Albany

Through Thy Grapevine.

Well, people have text messaged in to 9696 that it's going to be in Albany.

Potentially the Albany store.

Albany.

Why do you

say

Albany? I don't know, man.

You made me say it like it's fancier.

And by the way, I've said this in the past, so every time I do a series like this, I kind of go another step or another level, because by far, by far, no series has catalyzed more research and more reading, more understanding.

And so it took me back to when I first went to New Zealand, I took a team of three other pastors and we were going to plant a new church in the North Shore of Auckland, a place called Albany.

And three really gifted young ministers, because I knew if we were going to have a chance at doing something successful in a post-Christian nation like New Zealand, we were going to have to have some people who were committed and dedicated to the cause of Christ, to his kingdom, and and to the spiritual disciplines in their own life because of the temptations they would face, being away from home, being alone.

The most talented person on the team, let's just say his name was John.

That'll be full time.

And North Harbour have beaten Otago here at North Harbour Stadium in Albany.

32 points to 21.

Not much better than that, is it? North Harbour beating Otago.

Centrepoint's the one up in Auckland, eh?

Yeah, Albany, I think.

Yeah, because some of the stories out of there are unbelievable.

Yeah, and I know what the fuck that's about, like, why both sides of my...

There was nothing there.

Went to PAK'nSAVE in Albany.

Oh, yeah.

On a Sunday, mind you.