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Well, The One Project--San Diego has come and gone. I was there and I will report here on it and open this thread up for comments. However, I do not have time right now to do that. So, the thread will remain closed until I can take the time to write my initial report and then I will open it up for comments. As you comment, I will ask you to tell us whether or not you were there, or if you are making comments based upon 2nd hand information. I hope to open this thread up tomorrow, February 13, 2015. I will share one story that is tangentially related to my reason for wanting to know if you attended or if you rely on 2nd hand information. Chris Oberg was one of the speakers. People, to include those who attended the San Diego Gathering had questions about Chris Oberg: 1) How was/is Chris related to the Presbyterian church. 2) How was/is Chris related to the authorship of books such as "Faith and Doubt" The questions were such that Chris Oberg needed to begin the talk by addressing them. I would not be surprised to see questions about Chris Oberg raised in this thread and I will want to know if any person who raises such questions in CA actually attended and personally heard the response that Chris Oberg made. Over 1,000 people attended the two day Gathering of The One Project in San Diego. Once 1,000 people had registered, people were told that the maximum had been reached and that the hotel could not accommodate any more and they could not attend. But, some came anyway and they were allowed to attend. The central theme of the conference was focused on the words of Christ as found in Matthew, chapters 5, 6 & 7. Those who came divided themselves into about 100 groups of 10 people each. The two day Gathering was divided into eight (8) sessions. Each Session began with a short worship which, for the first seven (7) sessions was followed by either two or three speakers. Each speaker was preceded by a reading of a Biblical passage from the chapters listed above. Then the speakers spoke on the meaning and application of that passage to the lives of us today. These sessions then ended with a group discussion of how the members had been stimulated in the understanding and application of the Biblical passages to their lives. The 8th session was a bit different. It was a Communion service with individual prayers that God would bless in the lives of the members of the group. This is a brief statement as to what The One Project, San Diego was all about. I was there. The discussion is now open.

(please have a conversation about this with out the word Liberal Conservative Democrat Republican Obama.) While a lot of trash talking is 'out there' let's talk about the good things, I will start with 3 Grocery stores have a better selection of food overall. Interstate highway system, and the numbering of it is great Lots of choice of over the air TV in many places.

Don't get to excited....the next Pres will also get their share of the same....just imagine what will happen if it is a women!!

actually Liberal and Democrat are not always interchangeable everywhere. etc etc

1 John 5:7King James Version (KJV) 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Diversity of restaurants and innovations of new ones.

Stan, your first two sentences were repeating each other....

Three things.... Distinct seasons where I live in Maryland. By February/March I long for the temperature to warm up and it does. By August/September I long for the days to cool down and they do. Diversity, Diversity, Diversity everywhere. Americans are generally positive, upbeat, optimistic by nature. IMHO.

Our sermon on Sabbath dealt with this and other issues/changes creeping into the church. Absolutely the best sermon I have heard in years. It was interesting that the sermon itself went for over 1 1/2 hours and even kept the attention of the children. It dealt with giving sin a new sanitized name to make it more comfortable for people to remain where they were at. Church service was now more to entertain than the original purpose of the church service and above all,nothing in a sermon should tweek or offend anyone

I have no argument with services on the other days of the week. I wish that there were enough attendees to warrant services on more days! The worship service is a small part of what the idea of Sabbath rest encompasses.