Our former elder, Rick, discusses our critical need to live in relationship with God and other people. While it's sometimes tempting to withdraw and build up walls to keep others at a distance, we need to love--and be loved by--other people.

As part of our Core 52 Recap series, Rick reminds us how it's easy to treat people like we want to be treated when we're at the church building or spending time with other Christians, but how our challenge is ultimately to understand that every person in the world is our neighbor, and that we are expected to treat each and every person just like we would want to be treated by them.

In this week's message from our series, "The Freedom of Following the Rules," Rick takes us through the ninth commandment, "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor." He encourages us to obey God and love people by not destroying them with our words.

In his farewell message and thank-you to Sunrise, our soon-to-be-retired friend and longtime elder, Rick Pickel, encourages us to follow our leaders, promote unity, and show love to one another. He also reminds us that whatever happens in this life, we will all meet again, sooner or later, when we spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus and each other.