Hello from Pigeon Forge, TN!
We made it in yesterday and immediately jumped into the Strength to Stand student conference. Last night, we went to the Sevierville Event Center along with more than 5,000 students. In all venues across the city, there are more than 10,000 students here for the conference from all over the country.
Students "got down" with KJ-52, a rap artist who was also at Hebron in April of this past year. After that, the evening took a worshipful turn with Kristian Stanfill, a worship leader fresh off of Passion 2013. He led our group into a powerful time of worship that was followed by our message for the evening.
Scott Dawson spoke about our tendency to be captured by affluence, adversity, or apathy. In each of these things we run the risk of losing our passion for God in favor of something much less. At the close of his message he extended the Gospel message and invited students to respond. Hundreds of students responded and were counseled in faith decisions. Praise the Lord! Afterward, Kari Jobe and David Crowder led us in worship.
Our students did awesome on the first day of this trip. Please continue to pray! God is already dealing with students on many different levels. Pray that if there is any student on this trip that does not have a relationship with Jesus, they would begin one this weekend. Pray for the students that know Jesus, that they would listen closely to what God has to say to them this weekend and respond with life change when they get home.
Looking forward to a great day two. Check out the blog tomorrow for another HS Winter Retreat update!
Steve
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