Who are you?

NYC is off and running. Each day is full of numerous events, but the three most important and also required are the two Worship services, small groups, and a workshop. So far the weather has been hot, but not unbearable. It is amazing to see so many people here from so many different parts of the US!

Nick's Take
today was our first full day at NYC!! we had breakfast then went to morning worship where ted an company did a performance. After that we went off on our own ways to small groups (each group has about 13 people and there are 160 some different groups)
then there was lunch and after that workshops. I attended a workshop about the military and the church's views on it. it was quite good! free time was after that and i napped =) there was dinner from 5-7 then worship at 7:30. there are small themes each day that in then end should add up to the big theme of NYC this year 'more then meets the eye' yesterday was 'belong' and today was 'identity' during the service there was one line that struck me, the speaker said. perhaps Jesus said love your neighbor as yourself because you can't love another for who they are until you truly love yourself for who you are. I found this to be a very profound and
true statement!


Robb's Take.
This is such an overwhelming event. I've enjoyed the worships, and I'm working hard to take the information in worship back to my small group. One of the most profound things that I have heard this week was presented at our opening worship. The speaker said, that no matter where you are in your journey of believing....you belong here! How amazing is that? How many times do we judge or compare ourselves by how much of a better christian we are than somebody else. I go to church and they don't. I give 10% and they don't. I've volunteer at camp Bethel, and they don't. The above statement means to me at least that none of this matters...we are all at different places, but we still belong to the same group.

The Sunday night's worship was illustrated by the song "This little light of mine..." The whole crowd was given a glow stick, and we activated them together. It was awesome to see the whole crowd moving their lights around! It was a very moving experiences for me, and I'll leave you with a statement that we should all strive to uphold better. "You are the light of the world." So go out and let your light shine for all to see!