Floyd McClung, Ernie Sumrall, Brian Sanders
Last week I was blessed to attend the missions conference hosted by All Nations at the Heartland Church in Kansas City. The conference featured Floyd McClung– author, pastor, missionary, friend. Floyd is a rare and precious soul, and a true servant of the Lord. Floyd has a passion for planting simple churches. We heard wonderful stories of how God is using the simple church movement in China, Africa, and the US.
Many thanks to those whose generosity made it possible for me to attend this awesome event: Brian Sanders, Max & Joan Adkins, Glena Sumrall, and Marsha & Bob Cargill. I am so amazed and encouraged by the love of Jesus that flows through you all.
Worship was led during the conference by Jon Shirley and a fine group of Christian musicians. Check out Jon’s music on MySpace. The time at the conference seemed to fly by as the Spirit of God was thick and the healing energy of Christ was evident in the room. There was a good balance between presentations from individual speakers, praise & worship, and small group work, and free discussion and sharing of ideas. I’m sure that many of us, myself included, went to the conference to “take notes” and learn new things about how to do the work of God in a creative church setting. Well, we certainly got that and then some! During the week it became increasingly obvious to me that I was there primarily to be loved, healed, and affirmed by God. I know that sounds like so-much cliche ‘church speak’ but that is not the case. This was a real, profound, and enriching time with the Lord. For that I am so very thankful.
My host family for the week was Steve & Ingrid Briody who are members at The Cambridge Church, an Anglican Mission parish in Overland Park, KS. The Cambridge Church is currently meeting in a public school building but is about to start construction on a new building. I was able to visit the site, help pitch a tent, and pray with brothers and sisters there for the new and expanding work of their parish.
Steve & Ingrid Briody - my host family for the week
