I just wanted to post the Sedona Marriage Adventure event on this blog.
My good friend Joel Malm gave me the phrase “anti Conference” last September when I hiked Half Dome with he and a few other crazies.
He said, “an anti conference is smaller but more powerful way to get a message across because you are not in a big conference room with thousands of other people.”
I agree. We have all attended conferences and felt like we were just a number in a crowd… or as we sat in the ninth balcony we were not really involved or engaged in what was going on.
Connection Expeditions is totally opposite of the BIG conference and strives to be more personal and a whole lot more organic in its approach.
Connection Expeditions exist to give people another opportunity to grow both personally and collectively in a unique setting other than inside the walls of a church or conference center.
We believe that God gave us the outdoors to help us see the bigger picture He has designed for us.
Church settings are nice but the roof is to low. God took Abraham outside his tent and told him to look up at the stars in the sky – God told him that his offspring would outnumber the stars. What God did is just as significant as what he said. He led Abraham outside for an object lesson that he would never forget.
Why did God take him outside? Because inside the tent, Abraham’s vision of God and God’s amazing future for him was limited. He could not see the potential of God’s promises displayed against the backdrop of God’s creation. God wanted him to get a glimpse of just how big a God he was. Taking Abraham outside was God’s way of telling him not to put limits and ceilings on what God wanted to do through him and for him.
Conventional leadership, marriage conferences are neat to attend and meaningful without a doubt. They give us a new perspective on everyday life and work. But with the unique angle Connection Expeditions take we get out of buildings and into God’s creative natural sanctuary’s for lessons and connections that give us another way of learning what God is speaking to us.
In short, Connection Expeditions exists to create unique outdoor experiences that inspire vision and broaden
the perspective and connectivity of people of today.
Here is a brief look at the conference in Sedona this May 6,7 and 8 of 2012.
Sunday afternoon you arrive at Sedona’s Hilton resort and spa.
The event begins at 5:00 pm on the patio of the Hilton Resort and Spa and a brief mixer and introduction to our time together.
Monday and Tuesday we will explore the amazing sites of the region. - Connection Expeditions will use the geography and beauty of Sedona to teach couples from God’s creation the timeless truths that have kept couples together for thousands of years.
Then just before couples go to dinner we will teach on three tracks that will guide us through next few days.
THE CONFERENCE TRACKS
1. COMMUNICATION CONNECTS US
We will take a short walk into the distant past and see messages carved in stone by the Sinagua tribe some 900 years ago. Through this session we will see the significance of how important real and meaningful communication is between two people who desire to invest in a lifetime together.
#2. THE LOVE BRIDGE
Sedona offers some amazing natural scenic illustrations that can teach us how to adapt to and adjust to the challenges that attempt to keep us apart.
In this session, we will explore Sedona with the help of Jeep Tours on a 3 1/2 hour trip through the red rocks to Devil’s Bridge.
#3. CREATING ORDER IN THE NEST
One of the amazing gifts that this region offers is the ancient Native American ruins that still exist today. This session will be a trip back to some of the places and spaces people used to live hundreds of years ago.
We will see some biblical ways to create order in our homes that will have a lasting effect in our lives and the lives of our families for generations.
To register for this event, go to:
http://www.connectionexpedition.com/
Or feel free to email us or contact my cell @ 928-710-0750.
Please plan on registering early. This event is open to only 15 couples.
A $200.00 deposit per couple is due by march first to reserve you spot and room at the resort.
http://www.visitsedona.com/
http://www.hiltonsedonaresort.com/
http://www.connectionexpedition.com/
We are really looking forward to this time with you.
Steve and Brenda Lummer
Over the past 30 years I have been privileged to lead and be on some amazing adventures with some amazing people.
From deep sea fishing with my wife in the Pacific Ocean / mountain biking in Mexico, the Iditirod trail in Alaska and Arizona / climbing Half Dome in Yosemite / fishing the amazing waters of Canada / getting to Espejo Peak in the Venezuelan Andes @15,633 ft / scuba diving and canoeing the Ozarks / hiking into the Grand Canyon or riding a bike across Iowa … all of these adventures had one thing in common. Friends to enjoy it with.
