Saturate Youth Conference

[00:00:06] Speaker A: Hello and welcome to the well, an Elam Fellowship leadership podcast. My name is Kevin Neville. I'm the communications manager here at Elam Fellowship and the producer of the well podcast. We are going to be bringing you something special this week, a special episode of the well. As we are getting ready for our 21st saturated youth conference at the release of this podcast. We're just one day away from this next one of the biggest saturate youth conferences that we ever had. And what we're going to do to celebrate that is we're going to go back to last year. I was able to record a number of podcast episodes as we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the saturated youth conference. So over the next hour, you're going to hear from leaders and pastors, speakers that are all focused on seeing God move in revival in our next gen ministry. And seeing that in the 20th anniversary of the Saturate Youth Conference, we are going to hear from speakers like Jess Frieda, Greg and Melanie Falco, Christian and Alex Kent, Kevin Ormsby, Lou Mead, Noah and Bethany Hudnow, Mike and Amber Wing, John Chappell, Parker Matthias and Jacob Gaines. It was a great time to sit down and really hear their heart. So let's dive in. We're going to start with my personal hero, Jess Freda. She was one of the keynote speakers at last year's conference. She's one of the pastors at Freedom Life Church in South Butler. And we only have her for a short time because she was just getting ready to go onto the stage and I caught her and asked her some questions just before she went on. And it was an amazing time. And immediately following that, we're going to hear from Pastor Greg and Melanie Falco from Elam Life Church. So let's dive in, guys, and hear the heart of these leaders of the next gen movement. This is the absolute worst time to grab you for this because you got youth groups, you're speaking tonight. But I had to because this is the moment where God is just all over this. Yeah, you're going up there today. Yeah, you've been praying, you've been working on this. I only have one question. [00:02:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:22] Speaker A: What does God want for these kids at this moment? [00:02:26] Speaker B: I think what God wants for the students here on the last day is to realize that they were called to a purpose and they have an assignment right now. Not just later, not just when they get out of high school, not when they feel like these big words they got last night, these big impressions they. [00:02:43] Speaker A: Got last night from God. [00:02:44] Speaker B: They're not Just future. It starts now, it starts today. When they leave this place, he has an assignment for them at their hometown. [00:02:52] Speaker C: So. [00:02:52] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, amazing. Just watching kids encounter the Lord, encounter his presence, surrender their lives, it was beautiful. So beautiful. [00:03:02] Speaker D: Yeah. So thankful to be a part of it this year and see how we have continued to grow as a conference. I mean, we were, we were at some time before 2020, we were at 1100. And then the devastation of that, that year and the years following. To now be at 700 or so kids and youth leaders again is really exciting because the intention is to affect a generation. The intention is to draw that generation, these young people, to Jesus so that they can affect their friends, their families, their co workers, their future through the Holy Spirit. And so to, to see it growing again is super encouraging. [00:03:50] Speaker A: And I gotta confess, you know, this was the year we didn't have fly day off. Right. You know, and you know, Mark was always, you know, it's always the low yield, it's always the low Yale. And so all year long that has kind of been in my head, oh, it would be great. Maybe we'll get 300. Hopefully they won't be mad and you know, maybe 350. And you know, I just felt like looking at the crowd, God said, do you believe in revival or not? You know, And I had to say, well, it's not about the numbers, but it's about the fact that things are just going to be busting at the scene because of him. [00:04:23] Speaker D: Yeah. Amen. [00:04:24] Speaker B: And how many kids even were committed to coming who went to school on Friday and still came for the rest of the conference? And there was football sectionals. I mean, there were so many things and just kids are just hungry for the Lord. They're just hungry for the Lord. Hungry to worship and. Yeah, so beautiful. [00:04:41] Speaker D: The thing that stood out to me the most this weekend was last night. I love the vision that God gave you, Kevin, where he. I know it was last year and he reiterated it this year that he didn't want you to have a keynote speaker on Friday night, which is the big night of the conference, but he wanted you to make him the keynote speaker. And what a powerful night it was to watch him move, watch the kids right off the get go. I mean, we had, we had Youth Pastor Chronicles. What a crazy, hilarious time that was the beginning of the, the session on Friday and then the transition with your, your communion devotional was just beautiful in transitioning from a really hilarious. Everyone in, everyone in the crowd just falling over laughing into a really Holy Spirit. Couple hours, the transition in, and then the kids so quickly, just being willing to. And ready to connect with God. I didn't sense any kind of hesitation. [00:05:48] Speaker A: In the kids. [00:05:52] Speaker D: Because there wasn't a speaker. I just felt like this was. They were like, yeah, this is who we are. This is what we do. What a great. What a great experience watching God move. [00:06:02] Speaker A: I remember, you know, when he was saying that, you know, the one thing he said to me was, revival happens in the margins, you know, And I feel like, you know, we prepare so much stuff, and it's good. We will prepare and we'll get speakers and we'll get the plans. But he said, if you. You don't build the margins, I will make them. Yeah, you know, one way or another, he's going to move. But why not partner with him to do that? [00:06:28] Speaker B: Yeah, why not embrace that? Why not make margin, you know, for the Lord to be able to do that? [00:06:32] Speaker A: But I loved how you guys sort of framed it. You said it, and I was like, yes, I get it. You're saying, like, okay, we're laughing and we're crying and we're worshiping and we're serious and we're funny and said, this is just. This is life. This is like an example of what we're called to in life. How did you guys kind of see that as something to share? [00:06:54] Speaker D: It was. It was. The whole setup of the night was that we were going to take time to hear from heaven and listen and obey him and do whatever he said to do during that session. And so it's during worship, after you did your communion, transition from fun, funny to worship. We had been processing, what. What does tonight look like? And the thought was, well, there's going to be a time of surrender, a time of repentance, a time of engaging with the Holy Spirit. And the Lord showed me, Right. Right then during that first part of worship, that the framing that he wanted us to do for the kids was this is all pointing to real life with Jesus. A peek behind the curtain of why do we do saturate? Why do we. Why do we prioritize time with the Holy Spirit? Why do we prioritize worship? Why do we prioritize the word of God? It's not because this is something different than what we want you to experience regularly. This is what we want you to