Well, the Youth Specialties Convention was amazing. A great time for renewal and excitment. I saw some great bands, was led in great worship experiences, and saw a good group of speakers.
Today, though, I was told about the death of Mike Yaconelli, the owner of Youth Specialties. Adam Griffin told me about it this afternoon. He read it off of Relevant Magazine this morning.
Apparently Mike was killed in a car accident last night. No other details and no mention on the YS homepage yet, but I'm sure it's to come. Mike was also a volunteer pastor at Grace Community Church in Yreka, California. Peace be to the church and his family. The little I know of this man was that he had a passion for Jesus Christ and the youth workers that preach his Gospel. His intentions for starting YS were to give youth workers the resources they need to effectively communicate God's truth to kids. I've heard few things as humble and selfless as when Mike stood at the YS convention and said if there was something YS had that we needed and couldn't afford, to simply call him, and he'd send it out. All this comes from a guy who didn't even know Mike. . . .I can only imagine the words that will come from those who did.
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