A Grateful People

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The magnitude of the Global Leadership Summit, organised by Willow Creek Community Church, is finally hitting home for me, now that the event is tmrw!

The rehearsals have been really intense, it was very nearly a camp for those of us involved, with rehearsals running almost every night for the past week. And I'm actually down with a flu now as I type this...but I'm really grateful and privileged to be part of this awesome event that was designed to inspire and equip Christian leaders all over the world, leaders who have great influence in their local churches. And after watching some of the inspiring and moving videos that will be screened during the conference, I'm really glad to see a strong streak of social justice running as a theme across the conference. And to think that we're in a position to minister and inspire the leaders attending the conference, to go out and make the invisible God visible to the world. Wow! I'm humbled that God would use us to serve His heart and these leaders.

I'm praying that through this event the delegates will not just leave our church with an impression of our organizational efficiency, our hospitality or wonderful worship & music team...but above all, they will remember the fullness of God's awesome presence in this place, they will remember encountering the One who causes us to mount up with eagles' wings, they will be transformed from the inside out.

The preparation for GLS has been an eye-opening learning experience....learning from fellow artists, and seeing the sheer amount of work that goes into coordinating a multi-media event. It's very cool seeing worship teams sync videos with live music etc....but I'm realising now that it must be done in a very tight manner. I can imagine the number of rehearsals Hillsong has to run for the conference!! Esp. for their openers which are really big-scale productions. Amazing.

Finally, its really heartwarming to see how the team has bonded more now, and how supportive the team is of each other. We have several song items....and its really cute to see those not involved in the particular item support those singing/playing during their acts. Sometimes we even "groupie each other" with the lit handphone wave! haha!

Ok, I'm going off to do my last bit of preparation for tmrw, before calling it a night. Please pray for our team if you can. :)