experience regularly. This is everyday walking with Jesus. It's laughing because he's fun. It's worshiping because he's worthy. It's remembering that he died on the cross and he's not dead today. It's turning from sin every single day. [00:08:04] Speaker A: Kids. [00:08:05] Speaker D: Can you imagine what it's like if every day you turn from your sin? Well, then you're living a clean, pure life with God, prioritizing him every day, rather than every day being like, oh, I blew it again. I blew it again. [00:08:19] Speaker A: I blew. [00:08:19] Speaker D: No, it gets to be a rhythm of. [00:08:21] Speaker C: No. [00:08:22] Speaker D: I have followed you this last week straight. I haven't strayed from you because I've gotten in this lifestyle of repentance and running to you with a moment. I have even a thought. You know what I mean? Demonstrating in a conference setting what your daily walk with Jesus should look like gives them such a great. And this is. This is the inspiration of the Lord. This wasn't from my brain. It was straight from his voice. It gives him such a great, for lack of a better term, box to. To. To grasp what this relationship with Jesus should look like. [00:09:01] Speaker B: And it's fun. It's part of that adventure. Like Adam talked about on Thursday, the adventure following the Lord is when you get to work with a team. Like, you get to. Each person plays their own part, gets a piece of it like a piece of the puzzle. And I think for me, Friday night is so fun because you have a piece of the puzzle, and we had a piece of the puzzle, and Adam had a piece of the puzzle, and the worship team had a piece of the puzzle. And it was just like, okay, Lord, what are you making? What do you want to do? And being able to just kind of relax and say, okay, Holy Spirit, whatever you want to do, and then trust one another to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying and to be able to put that all together. I think that's part of the adventure of following Jesus. And some of the fun of that is being able to work together as. [00:09:49] Speaker D: A team, not having to have the whole thing figured out yourself, but saying, lord, I'm. I'm. You know, Adam used this illustration, this message on Thursday of Peter getting out of the boat. And it's like that. It's like, I don't know what's gonna happen. I don't know if my. [00:10:05] Speaker A: What was he doing? He was trying to take those weird steps. [00:10:07] Speaker D: He was trying to. [00:10:08] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:10:08] Speaker D: Trying to. To feel, is the water solid now? [00:10:11] Speaker F: How do I. [00:10:12] Speaker D: How do I do this? And we don't know when we don't have all the puzzle pieces ourselves. [00:10:18] Speaker A: It's. [00:10:18] Speaker D: It's a part of that faith walk of trusting God. You know what's gonna happen? You know what you're Gonna do, you know, the puzzle, the partners, the team that you've put together to run this thing. And so we're trusting you to oversee the whole thing. You're the main director. We're just following your direction. [00:10:36] Speaker B: And you know that each person has come prayed up and ready. And we spent time praying and we spent time seeking the Lord and saying, okay, Lord, you get the glory like Jesus. You do what you want to do for your glory, for your kingdom. Let none of us be. Try to be it, Lord, but that each one of us would be submitted to you. And I think when, when you work with a team like that, where each person is saying that in their heart and they're coming in prepared and they're coming in, like, prayed up, I think it's so beautiful. It's beautiful. [00:11:10] Speaker D: Something I was going to say is after a night like last night, I saw youth pastors encouraged and youth pastors coming up to me and telling, telling me and us how encouraged that they are by times like this. [00:11:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:11:25] Speaker D: In, in. So it's not just the, it's not just the, the kids that are experiencing a, a push forward in their relationship with the Lord or a launching in their relationship with the Lord, but it's the youth leaders and youth pastors who are being encouraged. Okay. This, these are my kids that I'm seeing dance up front where back in my youth group, I can't get them to worship. [00:11:47] Speaker A: Okay. [00:11:47] Speaker D: That is in them. [00:11:48] Speaker B: Yeah. The Holy Spirit is the things sewing that into my youth group. There will be fruit, you know. [00:11:53] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:11:54] Speaker D: It's just what a, what a blessing to be a part of something that's an encouragement to so many. Thank you, Kevin. [00:12:00] Speaker A: Well, and I want to thank you guys, you know, that, that you guys aren't a venue. You guys aren't saying, oh, yeah, you know, senior pastor, let the kids do it. Don't ruin anything. Don't break any more sinks. [00:12:10] Speaker B: You know, we have safety for that now. We have safety for that now. Nobody's breaking. [00:12:14] Speaker A: Yeah. But I love that not only do you guys have the mind to do this, but you have heart to say this is not a venue. This is a partnership. [00:12:21] Speaker D: Yes. [00:12:22] Speaker A: You know, and we've always said that it saturated as much Elam life as it is Elam fellowship is becoming as much Elam school as it is. And as this is where I believe God is saying, okay, this is where Elam for the next hundred years goes. And, and you got to widen your, your, your intake because it's not just Elam. Yeah. [00:12:45] Speaker B: I was Something really cool last night was just watching. There was an EBI student who had talked to me about praying, and I was like, yes, you can go ahead and pray. And he was just going along, ministering to kids, praying at kids at the altar. And that was just so beautiful. All the things that were getting sewn into him over there and the four years he spent and just watching him pour it out on the kids. It was beautiful, really beautiful. [00:13:15] Speaker A: We were excited to hear from Christian and Alex Kent, worship leaders and directors of the Nuuk Camp, the Northeast worship Camp. Let's hear what they had to say. Saturate 2024. [00:13:27] Speaker B: So good. [00:13:29] Speaker A: Tell us your thoughts. What did you love? What was. What was? [00:13:33] Speaker B: I loved their eagerness to just dive in. Like how you talked about at the end, Deep calls out to Deep called, what are you gonna do? Dive in. And they've been doing that. I feel like I wasn't here Thursday night, but from when I saw them Friday morning, I could tell they. To take the dive. [00:13:47] Speaker F: Yeah, it just. It felt really rich this year. It felt rich with the Word. It felt like it was infiltrated with. With rich things, the Word, and with the breakouts, answering those questions. And. Yeah, I just. I loved how much the Word was a part of it. The people who spoke spoke with conviction, and they weren't afraid to ask these students to do crazy, wild things, but also things that weren't comfortable. And, um. And I think sometimes, you know, conferences tend to shy away from the hard stuff and saturate this year did not. And I think it made all the difference. [00:14:23] Speaker B: Absolutely. I agree. [00:14:24] Speaker A: I think that that's one of the things we were praying for, you know? Yeah, we don't look for the big names. We look for the right voice, you know, that God has. But one thing I've been noticing is that he has been putting together family. Yes. With not just the speakers, but, you know, with you guys as the worship