ARC Conference

(Matt Keller giving an incredible message at All Access '14.)

Last week Twenty-Four Seven got to drive up to Celebration Church in Jacksonville and be a part of ARC (Association of Related Churches) All Access Conference for almost the whole week. This conference is just a time for leaders, church planters, pastors, etc. to get filled up and poured into by awesome speakers and fantastic worship sessions. Those who attend have access to great resources and opportunities for relationships that can help build their ministries or just encourage them. Each year various ministry schools from ARC churches, like Twenty-Four Seven at Bayside, have the privilege of serving these world changers. We, the students or interns, pretty much run the whole event, while attendees just get to enjoy their time so that God can bring them rest. Long, filled days make for a lot of work, but last year and this year have both been great experiences full of wonderful memories. During All Access 2014, I got to work in the food preparation tent almost the whole time, and I loved it! I got to apply some of my experience from Chick-fil-A and helping my mom cook to make food for the pastors and leaders in the Lounge area for meetings. Miss Renee, the woman basically in charge of the tent the first day, taught me a lot too through her example and leadership, so that was cool too; she and another woman even prayed over me and Alex one night during the conference! After helping in the food tent during our “two hour break” I ended up gaining some authority in the food tent through those above me and led the food prep team for almost every meal after the first day, except when I needed some direction to administrate. This experience taught me so much about servant leadership and initiative, so I loved it.