It’s important that we all have people who speak into our lives. Some of them are near and available for a phone call or a conversation over a cup of coffee, while others we may never know face-to-face but their influence comes through observation, books, sermons or blogs. Louie Giglio has been one of the latter for me.
Louie is the founder and leader of Passion Conferences. Passion is a ministry whose goal is to awaken college students to the greatness of God. They do this primarily through conferences around the world. Louie has profoundly impacted my perspective on college ministry and, more specifically, how I operate as a communicator and pastor.
Over the last few months I have had the privilege of personally connecting with Louie and the team at Passion. I believe that, though my expression is in the local church and theirs is in a conference setting, that our goals are similar and I consider it an honor to partner with them to reach this generation. The next Passion event is January 2-5 in Atlanta. I will be a Community Group leader at Passion 2010 and would love to see as many of you there as possible. Check out this video and register at 268generation.com
*There is a group from theMILL that is driving to Atlanta. If you want to get in on the road tripping goodness call Rachael at 989/295.5475 for details.
I had a great time being a Community Group leader. It was a privilege to be a part of Passion and see God awakening people to His name.
I did create the group discussion questions so I am so glad to hear that your group found them helpful.
I will think about writing a 'raising kids and loving God' blog in the future.
Posted by: Aaron Stern | January 20, 2010 at 03:41 PM
Thanks for being my community group leader at Passion 2010! I don't know if you were given the freedom in creating the group discussion questions personally, but I know that our family group definitely valued those times together to help process everything we were drinking in. We all plan to stay in touch on facebook, but I felt the desire to stay connected with you as well, so I look forward to following your walk with God through this blog.
I know you must have a lot of people looking to you in your ministry, but if you ever had the time I'd love it if we could e-mail about the topic of starting/raising a family while sustaining, rather, growing our desire to follow Jesus. My husband and I love children and can't wait to have our own. We were both blessed by you sharing about your family and are praying for all of you.
Oh and Orange rocks!
Posted by: Jessica Willett | January 05, 2010 at 11:36 PM
You can't go wrong when the message that life is all about God is front and center. Going to be amazing!
Posted by: Aaron Stern | December 08, 2009 at 11:29 PM
That's awesome! I'll be there too. Looking forward to seeing what God will do with a generation of college students living for His fame. Hope your group will be blessed mightily!
Posted by: Matt | December 08, 2009 at 10:55 AM