I am in the middle of one of our funnest weeks of the year! We got to go with our staff and youth to a great youth conference. We had our first men's golf fellowship and it will be talked about for a long time and not just the fact we had someone to get a hole in one! The ladies had a baby shower for a special young lady in our church.
We got to attend our favorite conference for church planters at Mountain lake Church in north Atlanta who run churchplanters.com ( it is designed for pastors of churches less than 5 yrs old and those who have not launched yet and sponsor churches). If we would have went to this before we launched we would have been much better prepared. The highlight of our trip was hearing steven furtick who is the best young speaker in America. We did hear from a few speakers that I just "don't get" or just ain't my flavor.lol! They must be part of that Star Trek Star Wars crowd?
The main bonus of the trip was getting the rare chance to hear Rick Warren in person. Every time we hear him Nicole is moved to tears and I am reminded what the heart of a sheperd looks like. He has proven time and again he loves God's church more than any man in the U.S.- Love is proven by Sacrifice. As we exited the auditorium Rick was standing outside our door with several around hugging, pic taking and giving him their cards so they could receive the free cd's he offered. We waited and i had the chance to hug him( man he is a biggen, i felt little next to him - he must be 6'5", i think i was up to his armpit) That was a chance of a lifetime. P.s. ed young was a no-show although he was in Montgomery,AL. the day before. major disappointment but i know it wasn't the conferences fault. The conference audio will be on churchplanters.tv in march and i have some clips on youtube.
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