Maryland Youth Conference Asks Young People to Do Hard Things

We traveled north from Tidewater on July 26th to attend the "Rebelution" Conference held at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The event was meant to challenge teenagers to do more than be mere consumers of electronics. To be more than just what society expects them to be (which isn't much). I heard the conference expected about 2100 youth for the event, but got more like 3800 so the auditorium was packed.

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After the conference we drove to Camden Yards to see the Baltimore Orioles take on the Los Angeles Angels (Os lost 11-6) and visit the B&O Warehouse.

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The next day we attended a wonderful worship service at Grace Fellowship Church which is a non-denominational mega-church in Timonium, Maryland. Then after pizza and subs at Maria's down the street and a quick visit to Barnes and Nobles, we returned home via the Eastern Shore with stops at Prime Outlets in Queenstown, Maryland, and the Bob Evans restaurant for dinner.

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However, in keeping with the theme of the weekend, i.e., doing hard things, my wife Diane called and warned us of a severe storm that was then over Cape Charles. We were about 15 minutes away. The storm eventually closed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel for a short time. We pulled over and for a few exhilarating moments rode out the torrential downpour and lighting in our cars near the entrance to the bridge tunnel. God was certainly with us and protecting us. It was, in its entirety, one heck of a great weekend.