Last week I went up to Anderson, S.C. to hang out and hear Steven speak to the New Spring staff. To illustrate his point of how much he believed in New Spring, he shared with them how much it was costing to bring their entire crew down to Unleash.

So today, I added up our investement and it came in at $7500. That is taking 100 people and renting two buses to haul their butts up there. I could have probably added a bunch of other things as well, but the point is it is a HUGE investment for our church to go to Unleash AND it is worth every penny.

I have been counting down the days until Unleash and if last year was any clue, this will be a life-changing event for our people. It is only two years old, but Unleash will be the one conference we won’t miss and we will always take large groups of people to see.

• I think Revolution is unique, but we are influenced by New Spring more than other church and I want our people to see what we are doing and see it down the road. The large majority of our people have never been in church so they are clueless when I am casting vision and seeing New Spring allows them to see that God can do anything.
• It is an investment in our people. We have the greatest people in the world and we can never reapay them for all they do, but Unleash allows us to pour invest in thier lives for one day. It is our way of saying THANKS.
• It allows them to be around other churches that are crazy and think they can reach their entire towns for Christ. We are one of those crazy churches and I am glad our people get to see we aren’t the only ones.
• It allows our volunteers to get to hang out. Being portable leaves very little time for our people to get to know each other. By dumping them in a bus together, they get to know each other. You can’t put a price on that.
• It causes people to step up. Last year the large majority of our people left Unleash with a new passion and zeal for the vision we have.
• It causes people to leave. This one is just as important. Last year everyone stepped up into leadership OR they left. We were fine with both.
• It is fun!!!!

We are going to have a blast at Unleash!!!! If you want to go, there are still about 5-6 spots left, but you GOT to let us know by Monday.

Unleash is a huge financial investment for us, but one we will make every year.  Show me a leader who isn’t willing to invest in his people and I will show you a leader that doesn’t have many people.

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