Okay, folks, Renee Rizzo here, last year's single, tonight's edition of He Said, She
Said, Single Spotlight, all kind of rolled into one.
So I have a pen, a fun little pen here, and I'm going to keep track.
We have 10 crazy questions, but you have to go get us, you have to go get something in
your house.
And then we have 10 more serious questions.
And so with each question, I'm going to let, I'm going to call on five people, and you're
going to get 30 seconds to answer it.
So chances are, you're going to get to share tonight.
Make sure no one is, yeah, you guys, this is my, it's called Rebelliously Relaxed.
One of my women in the cohort gave this, all this hat when we're stressed out in seminary
and we decide we need to take a break, even though we have something major due, we call
it being rebelliously relaxed.
And so maybe that's my encouragement to you.
If you're working your tail off right now, and you're so busy with life, you're like,
I don't have time to date, but I'll have time to get married.
I promise you, you have to start making time now.
If you're like, I don't have time to get on the apps, I don't have time to go to places.
And where are you going to, like, where are you going to date?
Like how are you going to fit that person in?
And so ladies, you know this, if you're having a bad hair day, a cute hat goes a long way.
Melissa Dawn's got her stinking hat on, I love it.
So, you know, hats are not just for boys.
They are a good, they are a friend.
Okay.
So the way we're going to do the first 10 questions is I'm going to, I'm going to give
you 60 seconds to go find this item in your house and you're going to run back and you're
going to raise your hand and that's telling me you're willing for me to call on you.
And you're going to explain for 30 seconds, the thing you grabbed.
Does that make sense?
Very random stuff, right?
And so I'm going to jot down who I'm calling on.
So I'm not always calling on the same five people, but there might be a question.
You're like, I don't have anything like that in my house.
And you might sit one out.
Does that make sense?
Okay.
So let me put my timer on.
You're going to have one minute to go find this item.
You're going to run to the kitchen and you're going to find a seasoning, either in the cupboard
or in the fridge that you use the most.
So go, go find it.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
So if you're ready, you're going to raise your hand.
So that means I know I can call you, call on you.
If you raise your hand, I can call on you.
All right.
I got at least five hands up.
30 seconds to go, 30 seconds to go.
Depending, if you guys give your answers really, really short, then I can call on more people.
So we'll do it fun.
All right.
Let's see.
Let's see what I got coming on.
Let's see.
I need to leave about 825.
No problem, David.
I will make sure we get you.
Do, do, do.
Okay.
Are you guys ready?
All right.
I'm going to start calling on you.
The minute is up.
Okay.
So just be thinking, these are kind of the crazy things.
So not only are you going to tell me what item you picked, but you're going to tell us your favorite thing you like to make with that item.
Okay.
So John, you are up first.
What did you grab?
And you guys, because I'm calling on so many people, I'm not going to be able to pin in unpin people.
This is pappy seasoning.
What kind is it?
It's like pappy's tri-tip.
And so what do you make with it?
Steak?
Is that a steak, you mean?
I couldn't hear you.
What do you make with it?
Tri-tip.
Oh, like steak, right?
Isn't that tri-tip?
Is tri-tip a steak?
Yeah, yeah.
You guys don't have that cut in Texas, I don't think.
I got you.
Okay.
Awesome.
Kathy Gustin, you are up.
Tell us what you grabbed and what do you like to make with it?
Himalayan sea salt goes with everything, but my favorite is steak.
I'm a steak and potatoes girl.
I love it.
Okay.
Shelly Williams, you're up.
Okay.
I'm actually a duplicate.
It's pink salt.
Okay, it's fine.
What do you like to make with it?
I think everything.
And when I make sweets, I like to add extra salt.
I think it helps balance the flavor a little bit.
I love it.
Allison in Nashville, go.
You have to...
You bet.
Everything but the bagel sesame from Trader Joe's.
The best.
Except I can't use it anymore
because my fiance is allergic to sesame
and I'm like crying a river over this.
It's big.
I will send you my stash.
Katie, Blue Ridge.
I would love it.
I love it.
Katie from Blue Ridge, what do you like?
What do you got?
I have Weber's garlic Parmesan
and I put it on chicken, potatoes,
pretty much anything you can put this on.
I love it.
Anita, what do you got?
Did I already call on you, Anita?
Nope.
Okay, what you got?
I've got two, pepper I put on everything
and garlic powder, which I normally use real garlic
but if I'm lazy, I'll use this.
I mean, I'm Italian.
Garlic is in everything.
I mean, it just comes out of my pores.
Exactly.
Okay, so if you did not get to go,
put your answer in the chat.
So people get to know what you like to cook
but do it in a bit.
Cause I'm now gonna give you your next item to go find.
Find a book you're in the middle of.
Go find a book you're in the middle of.
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
Go find a book you're in the middle of.
For some of you, it might be pretty fast.
So remember, if you raise your hand
then I know I can call on you.
Rachel, you can just show us then the book
that you're in the middle of.
I'm a Kindle girl too, you guys, especially with seminary,
like everyone else is stacking up books.
I'm just stacking up Kindle.
Okay, Juanita, you are first.
Well, I just happened to have my Bible right next to me, so.
Someone's hand pointed at me.
And it was open, so yeah, so I was in the middle of it
and it was in Isaiah 58.
And it was because I had asked the Lord
what I could do in the physical to call out my spirit mate.
And the first line is,
shout it out loud, don't hold back,
blow it like a trumpet.
Love it, I love it, I love it.
Okay, Brenda, you're up, what you got?
What book did you grab?
Brenda went away, where'd you go, Brenda?
Unmute yourself.
I'm here, I'm here.
So it's Seasons and Assignments by Bethany Hicks.
I love, love it.
It's a brand new book she just came out with.
So I'm in the middle of a transition new season
and just really seeking the Lord, so it's excellent.
I love it, Emily B. from Pennsylvania.
I am reading this book called Lead with Prayer.
It's kind of a, sorry, I have my background on
a study of global leaders and how they pray
and different ways to lead their businesses,
ministries, whatever.