team. I just love sitting there and watching you, who you choose, and the different leaders. And how do you kind of go through that, through that, of getting ready for something like this. [00:14:49] Speaker F: So, yeah, kind of picking the team. And when we're assembling a team, you know, we're obviously thinking of, well, we have to have people up here who love Jesus. That's the number one prerequisite. But also people like how, you know, if we have this electric player, we know that this music director, that they play well together. How can we build a team? Kind of like spiritual gifts. Everyone has all these spiritual gifts, and we think of that in a band setting, everyone has these different gifts, and how can we have it come together so that when we release it, it ends up being this. This symphony of different things being released. So, you know, when we were thinking about the team, just, Eve brings a whole different thing than we do. Ben brings a whole different leadership thing than we do. And then. And then with the band, you know, you have. You have Evan, who. Who works on a church staff and. And is in that world, and then you have Caleb and Eve who are in ministry school. So like all these. All these things and. And having them come together. I love these people. And yeah, it's a privilege to serve with them. [00:15:50] Speaker B: Yeah, it's really important, like you said, just to. You want to honor their talents. Absolutely. We want a talented team, but you could tell when they're doing it for the Lord and giving back their gifts to the Lord rather than keeping it for themselves and performing it. They're just really prophetic through their instruments. I think of Luke Clobstead, who's our drummer, and how at such a young age. He's 17, 18 now, and since he was 15, 16, we've watched him grow not only in his talent on the drums, but you can tell he's prophesying through each hit of the snare, through each cymbal hit. There's more behind it than just, I'm really good at keeping time. It's like, I'm really good also at just like bringing the presence of the Lord through my gift. [00:16:39] Speaker A: Right. [00:16:39] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:16:39] Speaker B: So that. That's also how we look at it. [00:16:41] Speaker A: And that's one thing I really love about you guys approach to this is, you know, some other ones might be, you know, you hire some professionals to do the music so, you know, the spiritual people would lead, you know, the front. But. Right, but you guys are. When we say tribe, you guys really envision this because it's even more than what you're doing at Saturate. Yeah, it's. It's what your heart is. Well, tell us a little bit about Nuke. Yeah. [00:17:06] Speaker B: Northeast Worship Camp is a camp that's been going on for 10 years now. In 2025, it'll be our 25th. Or not 25th. [00:17:14] Speaker C: Oh, my gosh. [00:17:14] Speaker B: I said 2025, so I thought of 25. The 10th year anniversary. Hold on, we're not there yet. 10 year anniversary. It's. It's been a camp that Christian did as a student. He was first year student. Second year. [00:17:28] Speaker F: First year. 2016. First year. [00:17:30] Speaker A: Oh, you were here. Right. When it Started? [00:17:32] Speaker B: Yeah, right when it started. [00:17:34] Speaker A: Where was it? Where did you guys start? New Hope Fellowship at New Hope. [00:17:38] Speaker B: Yeah, we recently, just three years ago, switched to the Elam campus. [00:17:41] Speaker A: Right. [00:17:41] Speaker B: Yeah. So it's always been a camp that's wanted to grow the next generation of worshipers and teach them how to worship in spirit and in truth, you know, just like Jesus commands us to do and talks about in the Bible. So I recently just took over as director this past year for Krista Burkitt Christian's my assistant director and the music director of the camp now. And it's just. It's really exciting to step into a new season where we get to do what we feel most passionate about, which is continuing the legacy of Nuke, but just raising up the next generation of worship leaders. We don't look at this and want to keep it all to ourselves. We don't. We don't want it all, and we don't want to take every position. We want to spread the fire so that the next one's under us can, you know, take our place. And it just keeps going. The pattern just keeps repeating. [00:18:33] Speaker A: Yeah. And you guys, we really wanted to do something new this year with the breakouts. And so we were saying, you know, well, we really want to be able to make a way for the kids that want to, you know, walk more into a ministry and the kids that want to know more about worship and sort of that. That gateway. So we gave you guys more of the assignments this year. [00:18:52] Speaker B: I love it. [00:18:52] Speaker A: You feel like you're like everywhere this year. Tell us a little bit about what you shared during that. That worship breakout. [00:18:59] Speaker F: So obviously worship is. It's that you could go so many different routes with it. And so when we were preparing for it, Alex really felt like she had a word on her heart about living a lifestyle of worship, because that doesn't specify to people who want to be worship leaders, people who want to be worship musicians. That's what we're all called to. To live a life of worship. So we really honed in on that verse of like, give yourselves as. As a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to the Lord. This is. This is your worship. And so we. We went that angle with it, and then kind of towards the end, I kind of pieced together, like, what does it look like in a corporate setting to worship together? Because Alex brought that piece of. Of personal worship. But I really wanted to. I wanted to give some practical tools of like, hey, when nobody's leading you in worship and when. When the band is just playing what's your posture to take or where does your mind go? And so, you know, we noticed like a little bit, even on the first night, that it was going to be a lot of leading and teaching these students of, like, what. Where do you go in your mind? What's your heart posture and your mind posture? And we just brought everything back to remembering the cross, remembering what Christ did for us, and remembering, you know, where he's been at in your life, letting that fill your heart up with gratitude and thankfulness and letting that overflow and that explosion become our response, which becomes worship. [00:20:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:20:22] Speaker F: I wish we had three hours. Honestly, we ran out of time so fast, but. [00:20:27] Speaker A: And I think that was sort of a heart of hot thought is we knew it was a short time. Yeah. But the idea was we want everybody leaving, wanting more. And so the next question is going to be if that's what you want, if that's what God wants. [00:20:41] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:20:41] Speaker A: How do we continue that conversation? And definitely can be at Nuke. But what I love is what you guys sort of represent with Nuke. It's, it's, it's like what ministry is it, you know, is it. Is it radiant? Yes, but no. Is it Elam? Yes, but no. Is it new hope? Is it. Is it the worship community? Is it Ryan? Is it Right. [00:21:04] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:21:05] Speaker A: Jeff Parshall's. [00:21:06] Speaker B: Yes. [00:21:07] Speaker A: Yes, but no, because that's what God is doing. [00:21:10] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:11] Speaker A: And he's also doing it through the generations. You know, you could see that with, with, you