The Story Conference started with worship led by Candi Pearson-Shelton, Jon Shelton , and Trace Rorie. Then Scott Hodge gave a compelling (if not life changing) intro for Ed Young. Some quotables from Ed...

• The story of the Bible is all about a divine rescue.
• As a follower of Christ, I need to be in the search and rescue business.
• Everybody wants to reach people until you start reaching people.
• People will leave your church. Don't chase the leavers.
• Small groups are fine and dandy, but if I had to choose, I'd rather have volunteering than small groups.
• The question is not: "How many people are showing up?" The better question is: "Who are you reaching?"
• In church, chaos is your friend.
• We've always had a lean staff because we want to be forced to leverage volunteers.
• Change. Conflict. Growth. That's the sequence. Many people won't change. Or they do change and then stop at the conflict, and they never experience the growth.