in two weeks jason and i will making a trek to willow creek for their "shift" conference. which is their student ministries conference. if you are going, let me know, i’d love to meet up. i am sure that i will be blogging the event. it is kinda a cool thing, i am going as a guest of the willow creek student ministries staff. they are covering my registration costs for me. i thought that was very nice of them.

so i’m picking up the room tab, jason is getting the car and we are going to have a heck of a road trip. i look forward to hearing from some people i call friends and being challenged, inspired, and maybe agitated by some new people and scenes. should be good times!

one thing that they are doing that is super cool. they are not doing any handouts as a conference. everything is pdf. this is a cost saving thing sure, but for someone like me or those people who have blackberries & iphones this works perfectly to save on a thousands and thousands of pieces of paper.

In an effort to "go green" this year, we’ve made a lot of choices to
cut back on how many printed items we hand out at the conference.

 

This
year, for the first time, paper copies of breakout handouts will not be
available. While some speakers may choose to bring handouts of their
own to their breakouts, the only handouts the WCA will be making
available will be in PDF format and are now available online here.

i applaud the effort. there is just no need with the tech savy that is generally found in most student ministers. plus, myself & others can check into the event before it even starts.