Pastor of Fishing

It has become very apparent to me as I sat in the arena with 6000 other believers that have similar theological stances that God is just really friggin big.  I know that may sound like something that is obvious, but really think about it…this whole world…how it all was made…and just man…geez.

Blogging on the events of the past two days is going to be very difficult with the timing of it all.  I have begun to write the thoughts and I want to start to summarize over time because its just been a HUGE blast of information.

Today and yesterday I have seen this transformation with the Sr High youth.  This week my focus has been on the Sr Highers.  This is what I am noticing in the conversations…I am seeing this amazement as how God works.  How huge the body of Christ is and that it can do amazing things.  Tonight was joint worship.  If you hit my facebook you can see some shots of the arena.  I had to sit in awe of the situation.  I have been to Creation and seen tens of thousands worship, but this was different.  It was a celebration with multiple ages represented.  We watched a 160 children’s choir perform.  Another youth and adult choir performed.  The joint worship included hymns and praise songs as well as good ol Ken Medema (for those that are not familiar with Ken – he is blind and has a gift of composing songs on the fly to match what we heard/learned that night).  The speakers were a joint female team that described to us the concepts of the Holy Spirit (will summarize these thoughts in another blog).  Now back to the change in the teens…

Tonight we got real.  Last night they had to write their fears on mirrors and then this morning they threw the mirrors away during the morning session.  This caused them to really take a stand against fear and rely on their faith.  Tonight the discussion turned to how the Holy Spirit/wants and needs us/ to work the harvest.  At small group tonight the challenge was made.  It is very odd because we had 4 different high schools represented in our youth group.  That is four campuses that have believers that could make a loving impact…and THEY GOT IT! AMEN!

We will be continuing these discussions because it has now gone to a point of saying that I personally need to live an authentic life of my past present and future with these kids.  It is a calling that my wife and I have to realize that these kids are the future of the church…5 years from now they will be adults….5 YEARS!

So anyways…that is where we are at today in a nutshell.  MORE writings to come!

This was just the tip of the iceberg…just the tip!

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Tags: Columbus, Convention, Holy Spirit, MCUSA, Mennonite

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