In Prescott, there are good people who take their family vacations during conference. There are faithful people who stay home and watch the conference services. Why do they not attend? You would have to ask them.
Here, they have been doing conferences for many years, and they act like this is their first time putting on a conference. Some people are still giddy with excitement. Pastor talks to us to tell us what to do and how to behave like we don't understand the magnitude of what conference is.
For me, this conference is about people that I do not know and hearing preaching from pastors who I do not know. I remember the first time that I preached at a local conference. It was exciting. I remember the first time that I attended a regional conference. It was interesting. Conference here is not the first time of anything for me and so I find it neither exciting or interesting.
I could stay home and not feel like I had missed anything. But I won't stay home out of respect for the Fellowship. Maybe I can hear God speaking to me even when the preaching is not aimed at me.
God bless us all.
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