in a month and a half i am leading a trip to go to logos5 (wesleyan youth convention) i have only been to one in my lifetime and that was back when i was in 8th grade. what i remember from this trip was skipping half the seminars and making fun of ray boltz. this was exalt 94 and some of you might remember this back in the day. obviously wesleyan conventions have come along way since then. instead of the slim pickings in christian music we have multiple good quality christian bands. the convention that we will be attending will feature pillar. we will also hear from efrem smith. i am looking forward to this convention. but i question to why they are so expensive? it will cost my teens about $300 each and we are only 5 hrs away from Boston. is it possible to throw a quality convention for less?
indiana wesleyan throws a youth convention every year and offers it for about $35.
bethany bible college has their booster for about the same cost.
now i am sure that the university offsets alot of the cost. but would it be possible for the wesleyan church to do the same with the youth convention.
i have mentioned barn bash ( a day long festival that our youth group sponsors.) this event takes alot of the youth budget for the year but we think it is worth it to have 1500 people come to this outreach and hear the gospel.
now what can we do about the cost before the next national convention in 2 years when it is in orlando? i realize these conventions are worthwhile. but is it possible to lower costs? what are your thoughts?
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I agree Nate that a little more offset would be nice. I was at a district meeting this Monday and we were talking about how to help eachother out with transportation and such. It was interesting to me that all the churches in the suburbs were taking about 50 and all the ones in the poorer areas were just not going or sending 2 and that was pushing it as it is. I love the idea of youth conventions but the cost is a bit marginalizing. While I am griping does anyone else not like that it is right in the middle of the holidays?
the whole idea of christmas break is a crappy one. this makes us not able to go home for christmas.
however we will be leaving for vacation after we get back the next week to indiana. we want to stop in at your and lindsays. hopefully you will be around.
Remember... it's not just the convention that you're paying for. You're also paying for the insurance to the hotels that the students take over. :)
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