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The Gospel of John | Belief | 11/10 Nov 10, 2024

This week we continue to unpack John 3:16 by diving deep into what it means to actually believe.

The Gospel of John | God So Loved the WORLD | 10/27 Oct 28, 2024

We continue talking through John 3:16 this week as we focus on loving the world as God loves it.

What stops us from loving others and how do we truly live in love as Jesus?

The Gospel of John | For God so Loved | 10/20 Oct 21, 2024

Nicole Unice shares the next message in The Gospel of John series with the focus on one of the most well-known verses in the Bible, John 3:16.

Nicole focuses on how just 4 words from the verse, "For God So Loved" impacts our faith and how we share love.

"Love is always expansive."

Christianity and Politics Part 2 | 10/13 Oct 14, 2024

We're back for part 2 of the Christianity and Politics sermon. Wags shares on our house rules as a church to love others, our city and engage in political issues as faithful followers of Jesus.

Christianity and Politics Part 1 | 10/6 Oct 07, 2024

This week and next, we're taking a break from The Gospel of John series and focusing on our faith and politics as we near another election. Wags leaves us with 2 questions from this week's sermon to think on-

Are you more concerned with "losing your country" than misrepresenting Jesus?
Does my view of politics show that I am seeking a kingdom outside of the conservative/progressive rhetoric we're operating within?

The Gospel of John | Running the Right Race | 9/29 Sep 30, 2024

This week we're talking through what it means to be born again from scripture in John 3 and how God has designed us to live into who we're designed to be.

Thanks for listening!

The Gospel of John | Flipping Tables | 9/22 Sep 24, 2024

This week, we're talking through if our passions are in the right place. Wags shares from John 2 on the story of Jesus in the temple courts and left us with 2 questions-

Based on your daily routine, what are you passionate about and what sacrifices/compromises are you making to pursue it?

Would Jesus come in and flip over tables or say well done?

The Gospel of John | 10th Birthday Reflection | 9/15 Sep 19, 2024

We celebrated 10 years together as a church on Sunday *cue confetti and cheers*!!!

Wags shared on looking towards the possibility of what God has in store for our lives next as we don't stay fixated on the past but keeping looking towards the future. God's not done yet!

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

2 Corinthians 5:17

The Gospel of John | Following Jesus is a Blessing | 9/8 Sep 10, 2024

There is more to the story to the miracle that took place of Jesus turning water into wine... Wags shares from the Gospel of John about our faith as a joy and a blessing.

"If God never puts limits on us, why do we put limits on God?"

The Gospel of John | Nicole Unice | 9/1 Sep 03, 2024

This week, Nicole Unice shares the next message in our Gospel of John series. She guides us through both the book of Genesis and the Gospel of John to compare the questions that we are asked in our faith... where are you? and what do you want?

"Jesus knows who you are AND who you are going to be AND what you need... And he wants YOU to know who you are, who you are going to be and what you need."

The Gospel of John | Power in the name of Jesus | 8/25 Aug 27, 2024

We're starting our new series in the Gospel of John as we go through this book of the Bible.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind." John 1:1-4

Who we are as a church | 8/18 Aug 20, 2024

We've wrapped up our Rizzdom series before we start a new one next week! We're talking through who we are as a church and why we do what we do. Wags left us with 2 questions-

Does this make me more like Jesus?
Does this make me love others more?

Rizzdom | Discipleship and Righteous Living | 8/11 Aug 12, 2024

In our last week of the Rizzdom series, we're talking through what this compelling life means in discipleship and righteous living.

"The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become." - Dallas Willard

Rizzdom | David Bailey | 8/4 Aug 12, 2024

Rizzdom | Loving Your Neighbor | 7/28 Aug 05, 2024

We're talking through how we love our neighbor well through how we examine our words, what we tolerate and our actions.

Rizzdom | God's provision and goodness | 7/21 Jul 23, 2024

Today we're discussing Proverbs 3:21-26 by focusing on God's provision and goodness as we process worry and anxiety.

