After a long day of two general sessions, lunch at The Bull’s Head, many networking opportunities and a night of fireworks, I am glad that today is finally drawing to a close.
This morning, Doug Swink, our conference speaker gave us some encouraging words and this afternoon we heard from Scott Simmons – the new Youth guy in the Spiritual Formations Department. He gave us an amazing outlook of where the department is heading in the near future and we got somewhat of an inside-scoop as to what will be happening at LOGOS5.
I enjoyed dinner with the Indiana North district youth pastors and some of IWU’s finest.
I also enjoyed meeting this new life:
I also had the opportunity of getting to know two more youngsters today:
As always, there is a complete set of daily photos available by clicking here.
After dinner tonight a couple of us headed to a sort of “street party/fair” that was going on down here in Grand Rapids. We hung around and watched people for a bit and then headed back to the hotel. When it got dark, we joined a couple thousand local Grand Rapid-ites and headed outside for probably one of the most spectacular fireworks shows I’ve ever seen. It was fantastic. I will upload some video clips when I get a chance next week!
Tomorrow we have one more “General Session” before we pack up and head for our homes. I’m definitely heading home re-charged and renewed in my own spirit after this weekend.
Although it’s tough being away from my best friend for these three days, I am thankful that I serve on a denomination that supports it’s youth leaders with quality weekends like this! Oh, and I have about 15 t-shirts from our Wesleyan colleges to give away at our BOX kickoff in two weeks! I love the freebies!
