Thursday, July 16, 2015

Proclaim Story Day

Blog Entry: Garland Carter

Thursday in Ford Field was amazing! We listened to two amazing speakers, Blanca (a great Puerto Rican singer) and amazing slam poetry. Not to mention the house band sang "Uptown Funk" with a Christian twist to all the lyrics. 
One of the speakers, Eric Baretto, spoke about how God made us all different on purpose. Diversity isn't an obstacle to overcome but our differences should be embraced not rejected. "God does not make generic people." Overall today was a great day, other than waiting for an hour to get food.




Blog Entry: Anne Ridenhour
    
Today we were up and at 'em early. As we tried to find the much needed coffee at Starbucks, we admired the cars throughout the GM Marriott plaza. Next we went out for our "First 15" which is the Bible study we have as a youth group to start each day. We sat on the River Walk as we looked out over the Canadian skyline while we explored Mark 2:1-12. Then, we went to the Cobo Center before we departed to go to Synod Day. At the Cobo Center, there are many options which include shopping, playing games, resting in the quiet room, and socializing. 

Today was our day of Proclaim Story which was spent with our Synod. The Virginia Synod is special in that we are already a close knit family because of all of the different events throughout the year. Our Synod Day was spent exploring our faith through "My Story Journal" which had personal reflections and group discussion questions such as, "What has been a barrier between you and knowing the good news?" We are also very proud of Megan and Kat who had roles during the program and worship service. Every one from our church also assisted during the worship portion as ushers, communication assistants or helpers. I personally enjoyed the day spent with our Synod because we got to see our friends and sing songs with Dave Delaney. Then we went to get dinner.