“2017 Motion “All or Nothing” July 27,2017, was a Thursday. The student ministry at my church traveled to Birmingham Alabama for the annual Student Motion conference. It was morning with a cool breeze when we all hopped on the bus. I sat on the bus with my friends; Hailey, and my other friends; Abby, Genevieve, Peyton, and Kaitlin sitting right in front of me. When we arrived we immediately were taken to our hotel and there, I found my room leader, Amy. Later that night we went to the arena, which was filled with over 16,000 people from approximately 400 churches. The feeling of excitement filled the arena. It’s the first full day of our student conference. It’s bright and early and everybody is pumped up and ready to go. Our seats
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We started the morning with a ‘hype’ party to get everyone excited about the upcoming speaker. Mark Pettus was the only speaker of the day. His message made me realize that my weakness is thinking that I cannot accomplish things. Mark said if we wanted a change then we have to recognize what needs to be changed and fix it. As the sun sets, we head back to our hotel and participate in ‘the end of the day discussion:’ How it’s done is we sit in a circle and whoever wants to get up and speak can. It was moving to hear how the weekend affected everyone. My student pastor, Will Riddle, told us how proud he was of us and how much he loves us. He explained how he wants us to continue growing in our faith each and every day. As we get on the bus, I put my headphones in and turn on Hillsong’s album. I picked up my journal and I go to the first page of notes. Reading through my notes, made me realize something else. This life we are given has so much to offer and there’s so much more to this world that we haven’t even discovered yet. I looked out the window and started looking at the beauty around me and then I fell
We started the morning with a ‘hype’ party to get everyone excited about the upcoming speaker. Mark Pettus was the only speaker of the day. His message made me realize that my weakness is thinking that I cannot accomplish things. Mark said if we wanted a change then we have to recognize what needs to be changed and fix it. As the sun sets, we head back to our hotel and participate in ‘the end of the day discussion:’ How it’s done is we sit in a circle and whoever wants to get up and speak can. It was moving to hear how the weekend affected everyone. My student pastor, Will Riddle, told us how proud he was of us and how much he loves us. He explained how he wants us to continue growing in our faith each and every day. As we get on the bus, I put my headphones in and turn on Hillsong’s album. I picked up my journal and I go to the first page of notes. Reading through my notes, made me realize something else. This life we are given has so much to offer and there’s so much more to this world that we haven’t even discovered yet. I looked out the window and started looking at the beauty around me and then I fell