Its time. I am finally going to blog about the amazing Generation Conference in Utica, NY that our youth attended last week. This year was EPIC. In fact, this years Generation Conference was the best conference I have ever been to. The set up and sound was off the hook this year, and Craig Groschels opening night was the most incredible opening night I have ever experienced. His prayer that God would keep us awake at night over a burden He has placed in our hearts is coming to pass in my life. I was so glad to be able to see Pastor Mike Servello Jr who I will always consider my pastor, and Pastor Jude Fouquier who is responsible for messing up my life when he prayed over me for a heart like his own for teenagers. The leadership sessions were beyond comparison…we have been quoting those sessions in every conversation about groundZero in the past few days. Pastor Steven Furtick was such an inspiration to me, and i am incredibly thankful that P. Mike had him pray over me- He was such an impacting speaker to our youth…it must have been the hair.
Of course the Apostle C, Benny Perez, and Pastor Jude did what they do best by rocking us to our core. They are truly giants in Christianity, and a living picture of serving the local church. I cannot describe what the worship sessions did to me and my youth group…It was not a spiritual high. Instead, it was a spiritual deepening. In one car ride home- the 5 guys in my car opened them to a place of vulnerability I have never before been with anyone, and I know that I have gained brothers for a lifetime because of what happened this weekend.
Next year we are going to mobilize our youth group and Rhode Island much earlier and as Steve Patton (WHO TORE THE PLACE UP) said “Next year at Generation Conference- Rhode Island will be taking up an entire section”.
