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It was a wonderful experience in which I am still trying to process though my mind to see how it all fits into my life and into the life of Epic Church. So, I hope to share with you the way I have processed this material in future postings.

The first session Ed Stetzer talked about a new research project which addresses the “State of Church Planting”. This was an informative session. Ed talked about the need to have not only churches starting but the need to have churches, starting churches, starting churches, starting churches, sta…. I am sure you get the picture. I discovered that it is “never a good time to start a church,” and the #1 way to start a new church is by having someone who is dedicated to making it happen. I am still working this out on how to communicate it. But, I do know this for sure… we (the church) need to be dedicated to the expansion of the gospel.

The second session, Andy Stanley talked about vision. And about making vision stick. Here are the 5 points from his talk:

• State it Simple.
• Cast it Convincingly.
• Repeat it Regularly.
• Celebrate it Systematically
• Embrace it personally and publically.

Ok, I am sorry because I am sure, all 2 of you who are reading this are intrested in more meat on this stuff. I just can’t keep my eyes open anymore. So, I will have to catch you all up tomorrow. Plus, my head is in a whirlwind of new ideas.

Goodnight and sleep well.