Transcript excerpt from the 2015 Word of Life Christian Academy graduation (YouTube upload). Contains opening remarks welcoming attendees, an invocation led by Associate Pastor Andy Visser and Pastor David Sheeran, and a principals introduction (Mrs. Kelly Marcello) of guest speaker Jesse Ferrell. The introduction summarizes Ferrells credentials (voted #1 speaker for the mid-south region by Harris Entertainment; former UNLV professor; author of How You Leave Them Feeling; foreword by Louis Gossett Jr.) and states his stated purpose "to empower and inspire others to live their highest vision."
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On behalf of Word of Life Christian Academy, I would like to welcome and thank all of you for coming today in honoring the dedication and perseverance of each and every one of these students that has brought us to this moment. Today, I am honored to introduce Word of Life Christian Academy's 2015 8th grade graduating class. And now please welcome your 2015 12th grade graduating class.
For the land of the free and the home of the rain.
Next we will have our invocation by.
Associate pastor Andy Visser. Thank you, Jatan. Let's bow our heads and pray who we appreciate and love so much. Give a warm welcome and please stand to your feet to welcome pastor David Sheeran. What a great day. Thank you for your exuberance. Would anybody say this is a great day? I would like for you to give a real special Warm welcome to Mrs. Kelly Marcello today. We love you.
I count it an honor and a privilege to be the principal of Word of life Christian Academy. And we've had senators come. And so I was thinking we need an out of the box amazing speaker. And I kept waiting and waiting and the kids and I would. We would discuss it and things like that. And then the lord is always faithful. I went to my grandson's national honor society inductions at Arbor View high School, and there he was, an out of the box amazing speaker. And his wife will tell you. After the program, I went running with my card and was giving it to people that probably didn't know Mr. Farrell very well, but she waved me down and said, okay, it's me. So he was talking with someone. I said, I would love the opportunity to talk with him about speaking at our high school graduation. And that's when our relationship started. So let me tell you a little bit about Jesse Farrow. He was voted number one speaker for the mid south region by Harris entertainment. He is a strategist, success, life and corporate coach, former professor at UNLV and the author of the book how you leave them feeling. And I tell you, my husband and I had an opportunity to spend some time with him and Lisa and we left feeling good. The forward of his book is written by Louis Gossett Jr. Which is out of the box amazing. And once on the program of the business lounge, they asked Jesse Farrell, why are you on this earth? And he replied, to empower and inspire others to live their highest vision. So please welcome to the platform Mr. Jesse Farrell.
Misses Marcello, keep it coming. Pastor David and his vision. Bring it up a little louder for this crew. Bring it up louder for this crew. And what about this crew? That's what you call out of the box. Please be seated. Building relationship equity and how you build relationship equity. Starts at home. Got to have a sense of priority. I had my wife first, God second. I took a very distant third. What's wrong with that lineup? Can't tell someone something when they're high up on the hill. You can't tell someone something when they're standing tall on the mountain. You know why? Because they cannot hear as well. Sometimes the problems and the challenges that you face in life will bring you to your knees. Hey, do we pray when on our knees? Sometimes you can hear so much better. 8th grade graduation class. Do you know what happens when God delivers? When you're listening, do you know what happens? Great things. Did you know that, class of 2015. What will come out of that is your purpose. Your purpose will come out of that, because your best gifts and talents are couched in your purpose. And everything I do is on purpose because I know my purpose, as Mr. Marcello said, to empower, inspire others to live their highest vision in a context of love and joy. Can you feel that? How about an amen? How about an amen, my brother? Because I know I was bringing it on that one. It.