Nice, Marsha, what book did you grab?
Okay, I'm also, okay, let me,
I am also, I'm also a Audible listener.
So the book I'm presently,
and if you want, I can go to Audible, okay?
Just tell us, just tell us the name of it.
It's never too late to do the right thing.
Nicole C. Mullen's new book, I love it.
I love it.
Nicole C. Mullen's,
It's Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing.
Y'all, she's one of my friends.
I actually did a conference with her.
She goes to my church, so Nicole is amazing.
And there's stuff going on in her life right now.
So it's a great time for her to be doing that.
Marilyn, and on, is it, oh, Meryl,
how do you pronounce it in Ontario?
Tell me how you pronounce your name.
Marley.
Yes, hi.
Okay, what are you reading?
I have one that is called,
Infinite Influence by Alison Van Hoser.
Awesome, awesome.
If I told you guys in seminary,
I only read seminary books right now.
Every good book you tell me to read,
it's on a pile for May, 2026.
All right, Megan, last one.
Tell us what you're reading.
I'm reading Let Them.
I finally got the book.
I've listened to a lot of her podcast stuff.
I'll read just this brief thing.
It's been really freeing for me.
I especially love what she says
about not giving people the power
to stress you out or ruin your day,
and it's not your responsibility
to manage others' emotions.
Learning how to let other adults
manage their own emotions will change your life.
It's been really good.
Nice.
Awesome, okay, so the next item.
So if you did not get to go.
Go put your item in the chat.
Next item.
I want you to go find the oldest thing in your closet.
Y'all, I have my high school letterman jacket
in my closet.
I'm just saying.
So go find the oldest thing in your closet
and they're gonna show it to us.
No, that's funny.
No, no, no.
And remember, if you put your thumbs up on,
then I know I can call on you.
I don't know where my thumbs up is, so,
but I got some.
Okay, just hang for a second and then I'll let you go.
Chris DeLucia, is it DeLuca or Lucia?
If you're like in the car or something,
just put your hand up and you can just verbally
tell it to us, even if you can't show it to us.
Cause I want you to get to play.
Okay.
All right, who said they couldn't get their hand up?
I want you to go first.
Go ahead.
My prom dress.
Shut up, from high school?
Yeah, 1997.
Okay, so that's the thing, you guys,
you have to say what year it is, 1997.
Hey babe, can you go get my,
wait, no, it's not in there anymore, is it?
Oh, I just put mine in storage
cause my Letterman jacket is from 1986.
Okay, David, David Henshaw, what you got?
Yeah, I'm here, it took me a second to unmute.
I got something from 1999, it's the one that,
while I was at Youth With A Mission,
someone gave me a coat that's like,
I believe it's like from Korea and it's got English on it.
Do you know what English is?
No, tell us.
English is basically them trying to put
bunch of English words on it,
but it doesn't make any sense.
Love it.
Because of the language barrier.
I love it.
So yeah, so.
I love it, thank you for sharing.
I love it, that's so cool.
Yeah, it's hard for me to show it on the camera here,
so yeah.
It's so cool, I love it.
I love it.
Sakura, am I saying your name correct?
Sukira, Sukira.
Hi, so this is my prom dress, but from 2007.
All right, we're dating.
Let me see it, you gotta take a step back
and let us see that bad girl because she's green.
Yes.
What?
I love it.
Lisa Matthews, what you got?
What's your item?
I love you girls who are keeping your prom dresses.
You're cracking me up.
Well, I had a clothing item
that was my senior high school 1990 T-shirt,
but the thing I grabbed was the pillowcase
that my grandma had from when I was even younger than that.
I love it.
That was always my favorite.
I love it.
Soficio, what you got?
Soficio, okay, this is my mama's blazer from the 70s
that when I moved to America,
I just went ahead and reappropriated.
I love it.
Do you actually wear it?
I do, and I get so many compliments on it.
I love it.
My mom kind of gave me her little stole jacket.
It's probably 50 years old
and I do wear it on special occasions.
It's so fun.
Jessica, what do you got?
I have a, I think you call it a saree,
and it was a mission trip to Sri Lanka in 2009.
Yeah, so I don't know if it fits anymore.
I should try it on though.
I love it.
Okay, Mickey Denver, what you got?
Where'd you go?
Did you put your hand down, Mickey?
Oh, I was gonna put my hand down,
but I have my grandmother's meek coat.
Okay, girl, put it on.
I want you to wrap it around you.
We wanna see the love.
Oh yeah, and that's like the real kind, right?
It's really big.
That's really big, not mine.
Killing heat.
I'll put it on you.
Okay.
No petty people here.
Oh my gosh, I love it.
This is so much fun.
You guys, if you ever say to me,
I don't know what to do on a Zoom date,
or I don't know what to ask on a date,
these are the kind of fun things you can do.
I want you to go find either a sport memorabilia item
or an art.
Like if you're an artist, sport,
any kind of memorabilia item that,
has only, may have sentimental value,
it may not have value or not.
Like it could be a football helmet,
it could be like somebody signed something,
so go find a sport or art memorabilia.
See, you gotta hustle.
My place is small, so it'd be easy for me to find it.
David, are you still on?
Cause I'm gonna see if I can get you to chat
for five minutes.
I might have you be, oh no, it's all right,
you already showed your thing.
You already showed your thing, okay.
I wanted to make sure I was calling on you
before you peaced out.
John, I see John, like okay, where'd you go, John?
Okay, awesome.
All right, you guys ready for your sport
or art memorabilia item?
It says Zoom user.
I don't, tell us your name first, Zoom user.
Name user.
Go ahead, girl.
I see you, long hair, there you go.
Is that me?
Okay.
It's a red skin cushion.
Tell us your name first.
It's Bernice Nolan.
Bernice, awesome.
Okay, so what kind of cushion is that?
It's a red skin cushion.
Oh, the red skins, like a cushion from the seat?
Yeah.
Shut up, did you steal it or did you actually get it?
No, I got it.
Hey, you guys, I still have dried out olive branches
from Gethsemane in Israel.