"Unchecked worry and anxiety will make us unresponsive to the work of the Spirit."

Rizzdom | Wonder and Curiosity | 7/14 Jul 15, 2024

Jackson Hicks shared our next message in the Rizzdom series focused on wonder and curiosity.

"When we embrace wonder and curiosity, we see God's vastness who is the creator of the universe and our personal God."

Rizzdom | Discipline and Correction | 7/7 Jul 08, 2024

Corey Goss shares the next message in our Rizzdom series as we focus on what the Bible says about discipline, correction and conviction.

"Followers of Jesus can embrace discipline as proof of God's love"

Rizzdom | Generosity | 6/30 Jul 01, 2024

This week we're talking through how do we live a life of compelling generosity.

"What should rise in us is not a Christian's standard of living, but His standard of giving"

Rizzdom | Freedom of Self Forgetfulness | 6/23 Jun 27, 2024

This week we're talking through how we cultivate humility in our lives and in our faith. Thanks for being with us!

Rizzdom | Trust in God | 6/16 Jun 17, 2024

"Our depth of our faith is determined by our trust in the character of God." Wags shares about our wisdom and trust in God go hand in hand and leaves us with a few questions to think over-

Questions about trusting God-

How often do I go to Him first?
What is my response when I don't get what I want?
How excited am I to seek out what God desires?
Do I know and appreciate how much God values me?
Is there an area of your life where there is partial obedience

Rizzdom | Prerequisites of Living a Wise Life | 6/09 Jun 11, 2024

Nicole Unice shares the next message in our Rizzdom series on what it means to live a wise life through our daily and lifetime decisions.

BONUS! Wags announced the 2024 Share Offering final numbers- we get to give away $268,652 to our partners! Haven't heard of the Share Offering before? Check it out here- www.hillcityrva.com/give

Rizzdom | Living a Compelling Life | 6/2 Jun 03, 2024

It's time for a new sermon series! We're kicking off our next season focusing on scripture in Proverbs 3 and God's wisdom.

If you're wondering what "rizz" is, stop any middle or high schooler to explain it to you...

Thanks for listening with us!

I Doubt It | Is God Angry in the Old Testament? | 5/26 May 28, 2024

Matt Fisher is speaking to us this week for the next message in our I Doubt It series. He leads us through the question of "why does the God of the Old Testament feel so different than the God of the New Testament? Thanks for being with us!

I Doubt It | Hell | 5/19 May 28, 2024

Our next sermon in the I Doubt It series focuses on what we know of Hell. Wags shares more about what the Bible says, things to remember and where we point our hope- Jesus.

"We are drawn to Jesus because of the life he brings not because we are scared of hell"

I Doubt It | Heaven | 5/12 May 16, 2024

This week, we're talking through how we should think about heaven as a strong view of heaven, gives us a respect of faith on earth. Thanks for listening!

I Doubt It | Why won't God fix it? | 5/5 May 06, 2024

When it comes to times of suffering and pain, we have a choice. Will you base your connection to God on His character? Or how you think he should answer your prayers?

I Doubt It | Nicole Unice | 4/28 May 02, 2024

Nicole Unice was here this week sharing our next message in the I Doubt It series!

"Jesus is not always what we want, but he's always what we need."

I Doubt It | Why did Jesus have to die? | 4/21 Apr 22, 2024

We're continuing in our I Doubt It series as we talk through why Jesus had to die on the cross.

"In order to understand why Jesus had to die on the cross, we have to understand the depth of sin and see sin out of God's eyes, not our own"

I Doubt It | The Authority of Jesus | 4/14 Apr 15, 2024

Today, we're talking through the importance of the Bible and the authority of Jesus. The question to ask yourself is, "If the Bible is reliable and true, what does that mean for your life?"

