A few things I saw & heard this morning/night:

·         Music was amazing…love that new song “Healer”

·         Always good to have Ed Gibson speak at Missions Conference…does anyone have a better laugh than him?

·         I would hate to be a camera man while he preaches…that dude moves a lot!

·         It was great to see our volunteers working hard this morning…they have made our IIM vision come to life.

·         Mission Conference brochures looked great.

·         Our small groups have really stepped up to the plate with raising money for Missionary Christmas Night…in house goal for the groups were 14K…think we might hit it!

·         Tonight Ed Gibson preached…told many very funny stories about being a missionary.

·         Ed made an interesting statement that was powerful tonight… “When missionaries go and learn their culture to preach Jesus we call it wisdom, but when churches try to learn the culture we call it compromise.”  Preach Preacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

o   Remember – Culture is simply the context upon how we present Jesus.

·         Make sure your there for Missionary Christmas Night…it’s going to be awesome.