My week on Instagram - Sydney
This was one packed week. It was the week of the Presence 2013 Conference in Sydney where I have been invited to speak. Here are some of the high lights.
First off: The praise and worship was amazing. it brought together C3's worship leaders from the different congregations of the world, plus worship leaders from Elevation Church i n South Carolina. On the last day they had Citipointe's Aaron and Becky Lucas and to top it all Darlene Zschech. Awesome!!
We also met some very wonderful people. Too many to post all here. Here's a sampling:
Below left: Jimmy Oentoro is the founder and senior pastor of IFGF Churches of Indonesia. A movement of churches in forty nations. I will be speaking at the IFGF conference in June in Jakarta.
Below right: Emma. The doorman or should I say doorwoman in our hotel at QT Sydney. Marie befriended her and invited her to the conference and moved her one step further into the kingdom. She's never seen or heard church the way Marie described it to her.
Above left: Children's Church volunteers who manned the Big Top, the amazing kid's ministry theme of the conference. It was encouraging to see volunteers who were young children and folks who were grandfathers.
Above right: C3 Pastor's wives.
Thanks to C3's great hospitality and hosting Marie and I had the time to sample the sights and experience Sydney.
Below left: Marie taking a photo of herself at the New South Wales Art Gallery and the gorgeous Queen Victoria Building next door from the hotel.
Below right: Experiencing the comfort of Australia's inimitable UGG Boot.
Above left: Watching the parade on ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand Army Corps) a very important Ozy celebration remembering those who have fallen in defense of the nation.
Above right: Sydney's iconic landmarks - The Opera House and Darling Harbor at night.
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