Innovate 08

spent the whole day at innovate08 @ granger community church.

i've noticed people either LOVE gcc or HATE gcc, which is kind of weird. it's been nice to spend some time there, because they are definitely passionate about the gospel, and they have a good beat on the community they're in. i'm a fan of the way they do ministry- in fact, within the first five minutes there, i wrote down "Serving, Hospitality, Encouragement." It's what they're all about, and it makes people feel valuable and cared for. Such an awesome thing.

i also got to spend time with DC Curry today. DC's the director of their student ministries, and it was cool to see where his heart is at. He talked a lot about bringing the focus back to the church and back to Jesus, rather than focusing on this separate entity of student ministry. that's definitely a hard balance, and he's doing a great job finding some middle ground at GCC. it made me think a lot about where our ministry is going and how we do programming.

tomorrow's going to be another crazy day- mark beeson's speaking again, and rob's speaking in the morning about being missional. there's also a game of simon, which was this awesome idea they had around christmas last year:



it's nice to be learning again. i want to be someone who never stops learning, never stops striving for excellence in ministry. this has definitely been a good experience.