I'm pretty not sure that we were supposed to do that
and I took some water from the Sea of Galilee
to smuggle that home, over.
Okay, Gwen, what do you got, Gwen?
I have a art piece from my son when he was like five
and he's sitting right there on my bed, right there.
I love that.
He's now 34.
So, can you see it?
How cute is that?
So cool, so cool.
All right, John, you're up.
This is a Oakland A's hat.
Woo, woo, are you wearing it?
I love it, that's awesome.
Okay, good stuff.
How old is it?
It's pretty old, it was my dad's,
probably in the nineties maybe or-
Hey, I had a feeling it was an older one, yeah.
Would that make me an athletic supporter?
I love it, I love it.
Yeah, I like the A's.
That's awesome.
Melissa Dom, what you got, girl?
Okay, so this is something that I painted
when I was 18 in high school.
For women from Africa, it's watercolor.
We just did like a tweak unit on it.
So, sorry, I don't really know how to hold it.
But anyway, that's that.
I love it.
Hunter, what you got?
What you got, Hunter?
Well, I got this, I went to Israel
and this is right after, I like the Bengals in NFL.
And I got this, I was so happy when they made the Super Bowl
then the next season they made the AFC Conference.
It may not have been a Super Bowl win, but who cares?
At least it was worth for me to be proud
to wear these things during when I'm abroad.
I love it.
And have the trip talking about,
look, it has the pastor's white God for me
and the Jewish core war in Jerusalem.
I love it.
That's so cool.
And the Hebrew lettering.
That's so cool.
David, what you got?
Did I already call on you yet?
No, I didn't call on you for this one.
Show us what you got, David.
No, you just muted yourself.
Unmute, unmute.
I got this painting that someone did
at a plumber church I was at years ago.
It's basically of someone underwater coming up.
You see the bubbles going up.
So cool.
That's awesome.
Ana, Ana cast, what you got girl?
Unmute.
Who is that?
You're muted.
Tell us what the picture is.
That's beautiful.
Sorry.
I was just saying,
I ran in specifically because I wanted to share this.
This is a painting that I did of a woman with a purse.
Look at you guys.
I love that you're like,
let me just show you the painting I did.
That is amazing.
It's amazing.
I love it.
Thank you for sharing that.
Megan.
Megan from Texas.
What you got girl?
I found some soccer cleats that I played with
when I did club soccer and in high school.
And I wore these forever and they were my lucky cleats.
I love it.
See, I just knew you had something for me.
Emily, Pennsylvania, what do you got?
I have a signed picture of Heinz Ward.
Awesome.
Ooh, he's handsome.
I'll tell you what.
Okay, here's the fun next one.
So you can show, you can tell everybody about your art.
This is gonna be a fun, silly one.
I don't want you to do anything to it
to make it look better.
You're gonna bring it in as it looks right now.
Go find your toothpaste.
Go get your toothpaste.
Okay.
See, Perla, that's what we gotta find out here.
Who's the middle squeezers?
Who rolls from the bottom?
Okay.
Jessica, are you ready to show me your toothpaste?
Cause your hand's up.
She's like, no, that's not me.
I don't want to.
Star, Star, are you gonna show us your toothpaste?
Tell us what brand it is.
And I wanna see where you squeeze from.
Yeah, okay.
So it's, it's Melaleuca, a fluoride toothpaste.
And I don't know if you can see it.
I can.
You're almost out, girl.
I am, I am.
Yeah.
So I'm kind of like a little bit
squeezing in the middle there, so.
Okay, I love it.
I love it.
Kathy Jackson, what you got?
Mine is Desert Essence.
It's very healthy.
And it can't really be squeezed up like that.
You just took your photo off.
Okay, you just took your video off.
Where'd you put it?
Oh, sorry.
Okay, you look like you're a squeeze from the bottom, girl.
Man, you make sure that I see that.
I see that.
I love it.
John, what you got?
Show us what you got.
My show, Colgate.
Good old Colgate.
Y'all, like you're all almost out of your toothpaste.
I'm a little worried about you.
That means we brush our teeth.
Well, that's true.
Candy from New Jersey.
What you got, girl?
I'm glad you brush your teeth.
That was a good point.
Yep.
Okay, wait.
Okay, yeah, I have Colgate too.
Yay, yay for Colgate.
I can't believe no one's got Crest.
This is hilarious.
Okay, Juanita.
Oh, look at my Crest people.
I want to see my Crest people.
I do the doTERRA stuff.
That's hilarious.
Okay, yep.
Okay, Chris, what you got for us?
Crystal Luca.
I'm out of town and I had it with me.
I got Colgate.
All right, so, you know,
obviously the top two brands
that we all grew up with, Colgate and Crest,
but I love the dental.
Okay, Debbie, as a dental hygienist, tell us,
I know there's the stuff that you give away for free,
but tell us what's the best stuff out there, Debbie.
Oh, no, I can't do that because to each their own.
Oh, dang.
I appreciate everybody's perspective.
I mean, I have my own personal favorites, but I appreciate it.
Okay, you don't want to tell us
what your personal favorite is?
I personally love Crest Dermatoxify, but.
Oh, awesome.
You know what?
That's what my fiancee uses.
I love it.
That's so fun.
Okay, see, now I feel good about that.
Okay, oh my gosh, you guys, I love it.
I love it.
Y'all, I used to live in a neighborhood in California
where the local dentist on Halloween
gave out little tubes of toothpaste every Halloween.
It was like, we just knew going to his house,
we were going to get our travel size toothpaste.
Okay, I love it.
All right, now you're going to go get me your favorite mug.
Go get your favorite mug.
And if you don't ever drink coffee or tea
and you're just like a beer drinker,
then go get me the glass
that you put your favorite drink in.
You're a martini girl
and you want to show me your martini glass.
That's no shame in that game.
So go get me your favorite drink in glass.
But I started with the mug
just because people have a lot of personality
around their mugs.
I'm going to give you just a moment.
And if your hand is still up
and it needs to come down, bring it down.
If you're ready with your mug or favorite drink in glass.
We'll have one more question after this
and then we have more serious questions.