I Doubt It | The Goodness of God | 4/7 Apr 08, 2024

We're kicking off a new series, I Doubt It and Wags left us with 3 questions to ask ourselves-

1. How do people experience Jesus when they experience you?

2. Does your life show that you whole heartedly bought into the message of Jesus?

3. How do you get Jesus without the church?

Easter Sunday at Hill City | 3/31 Apr 04, 2024

We celebrated Easter Sunday together and Wags shared on the story of the resurrection and focused on how people are complicated, but Jesus isn't.

Thanks for listening and we'll see you back Sunday at 9 and 10:45am!

Week 3 Mini Series | Palm Sunday | 3/24 Mar 25, 2024

As we celebrate Holy Week, Wags talks through what Palm Sunday is and represents for us as we anticipate Easter Sunday.

Thanks for listening!

Mini Series Week 2 | A Divided Church | 3/17 Mar 18, 2024

We're in a mini series leading up to Easter and today Wags is sharing a message on unity and the church.

Thanks for listening!

Week 1 | Humility | 3/10 Mar 11, 2024

This week, our focus is on humility as a realistic view of ourselves in relation to God and others.

Embody | Sexuality | 3/3 Mar 06, 2024

"Our perspective on sexuality is viewed through the cross, the resurrection, and that everyone is made in the image of God."

Embody | Our Physical Bodies | 2/25 Feb 27, 2024

Today's sermon focuses on how our physical bodies deeply matter and there's a disconnection when we don't pay attention to it. Throughout the Bible, Jesus is the starting point to how we can see our physical bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

Embody | The Soul | 2/18 Feb 20, 2024

This week, David Bailey from Arrabon Richmond is sharing the next message in our Embody series. We're focusing on how God desires to teach us how to live into a soulful embodiment of being, belonging, and becoming.

Thanks for listening!

Embody | Jesus and our attachments | 2/11 Feb 15, 2024

This week, Matt Fisher is sharing the next message in the Embody series. He talks through Attachment Theory and how God works through our emotions, relationships and scripture.

Embody | Words can be a blessing or a curse | 2/04 Feb 15, 2024

What do your words say about your heart? We're talking through our communication and how we can be encouragers, share truth and value silence.

Embody | Blessing of Committed Community | 1/28 Jan 29, 2024

This week, we're talking through how a community that is a blessing sees, commits and humanizes one another.

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other." John 15:13-17

Embody | What it means to be a blessing? | 1/21 Jan 22, 2024

Do we think about what it means to be a blessing or are we stuck in the #blessed era? This week we're looking at Genesis and the New Testament as we talk through how to embody being a blessing and being blessed by God.

Embody | Desire | 1/14 Jan 18, 2024

our focus for this sermon series is that "we embody whatever we worship". This week, Wags shares more on our ordered and disordered desires and how that shapes us in our faith.

Embody | What it means to be human | 1/07 Jan 08, 2024

In our new series, Embody, Wags talks over what it means to be human.

"We will image whatever we worship."

Christmas Eve 2023 Jan 02, 2024

Wags shares this year's Christmas Eve message on our hope and foundation in Jesus. See you back to regular services Sunday, Jan 7th at 9 and 10:45am!

At the Table | Belonging | 12/17 Dec 18, 2023

For our last week of the At the Table series before Christmas Eve, Corey Goss shares on the practicality of belonging and how to feel connected in your community.

Thanks for listening!

At the Table | Come to the Table | 12/10 Dec 11, 2023

Nicole Unice continues in week 2 of our At the Table series talking through how hospitality and grace mirrors how Jesus treats us.

Thanks for listening!

At the Table | Gift of Inviting | 12/3 Dec 04, 2023

We're starting our At the Table series in anticipation of Christmas Eve. Lacy kicks off this week with encouragement of being a community that invites others into our faith and life.

"Our pace is fast, but Jesus moved at a relational pace that is usually much slower."

Revelation | New Hope | 11/26 Nov 27, 2023

Our last sermon in our Revelation series! Wags talks through how at the core of our being, we're called to be people of hope.

Stay grounded, the Gospel works.

