Kyle O'Neal

Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow! The first day is over and it was incredible.  Freaking blew me away.

Friends I ran into:
*Gary Lamb (a great friend of mine rocking it out in Canton at Revolution Church)
*Adam Ellis (the creative arts pastor at Revolution)
*Lloyd Owens (a great friend of mine who’s currently interning at West Ridge as a church planter)
*Clay Willis (a Cartersville church planter friend.  I actually used to play drums at his church)
*Tim Samples (great friend who I went thru West Ridge church planting school with
*Doug Garvin (another guy I went thru church planting school with who’s planting in Savannah now)
 *Judd Wright (worship leading college friend of mine who’s rocking it in South Carolina
*Matt VanZant (childhood friend of mine who always leads worship)
*Jeremy Thompson (childhood friend of mine)
*Danny Echols (former boss and lead pastor of Cross View in Rockmart)
*Josh Kirby (friend of mine from Rockmart)
*Blake Goss (childhood friend who is worship pastor at Freedom Church)
*Matt Petty and Chip Paul (high school and middle school pastor at Burnt Hickory where I lead worship on Wednesday nights) 

Amazing Creative Elements
*the guys from stomp
*the winner from “so you think you can dance”
*dodgeball champion, mariachi band, banjo player, and a pig…on a bus
*giant floam creation from the 12,400 attendees
*chinese fingertraps
*extreme basketball slam dunks

Worship Leaders
*Steve Fee
*Eddie Kirkland
*Chrystina Fincher
*Kristian Stanfill
*Candi Pearson Shelton 
*Todd Fields 
*Jon Foreman of Switchfoot
*Others 

Worship
*We Shine
*All Because of Jesus
*Glory to God
*Breathe On Me
*When I Survey
*From the Inside Out
*Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) 
*God of This City
*Lift High
*It is Well
*How Great Thou Art

Speakers (notes to come…it won’t let me attach right now)
*Andy Stanley (Pastor of North Point Community Church) notes
*William Paul Young (author of “The Shack”) notes
*Jim Collins (Author of “Good to Great”) notes
*Steven Furtick (pastor of Elevation Church) notes
*Brenda Salter McNeil (author of “A Credible Witness) notes
*Seth Godin (Marketing Expert) notes
*Craig Groeshel (pastor of LifeChurch.tv) notes 

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