This morning started early again – this time though it was to make a pilgrimage to the Starbuck’s. Valerie Reeves, one of my classmates who happens to be in the room next to mine besides having a love for coffee also knows the lay of the land. If I want to know where anything is at I know I can ask Valerie. We trekked down to the closest Starbuck’s and got our caffeine fix – while spending some time together sharing our future visions for ministry and life.
The day was pretty packed. Each of the presenters covered a different subject. In the morning, we had Rev. Gregory Toole presenting “Education” and Judy Morley, RScP presenting “Marketing”. Both of them come from UCSL and offered some additional perspectives especially on the integration of the two organizations and the branding of “Centers for Spiritual Living”.
Lunchtime was busy for me. I ran down to a camera shop looking for an inexpensive camera since mine is not working well at all. I ended up getting one at a discount – which turned out well. So as I figure it out I’m going to be adding some more pictures of the Intensive and also the Gathering next week.
In the afternoon we had a presentation on “Ethics” by Rev. Bob Luckin. Rev. Bob is also an artist – some of work can be seen at http://luckinart.com/ . Taking us right up to dinner was Rev. Dr. James Lockard speaking on “Growth and Development”.
For dinner, a whole group of us went down to the hotel restaurant, “1876”. The table had so many cross conversations – it was hard to keep up. It was amazing to see all the energy we still had even after already a full day of presentations.
As we were making out way back to the conference room after dinner, I ran into someone that I had not expected to see – Stephen Bartlett, my roommate! He finally made it to Denver from New Jersey. He made it just in time for the evening presentations which covered “Taking Over a Struggling Work” (Rev. Dr. Pat Campbell) and “Sponsorship” (Rev. Virginia Barnes).
It was another full day. A lot to digest. Here this evening on the way back to the room thinking about all that was given to us – I felt a little overwhelmed. It brought me to prayer:
I release any sense of anxiety or stress over the process. I know that Spirit has brought me this far and knowing that I am in the right place at the right time and that this is the perfect unfoldment of my ministry – all of the steps needed are already taken and done in the Mind of God. There is no resistance in Spirit and there is none in me to the process – the way is easy and light. It is filled with joyful expectation of Spirit’s bringing everything together in Divine Right Order. It is all good – within and without – here and now. And so it is.
Off to bed now to rest up for another 12 hour day…Stephen didn’t tell me he snores! 
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