know, Jeff and, and Ryan and then Krista, but then handing it to you guys, and you guys have a tribe. [00:21:20] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:21:21] Speaker A: You know, you see the generations coming, and the heart here is, let's get the next generation. [00:21:26] Speaker F: Yeah. Like Jess was talking about, like, believing that this next revival is coming in multitudes. Like, you won't be able to pinpoint a person. The only person you'll be able to pinpoint is Jesus. [00:21:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:21:38] Speaker A: We call it. We're calling it the Nameless, Nameless Revival. Next we're going to hear from Kevin Ormsby, the youth pastor at Lovejoy Church. We're excited, always excited to have Lovejoy Church, especially this year. We have Jonathan Boggio as one of our keynote speakers. But let's hear from Kevin Saturate 2024. What do the kids need to know now? What do they need to know now? This morning? Yes. As. As they're wrapping up, as we've had this experience, what do they need to leave? What is the message from God? Well, I want to start by saying last night when Adam McCain got on stage and he's like, youth pastors, go prophesy over your students. [00:22:22] Speaker C: I was like, oh, okay. [00:22:24] Speaker A: Like, I don't know what the heck I'm gonna say. And so we brought him together, and I was like, all right, God, if you don't give me something, this is. [00:22:32] Speaker C: Gonna look real stupid. [00:22:33] Speaker A: And I just felt like God gave. [00:22:35] Speaker C: Me a word for all the. [00:22:36] Speaker A: All the girls in my youth group. [00:22:37] Speaker C: And it was such a powerful moment. [00:22:38] Speaker A: In a moment where I was like, this is gonna be a train wreck. God moved, and it was awesome. [00:22:43] Speaker C: So I just wanted to share that because it was super cool. [00:22:45] Speaker A: And I love the way he said it. It wasn't. Maybe you have a word from the Lord. He said you do. He says the ones. The ones that you do that he's already said it to you. Yeah, you didn't, but. So you were catching up. Yes, exactly. [00:22:56] Speaker F: Exactly. [00:22:57] Speaker C: It was good. [00:22:58] Speaker A: Yeah. What do they want to leave with? I mean, how many times did we leave youth conferences on fire for God and then two weeks later, mess up and do something stupid? It can't count the amount of times. But if they can grasp with that what happened this weekend wasn't by mistake, and then they mess up, they could just get back up and keep on going. That's all I want my kids to. Enough. [00:23:22] Speaker C: Get. [00:23:23] Speaker A: Get back up and keep on going. Right. [00:23:25] Speaker E: I am Lou. Me. I am from the Freedom Church of Lockport. Pastor Craig Campbell is our fearless leader. And what brought us to saturate is just the experience there. I. I say to the kids, especially the new ones, there is nothing more incredible than watching 7 to 800 kids in an odd. Bouncing. [00:23:49] Speaker A: Bouncing. Yeah. [00:23:50] Speaker E: I go, it sends chills up your spine because you feel the Lord, that kind of excitement for God and just seeking Christ. And I say that to the leaders. We have some new leaders this year. And I said to him, it's so hard to explain it to you, and you have to witness it. You have to be there to just the feeling of the room, the things going through your head. Can this auditorium handle this kind of just seeking Jesus? And that's what brings me every year, and that's what keeps us coming back. I mean, our first year we started, I struggled to get 25 kids. We had about 15 kids in our youth group. I wanted to do 25. I got stuck at, like, 19. So we got some sponsors, paid for a few kids, brought 25. Our second year, when we came back, I set a bar of 50, and we brought 52. This year, we brought 68 teenagers and 15 leaders. [00:24:54] Speaker A: 68 teenagers and 15 with 15 leaders. [00:24:59] Speaker E: So we have. We're 83 strong. [00:25:01] Speaker A: How did you get here? Well, first of all, tell us about your church, where it is, and then tell us how you got here. [00:25:06] Speaker E: We are located pretty much just on the outskirts of downtown Lockport, which is right in New York. And there's a huge need. I. I did the demographics of Lockport, and there with Lockport and the surrounding schools, there are 7,000 students, you know, and I remember when we had 40 kids in youth group, I was super pumped. I'm super excited. Until I got my numbers back on the demographs. And I felt the Lord pull in my heart and go, it's nothing, right? He put that on me. And I went, that is nothing. [00:25:40] Speaker A: So drop in the bucket what the need is. [00:25:42] Speaker E: So it's time. So we blew up past the 50s, went into the 60s, got into the 70s. We jumped right over the 80s. As of two days ago, we had 97 kids at our youth group Wednesday, amazing. Before saturating, that's in two and a half years. And I said to Pastor Craig Campbell, I said, we have 500 people going to our church a week. I want 500 teenagers there on a Wednesday night. Why do we get stuck in this box and this thinking that, well, 40 is a good number. Oh, 80s a good. There should be really no good number. It's really, honestly, the way I put it right off the bat, I teach the kids strictly. We're a community. And each week for the last two years, I said to the kids, I give them the count every night. And I go, Tonight we're at 35. So go look around. There are 35 of you. One of these other kids is in your school. It means one other kid in here got your back. When you decided you're going to preach, Jesus, I said, so that's what I tell them. It's really just building a community. Last week we had 97. I said, look around. Well, there's almost a hundred of us. I said, we are a community. We're power in numbers. I said, that's a good thing. I said, because we always have someone who has our back, someone who always is going to make sure that you know what someone needs to hear. Jesus, I got three people behind me. They're going to help me teach you, Jesus. And that's just to me that to build the youth group, you got to build confidence. You got to build a sense of community. You got to let the kids know there is Power in numbers. Fight your friends. [00:27:32] Speaker A: And it sounds like, you know, they're going into the schools and the. And that next step of saying, invite them. [00:27:38] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:27:38] Speaker A: You know, it might be exactly what they needed. [00:27:41] Speaker E: Yep. And that's what it is. I have one set of. A set of brothers that came. They came one week, they came a second week. The next week, they brought four friends. After that, they brought four more friends. Next thing I know, I had. On the left side of my. On the. Where we have our. Our meeting, front row used to always be empty. Front row. And the second one behind it. [00:28:03] Speaker A: Right. [00:28:03] Speaker E: They filled the front and the row behind it. Yeah. And I'm like, guys rock. Yeah. And, you know, the thing is, they want to sit up front. And I'm like, so why you guys sit up front? He goes, so we have no distractions. We want to hear what you're teaching us. Wow. I go, that's what we want. That's our goal. That's the whole beauty of being a youth pastor and just, you know, involving with them. Because I always said, people look at you like, man, there's something wrong. What's wrong with you? How can you deal with teens? And I'm like, I say to him, if we don't, who's going to? God, put it in my heart. I mean, anybody can earn a paycheck and have a