It is amazing how you get to know someone when you get out of your routine. Being in the outdoors helps open doors to new and lasting relationships with family and friends.
When John Muir said; “most people live on the earth not in it”, I think he nailed it by describing how easy it is to miss an amazing place called planet earth. We live on the only living planet in the universe, (that we know of), with 7 billion other people. What a shame to miss out on the greatest gift in the universe, people and the planet we live on.
The adventure is great! But it is amazing when it is experienced with people of like hearts and passion.
If you are reading this blog, you are a member of an elite group. A group of adventure types that love being outside the walls of a mall or structure that has your view clouded by ceilings and walls.
We believe that God gave us the outdoors to help us see the bigger picture He has designed for us.
Church settings are nice but the roof is to low. God took Abraham of the Old Testament outside his tent and told him to look up at the stars in the sky and God told him that his offspring would outnumber the stars. What God did is just as significant as what he said. He led Abraham outside for an object lesson that he would never forget. Why did God take him outside? Because inside the tent, Abraham’s vision of God and God’s amazing future for him was limited. He could not see the potential of God’s promises displayed against the backdrop of God’s creation.
God wanted him to get a glimpse of just how big a God he was. Taking Abraham outside was God’s way of telling him not to put limits and ceilings on what God wanted to do through him and for him.
Get yourself outside yourself and mix it up with some good friends or good strangers for a change…. Get outside and adventure yourself.
Here are a few opportunities we are putting together over the next year for you to connect through some amazing adventure trips.
Upcoming trips in 2012/13
Connection Expeditions – Marriage Adventure May 2012 – Sedona, Arizona
Connection Expeditions – Grand Canyon Adventure September 2012 – Grand Canyon National Park
Connection Expeditions - Yosemite National Park/Halfdome- September 2013
For more outdoor adventures contact Pastor Steve Lummer @ 928-710-0750 or go to Connections web site at: http://www.connectionexpedition.com/
I just wanted to start getting the word out about our 2012 Red Rocks Marriage Adventure Conference in Sedona, Arizona.
The event will base out of the Hilton Resort and Spa in beautiful scenic Sedona May 4th, 5th, and 6th.
http://www.hiltonsedonaresort.com/?page=home
This Couple’s Marriage Adventure Conference exists to:
1. Create unique active experiences that inspire married couples in connectivity.
2. Broaden couples perspective about their life together both in the short term and the long haul.
This spring’s Marriage Adventure Conference will be unique because of the setting and design of the three day event.
Sedona has been rated “Most Beautiful Place in America” by USA Weekend and we will make sure we are going to fit its beauty into our teaching sessions each day.
The Marriage Adventure Conference topics will include trips to unique historical and geographical locations, meaningful to our topic and theme of that day.
Here is a small glimpse of our three adventure sessions:
1. COMMUNICATION CONNECTS US
We will take a short walk into the distant past and see messages carved in stone by the Sinagua tribe some 900 years ago. Through this session we will see the significance of how important real and meaningful communication is between two people who desire to invest in a lifetime together.
2. THE LOVE BRIDGE
Sedona offers some amazing natural scenic illustrations that can teach us how to adapt to and adjust to the challenges that attempt to keep us apart.
In this session, we will explore Sedona with the help of Pink Jeep Tours on a 3 1/2 hour trip through the red rocks to Devil’s Bridge.
http://www.pinkjeep.com/
3. CREATING ORDER IN THE NEST
One of the amazing gifts that this region offers is the ancient Native American ruins that still exist today.
This session will be a trip back to some of the places and spaces people used to live hundreds of years ago.
We will see some biblical ways to create order in our homes that will have a lasting effect in our lives and the lives of our families for generations.
As well as some amazing outdoor expeditions, we will be blessed to have three sessions with Kent and Kristie Sexton of Phoenix First Assembly of God.
Kent and Kristie own a successful regional business as well as bringing a wealth of knowledge and wisdom to our Marriage Adventure Conference.
Registration will be available on the Marriage Adventure Conference web site that is coming soon.
Plan it now and you can join us then
Steve and Brenda Lummer
Marriage Adventures Conferences USA
