It’s taken me a couple of days to try and process what we experienced during
@gather25 . It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but I’ve always said that if you get the right six people in the room, you can accomplish anything. Well, this one took a lot more than six, and if I try to thank them all, this post would implode.
@jennieallen thank you for trusting me to help steward your vision for bringing the global Church together and pointing her to Jesus.
@cheryl_e_bell for your years of friendship and that first conversation around a table at the lake.
@_timgreen and
@stephenpippett — you boys are such great humans, and are SO good at what you do. Thanks for helping carry the thousands of details with such grace and tenacity.
@forgedesigns_ Christian, I’m amazed at how you brought such beautiful, cohesive design to 8 distinct and varied venues. We’ve shared a lot of miles, friendship and shows together over the years, and this was by far the best yet. To all of our venue partners:
@watermarkchurch (and
@ah0ck and
@danielmerchen in particular) thanks to you and your team for going so far above and beyond. What a stretch!
@lifenzdotorg @kingdomcitykl @btarenacluj @bkarenarw @saint.church @aguavivaperu thank you all for hosting our teams and your local communities so well, and for pointing us all to Jesus. To our production providers (too numerous to name) for bringing to life drawings on a page into your local contexts and cultures despite limited resources and severe time constraints. Bravo!
@sheehanimal I marvel at how you have so much capacity, and an uncanny ability to devise solutions to impossible problems. Your team was the absolute best.
@renewedvision Thank you for adding tools to your software to enable every word on the screen to reach people in the language closest to their hearts, so they could experience God more personally. To our team of over 100 production folks: What a lift! I hope you walk away knowing that every fader move, lens focus, button press and knob turn was an act of worship that enabled the world to take a step in their faith and move closer to Jesus. Now let’s get some rest, because I can’t wait for us all to do it again!