job. When you do something that you have a passion for. Youth ministry is my passion. It just is seeking the lost and discipling the found. That's what it's about. Just bringing that. Those kids, they're bringing it home to their parents. I always say it's. You know, the most cool part is when a child becomes saved, right. They become on fire. They're. I've had so many phone calls. Next thing you know, the parents are like, what are you teaching my kid? And I'm going. [00:29:14] Speaker A: You think you're getting in trouble at the moment, right? [00:29:16] Speaker E: And they're like, I had one. One mother calls me up and she says, what did you teach tonight? I said, oh, why? She goes, my son came home, went immediately in his bedroom, picked up his dishes, brought them out to the kitchen, picked up his laundry to get down to the basement, and looked at me and said, I had a good time in youth group. And I said, I told her what I thought on about integrity, having integrity with your parents. And I said, so it's going home. The whole point of that is the parents are not. They're the next ones that are hearing the lessons that are taught to them. They're seeing them walked out into the lives of their children. We've had so many there at Freedom Church. We've had so many parents start coming to church and I'm not making this up. Every week they look at me and go, we're coming to this church because a child is coming home on a Wednesday night. And we're seeing the change. We're seeing what the Lord is doing firsthand in our own kids lives. I always say, it's not about me. You disciple and you teach the entire family. Just because we started the kid. We go to normal church on a Sunday morning. We start with the parents and it works downward. In youth ministry, it does the complete opposite. You start with the child, you let them administer to their parent. It's fundamentals of ministry and I think. [00:30:49] Speaker A: That'S even the grassroots of revival that you're talking about. You know, when you capture when, when God captures somebody heart, you know, and then they're just, they're sharing it at school, they're sharing it at home. It changed the life. That has changed, changed lives. [00:31:05] Speaker E: Absolutely. I will never forget, I was maybe six months in to when I first started and I had this dad call me up and it's on the phone. He goes, is this Louis? I go, yes, sir. [00:31:20] Speaker A: Lumid. [00:31:21] Speaker E: Yes sir. He says, I don't know what you're doing. He broke down, but please keep doing it. And he just, I said, what's wrong? What's going on? He said, my teenage daughter doesn't like anything. She doesn't want to do anything. [00:31:39] Speaker A: Never. [00:31:39] Speaker E: He goes, but every Wednesday morning she wakes up. Enough. First thing she says is, youth groups tonight. I cannot wait to go. [00:31:47] Speaker A: Wow. [00:31:48] Speaker E: And I. And he, he called me up just in tears because he says, I've never seen my daughter like that. He goes, you're putting a passion into my daughter that she cannot wait to go. He goes, see this, this. He said, see this Jesus. Now her dad's coming to church. [00:32:07] Speaker A: Wow. [00:32:08] Speaker E: I kid you not. He comes every week, doesn't miss it. That's amazing. It's just, it's so cool. It's just so cool to see the fruits, fruits of the spirit working. Like I said, it's almost like you work it in reverse, right? You know, through use of ministry. You start with the kids. Kids let their families. It's just great. [00:32:25] Speaker A: Noah and Bethany, Hud. Now Hudnall, you don't know how to pronounce your own laugh. [00:32:30] Speaker C: I sure don't. [00:32:31] Speaker A: I have no chance then never ever have. Got it One way ever in my whole life. But we're Noah and Bethany Hud now. We're youth directors at Faith Church in Rochester. We have been at Faith for going on close to a decade, but we've been the youth directors there for going on four years. [00:32:51] Speaker B: Yep. Four years. [00:32:52] Speaker A: Yeah. And leaders before that, helping with youth before that, helping with young adults before that. And we've been working with youth our. [00:33:00] Speaker C: Entire lives, since we were youth. [00:33:03] Speaker B: We met at Camp Judah. [00:33:04] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:04] Speaker C: Shouts to Camp Judah. Yeah. [00:33:06] Speaker A: And that. That's a story I keep. I keep saying, you know, I said it this summer, that Camp Judah story needs to be taught. Yeah. So we just finished a series on saturated, doing the history of Saturate, and Camp Jude is on my radar. We're gonna. We're gonna be capturing you guys, especially stories like yours, because you're not the only ones that have met. No. And, I mean, there's. There's a portion of Elam that gets the ring by spring thing, but I think that that goes even earlier than college age. [00:33:31] Speaker C: I think that those summer camps, those. [00:33:33] Speaker A: Christian summer camps, there's something there that's the person you're gonna marry. And don't run off and tell that person, because it doesn't work out. Well. [00:33:43] Speaker B: No, no, he didn't. He told his mom. [00:33:45] Speaker A: I knew, but I didn't tell her. Okay, well, that's actually a deep dive. I'm gonna get you guys back on the regular podcast and we'll do a deep dive because that's a story I'm gonna want to hear. But for now, this is about saturate, saturate 2024. Now, you guys, you're not a stranger to the stage at Saturate. [00:34:06] Speaker B: Sure. [00:34:07] Speaker A: How have you been involved in the past? Well, we've done breakout sessions a couple different times, question and answer panels, Hot Topic panels. Now, I know. Noah, you on the Hot Topic two years ago? [00:34:18] Speaker C: Yeah, a couple years back. [00:34:19] Speaker A: Yep. Bethany, have you been. [00:34:21] Speaker B: Yeah, we did. It was a panel together that we did. [00:34:24] Speaker A: Oh, so you on together? [00:34:25] Speaker C: Yeah, she was on that same one. [00:34:26] Speaker B: That was last year. [00:34:27] Speaker A: Two years ago. [00:34:28] Speaker B: I don't remember. [00:34:30] Speaker A: I know. Two years ago for sure. Yes. That was my first year there. [00:34:33] Speaker B: That's right. [00:34:34] Speaker A: Yeah, we got pulled in. [00:34:36] Speaker C: And I mean, I've seen people here. [00:34:38] Speaker A: This year that we met that day, that we've stayed connected with from that. [00:34:43] Speaker F: Point on that are involved with other. [00:34:44] Speaker A: Churches and other youth groups and. Yeah, it's Saturate and Elam, and youth conferences are just kind of in our blood and camps yeah. And camps. We'll take any opportunity we really can at those things. Yeah. It's interesting you say that because that's sort of the message that God gave me, is just the way that we are connected. I remember the first time I actually met you guys was at New Hope's training. [00:35:08] Speaker B: Oh, right. [00:35:09] Speaker A: Yeah. And you guys came on as that. But noticing, you know, God's like, pay attention to the people that are sort of everywhere. [00:35:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:17] Speaker A: You know, I was joking. You guys walked in the room and you're, like, swarmed by everybody. You know, both Elam and not Elam people. It's Bethany. [00:35:27] Speaker B: No, it's just that we've been connected to so many people through all of the. The youth volunteer stuff that. That we've done through Elam for so many years. And. And why we do this and why we invest our time in youth is because God got us