Sometimes the greatest story ever told can be the hardest to tell

- STORY 2010

Last year I had the amazing opportunity to attend STORY Chicago 2009. It was an incredible experience and I am grateful to my church for allowing me to go. My friend Dan Beirne, who is also the Youth Director at my church, attended last year with me. We heard from some amazing speakers which included; Ed Young, Dave Gibbons, Nancy Beach, Chris Seay, Stacey Spencer, Mike Foster, and Donald Miller. It was very cool to hear from each of them and learn how they’ve developed the art of story telling over time.

As worship leaders, both behind the scenes (myself) and up on stage (pastors and worship directors), it is so important that we know how to tell a story. The story of Jesus is the greatest story ever told and God has entrusted us with that task. Telling that story in the most creative and inspiring way possible is our mission.

This year I am pleased to announce that more representatives from the worship team at my church will be attending with me! I am very excited about sharing this experience with them and I know we will all walk away from this conference both energized and better equipped to do ministry in the local church!

STORY Chicago 2010 takes place on September 23-24th at Park Community Church (Near North Campus) in Chicago, IL. This year’s theme is “Communicating the Unseen”.

Are you going? If not Buy some tickets! Space is limited!

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(list of speakers after the jump)

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Me? I wake up in the morning feelin’ like P. Diddy. Grab my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit this city!

No… no… but seriously

My morning routine is pretty boring in comparison to Maroi’s. I wake up… stretch it out… shower… (she forgot to shower… eww) get dressed… drive to starbucks… (Grande Pike’s Place with room in a personal cup) continue on to work.

What’s your morning routine?

I recently saw a tweet from somebody which brought me to the DisneyParks Blog. I’ve never been there before! This was the post. It’s a behind the scenes look at the control room for “World of Color”! I noticed a level of sophistication in their setup that is lacking at just about every church I’ve ever visited.

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Wow! I don’t really know what else to say.

What is your favorite thing about your church’s control room?