What a week it has been around the Stine house, but let me first share about the ARC Conference…

Let me start with last week at the ARC Conference.  Can I just say it how it was, “incredible.”  What an incredible group of people to serve alongside in the ministry.  The conference was held in Austin, Tx and we had a great, High Impact, time at Joe and Lori Champion’s church called Celebration Church of Austin.  Their team sure knows how to host an event with excellence.  Over the few days that we were there, we heard from several speakers including: Chris Hodges, Joe Champion, Stovall Weems, etc…  All were high impact on Taryn and I. 

We also got a chance to hear from Craig Groeschel from Lifechurch.tv. who delivered an incredible word about churches having “It“.  Which he defined as “a rare combination of the anointing of God, Passion, Creativity, Teamwork, Focus, Faith, Drive, Hunger, desperation, and divine expectations that is manefest in and through you unlike any other church in your area.”

Just think, What if every church found “It“?

I don’t know about you but this really got me to prayin’ for DCMetroChurch and our vision to “Build a God-First Culture in and around the DCMetro Area,” and for It to be in our church.  After thought it is my conviction that the church should, once again, become the cultural influence within a community and the world.  Afterall, we have God’s Creativity, Passion, Focus, (other “It” qualities, Etc…) working on our behalf.  In fact, that is the way it used to be.  The church was the place were creative people found their canvas or their song, or their clay…  You and I can go to any museum today and find the remnants of God immortalized (not that He needed help with that one!) throughout the corridors of history in various forms of culture impacting artwork.  I believe that time is coming again and it is going to take “It” in our churches, to do ”It.”

It is coming, and I am all about “It.”

Comments welcome on this thought about ”It”

Love you guys!

D