when we were that age. And he spoke so clearly to us about our future and about what to walk away from and what to words and. And really change the trajectory of our lives, both as youth and. And so that's why it's so important for us to keep connected to other youth ministry directors, other youth pastors in the Rochester area, young adult ministry and pastors, and. And to just be involved in what God's doing in this generation. [00:36:16] Speaker A: That's beautiful. [00:36:17] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:36:18] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:36:19] Speaker A: So you're saying yes to all these things. And another thing you said yes to is saturate. You're speaking just in a few minutes. And this was something new. We decided we wanted to do a breakout this year. You know, something for worship, something for the kids that kind of want to have fun, but we wanted a more serious one of kids that really wanted to dive into the things of God. Tell us a little bit about your workshop that you have coming up. [00:36:41] Speaker B: So our workshop is focused primarily on how they lead in their generation today and how they can have influence and what they do with that influence on a regular basis. So it's something that's near and dear to our hearts because we love to raise up leaders. We've already kind of been talking about it. We've initiated actually a program or started a program within our youth that's called Leaders in Training Program. So if we see youth that are demonstrating leadership qualities and they're interested in leadership, they can apply to be in this program. Program. And then we follow them throughout the course of a year, basically meet with them on different leadership topics that we believe are. Are the. The things that leaders need to. To have. [00:37:30] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:37:31] Speaker A: We built a, like a mini curriculum that we're going to repeat and use for kids that want to get involved in music, worship, ministry, volunteering to set up for events, welcoming committee, you know, these, these areas of service that maybe are not looked at like ministry by a 14, 15, 16 year old, but it's legitimately the way to get them plugged in when they turn 18, 19, 20, and if they're still in the area, if college didn't call them farther away, like, all right, well, you're immediately a youth leader then, because we know your heart, we've been praying with you, we've had proximity to you more so than the other youth. We've been able to instill and, and really impart leadership quality and lessons into them. [00:38:12] Speaker B: Yeah. So what we're speaking on is really that. Just a transition of that. What are the. What are the most important things that if you want to be a leader, and we believe that every Christian is called to be a leader. What are the most important characteristics that you need or what are the most important giftings that. Or character things, things about your character that you need to walk out and be consistent in and then in order. [00:38:39] Speaker C: To properly use your influence. [00:38:40] Speaker A: Because every one of us has influence. [00:38:42] Speaker B: Right. [00:38:43] Speaker A: It's whether or not you use it improperly or properly. And that's beautiful. It's not just somebody showing up and say, hey, I want to. I want the pulpit this week. You know, there's the discipleship, there's the, there's the growth that comes with that too. Right. So we are honored to hear next from Mike and Amber Wing. Mike is one of the original founders with Mark Scozone part of his original founding team for Saturate. But Mike and Amber both are part of the Kingdom Bound ministries. Let's hear from them. Like, with my wife, I have the coolest job in the world. We work for Kingdom Bound. We also pastor a couple churches in Lockport. And my connection with Elam is I went here for the college in 99. 02, worked here at Elam Life Church for a year afterwards, worked at the college as well. And a couple years after that, Mark Scorzone asked me to come on board with helping with Saturate. And so I was part of the Saturate team. After, like the third or fourth year, I think I came on board. They had a couple saturates before I started working for them or started working with Mark to get him on board and did that for five or six years, I think. I think 2013 was my last Saturate on the team. And then after I worked with Mark on saturate, I was asked by Elam Fellowship to run the Wings program, which is being revived now, too. Yeah, it is. Oh, I did not know that. It's very exciting because the only reason I was asked is because my last name is Wings. I was about to ask, is that. Well, I know the name of it because it was Winston I. Noons, who was a pastor in Toronto. I'm Canadian. I knew him as a kid. Yeah. You know, but I was gonna say Mick Wayne. Oh, that's great. And that's. That's a beautiful program. You're going to hear a lot more of that. Is. It's just. I think it's really vital. [00:40:31] Speaker B: It was amazing. [00:40:32] Speaker A: Did you go through it to yourself? [00:40:34] Speaker B: We let it, but we did go through it. We went through it. We were the second cohort, I believe, that went through it. And then we helped lead it for how many years? [00:40:44] Speaker A: Four or five? Yeah, four or five years. [00:40:46] Speaker B: So it was super cool. [00:40:47] Speaker A: Just kind of like with Saturated. That's something we definitely need to come and pick your brain about. You know, some of the vision. There's absolutely. Because they're just amazing stuff. But I think you guys were here. You can hear a background noise. Obviously, we're here at the 20th anniversary of Saturated. And, you know, being part of that, what was it like seeing Adam back on the stage? I mean, you guys, for me, Adam is that safe place where, you know that no matter what's going on, no matter what audience he's talking to, you know that, like, as a youth pastor, as a father, as a person, like, he's going to speak from the word of God, the presence of God is going to fall, and people's lives are going to be changed. And he. For me, he's just that constant. And he, like, he. [00:41:36] Speaker F: I know he. [00:41:37] Speaker A: I know he has sacrificed a ton. I know the kind of life he lives, the consecrated kind of life he lives, the decisions he makes. I know what it takes to become that, and he's earned it. And. But to see Adam on the stage, you just know something's. Something powerful is going to happen to me. And I got to see, you know, my son Neil, when Adam made the call tonight, like, you just know, right? And so that's what it was like for me. And for decades, right? 