David, Dare2Share, and Being Awkward

A few weekends ago, I took 21 of our high school students and leaders to the annual Dare2Share conference held nearby at the Sears Centre.  With slightly over 5,000 students there, it was one rockin' weekend!  Dare2Share is a ministry organization based outside of Denver, CO that exists to help equip and prepare students to relationally and relentlessly share their faith with their friends.  Their approach and passion for evangelism have transformed our student ministry and has helped our ministry develop a passion and strategy for reaching our non-believing friends.   Greg Stier & his crew do an amazing job at these conferences (and in all the resources and articles they also provide), as they desire to teach and train students to share their faith with their friends.  I'm honored to consider them a partner in my ministry.

The theme this year was "The 'Un' Tour" and it centered around David and his story of overcoming Goliath.  During the weekend, our students were challenged with the idea to become UN-cool, UN-afraid, UN-ashamed, and UN-leashed for the Gospel.  Our students were given the chance to take a 'cell phone challenge' and call two of their friends to share the Gospel (the sight of seeing 5,000 students on their phones simultaneously sharing the Gospel is amazing).  They were also challenged to write the names of their un-saved friends on their hands as a visible reminder to pray, pursue, and persuade their friends to consider the Gospel.  Saturday afternoon our students spent 2 hours doing a silent prayer walk around their local high school - praying for their friends, teachers, administrators, and for God to do a mighty work through them to reach their campus for Him.  What a powerful opportunity to commit their school to Christ.  Some even shared their faith over dinner that night at the local restaurant we ate at.

In short, it was a GREAT weekend to be reminded of the power of the Gospel, our responsibility to share it with others (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:8), and our call by God to be "awkward" for Him.  Awkward is Awesome!

As you think of it, pray for our students as they seek to live "THE Cause" (the Great Commission) and make disciples who make disciples.  Our students are still having great conversations and opportunities with their friends.  Viva La Cause!