It's official...the website is up and the dates are set for fusion_atl 2007!
The schedule for fusionatl 2007 is:
February 23rd @ Revival Center - Lawrenceville, GA
April 20th @ OakPark - Stockbridge. GA
September 7th @ FaithTabernacle - Conyers, GA
November 30th @ Revival Center - Lawrenceville, GA
All services will begin @ 8PM due to Atlanta traffic!
For those of you who haven't heard what fusion_atl is about, allow me to explain. The definition of fusion is a merging of diverse elements into a unified whole; an occurrence that involves the production of a union; the act of fusing (or melting) together.
So, fusion_atl is a merging together of diverse elements (different churches, different styles, different personalities) into a unified whole or union (what Jesus refers to as His BODY)!
fusion_atl is about Apostolic Young People in the Atlanta area coming together and forgetting about our differences, our youth group names, what church we're from or what label we carry! It's about coming together and realizing that IF we are going to leave a mark on our world then we had better join hands and hearts and start doing something NOW!
We're NOT waiting on the world to come to us any longer, we're taking the message to the world! Our time has come...the dream I call fusion_atl begins NOW!
Keep checking back for more information and please feel free to leave a comment.
Marshall Clack, II
fusionatl Visionary
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Saturday, December 9, 2006
the movement begins...
It all started with a question...why don't Apostolic young people get together more? It's like we have this unspoken rule that we can only come together at youth camps and at Atlanta Youth Convention (if you can afford it)! Yes-there may be a few churches who get together for rallies and such, but not often in the Metro-Atlanta area.
So, I figured if I kept waiting on somebody to provide this much needed outlet for our young people, it might never happen. That's when I contacted a young, energetic Youth Pastor named Michael Patterson and pitched the idea of combining our youth groups for a couple of youth services so our young people could get to know "other" young people just like them. We did and the first "combined" youth service we had 103 people show up. NO major announcements. NO official advertising. We told a couple people what we wanted to do and they showed up.
God had dealt with me about the urgency of this event, but not even I was prepared for what would happen. I figured we would have a couple of "combined" serivices in 2007 and then hopefully we could take this idea on tour. My vision at the time was to hit the four corners of Atlanta with this idea of Apostolic Youth Groups coming together for a time of intimate worship, encouragement, and life-change!
This coming together concept gave birth to what I now call fusion_atl. The definition of fusion is a merging of diverse elements into a unified whole; an occurrence that involves the production of a union; the act of fusing (or melting) together.
So, fusion_atl is a merging together of diverse elements (different churches, different styles, different personalities) into a unified whole or union (what Jesus refers to as His BODY)!
fusion_atl is NOT about our individual churches or our individual youth groups with our own identities. fusion_atl is about coming together as the Body of Christ and worshipping the Father in spirit and in truth. It's about real young people who have real struggles fusing together with other young people who are just like them and realizing that they're NOT alone and that God loves them right where they are.
Let me close with this...fusion_atl is NOT about politics or organizations...it's a movement and the movement begins...in 2007!
fusion_atl is coming to a city near you...
Marshall Clack, II
fusion_atl Visionary
So, I figured if I kept waiting on somebody to provide this much needed outlet for our young people, it might never happen. That's when I contacted a young, energetic Youth Pastor named Michael Patterson and pitched the idea of combining our youth groups for a couple of youth services so our young people could get to know "other" young people just like them. We did and the first "combined" youth service we had 103 people show up. NO major announcements. NO official advertising. We told a couple people what we wanted to do and they showed up.
God had dealt with me about the urgency of this event, but not even I was prepared for what would happen. I figured we would have a couple of "combined" serivices in 2007 and then hopefully we could take this idea on tour. My vision at the time was to hit the four corners of Atlanta with this idea of Apostolic Youth Groups coming together for a time of intimate worship, encouragement, and life-change!
This coming together concept gave birth to what I now call fusion_atl. The definition of fusion is a merging of diverse elements into a unified whole; an occurrence that involves the production of a union; the act of fusing (or melting) together.
So, fusion_atl is a merging together of diverse elements (different churches, different styles, different personalities) into a unified whole or union (what Jesus refers to as His BODY)!
fusion_atl is NOT about our individual churches or our individual youth groups with our own identities. fusion_atl is about coming together as the Body of Christ and worshipping the Father in spirit and in truth. It's about real young people who have real struggles fusing together with other young people who are just like them and realizing that they're NOT alone and that God loves them right where they are.
Let me close with this...fusion_atl is NOT about politics or organizations...it's a movement and the movement begins...in 2007!
fusion_atl is coming to a city near you...
Marshall Clack, II
fusion_atl Visionary
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