I just finished speaking at the Metro Confirmation Retreat near Ocala, FL. It's a synod sponsored event and I was engaged as the keynote speaker. The band Boywonder provided the music (they rock and have a cool web site at boywondermusic.com) and we had a blast with the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in attendance.
The most powerful part of the event was when I asked youth to stand up and say who Jesus is to them, and they DID! In fact, we went on for a while as one after another they shared their testimony. Even more amazing, they are Lutherans like me! I guess Lutherans CAN talk about their faith, way cool. The group was a WAY above average group of amazing young people.
My friends from Lutheran Church of the Cross high school youth group volunteered at the event. They worked really hard and it was great to hang out with them. Maryanne, Faye, Denise and the whole gang from SPAM did a great job pulling this together. My good friend Erik Mathre took a billion pictures, you can see them at eventpixels.smugmug.com. I hope you have time to look at them, I'm actually in a few.
Tonight it's off to Sonny's Real Pit BBQ for dinner, then I jet back to Iowa in the morning. Thanks for stopping by!
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