Revelation | Accountability to what we believe | 11/19 Nov 20, 2023

Revelation | Courage and Endurance in our Faith | 11/12 Nov 13, 2023

What does living out our faith with courage and patient endurance look like? We're talking through this question as we study another chapter in the book of Revelation.

Revelation | Following the Correct Plot | 11/05 Nov 07, 2023

We're talking through the mystery of Revelation and how to not lose the plot line of the story.

Revelation | Centering on Jesus | 10/29 Oct 31, 2023

We're in our next message in our Revelation series talking through how everything centers on Jesus. You'll also hear a bit about the Share Offering that is officially open! Find more details and give to the offering here- hillcityrva.com/give

Revelation | Our Full Commitment to Jesus | 10/22 Oct 24, 2023

We're talking through our call to follow Jesus with our whole heart as we continue in our Revelation series.

Revelation | Access to the King | 10/15 Oct 16, 2023

What do we allow access to in our lives? This week, we're talking through our access to the Kingdom of God.

"Diminishing our access to the Kingdom of God continues to be one of the biggest tragedies of the modern Christian."

Revelation | Nicole Unice | 10/10 Oct 12, 2023

Nicole Unice shared our next message in the Revelation series this week. Thanks for listening!

"The greatest threat to a faithful life is misalignment with God's reality."

Revelation | Holiness of God | 10/01 Oct 02, 2023

This week, Wags shares more from the book of Revelation and how scripture in the Bible points to the holiness of God.

Revelation | Open-handed with our Faith | 9/24 Sep 25, 2023

We're talking through the difference of a flexibility in our faith and assimilation to culture and were left with 2 reflection questions-

Where are you claiming Jesus but shaped by the world?
Do the right people and disciplines have access to your life?

9th Birthday | Trusting Church | 9/17 Sep 18, 2023

We're celebrating 9 years together as a church! Thanks for being with us and we can't wait to see what's next!

"The most attractive and trustworthy thing we can do is follow Jesus with humility."

Revelation | The Story We Believe | 9/10 Sep 12, 2023

We're continuing in our series by talking through how the story we believe impacts our perspective, actions and seeing the right things during times of suffering.

Revelation | Keeping Your First Love | 9/03 Sep 06, 2023

"Disordered love will always corrupt our worship and our way of life."

How do we live under the authority of Jesus? We're talking through this focus and love as we continue in our Revelation series.

Revelation | The Tree of Life | 8/27 Aug 28, 2023

"When we understand the presence, we understand our place."

This week, we're talking through the constant presence of God throughout the Bible and where we see Him through "the tree of life".

Revelation | Trusting the Gospel | 8/20 Aug 21, 2023

We're kicking off our new series on the book of Revelation! Wags shared some of the history of the book and how we can stay grounded in the Gospel as we pursue truth from the last book of the Bible.

Thanks for listening!

Something’s Happening | When Standing Firm is Winning | 8/13 Aug 14, 2023

We're wrapping up our Something's Happening series with a message from guest speaker, Eric Sanzone, co-pastor of Grace Bible Church in Virginia Beach.

"Standing firm is about faith in Jesus now, because our victory is secure to the end."

Thanks for listening!

Something’s Happening | Freedom in Christ | 8/06 Aug 10, 2023

We're talking about the importance of communion and our freedom in Christ. Thanks for listening!

Something’s Happening | The Importance of Baptism | 7/30 Jul 31, 2023

We're talking about baptisms! Nicole Unice is here and sharing on why this is a part of a declaration of our faith.

Matthew 3:16-17

"As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son,whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

Something’s Happening | Finding Truth | 7/23 Jul 24, 2023

We're talking through how we figure out what's true in life and the ways we compromise around the truth of Jesus.

"Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31-32

Something’s Happening | Revival in our Voice | 7/16 Jul 17, 2023

"The simplicity of singing creates the opportunity to experience the wonder and mystery of God."

