We went to Rice Regenerate last night with 500 other 20-somethings. It’s the next phase of the Rice Movement growing out of the large Rice youth rallies. “RICERegenerate is a movement aimed to see a generation of lay leaders in our churches revived, renewed, and re-ignited in their passion to serve our great God and Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Mike Raiter spoke on the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27). He smashed it! He spoke with great passion + soul-searching conviction from the Bible. I was challenged to be greedy to use my gifts to produce fruit for the Kingdom of God; not for the praise of men, but for the praise of God. An illustration on Adoniram Judson encouraged me to taste and see that the Lord is good even in the hard times.
They had about 7 different (optional) ways to respond after the talk:
- Freestyle singing room.
- Singing room with Deb Fung.
- Q+A room with Mike Raiter.
- Letter-writing room. (Make resolutions. Write them down. They send it back to you.)
- Prayer room.
- Art and drawing
- Just chat with people.
I went for a combo of 7, 1 and 2. Very cool.
Did you go? How were you challenged and/or encouraged?
Here’s a video explaining something of the thinking behind Regenerate:
Shout out to Steve Chong and Pete Ko and their team for making the night more than just another event.
There is a Rice Regenerate PRAISE night coming up on Saturday 21st February 2009… stay tuned for more.