into words how amazing everyone is, it just wouldn’t do any justice. Lifelong friends that I’ve known literally for all of my existence, friends that I know I can turn to at the best and worst of times, friends that I know would support me unconditionally. This is my extended family, that’s why this is so important and so special. It’s not one of the many stages of my life. It is my life. Thank you for taking part in it.
The Church of the Redeemer
Sarasota Florida
Youth Sunday
1 May 2016