saturate 08…wrap up!

moments that change lives. this weekend retreat was full of moments that started change! 

a few thoughts about the weekend…

- the altar is so vital to change
- worship was on another planet…the team was great…good job eric!
- some kids that have never responded in worship began to respond for the first time!
- islands of adventure-waited for like an hour in a guest services line for group tickets-thats pathetic!
- leadership is the key to a great retreat. props go out to all my peeps that stepped up this weekend- the band led by eric, equipment set up and tear down…headed up by ronnie, rooms check by daniel and lis, media headed up by pastor jon, tour bus driver brian, pastor jon taking the lead at islands, and all the room leaders-you guys rock!
- it takes a lot of work to pull off this weekend-but when you see the fruit in the altars-its all worth it!
- the valet guy called me father, pastor or whatever they call you…basically the unchurched don’t have a clue.
- we had a great group os students go this weekend…not without a little teenage drama.
- whenever you get a group of teenagers together there will always be some drama!
- funk stank is a word.

thanks to all those that read this blog and pray for crave…God was so good to us this weekend!

a place to die…

the altar is a a place to bring your best and die!  it was a placed designed for sacrifice.  so many have changed the altar from a place of death into a place of therapy. the altar is not designed to make you feel better about your life, its designed to kill whatever is living that keeps you from Christ.  there is so much in us that has to die in order for us to be alive. a perfect place to die to sin is at an altar. anything that was placed on the altar alive, never crawled off-it always died! so…whatever you have inside of you that you allow to live another day, could be the sin that desires to ultimately kill you! if you truly want to be free from whatever sin pattern is living in your life, you don’t need dr phil, oprah or even a counseling session, you need an altar! climb up and die so that you can live!

the only person you can be is you!

last night at our high school retreat shawn spoke to our students about their identity.  so many people are in an identity crisis…wow pastor has been preaching on identity this past month.  well the glory rolled in during worship…we had a small group time and the atmosphere was filled with laughter and communication. one of our goals at this reatreat was to get our students better connected to each other and God. we ended before midnight around the altars in HIS presence! 90% of the students made a commitment to get better connected to God! we spent some time in his presence before grabbing a late night snack.

i love the atmosphere in a retreat!

one word for last night…powerful!

today is gonna be a great day!