Doug Fields National Youth Conference

Wow!!! What an awesome weekend we experienced. We were in Cincinnati from Friday through Monday for a youth conference and it definitely exceeded my expectations and more!!! The worship, speakers and workshops were fantastic. We each had 8 hours(divided up) of training on a particular topic. Brian chose "Making Your Messages Stick", I chose "Thriving as a Youth Workers Spouse" and our volunteers chose "Helping Hurting Kids". It was well worth the time and money. I'm pumped up to use it in our ministry!

The speakers included Doug Fields, Tony Dungy and Greg Stier. All of them had excellent messages and wisdom to share. My class was led by Doug Fields' wife and she cleared up so many questions and concerns I have regarding my role and our life in ministry. The Fields have been in ministry for 25 years...whew!!! That's a long time. She has so much wisdom to share regarding balance in the world of ministry and how important it is to put your marriage and family first. There are so many war stories of pastor's kids and families. The Fields are all about boundaries in ministry, which is something Brian and I have not given much thought to. Thanks to this conference, we are going to put some boundaries in place. Many marriages and families suffer without them. I'm so thankful to have this insight.

Here are a few pics from the weekend...