20 years, almost, year in and year out, just knowing God's going to do something powerful tonight. What was beautiful is like, you know, this is my first time meeting him today, but we did talk earlier this week or last week. And the one thing he said is what he said last night. And the one thing we were talking about, his third point, is that this adventure we're not to do alone. And so when he said, when I'm coming in, it's not the Adamsham, you know, thank you for bringing me in. Thank you for. But he said, this is something we are going to do together. And, you know, some people say that and some people, you know, mean it. [00:42:44] Speaker B: Right. [00:42:44] Speaker A: And we saw that tonight. You know, God moved. And yes, it was from the word, Adam Broad and the worship and. But no, it was none of that. [00:42:52] Speaker B: Right. [00:42:53] Speaker A: It was the Holy Spirit, but he did that in community. [00:42:57] Speaker B: So it was very interesting to see how God is still using things of the past, but how much there is moving forward in the future. And celebrating 20 years is huge. Right. So you had elements of the past and the foundation, but you had elements of what is a springboard into the future for this ministry and this youth conference. And so it was super exciting to sit back as the old person, to see all the young people that were so teeny before operate in ways that we used to when we were the young people. So it's extremely relevant. It's still moving forward. And there clearly is a future here, which is super exciting. [00:43:39] Speaker A: And I appreciate you noticing that because that's one of the things that has been on our hearts for this weekend. Past, present, and future. [00:43:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:43:45] Speaker A: You know, and it's what I was saying that I think a good story not only tells you how you got to where you are, but where you're going next. [00:43:51] Speaker B: Absolutely. [00:43:52] Speaker A: And saturates a good story. Yeah. You know, and. But one thing that was nice is I got an email from you, Mike, a text the other week, the other day. And then a few minutes later, I got one from Mark himself and both of usa. And like, you're saying, hey, can we come? Can we bring our boys? I was like, yes, of course you can come. Come on, come on. Come as my guest. And Marcos, can. Can I still get some tickets? And I was like, of course. Always. Always. If we go 20 years, you guys are always going to be. But what's beautiful is not you guys only. Not that you came, but you brought your. Your boys. [00:44:25] Speaker B: Absolutely. Yeah. [00:44:26] Speaker A: You know, and then Mark was saying that in the video, now my boys come. And I was like, that's. That's full circle. [00:44:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:44:33] Speaker A: It's generational. It has to be. That's what we're called to. Right. The Bible says. It says Tell, tell the stories to your kids when you're walking down the street, when you're eating. Like that's the way the gospel is shared, right, Is by sharing it with the next generation. And if a ministry is not generational, what's on going the point? [00:44:51] Speaker B: Right. [00:44:52] Speaker A: So yeah, and, and what's beautiful is that God continues to use us. But then he also says, but now you got to start handing it over. I still use you, but these guys are going to start making some of the calls. [00:45:04] Speaker F: Yep. [00:45:04] Speaker A: So sure. [00:45:05] Speaker C: I'm John John Chapel and I'm one of the pastors here at Elam Life Church. Brought help with youth life groups, classes, and I'm also, you know, we got second place out of 10 teams this year. First year softball coach, very important. [00:45:21] Speaker A: Softball coach for like your kids, Your own softball team? [00:45:25] Speaker C: Oh, no, no. For the church. [00:45:26] Speaker A: For the church. The church is a softball team. [00:45:28] Speaker C: Highly competitive. Kevin, It's a big deal. [00:45:30] Speaker A: Well, that's why I'm never invited. [00:45:34] Speaker F: Well, I'm Parker. I am the youth kids pastor and whatever else they tell me to do at the Vineyard Church in Virginia Beach. And I also started a bowling league and we're in second place since you said that. [00:45:45] Speaker C: Dude, my wife's gonna love that. She loves bowling night. [00:45:48] Speaker A: Joker, that's amazing. [00:45:50] Speaker C: You love. [00:45:50] Speaker F: Are you bad at it? [00:45:52] Speaker C: I'll be honest, I always kind of thought it was not like a cool thing to do and I would joke people at bowl. So I'm really put in a tough spot right now. [00:45:59] Speaker A: John, do you like, do you like get those bumpers when you bore? [00:46:03] Speaker C: I mean, that is a fun way to play. [00:46:08] Speaker A: Well, I'm Jacob Gaines and I'm the lead pastor. Our co. Lead pastor at my wife Aaron. [00:46:13] Speaker C: Come on. [00:46:14] Speaker A: The local Vineyard Church in Richmond, Virginia. And I don't have any other hobbies other than raising my kids. I. I've heard, I've seen your kids like on the video. Yeah, that's a full time thing. That's a lot going on there. [00:46:28] Speaker C: How many days Strict do you have in your workouts in your life? [00:46:31] Speaker A: Yeah, that's it. [00:46:31] Speaker C: That's a hobby. [00:46:32] Speaker A: Yeah, I have worked out a little over. I think it right now is like 1500 days in a row. [00:46:39] Speaker F: That's insane. [00:46:39] Speaker A: 1500. You talk about the wings? Yep. I. 365. I did. I set out to do one year and it was part of myself. You got 1500s now. Now it's like I'm so. I'm in so deep, I can't stop. I got. I gotta Keep going. But it's interesting because all three of you guys knew each other from the Virginia beach venue. Right. And. And, you know, first time John was saying that, I was like, you went to the Virginia Beach. You know, my wife and I, when we were first married, we went to this small little vineyard. Yeah, that was the Virginia beach vineyard. Just starting out. [00:47:11] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:47:12] Speaker A: Yeah. And, you know, I didn't know you guys for years later, but that, you know, same church. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Yeah. [00:47:18] Speaker C: So, yeah, we wanted to be a conversation instead of just like a sermon and that we hope that they would get a glimpse into what. Something has been incredible in our lives and that they. It's important to have for. For themselves. [00:47:32] Speaker A: So. Yeah. [00:47:34] Speaker F: Yeah. [00:47:34] Speaker A: Because I thought what was cool, what we were trying to go for was the relationship of student mentor that then over time, could even evolve to friendship. You know, there's a friendship there. And. And, you know, and. And that's, you know, I think a way, you know, God wants it to be in a lot of ways, you know, you have friendships, longevity, friendships. And, you know, now that we all live in different places, you know, we're not hanging out every day, but, like, right when we even came on last night and I saw Pastor John, it's like, oh, man, it feels like I'm home. [00:48:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:48:10] Speaker A: You know, I feel like there's home here. And even, you know, even Parker and I, we live an hour and a half away. We don't see each other, you know, regularly, but when we hang out, it's like, man, it feels like home. And that's what my hope was for people. You know, some of the kids in here today, they have friendships like that, mentorship, relationships that. That would be long, have a longevity to it. What were your thoughts on the process. [00:48:32] Speaker F: Paco, of getting here today? [00:48:34] Speaker A: Well, the process of getting this ready today or even kind of thinking through how you're going to do it. [00:48:39] Speaker F: Yeah, I think. Well, we had a lot of conversations about it, and at first we were kind of. Kind of do our own thing. Just like each of us, preach, take a couple minutes, preach. And then we knew we wanted to do ministry time. I mean, vineyard staple, saturated state. Like, we just want people to lay hands on others and, you know, God to do stuff. But then as the kind of the months went on, John said, what if it was more conversational? [00:49:03] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:49:04] Speaker F: What if we just kind of collaborated, share our stories, because stories are powerful and give people