Okay, Allison from Nashville, what you got?
Oh, how pretty.
Are those flowers?
This is Polish pottery that I got in Poland.
Oh my gosh, I love it.
I love it.
David in Illinois, what do you got?
A mug.
Dropped it out of an ox horn.
An ox horn.
Oh my gosh.
That's so cool.
I love that.
Mandy speak, man.
This is my hug and a mug mug and it's got flowers all over.
And I love flowers.
I love that.
Dawn K.
What do you got?
Oh, can you hear me?
Yeah.
Um, I got my mug from my job.
It is extremely large and heavy.
It has the name of my company on it.
And it's a double triple duty.
It sure is, man.
That's the name.
And it says like sell us, which is the name of my company.
So yes, goodness.
Emily B.
What do you got?
Oh, my mug is, um, a mug that I got on a mission trip.
I went on and it has Spanish word on it, which is be Spanish.
And it's a camp mug.
And I love just the weight of these mugs.
So I love it.
I love it.
Candy, where did you go?
Candy.
I have the, uh, I play golf.
So then I have this, uh, you know, I have this Augusta.
I love it from the thing.
Oh my gosh.
That's amazing.
I love it.
Uh, Hunter, what'd you got?
Well, I got this.
It may look like a plastic, whatever, but, but I got it for Christmas.
And I've been, since then I've been using it more often to go to work rather than
waste my painstaking time.
I could fit in a mug and I just golf in once I'm done with it.
Just put it on a cup holder in my van, in my car until I come
back after a hard day's work.
Love it.
I love it.
Cheryl Nelson.
What do you got?
I'll hold it like that and rubber.
Oh, that's awesome.
That's awesome.
Hunter, what'd you got Cheryl?
Okay.
I've got this really cute red mug.
It says live like the mountain is out.
Matt Rainier, which is from Washington state where I'm from.
My friend gave it to me and I like like the, how it feels in my hands.
Do you?
I love, I mean, isn't it, you guys, there's something about
how the mug feels in your hand.
I can't even get over it.
Joelle and Reynolds last one.
Mine is a sunflower.
So do you guys see how like we're learning about each other just
by these like simple little things?
Okay.
This is this one.
Um, I'm hoping the dudes, I want the dudes to surprise me on this one.
Do you have a fall decoration that you can grab easily?
Go get it.
I don't have a fall decoration.
Fall decoration.
I'm going to give you just a moment.
You guys are really doing this super fast too.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
Melissa, Dom, what you got?
My apologies.
I was, I kept my hand up for my mug.
You're good.
Okay.
Zoom user.
You're back girl.
What you got?
Oh my gosh.
That little teapot thing.
Yeah, this is my decorations for fall.
I love it.
Lauren, what do you got for us?
I have a little acorn.
So sweet, so sweet.
Okay.
Pam Petty, what do you got?
A little hand knit pumpkin that a friend made for me.
It's a blue one.
I love it.
It's blue.
Cause my house is blue.
I love it.
Marsha, last one.
Are you there, Marsha?
She might not be there.
Um, David, what do you got?
I'm wearing mine.
It's my Naruto Uzumaki ugly Christmas sweater and it's fall colors.
I love it.
David, I just learned so much about you just in this silly game tonight.
I'm just saying, I love it.
That is so fun.
All right.
Well, you guys, that was like, I didn't even give you all of them, but we just
had like 30 minutes of a lot of people sharing.
So if you're like, I don't know what to ask on a zoom date, I just showed you
something fun to do on a zoom date.
And you learn about, these are the great kinds of questions you can ask on dates.
So you learn about people as opposed to saying, what do you do for a living?
Where do you go to church?
What are your hobbies?
Like, these are just fun ways to learn new things.
Okay.
Now I have more serious questions.
Um, and if you are on, if you're willing to be, if you have not, if, if you
weren't on last month, if I did not highlight you last month and you're
willing for me to ask you a hard question, you're going to get 30
seconds to answer this question.
I'm going to, I'm going to let.
Five people answer this question. I have 10 questions. So how many people do I mean,
look, we have 84 people on here. So chances are you'll get a chance to ask,
answer a question, right? So if you're willing to come on camera, if I don't get you in round one,
I'll get you in round two. So five times, hopefully 50 people. Okay. So raise your
hand if you're ready for a hard question. And then I'm just going to call on you.
Okay. All right. So let's see if I can do this correctly. So I want to spotlight you. All right.
I got one. Are people seeing them spotlighted? Am I doing this correctly?
Are you guys seeing them getting spotlighted? Yes. Yes.
Ready to go? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to do.
Actually, I'm going to do four at a time just because it's easier to see everybody. Okay.
Your question, and I'm going to tell you what order that's in. So I say about 30 seconds,
I'm not going to pull out a timer, but I will mute you if you take too long. Okay.
First question is, what did you accomplish in the last month that you're really proud of?
John, you're up first. What did you accomplish in the last month that you're really proud of?
All right. Top of my head. I made some money in the market.
It's been fun because it's been a learning experience. But yeah.
So you dabble with your own stocks, huh?
Oh, yeah.
Okay. You and my guy. It makes me nervous, but I'm glad you did well.
You learn a lot about your personality and how to deal with
patience and not feel like you're missing out on stuff.
I love it. Awesome. I love it. I would have not guessed that. Katie.
My daughter and her friend are in nursing school, and I've been meal prepping for them every Sunday
so that they have breakfast and lunch throughout the week.
Oh, my gosh. That's so nice. I love that. Star.
So mine's work related. And I would have to say
launching a new initiative at work is something that I'm kind of proud of.
Can we tell us a little bit what this initiative is?
Yeah. So it's a it's actually a coalition to help like to have community faith leaders
and community leaders that support kids and family that are in Christ.
I love it. I love it. That's so awesome. Alta is Alta. There's Ella.
Okay, you're up, girl.
I have overcame a bad habit of 20 plus years and last month was six months of being free.
I love that. Thank you so much for sharing that. Oh, my goodness. Thank you so much.
