Hanover Conference
By admin. Filed in Conference Tour 2009 |Tags: CFC Conferences
September 11 – 12, 2009
My Hanover Experience
Timothy Hardy
My Massachusetts conference experience was marked by the astounding energy of the participants, facility helpers, and host families that attended the event in Hanover. With their assistance, and that of our apprentice helpers, we were able to pull off an amazing conference. I had a wonderful time working through our revised schedule and exciting activities with the students and coaches. A couple of the students came up to me after the conference and expressed their appreciation for some of the classes I taught that they were in. They said that they had gained new ideas for how they could communicate with culture in an effective and purposeful way.
For me, I came away from this conference with a renewed vigor to teach my peers how they can walk out of their front door equipped with the skills of communication and impact the people around them with the joy and hope of our Lord.
Book Table Encounters
Phillip Rosenberger
It was the last day of the conference and we had just finished performing the evening program the night before. We were getting ready to close down the book table and start packing up. I was about to head off to general assembly when a coach came by for a last minute purchase. She told me which books she was interested in so I brought out the receipt and started adding up the total. I heard her try to speak but could tell she was having a hard time finding words.
When I finished writing my list I looked up. In her hands she held the Lead The Escape T-Shirt but in her eyes she held back tears as she tried to speak. Eventually, she regained her composure and started telling me about how impacted she was from the program the night before. She was buying a T-shirt so she would always remember the message. With tears in her eyes, she told me how easy it was to forget to love those around her. She wanted a reminder of the passion the evening program gave her so she would never forget the importance of leading the escape. Through this conversation, I was encouraged and motivated to keep helping others lead the escape in their own lives. I’m looking forward even more to sharing this message at conferences across the country!
