15 Jan 2010, Posted by steph in asian american, bay area, epic, mission, vision, 0 Comments

this weekend – epic movement student conferences!

This weekend is indeed where we’ll celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but it’s also one of my favorite weekends all year… our ministry’s student conferences! Some 500+ students will descend on San Francisco, CA (known as Epic West) and Philadelphia, PA (East) for our annual missions and vision conferences. (Epic Central, in Dallas, TX will be the first weekend of February.)

This year, themed “Hero,” and probably more like the dying NBC show than the Enrique Iglesias ballad, will be my seventh conference, which consists of talks, seminars and a day of outreach, and each year God has spoken another piece of His calling for me into my life. It’s a weekend where Asian American ministry is defined and refined within our college scope and sending opportunities via summer trips and year-long internships will be presented.

David Gaulton

This year Epic West is blessed to have Dr. Ken Fong leading us in teaching and sharing his heart! Please pray for him and our worship band, the David Gaulton band (pictured above), as well as our conference directors and other staff and students leading our time. Pray for traveling mercies for our students, from as far away as Hawaii and others who are driving long hours from Washington and Oregon and Southern California! I will be helping out with our Sunday Day of Outreach, where students can take what they’re learning from the preaching of God’s word as well as the training that they’ve received on their respective campuses out to love San Francisco – my favorite city. Please pray that many hearts would be turned to God and also for decent weather… so far it’s supposed to rain!

Will keep updating you all. It is a joy to partner with you! If you’re in the area, do come visit!!

steph