That's wonderful. Okay. You guys take your hands down so I don't pick on you next.
And now let's see, I have to unpick and remove spotlight. Remove spotlight. Great job, you guys.
Remove spotlight. This is how we get to know each other. Spotlight. Okay, so now I'm going to add
Wait, no, why can I not do wait? Where did the spotlight go? The option?
Okay. All right. Cheryl, are you there? Why it's saying make hose put a waiting
chin. It's letting me pin but the spotlight do hickey. Can you guys see David? I just pinned him.
Does that work too? Or no? No.
What the spotlight option went away from me.
I cannot see that I am pinned.
Yeah, evidently, that's not the right thing to do. All right. I don't know what just happened
that I lost. When he talks, he's there. And when he doesn't talk, he's not there. No.
Spotlight. No, that is right now. No, I spotlighted everybody. So that's not right.
Come on. Spotlight. So it just went away.
Is it motion activated or just voice activated?
I mean, I'm looking at the three little dots next to someone's picture because that's where I found
it the last time. Is tech error. See, I mean, Cheryl's not here. Okay. Y'all, I mean, you're
going to see them. Okay. Shelly Williams, you're in this next group. David, you're in this next
group. Crystal Luca, you're in the next group.
this next group, Lori Robinson, you're in this next group.
Okay, you guys ready for this question?
And so you guys, if you put it in speaker view,
you should be able to see them.
I don't know why the spotlight thing option
just went away for me.
All right, the next question is,
what is an item that you hope your spirit mate
would put in your stocking for Christmas?
What's a cool item you would love
for your future spirit mate or current spirit mate
to put in the stocking for you?
David.
An inflatable T-Rex costume.
Oh my gosh, that is just so cute.
Okay, Krista Luka.
I'm kind of wracking my brain.
Are we, is this person married to me at this stage
or is this, or not yet?
Well, if she doesn't yet exist,
assume that when this happens,
you guys are either very serious, engaged, or married.
I'll let you decide.
Personal time coupons.
Oh, I love it, I love it.
Okay, Shelly, I think you were the other person I called on.
Okay, I, the first thing that came to mind
was Epson salts.
They're like a gift card to get music.
There's an app I like to download music.
So one of those, I think.
I love it.
Okay, Lurie, you're up.
I think I would like a trip.
Ooh.
A trip somewhere.
Just has tickets somewhere.
Yeah, tickets somewhere.
Okie dokie, I love it, I love it.
Okay, y'all take your hands down.
Put your hands up if you wanna be part
of the next foursome of a question here.
It's just so weird.
I'm gonna see if I look at the participation list.
Okay, let me try it this way.
Now see, let me look at the more.
No, cause see, the only thing it's letting me do now,
you guys, it says spotlight for any,
even when I look at the three dots
or when I go to the right,
it literally just says pin or spotlight for everyone,
which I don't know why that happened.
I don't know what I did to screw up
that little system there.
Okay, but if you guys have speaker view,
when they talk,
I think that's what you do, Renee, spotlight for everyone.
But, well, if I hit spotlight for everybody,
then isn't everyone gonna be spotlighted?
No, hit it and see it.
No, everyone will see it spotlighted.
There's just one person right there.
Yeah, but now if I hit, if I just removed her,
now I just removed everybody.
You know, spotlight another person, see what you get.
Yeah, I don't want to, you know what you guys,
it was like, when I clicked on it before,
it literally let me spotlight like a person at a time.
And now this spotlight for everyone is showing up.
But when I do everybody, like now it's got me,
we don't need me.
Like, okay, let me, no, let me try this.
Like, okay, wait.
So on my hands over on Dawn,
if I hit spotlight for everyone,
is Dawn spotlighted?
Yes. Yes.
Oh, okay.
Then maybe you can spotlight another person.
Clearly user error.
Stinking A, add spotlight.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah, you got two people now.
Now you have two.
Oh my gosh, I did it.
We're back, people, we are back.
Okay, you know, it's embarrassing.
Okay, did I give you the question yet?
I did not give you the question.
Okay.
Who is the hero in your life?
Dawn, you're up.
Who's your hero?
Oh, wow.
Who is the hero in my life?
It would have to be my spiritual mother,
who was also, she was one of my senior pastors
when I first came to the Lord
and was also the Dean's wife
of the first Bible school I went to.
And she raised me and yeah,
she raised me up for the first seven years
of my life as a believer.
I love it.
Allison, who's your hero?
I think right now, honestly, it's Jackie Dorman
because I have received so much healing
that I didn't expect.
And I love her spunk, I love her honesty
and I talk about her all the time.
I love it.
Okay, Allison, if you don't mind me asking,
how old are you?
I'm 64.
Okay, so here's what I love about it.
Like if my mom in her 60s,
she would have said, I'm too late.
It's too late for me.
There's nothing new I'm gonna learn.
Like, you know what I'm saying?
So I just love that you're over the age of 60
and you're like, I'm not done learning and growing.
So I love that.
And I've even been to seminary
and it does not compare to what I've learned.
in the last three months.
And listen, by the way, we need to have coffee.
How have we not had coffee about seminary?
I live in Franklin.
Hey, try to message me.
We got to go meet at Stable Reserve and have a drink.
Yeah, OK, sounds good.
All right, Lolita, tell us, who's your hero?
Hi, I would say my aunt Loretta.
She has been my hero ever since I was a little girl.
And growing up now, well, I'm grown now.
Maybe my spiritual mentors, that would be good.
So good. I love it.
Anita, I really like Allison's answer about Jackie,
but I'm going to say my sister.
She's my cheerleader.
She's the one I go to when I really need an honest opinion.
And I just I just love her to death.
I love it. I love it.
OK, let's see if I can do this correctly now.
Now that I have figured out the system here.
Sweet baby Jesus. OK.
All right. Raise your hands or take if you I just called on you.
Take your hands down.
And I'm going to spotlight the next group of people
ready for a next question.
You guys, this is your chance to get some.
OK. All right.
Are you guys ready for the next question?
Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
OK, tell us about I'm going to give you an example
of how easy this answer can go.
