"More Than Meets the Eye"

I'm back from the Church of the Brethren National Youth Conference which was in Fort Collins, Colorado.  I went with 19 senior high youth and 5 other advisors including my wife.  I'm not sure what my expectations were going into the conference.  Now that I'm back and have had a week or so to process, it really was a great week.  The speakers were very good.  I especially liked Shane Claiborne, Dennis Webb and Jarrod McKenna.  The worship was good too.

The best part of the whole time was getting to know our youth even more.  One day we focused on "Brokenness" and the next on "Grace".  With the combination of these two ideas working on us over two days it gave our group a chance to deal with issues in our own lives.  And what was great was being able to do so surrounded by people who loved and cared about you.

I felt so blessed by the opportunity to go with this group of youth and advisors.  Thanks to those who made this trip possible!