Been preparing and getting ready for the next few weeks. It’s going be really really full & exciting.
Some of the stuff that’s be churning.
#1. Met with our service core team. Mei, Justin & Luce are 3 of the most faithful and incredible leaders I have the opportunity to serve alongside. We refused to talk about admin / operations and for 3+ hours sketched out our teams, structure and strategy on a big A2 (?) piece of paper that spanned across two dinner tables. Man, the task ahead of us in mammoth. We fully need God’s anointing and divine direction!
#2. Preparing for conference. Believe that it’s going to be a great time of seeing God’s community built together. Have the privilege of not only worship leading, but doing it with a super covenant friend. In his words, leading together is the “ultimate expression of covenantal friendship” (you think it would be like… something else). Haha. But we’re so excited about serving our church as a whole and leading God’s people into God’s presence.
#3. Working the MAC team hard :). These guys have a massive list of stuff to develop - web stuff, graphics stuff, multimedia etc. Watch out for some awesome stuff that’s coming really soon!
#4. Putting together our next term of Ablaze CDS classes. Man it seems like ages since we’ve done these. Looking forward to seeing some awesome teaching and seeing lives changed under the Word.
#5. Planning, strategising and dreaming about the season ahead of us… we are praying and thinking through how to head into the next season of growth. I believe God is preparing the new wineskin for a new anointing, a new move of His Spirit and a new wave of growth. After conference Torch, Nick, Lis & I will be running away for 3 whole days to think, pray, discuss, have tough & heated conversations about where God is taking us and what it means to follow and obey the leading of God for this season practically. I’m thinking through for our service, our student ministry and for our next generation of leaders as well. We’ve started talking a bit already and where we sense God is leading us is crazy scary (for me at least). Really looking forward to the time of praying, fellowshipping together as well as having lots of braincells get slaughtered for the Kingdom.
#6. Camp! is just around the corner. Putting together some things like worship & workshops. I can’t believe how close it is. The consensus is that this year is different than any other year. There’s a real sense of stirring and preparation. It’s going to be EPIC (If you’re reading this and you haven’t registered… you have like… 24 hours to do so… if there is still space - make sure you do!!). PH - we are going to prepare together next week with our united life group. You don’t want to miss it! God’s already laid some stuff upon my heart…
#7. Getting excited about this man (and others like him) coming here:

(I don’t remember him being this angry in Singapore… hahahaha)
Ps Shirls, Daniel (the happy person pointing in the above photo) and the rest of the team, as well as interstate / kiwi delegates will be here really soon! Can’t wait to bounce life off and learn from other youth leaders and youth ministries (yes Steph & Rach, that means you two as well!)
Let’s unite in prayer together, shall we? So much going on but we need the touch of God let’s believe for His leading and empowering like never before.
Ok back to it for me!