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Mark 3:13-19 February 1, 2026 • Mount Pleasant UMC Do you remember being on the playground in the days before smartphones and electronic games—in the days when you had to use your imagination to fill up that recess time? I remember the kickball games and how it was always the same two people who were captains. Quickly they would begin to pick teams, and the best players always were chosen first. Now, I know it’s hard to believe it by looking at me now, but I was not all that athletic in my younger years. I was rarely the first one picked. Okay, I was never the first one picked. The choosing would go on and on until someone felt pity on me and said, “Okay, I’ll take Dennis.” Now, is it any wonder that I married a mental health counselor? Maybe some of you were closer to the top of the list in such times than I was. Maybe some of you were in the middle, or more like me, near the end. There was and probably still is a definite hierarchy when it comes to such things in school. To b...