Spiritual Leadership Conference 2010 wrapped up last night. God gave us a fantastic week. Today, in the midst of decompressing, I couldn’t help but sit down and journal some of the highlights of the week for me. Here’s what God used to impact me the most:
1. The Preaching. Every single message was a grand-slam home run! Dr. Chappell, Dr. Norris, Dr. Davison, Dr. Sisk all preached with power. In my life, God most used Dr. Sisk’s message last night—He must increase and I must decrease. He concluded the message with this question: “What’s growing in your life?” He then said, “If you are getting bigger and bigger, then Jesus is getting smaller. But if you are getting smaller and smaller, then Jesus will get bigger.”
2. The Testimonies and Programs. Throughout the week we heard stories of the ministry of the Holy Spirit—from Monday night’s video “Walking with Giants” (from Dr. Bobby Roberson) to Wednesday’s individual salvation stories and then the video highlighting growing ministries around the world. Each story challenged me in a unique way. I’m eternally grateful for every person who was willing to give a testimony or be a part of a video.
3. The Friends and Fellowship. My greatest friends are other servants of God who are fully engaged in the work of Christ. For that reason, we don’t often get to spend a lot of time together. It was truly awesome this week to rub elbows with so many great servants of God from so many places. I believe the fellowship of this week was a taste of Heaven. We weren’t gathered this week around a college, a personality, a fellowship, or a political position. We were gathered around biblical principles and a common passion to serve Christ with purity. There wasn’t the slightest spirit of competition or comparison! I believe that pleased the Lord. This made for an incomparable spirit and unforgettable encouragement. It was just awesome to see and spend time with so many amazing people.
4. The Team of Servants. I could never be worthy to serve with the incredible people on our team. All week I watched our staff, our church family, our teens, and our in-town college students give of themselves and expend themselves in ways that are noble beyond words. Teams of people worked through the night preparing facilities, videos, technical systems, etc. The music team labored for hundreds of hours on songs, narrations, and rehearsals. The publications team prepared resources, lugged boxes of books all over campus, stayed late processing orders, etc. The tech team recorded, edited and posted 125 sessions, worked tirelessly on livestream details, and supported an entire campus with sound, light, and projection. This is the tip of the iceberg. God’s people are amazing! It is a privilege beyond words to serve on this team and with this church family.
It is our desire to share Spiritual Leadership Conference with people who couldn’t attend. I’m posting several links below that will help you access videos, audio, photos, and resources that were available at the conference. I pray these things will be a blessing.
Free audio downloads of the entire conference—as a gift to you, the entire conference, including the outline notebook, can be downloaded free of charge at www.strivingtogether.com. Pastor Chappell’s sessions will be produced into Spiritual Leadership Podcasts in the coming months. You can find out more about the podcasts at www.ministry127.com.
Videos from the conference and of main services—several videos are already available. These take longer to upload, but you can view each service and video at this link in the coming few days. Feel free to download the videos and use them in your own ministry.
Photos of the conference—this is a collection of shots taken during the week.
New Striving Together Publications resources introduced—this is a complete list of the new resources available at the conference.
Registration for the 25th anniversary conference 2011—this link will let you get the best seats and early registration benefits for next year’s conference.
25th Anniversary Alaska Cruise—this link will help you contact Templeton Tours to get more information about the 25th anniversary Alaska Cruise, August of 2011. If you are a pastor, consider becoming a co-host. This simply means you desire to bring a group, and in doing so, you can earn free passage on the cruise. If you are a church member, consider sending your pastor on this trip of a life time! If you have question, please feel free to contact my office at 661-946-4663.
Over all, Spiritual Leadership Conference 2010 was a life changing time in my life, and I pray, in many others. We thank God for allowing us to be a part of such a wonderful event! To all who came—thank you for coming! It was awesome to fellowship with you. To all who helped—thank you for serving the Lord with us! It was certainly a week to remember forever!
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- Introducing Ministry127.com
- Podcast – Striving Together in Leadership
- Spiritual Leadership Podcast Now Live!
- Free Resources for Ministry!
- The Right Spirit Toward Spiritual Leaders
- Nov. Podcast—Balancing Pastoral Priorities
3 Comments
I can speak for our staff when I say we had a BLAST! Not only were the sessions informative and helpful, but the spirit of the people was something like we’ve never experienced before. We were privileged to attend services on Sunday as well…what an education in and of itself!
Basically, this was a first-class meeting, and we can’t wait to come back!
We enjoyed watching online here in Vancouver! Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the services available online. I know a little about the work involved from our son Andrew, who flew home yesterday and collapsed!
I’m so glad to be able to get the sessions for ladies. Do you know when the PDFs will be available for the sessions?
I was just curious if your wife has ever thought of writing an article (or maybe she already has) about help for youth pastor’s wives? I am about to finish my first year as a youth pastor’s wife and at times I find myself very unsure of what to do in certain situations. I would love to be able to read from or maybe even ask a seasoned youth pastor’s wife some questions. Maybe if you know of some good book resources that would be good for me to read as well I would be glad to know about them. I am open for any advice. Thank you for your helpful posts as well. My husband and I enjoy reading them and getting help from them. God bless.