This week, we're talking through how worship and praise connects us with God and others as we experience his Spirit and movement in our lives.

Something’s Happening | Unity in the Church | 7/09 Jul 10, 2023

We're talking about unity in the church today! Corey Goss shares with us 3 points on what brings unity.

1. The primacy of God's grace

2. The priority of relationships over rituals

3. The practice of unity

Something’s Happening | Discipline and Discipleship | 7/02 Jul 03, 2023

Care Pastor, Matt Fisher shares about discipline and discipleship in this week's sermon.

"Discipline is about graduating from doing into being. Because discipleship is more about being than doing."

Something’s Happening | Compassionate Urgency | 5/25 Jun 26, 2023

Something’s Happening | The Goodness of God | 6/18 Jun 20, 2023

This week, Wags shares on the goodness of God and what a life lived out of His goodness does and does not look like.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." - Galatians 5:22-23

Something’s Happening | Shak Taylor | 6/11 Jun 12, 2023

Something’s Happening | John Wagler | 6/04 Jun 05, 2023

Something’s Happening | Nicole Unice | 5/28 Jun 05, 2023

Something’s Happening | The Wonders of God | 5/21 May 22, 2023

Have we lost our ability to imagine what God can do? We're talking through the wonders of God in our Something's Happening series. Thanks for listening!

Something’s Happening | Empowered by the Spirit | 5/14 May 16, 2023

This week, we're talking about who has the authority in our life - God or Culture?

"we have settled for a version of Christianity that Jesus didn't offer."

Thanks for listening!

Something Happened | Prioritizing God’s Presence | 5/07 May 08, 2023

We're in our last week of the Something's Happened series - Wags shares on the strength and resilience of Mary Magdalene and how we can follow her lead in prioritizing being in the presence of Jesus.

Something Happened | Trusting in our foundation | 4/30 May 01, 2023

Nicole Unice joined us this week to wrap up our Something Happened series! She speaks to truly knowing God involves both foundation and feeling, head and heart.

"Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:31-32

Something Happened | Doubt and our Faith | 4/23 Apr 25, 2023

Wags shares how having a healthy skepticism within our faith and doubts, can lead us to more depth with Jesus.

"Doubt doesn't mean you don't have faith, it probably means you are trying to add depth to it"

Thanks for listening!

Something Happened | Response to the Resurrection | 4/16 Apr 17, 2023

Last week, we started our Something Happened series and now, we're back for week 2. High School Pastor, Shak Taylor is with us sharing how the disciples responded to the resurrection of Jesus and how our obedience and praise in unknown seasons, can build our faith. Thanks for listening!

In 3 Days... | Seeing the Big Picture | 4/02 Apr 03, 2023

This was our last week in our series, "In 3 Days..." where we go through the 4th chapter in the Book of Jonah. We're seeing more of the big picture of God's story and how we should see each other in our good and bad moments.

"The litmus test of our faith is how we as Christians, are relentlessly loving and gracious towards our enemies."

Thanks for being with us!

In 3 Days... | Seeking Repentance | 3/26 Mar 27, 2023

We're going through the 3rd chapter from the Book of Jonah as Wags talks through what seeking repentance looks like and knowing we are turning towards grace, mercy and life.

In 3 Days... | Imagination, Surrender and Jonah | 3/19 Mar 21, 2023

In week 2 of our sermon series, Wags shared from the 2nd chapter of the Book of Jonah, on maintaining our imagination and being hopeful in what God might do.

Thanks for listening with us!

In 3 Days... | Running towards God | 3/12 Mar 13, 2023

This Sunday, we started a new series on the Book of Jonah. Whether the story of Jonah and the big fish is real or just a fable, this book in the Bible teaches us more about the human condition- to run to or from God.

Tune in with us the next 4 weeks to hear more of how God teaches us about our relationship with him through the book of Jonah.

Gavin Adams | Bold Faith | 3/06 Mar 06, 2023

This week, our friend Gavin Adams was with us talking through sharing our faith boldly.

