Random Bits from Kevin

About six months, I was able to attend the Catalyst Conference. It was an amazing few days of learning and being in the presence of 12,000 other church leaders. If you haven’t signed up, I’ll help. CLICK HERE NOW.

Well, the Catalyst team decided not long after the conference ended to do a road trip. The project got handed off to a guy named LV and this has sparked some amazing things. Please take a few minutes to see what LV has been up to on his blog. LV has been joined this past week by Micah. They’ve been driving through the state of Florida with their VW Vanagon. They’ve visited church leaders and more importantly connected people from different churches together.

Tonight, they stopped in Jax on their way out. Rich got an email during our staff meeting this afternoon that the Catalyst guys would be in town. We were very interested. I quickly followed their tweets to keep up with them. I was out and about and saw that they were at a restaurant not too far, so I drove over, saw the van and went inside. I found the guys and chatted for a few minutes. Read more about the story on their site. How crazy is that?!

They had setup a meeting with one of the guys from Christ’s Church here in town. Rich and I met up with everyone at the Chicago Pizza Sports Grille. The NCAA championship was on in the background, but we were more interested in connecting with each other and helping flesh out ideas that we’ve had and how we can help each other to impact the city of Jacksonville in our respective church communities. It was a great couple of hours as we shared and learned.

To the Catalyst team, thanks for coming up with the idea. You’ve collectively done a fantastic job of moving Catalyst from an event to a movement. Please continue to push the edge and think outside the box.

LV and Micah, thanks for being willing to live on the road. I can’t imagine what it’s like to just keep plugging in GPS destinations and driving, but you are moving and changing things.

Christ’s Church, thanks for what you’ve done in the Jacksonville community. God is doing things through you. I know that transition can be tough, but please continue to push ahead and keep God in your focus.

I can’t get over how great tonight was. I got to meet people that I may have never connected with, but through some simple technology, it’s been a very impacting night.