Karitos Conference

So I just got home from the Karitos Conference. I had to leave early because I have to film a wedding today... but that is ok. I think the conference was intersting...... a whole bunch of creative people together is good... it was good for me too see and experience too. They are just a lot more free to worship... it was also cool because it is really mixed culturally... so you get to see a different perspective and hear different music, which is always fun. So overall the conference was pretty good. I think that Catie likes the conference more than me but I am glad I went.

There were some things that I would impliment in church if I could... I just wonder if it works so well at a conference because the people at the conference and leading the conference all think alike so it is a lot easier to do things... but it could work. I just have to remember the stuff that I liked. One thing I do know that I liked was the OPENNESS to the moving of the Holy Spirit is worship and people were just excited... they were excited about praising God. Even if things didn't go well all the time musically people were into worship and teaching BECAUSE they were excited about worshiping God... it was refreshing. Very Refreshing.

Also there was this painter/sculptor who I got to talk to that was really interesting. He just travels the country painting and sculpting stuff during worship. It was awesome.... he is amazing and has some cool stories about traveling around the country and just stopping at random places and painting in the middle of a town somewhere. He simply goes to Walmart buys a sheet and some wood to build a frame... and then goes into the middle of the town and begin to paint. He also randomly goes to high schools and does chalk drawings on the ground (usually as a reminder of Jesus). It was cool... he has rubbed elbows with a lot of people... from David Crowder to Billy Graham. He actually got started when he randomly met Keith Green and Randy Stonehill... when on a family vacation in California.

Long story short... Keith Green and Randy Stonehill were out witnessing and they witnessed to, Richard (the guy who I met). Richard already was a Christian but they exchanged phone numbers and eventually Richard went to live with those guys and realized his call to ministry (in art).



So that was cool. I would love to do that kind of art on stage. So that is all for now. Maybe I will have more to say later.