Today everyone had the chance to sleep in, swim, or just hangout, it’s our synod day and it was at our hotel. We also met up with Dawn, our grocery delivery gal!
After JJ’s for lunch, we headed up to the Texas Ballroom to begin our day. There was some gathering songs, videos, ice breakers and worship. Some games played included evolution (rock, paper, scissors), people to people, and shake another hand.
Getting to the NRG Stadium was challenging with the light rail being down due to a semi rollover. When we finally got there, we just chilled till the evening show and passed out the parents letters. Must of been allergies in the air, a few watery eyes. :-)
The evening mass Gathering was absolutely incredible. Everyone of the speaker‘s messages were messages that needed to be heard. The theme of the evening was God’s Grace Changes Everything.
Will Starkweath told the story of his life and how four words changed his life, “there’s grace for that. And Nadia Bolzano Weber brought the entire stadium to their feet several times as she told her life story. And the musical artist, Tauren Wells, had the place rockin with an unbelievable show. Then back to the hotel and right to bed, service learning day tomorrow.
Synod Day
Mass Gathering Time
Rachel Kurtz
Tauren Wells
Nadia Bolz-Weber
