Motion Youth Conference 2011

My mom and I flew into Birmingham Alabama on Thursday to experience The Church of the Highlands during their conference week along with my dad who has already been here for 2 weeks. Thursday night was the kickoff for Motion Youth conference. There were over 2000 students just on fire for God and it was such an amazing thing to see and be apart of. Some of the most incredible worship services I have ever experienced featuring the Highlands worship team and Leeland. I was also able to hear some awesome and challenging messages by some of the most influential pastors in our nation today, such a great experience. I also heard a really great message based off of the Dr. Seuss book Oh, The Places You'll go... which explains the new blog title!


This morning we went to the 8:00 service at the main campus and then went to two different campuses for the 9:30 and 11:30 services which was really cool. It was typical service except for the main message was on a screen, streaming live from the main campus. Tuesday night is the kick-off for Grow Leadership Conference. More lessons, classes, worship and messages to come my way and I cannot wait to see what I learn and bring back to Michigan!


I wanted to share 5 of the most important but simple things that I have learned or have been reminded of through the Motion Conference:


1. God speaks in a whisper. The close you are to God, the clearer you can hear His Voice. (Rick Bezet)
2. The person on this planet you love the most is compared to filthy rags compared to God's love for us. (Leeland)
3. God is first and everything else must follow (Mark Pettus)
4. I need to both understand and encounter God. Know the word, and experience Him. (Chris Hodges)
5. Have honor in everything you do, show honor. So many times in ministry things may seem not important but they need to be done for some reason. Do tasks that seem small or unimportant with honor. (Dino Rizzo)