Youth Congress 2009

Up to Speed

2009-08-08T00:35:00.001-07:00

Greetings!

So last night we checked out "Eight"....the event that was specifically designed for young adults 18-30. Alone "eight" is just a number but together we can "cr8" and "rel8"....making it a verb.

The sessions have been awesome...probably THE BEST Congress sessions that we have ever been to. There is such an expectancy of something awesome about to happen in our UPC movement.

Bro. Wayne Huntley ministered last night with a message titled "Its Over..its all right to be different" letting us know that we ARE different from the world...and thats a good thing.

Bro. Wayne Francis ministered this evening with a message that we go beyond and reach out to a lost and dieing world that is HUNGRY for God! To let go of the fears and things that are holding us back from our potential to do great things for the kingdom of God.

We can't believe that Congress is over, and, while we are sad to be leaving it already, we are pumped to get back to Des Moines and start reaching out to the community around us! We don't have time to be apathetic in our worship and in outreach....the Lord is coming soon and now is our time to STEP-UP and make a difference!!

Youth Congress 2009 has made us desire to go "Beyond." To reach into a vat of potential that some of us never even knew existed, until Congress.

We are headed home tomoro...renewed, refreshed and REVIVED! LOOK OUT DES MOINES....HERE WE COME!

2009-08-05T23:34:00.000-07:00

Hey everyones, this is Dawn. We are having a blast down here in Nashville with all the sightseeing and hanging with the gang. Tonight was the first night of congress, and boy was I amazed for this is my first youth congress, there was ALOT of people there and boy there was ALOT of hair.... The preaching was very awesome.... Listen for your calling!!

2009-08-05T22:48:00.000-07:00

2009-08-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

This is heather signing in. Just wanted to tell how Awesome service was tonight! Bro. Shay Mann talked about The Dawn of Destiny! God moved! It was the first official night of Youth Congress and already there was a whole lotta people there!

2009-08-05T00:35:00.000-07:00

Tuesday

2009-08-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Greetings!

Today was a fun, relaxing day. We went and checked out the Tennessee state museum and a replica of the Parthenon. Next we went and checked out Opry Mills Mall!!! Bro. & Sis. Deckard, John and Adam ate at a 7.99 buffet while the girls went and ate at Shoneys! There was a bad thunderstorm right as we were leaving to come home....we all got soaked coming inside our rooms. There was quite a bit of thunder and lightning as well.

The hotel is very enjoyable. Our rooms have their own individual kitchens as well as stack washers and dryers! There is also a sauna, a fitness room, 2 outdoor pools, an indoor pool and a game room w/ a ping pong table! We all played ping pong together tonight :)....it was quite an adventure!

Our plan tomoro is to split up...the boys are going to check out some historical sites including a civil war cemetary! The girls are planning on going shopping :). Tomoro night starts our first official night of Congress...we are pumped!

Luv,
The CAC Clan

Pictures

2009-08-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

Arrived

2009-08-03T15:34:00.000-07:00

Well we safely arrived today around 12:45 PM. Our trip was very smooth. We made a few pit stops for food(Hardees bisquits and gravy) and restroom breaks,and still managed to make pretty good timing. On the way we decided to stop in Metropolis, IL which is famous because of Superman...boasting a tall Superman statue in its square. After seeing advertisements we decided to veer off the beaten path(3 miles to be exact) and check out the statue. It was awesome!! LOL.

It took us awhile to get checked in simply because we had four rooms, but the process went smoothly and everyone is very kind. Our "resort", as it is referred to, is very nice! It has two outdoor pools, an indoor pool, free fresh popcorn, beverages and is fully stocked w/ pans and kitchen supplies for cooking! We will post pics of what our room looks like.

We are now getting ready to head out and look for some food!!!

We'll post more l8ter:)

Luv,
The CAC Clan

Leaving Town

2009-08-02T22:10:00.000-07:00

Its 10:00 pm and we are getting ready to head out of town....we are stopping at Arbys to get food and then we will be heading out!

Preparations for Trip

2009-07-29T11:30:00.000-07:00

Greetings,

Preparations are now taking place for our trip! We cleaned the van completely out and removed two of the benches in order to make more room for us to sleep and relax on the way down. The current plan is to leave Des Moines on Sunday evening following church service. We will get some kind of nourishment and then hit the road. We are hoping that the trip will only take approx. 11 hours, instead of 36, which is how long it took us to reach our destination during our last Youth Congress trip :). We are staying at the Wyndham Nashville....hopefully it will be a nice hotel! We won't know for sure until we get there.

This year we decided to go down early and take time to relax and site-see so on Mon. and Tues. we will be checking out Nashville and some surrounding cities!

Make sure and check back on our blog to see whats happening w/ the CAC clan while we are in Nashville! We are excited to see the great things that God is going to do while we are there.

God Bless,
The CAC clan