Tell us about a teacher or a coach who impacted your life.
So the story I always tell is my fifth grade teacher
changed the trajectory of my life.
I was kind of a nerdy bookworm.
I did not speak in public.
I did not show attention on myself.
And she convinced me to run for president of my little elementary school.
And so I won.
And I swear, if it wasn't for that person seeing who I could become.
I don't know that I would be doing this right now with you all.
So tell us if it was a teacher or coach.
And what did you learn from them?
Like what kind of really jumped out at you?
Emily, are you ready?
I actually am ready for this one.
My teacher that really impacted my life was my seventh grade Spanish teacher.
She just was such a passionate teacher and made me fall in love with the language
and kind of opened up a whole new world to me.
And I did not realize at the time that God used Spanish
just to change my entire life.
And that's been part of my life path, you know, even up until today.
So she just really kind of changed everything for me.
I love that.
See, you guys, this matters.
Lydia, my high school English teacher, she was always very encouraging
about my writing and, you know, helping me to become a better writer.
And now I self-published my fifth book last month.
So good. What's it about?
So I write clean romance.
So this one has there's an assassin and a prince in it.
Oh, my gosh, that is hilarious.
I love it. Y'all see.
OK, we're learning so much because of Zoom user.
Tell us your name again.
It's Bernice Nolan, my second grade teacher,
who she graduated with us and went to the third grade with us.
And she just was a lot of fun and just loved on us.
And we loved her so much.
I love that.
Oh, is it? Oh, oh, Anna.
Yeah. Yeah. I think I'm phonics it out.
I love it. I love it.
Which I still messed up, but it's fine.
Mrs. Nell was my AP lit teacher, and she was also my composition teacher.
And I'm a very like I can tell I'm already read.
I'm a very shy person.
And so much less so than I used to be.
But she really kind of brought me out of my shell and just really encouraged me
in a lot of different ways.
And I was nervous about, you know, applying for college.
And, you know, was I good enough and that sort of thing?
And she just really encouraged me, like, just like, you know, you're amazing.
And she wrote a glowing recommendation for me.
And so, yeah, she's just was a someone who really took interest in me
and cared for me as a person.
I love that you guys are teachers, man.
They made a difference.
And by the way, Anna, your hair looks really gorgeous tonight.
It's very thick and shiny.
It's I just got out from working out at Pilates.
So, OK, then it's at the shiny top.
I love it. OK.
Great job, you guys.
Great job.
Let's see.
Da, da, da.
So making you go last just to embarrass you a little bit longer.
OK.
Raise your hand if you're ready to be asked the next question.
You guys, I will go as long as I got people raise hands.
But I only see three hands raised.
You guys really not, you really all are like,
come on, y'all, this is your chance to get spotlighted
because friends are watching this.
Someone's gonna watch this in replay.
And so this is your chance for us to get to know you.
Come on.
Oh, wait, no, why is it not letting me?
You know what?
Candy, is your picture up?
Because it's not letting me spotlight you.
And I'm wondering if it's because your picture's not up.
All right.
Okay, yep, it's back.
All right, Candy, I'll get you on the next one.
Okay, sure.
Okay, all right, let's see.
Ooh, here's a fun one.
You are talking to someone who is blind
and they're asking you to describe
what either a sunset or a sunrise looks like.
What are you gonna tell them?
Brenda's like, great, that's awesome.
Thanks for giving me that question.
I just found it's a-
Wait, Hunter, wait, I didn't call on you yet.
Just wait, Hunter.
Brenda, what would you say?
Well, I imagine a soft blanket on your hands,
touching your hands.
And so there would be some colors similar to that.
And then maybe something that's shiny
that you would feel in your hand.
Yeah, just describing maybe different textures
that they would touch and feel
to describe how the sunset would be, the warmth.
And then maybe there's a bright sparkling star or something.
Okay, it's a hard question.
Katie, what would you say?
I don't know, like there's a big circle in the middle,
like something that's round
that kind of goes in and blends with the horizon
and the colors just blend together.
And it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
Yeah, so isn't this amazing, you guys?
Like when I think about how Helen Keller,
how she learned how to read and speak
because she couldn't hear and she couldn't see.
And so you're like, so you almost have to use their hands
to kind of describe it.
What does round feel like?
It was like, they don't know what a circle is.
You're gonna have to give them a circle with your hands.
So this might be a really hard question.
I might be really stumping you all.
All right, I'm gonna let you two come back
and get a second chance.
I'm gonna change the question
because that one might be too hard.
Okay, if money were no,
I'm giving you, I'm switching to a much easier question.
If money were no object, where do you wanna go?
Brenda, we're gonna go back to you
and we're gonna swoop around again on this.
Where would I wanna go?
Just chill out.
Where are you gonna go?
Money's no object, where are you going?
Maybe a world cruise too.
I'd like to, there's just so many places I'd like to see
and have the boat stop it.
Well, the boat just go around the world for you.
Iceland and Finland and then Scotland and Ireland.
And then there's the Fiji Islands and yeah.
Okay, Katie, where are you going?
The little place with the huts in the water.
I don't know where it's at.
Oh, Bora Bora, my girls are telling me where it's at.
Nice.
Where you just live in the hut.
I love it.
Marilyn, where are you going?
If money and time were not a problem,
I would go to a number of places.
It would be a tour around the world.
So it would be Mauritius,
Greece,
Botswana,
Portugal.
I have a list.
You have a list, I love it.
Yes, I have a list of places to go.
Hunter, money's no object.
Where are you going to travel?
Well, I'm already going to travel to Greece
and Malta for two weeks
and I'm joining the Singles Cruise.
So I figured, you know what?
Well, I've seen many oceans.
I've seen the Atlantic Ocean.
I've got to be in the Mediterranean, the Dead Sea.
I haven't seen or bathed in the Pacific.
So I might go California or Francisco.
Maybe even go to Texas
because I have not set foot in Texas.
I heard people have been to Texas,
but I haven't seen what the culture is like.
Oh yeah.
Texas is its own thing, man.
That was great.