"Our bold responsibility is to steward the message of Gods love in our generation."

Voice of the Heart | Overflow with hope and joy | 2/26 Feb 27, 2023

In our last week of the Voice of the Heart series, we're talking through the gift and impairment of Gladness and Joy.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Romans 15:13

Voice of the Heart | Finding freedom from our guilt | 2/19 Feb 20, 2023

This week, we're talking through our emotion of Guilt that leads us to the gift off freedom + humility or the impairment of toxic shame + pride.

Psalm 51:1-4

Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.

Voice of the Heart | Not defined by shame | 2/12 Feb 14, 2023

Shame is our 6th emotion in the Voice of the Heart series that leads us towards contempt or humility. Wags talks through how shame is affected by what we put our identity in.

"Define yourself radically as one loved by God. Every other identity is an illusion." - Brennan Manning

Voice of the Heart | God delivers us from a fearful heart | 2/06 Feb 06, 2023

Nicole Unice is with us talking through our emotion of fear that leads us towards anxiety or wisdom.

"Naming our anxiety allows you to bring it to the Lord because you are no longer telling yourself the lie that you can handle it on your own."

Voice of the Heart | Understanding and reframing our anger | 1/29 Jan 30, 2023

How do we deal with our anger? This week we're talking through how we respond to our anger and what God desires for us through this human emotion.

Godly anger has a passion for patience, for what is just and for fullness of life.

Voice of the Heart | Finding courage within our sadness | 1/22 Jan 23, 2023

In the 3rd week of our Voice of the Heart series, we're talking through our core emotion of sadness, that brings us to acceptance or self pity. Wags talked through how sadness is not weakness, but rather grief and hope can go hand-in-hand.

John 11:35 "Jesus wept".

Thanks for listening with us!

Voice of the Heart | Longing to be known | 01/15 Jan 17, 2023

It's week 2 of our series, Voice of the Heart. This week, we're talking through our human emotion of loneliness that either leads us to intimacy or apathy.

"God gave us loneliness so we would seek out relationship. Loneliness is a feeling that speaks to our deep hunger to belong and be known."

Voice of the Heart | Healing our hurt | 1/08 Jan 09, 2023

We're kicking off a new series called Voice of the Heart based on the book by Chip Dodd. Wags will be talking us through the 8 core emotions and what this means for us as emotionally healthy individuals and a healthy relationship with God.

This first week is focused on the emotion of hurt.

"If you don't understand the impairment of hurt, you won't experience true joy"

New Years Day | Lex McGhee | 1/01 Jan 04, 2023

Middle School Pastor, Lex Mcghee kicks off the new year with a sermon on resolutions or habits that you can invest in to bring you closer to your relationship with God.

Happy listening!

Just Ask | Meditating on God’s Word | 12/18 Dec 19, 2022

What does meditating on the word of God mean for our relationship with prayer? Wags talks through how stillness and silence are integral to our prayer life.

"If we can't learn to be silent, we will never fully encounter the presence of God."

Just Ask | Desiring Prayer | 12/11 Dec 12, 2022

Lacy Wagler leads us through our next message on prayer in the Just Ask series. This week, we're talking through how our prayer rhythms and desire to connect with Jesus, reflect the orientation of our hearts.

Just Ask | Unanswered Prayers| 12/04 Dec 05, 2022

What do we do with a God who is supposedly powerful, yet at times seems to operate with deafening silence? We're talking through unanswered prayers as we look to scripture and our expectations of our relationship with God. Thanks for tuning in!

Just Ask | Praying for the Lost | 11/27 Nov 28, 2022

We're back post holiday week and continuing in our Just Ask series. Today, Wags is talking through how prayer helps us find our way and have a heart for those trying do the same.

Just Ask | Praying with a heart of justice | 11/20 Nov 21, 2022

Do our prayers move us to have a heart for justice? Wags is talking through this question and Matthew 21 as we continue in our Just Ask series. Thanks for listening!

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