Andy Stanley’s session ROCKED ME in the most amazing way!
There was GOBS of amazing info but the phrase that got to me….”The church is more important than you will ever know.”
When I first heard that I was like…”yes I do!” Who is “Andy Stanley” to TELL ME I don’t know I don’t know how important something is…” hahahaha yeah I know….I had a bit of an attitude of being TOLD I don’t know something. This was the beginning of my humbling experience at ORANGE 2011…
So then I actually thought about it and realized I had never actually thought about “how important” the ‘Church‘ really is/was in history! Being a guy who’d been about building/growing/equipping the local church through helping students for 10 years time (4 years formally employed by a church) this KILLED ME! …and I needed that heart surgery!
After the conference, I challenged myself to PROVE that the Church is important by the way I live and lead! I don’t have it all figured out yet but Andy’s session SHAPED a new framework for me to lead with.
If you haven’t considered going to ORANGE this coming spring, you should really think about it. Andy will be speaking again and to be straight up…I’ve never heard him ‘miss’
Tomorrow I’ll write about my second favorite session and it’s lACED with essential content from Kara Powell on why “Orange” is even necessary! Stay tuned and I will take Friday and try to convince you that if you really care about the development of Kids and Students you CANNOT afford to miss Orange this spring.