Great job, you guys.
Okay.
See, I made it easier after making it too hard.
Okay.
See, sometimes it's not all perfect.
Okie dokie.
All right.
So if your hands are up,
you're ready for me to call on you.
Da da da.
Da da da da.
Ooh, I haven't talked to you.
Oh, Cheryl, we haven't talked to you in a while.
Okey-dokey. All right. Let me go. Okay. I know this sounds a little religious, but tell
us about the very first, think about the very first Bible verse that ever grabbed your attention.
And just tell us a little bit, you don't have to tell us about the verse, but like, you
know, I was kind of a Catholic girl growing up. And so I really wasn't introduced to the
Bible until I went to college and I got involved with the Navigators and Galatians 2.20 was
the first Bible verse I ever learned. And so it's like the first one I memorized. So
that's how simple the answer can be. Nina, are you ready to answer that question? Yeah.
So I am so horrible at remembering all of the like numbers and everything, but the one
that is like, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was,
and the word was God. And just the, it's, it's very poetic and it like speaks to my
soul because I'm an artsy kind of person. And that really helped me understand God better.
Nice. I love it. I love it. Candy. Okay. You're up girl. So my favorite Bible verse is the Psalm,
I think it's 46 one. God is my strength and ever help in trouble. So, so whenever I have
in trouble, I can just remember that he would give me the strength and I have, I would have no fear.
Nice. I love it. I love it. Oh my gosh. Why is that thing blocking your name girl? Okay. Mickey,
you're up. So I don't know the actual address, but it's be strong and courageous. That's one of
them. Joshua one nine is one of the be strong and courageous, but it's in a few places in Joshua.
And I think there's somewhere else too, but Joshua one nine is actually hanging up in my bedroom,
which is the only reason why I know that that's be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified
for the Lord has got the Lord's with you wherever you go. So that when you're thinking of, yeah.
Awesome. Okay. Tell us why that matters to you.
Because I kind of operate in not being strong and not being courageous. And this is a big
deal for me to even do this. I love it. I love it. So you're claiming it.
Okay. Thank you, Megan. I'll call. I'll try to get her next. Cheryl, you're up.
And mute girl.
Okay. Okay. Yeah. So mine, like way back, a verse that just really impacted me was
in Philippians four, I think it's six and seven. Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus. And for me, I just feel like I so often just need God's peace. And
those anxiety can creep up so easily. And I feel like sometimes I just have to like
command my soul, like speak that over me. So I feel like I memorized it a long time ago.
Love it. I love it. That's so good. You guys, that's so good. Okay. Good job, everybody.
Good job. Good job. Good job. Okay. All right. So, raise your hand if you've gone. I want to
make sure I'm giving everybody a chance. So you told me Louise wants to be able to go. So let
me look at the L's to go so I can find her. Louisa, are you here, girl?
Yes. Okay. All right. I've gotten you on there. All right. Okay. More people on. Hold on.
I'm getting there.
It's funny. Make sure you're muted unless I'm calling on you.
Okay. All right. Louise, do you have your TV on? Yes. I'm sorry. No, no, no. You're good.
It's just I got it. Yeah, you got it.
Okay, girl. All right. Let's see. What is the next event coming up that you're most looking
forward to? It can be a holiday. It could be a graduation. It could be a trip you've got planned.
What is the next big thing that you are looking forward to? Luisa. Oh my goodness.
This is kind of silly, but it's a quinceanera for one of my very good friends.
I love that. Quinceanera. That's like 15 years old, right? She turns 15. Yes. Yes. And she's
a beautiful girl anyway, so that's going to be awesome. The other thing, the thing about though
is that they asked me if I would invite my neighbor who has been very helpful to me lately,
and so I'm hoping that he will want to go. Awesome. I love it. I love it. Sifiso.
Yeah. Okay. So mine's a little ways down the road, but I'm super excited.
I'm going to get to go to Johannesburg early next year, and I used to live and work there. I've
already started lining up seeing cousins and friends and old workmates, so yeah,
I'm really excited about that. I love it. I love it. Sukira.
So I get to go see one of my close friends who I haven't seen in like two years,
so we're going to go shopping.
No, I'm not. Sukira, you got the best glasses. I just got to say,
you really do, man. You're rocking it. I'm just saying. On point. All right. Jessica, tell us.
Okay. Well, I'm going on a date, and I've only stepped into this a month ago,
and I've only been on three dates, and one, I have a wonderful friend out of it. He said I put
him in the friend zone, and one was a disaster, and this one is a guy from Eau Claire, so I'm
excited. I love it. I haven't dated for 11 years, by the way. Well, you know what, girl? I'm so
proud of you. I'm so proud of you. Are you divorced? Yes. Okay. All right. I'm really
enjoying this. I'm having fun. I love it. You know what? You look like you're having fun. Okay.
Good job, you guys. All right. I'm going to unspotlight, because I want to ask. Let's see.
Okay. So, you all know the thing, obviously, I'm looking most forward to
11 days, you guys. I get married in 11 days. I haven't written my vows yet.
Yay! I just told you, we're getting our marriage license tomorrow.
Yeah. He's already written his vows. We're working on our dance, so we're dancing to a
very traditional song. Elvis Presley can't help falling in love, and so Brian has insisted he has
two left feet, but, y'all, our dance looks really good. I might film it and put it on the
last year single page so y'all can see it. I can't believe I'm getting to do it. It's been
so busy with school, and it's been such a whirlwind. So, whatever you guys are looking
forward to, really just savor those moments, whether it's to go visit a family member to
graduate, go on a trip, see a friend. Go savor those moments, y'all. When we go home to Jesus,
we're not taking any of our crap with us, you know? Amen. That's true. Go do the thing.
Raise your hand if you are coming to the five-year anniversary party.
I really want you all to come. Raise your hand if you're coming. I'm so excited. You're going
to get to meet me in person. I will be married six days. So excited. All right. Okay. Hey,
will you be at the cruise this January? Oh, no, I'll be on my honeymoon.