a vision of what it looks like to build a foundation on God, on the Holy Spirit. And then a friendship is formed in the last 15 years down the road. And I know something. Last night, in response to. I mean, we were all pretty impacted by last night's session, so we wanted to use. We. We literally around the table, eat McDonald's. We wanted to incorporate language and just tie them together as much possible and then give practical ways that after they go home or even right now as they're eating their chick fil a, what can they do to kind of build those friendships? [00:49:40] Speaker A: And I love that point that you guys kind of brought out because, you know, at the end, we prayed for the kids that were lonely. They didn't have friends. And. And sometimes, you know what somebody that deals with loneliness myself, you know, sometimes you're just like, sitting there. I can't do anything. I could pray, I could seek the Lord. But you guys. Well, there was something you said, you know, practically, like, if you don't have any friends or you don't feel like, you know, get out and do something. [00:50:01] Speaker F: Yes. [00:50:02] Speaker A: Like, this is a proactive partnership. That is, you don't just have to sit around. [00:50:06] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. [00:50:07] Speaker F: I think there is an idea that we expect people to have to come to us, but a mentor's job is to go to their men, or a mentee's job is to go to their mentor. Like, it is my job to pursue whoever I want to mentor me. And the same with friendships. If I want you to be my friend, I should go to you. If God told me we're going to be friends, I should text you first. [00:50:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:50:26] Speaker F: I should ask you to go get coffee or chick fil a or whatever. [00:50:28] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, I think that's important. And I like, because, Pastor John, we were hit. We kind of hit that this morning when we were working through the message on being intentional with our friendships. [00:50:39] Speaker C: Well, one thing as, you know, being a youth pastor here and again, helping host these guys and everything, so maybe a little bit more than the other normal youth pastor, but just feeling like you're not having time to connect with your young people and you are wanting them to have an encounter with the Lord, you know, and be a part of that. Like, it's one of the things I love about camp, you know, when they kids are coming up and they're asking you to pray about really heavy things and you, you know what's going on in their life, and you can walk with them through those things. And so last night, the altar call, not that it was bad, but it's one of those where everyone come up and there's no room for anyone to pray for anyone. You just kind of. [00:51:13] Speaker A: It was a corporate thing, but personal and corporate. But then this was a gap that. [00:51:19] Speaker C: Yeah, we wanted people to be able to. We wanted to. You know, like, when someone comes up. I had a couple kids pray for me. I. I left right away. I don't know if you saw. To go down, because I wanted kids knew they could come to me, and I. They come up, a lot of kids, like, well, can you just pray for me? Like, no, that's not how we. What do you want? Yeah, you say it, you know. [00:51:38] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:51:38] Speaker C: And they'd say, I'm lonely. Or I'm, you know, whatever the situation. And then there's power. I just feel like there's power in that. Like, Parker was saying, confessing. And not that it's a sin to be lonely, but confessing, like. And now someone's there to know, you know, your story, to stand with you. And I can now ask that person, hey, how are you doing about that thing? You know, stepping out, you know, now we know. I think it's powerful and not that, you know, just going up there getting prayer, the Holy Spirit. I mean, I've had moments where I was. When I was in high school, I was filled with the Holy Spirit, and it was alone in my car. I mean, it wasn't like there was people laying hands on me in that moment. So it was the most powerful thing ever happened to me. But in this case, we really wanted people to know people's story, and the youth leaders have an opportunity to connect with the kids that are. That they brought. [00:52:17] Speaker A: And I was hoping that it would even encourage youth leaders to do that. Like, I want to lay hands on my students and pray for people and have the ministry time like that. I hope maybe even I don't. I'm assuming a lot of these churches already do that anyways, but if they don't, I hope that's something they can take back to their church. And, hey, we're gonna do ministry time. We're gonna lay hands on people. Even what Adam was saying about, you know, sometimes you're fearful about that. [00:52:41] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:52:41] Speaker A: But to kind of step out beyond that feel. Yeah. Because that's where the adventure lies. Amen. Yeah. Well, guys, thank you. One. One thing, you know, John and I were talking is. Is not only did I want this message to get out that you guys share. Yeah. But I wanted to see as they're hearing it, they're also seeing an example of it. Yeah. And that's why, to me, this was One of the things I was looking forward to the most at Saturate, because we heard from you guys, and I think it was beautiful. The way that you worked at it was. It was part sermon and part podcast and pot. Yeah. You know, story. Yeah. And it was just. But it all worked together. Awesome. But then also we saw that. Yeah. You know, in your life. And then so I think back to, you know, this is on the kingdom of God. Yeah. Kingdom come. This is a perfect example of what the kingdom of God is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's this friendship here. Yeah. [00:53:34] Speaker C: And all the stories of going through the heartaches and stuff, being there for each other. And I just want to say, Kevin, I want to say this was a really cool thing for us to get to do. [00:53:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:53:42] Speaker C: And I say thank you to you. [00:53:44] Speaker A: Thank you, Kevin. Yeah. It's my pleasure. Yes. [00:53:47] Speaker C: You know, for allowing this to happen. It was really, really special. Thank you. [00:53:50] Speaker A: Yeah. It was two years ago that John and I were meeting, and he goes, I know these two guys. I know maybe this is not right for the shield, but maybe. And the moment he said that, God said, yeah. Wow. I think that's why I came down to see you guys. That's why, you know, we would move heaven and earth because sometimes something is said, passing, and God says, yep, yep, yep, yep. And you hang on till you see it. [00:54:17] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:54:18] Speaker A: You saw it. I love it. Thanks for tuning into this special edition of the well, an Elam fellowship leadership podcast. As we celebrated the 2020 Saturate Youth Conference, the 20th anniversary of the saturated youth conference. And we're going to do this again this year. We have a podcast booth right in the lobby. We're going to hear what God is doing in 2025 on our 21st Saturate Youth Conference. My name is Kevin Neville. We hope you enjoyed this episode of the well. So make sure that you like and subscribe it. Make sure you share it with a friend. We are going to have an exciting season two coming up in. In the next few months, but we still have a few great episodes in this season. So make sure you join us next week for a new episode of the well. See you guys.