This summer, Andy Kampman, a friend from Iowa City, approached me, "Hey Mark, what would you think of getting college ministries from around the state of Iowa together for a night of worship and prayer, with a focus on the nations."
If you know Andy, the dude has one string on his guitar- "unreached people." I guess if you could only have one string, that's not a bad one to have.
As we talked, it seemed like it would be worth a try. So last week we gathered in the Ames Middle School for "Unite Iowa."
The highlight of the night was seeing about 800 students from around the state and from all kinds of ministries (i.e. Navs, Cru, the Rock, InterVarsity, 24/7, Basic, etc) come together for worship.
For me, I found great delight in watching our students come out to serve with sound and other behind the scenes jobs. The whole night there wasn't a single person from TSC seen on stage. I think that was an especially important factor in this truly being a unity event.
On another exciting note, yesterday Cornerstone had our first services in the new auditorium. Click here for more on that.
Please pray for us as we have our first Salt Company in the new auditorium this week. We'll have something we haven't had in about 15 years, namely, room to grow. But there's nothing about the state of the art sound, bright lights, and comfortable chairs that will move the heart of a person even a millimeter closer to God.
Thanks for your prayers.
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