Okay. Because we're actually just doing a bed and breakfast for a couple nights
because I have a presentation literally the Tuesday after my wedding. So, I was like,
if we go on our honeymoon, I'll be taking school books with me or we can wait till December break.
He goes, yeah, let's wait. So, we're going to wait. Oh, Emily, I'm so glad you guys are going.
Well, you guys are going to see us there. We're going to be a part of the celebration. It's going
to be super fun. And I'm excited to get to see you. Okay. I want to see, I'm going to ask
I'm going to see if I can find all of the guys.
I'm going to look for some of the guys.
I'm going to mostly, wait, why is it not doing this?
OK, so here's what I'm learning.
If your picture is not on, it won't let me.
Oh, Sandy, I've not asked you a question.
I'm not asking you.
Juanita, we've not had a serious question on you.
Look, I'm making you guys answer a question.
Oh, my goodness.
OK, all right.
I'm going to go one, we're going to do one more question.
You guys got time for one more question?
We can do one more question before I pray you out.
OK.
Mm-hmm.
OK, this is a serious one.
Are you guys ready?
This is a hard one.
OK.
You are sitting on a plane.
The person next to you starts crying.
They're telling you that they've really had a rough day, week,
or maybe even a month.
What might you say to encourage them?
OK, Chris, you're up.
Have you heard the story of Jobe?
So are you being serious?
I used that one on someone that was when
I was doing some outreach here back home in Syracuse.
OK, so tell me a little bit more about that.
So if you say, if someone says to you,
I don't know, who's this Jobe guy?
What are you going to say?
What are you going to say about Jobe?
I told her kind of like the really condensed version
of the story that Jobe lost a lot of things that
was important to him.
But God saw him through and returned to him
what was lost 10 times over.
Oh, I love that.
That's really good.
OK, Sandy, you're up.
What are you going to say to that person?
OK, I would say I'm sorry you're going through that.
Life can be hard sometimes, but I'll
tell you who I rely on in hard times
and tell her my experience with the Lord
and how he is my rock and my everything
and how you can rely on him.
And he's going to be there through thick and thin.
And just share my testimony, because when
you share your testimony, you're giving glory to God
and pointing everybody to Jesus and inspiring
them to live for him.
I love that.
So good.
Juanita, what are you going to say?
Well, you were saying that they were already talking about what
their issues were, correct?
I said they were crying.
They were upset.
They may or may not have told you what the deal is,
but you know they've been very upset.
Well, I would put my hand.
I would get close and go and just ask them
if that was something that they would like to talk about,
if they felt comfortable talking to me.
And then I would, and if they did,
then I would let them just expose their heart.
And then I would, at the end, would say, hey,
kind of what Sandy said, you know,
let me tell you about who I rely on, and can I pray for you?
Can I encourage you?
And just let you know that you are loved,
and I want to be here for you right now.
Love it.
Lolita, what are you going to tell them?
So for me, someone's sitting next to me,
and they're crying, and they're a little upset.
And I'm like, so what's going on?
It's not that bad.
I can understand.
I can relate.
I've been through some things in my life,
and God always come through and pull me through.
Would you like prayer?
That's basically what I say.
Perfect.
I love it, you guys.
I love it.
There's definitely a theme going on.
You know, I'm in two pastoral care classes this semester,
and the biggest thing we talk about is the power of presence
and just holding safe space for people.
So let me just say that sometimes you
don't have to say anything at all.
Like, sometimes all you sometimes you need to do
is just literally say, you know what?
We've got the next hour on this flight.
If you want to keep crying, I'm going to let you cry.
If you want to keep talking, I'm going to let you talk.
you need me to hold your hand, I'll hold your hand.
Like, you know, like I'm just gonna be here
to hold space for whatever you've got.
And so if you need to yell, kick, scream, whatever,
bitch at somebody, bitch at God, like I can receive it.
Like kind of feel like you can dump off what you're having.
Because chances are, you guys,
you might never see that person again.
And so there's such a wonderful opportunity
for you to just be present for them.
I love that so much.
Okay, you guys, did you guys have fun tonight?
Was this a fun way to get to know each other?
And I hopefully, so the whole point in doing this too
is for you guys to A, maybe find your spirit mate.
But Chris, you might be like, oh my gosh,
I found a girl that I might like.
Or Juanita, you might be like, oh my gosh,
I found somebody who would be perfect for somebody.
Because you just learn stuff about each other
that you would not ever learn otherwise.
And so, you know, we're gonna keep doing things like this
because we're trying to also get you guys out of the,
like in your comfort zone of like learning
to how to have spontaneous, fun conversations on dates.
Like that's our biggest thing,
whether it's a speed date or something else.
We're trying to give you guys ideas
of way to create fun conversations
and learn about each other in the most unique ways
without asking the same old, same old.
So I'm going to pray you out of here.
And I'm just so grateful that you all showed up
and that you stayed on the call and that you're invested.
So Father God, I just thank you so much.
I thank you for each and every single person here.
Father God, you know their story.
You know the things that are weighing on their heart.
You know the things that bring them joy.
I ask that you slowly lift off some of the burden,
Father God, and I kind of envision right now,
if you need to lift something off,
if you need God to take something off that's been a burden,
I want you to just kind of open your hands up
and say, God, I give it to you.
And I want you to feel like it releasing
and coming off of your shoulders
and going on to his shoulders.
And guess what?
He's not going to replace it with anything.
He's going to just walk beside you
and he's going to be in that journey.
And so Father God, I ask that you put a blessing
and a hedge of protection over each person.
And I ask for a God wink for everybody this week,
that you find a way to show up and show off
in people's lives,
whether it's money that's going to come into their account,
whether it's an old friend that's going to call,
whether it's a job opportunity, a house getting sold,
a house getting bought, Father God,
an injury that needs to be healed,
a heart that needs to be restored.
Father God, you know the needs of every single person here.
And we ask that you start to speak life into them.
And we just ask you for this protection
until we get to be with each other again.
In Jesus mighty name, amen.
Woo!
Good time.
Amen, thank you, Renee.
And congrats.
Thanks Renee.
You're the best.