{"id":6321,"date":"2016-03-16T11:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T09:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2016-05-28T22:32:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T19:32:37","slug":"70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/","title":{"rendered":"#70 Shepherds&#8217; Conference 2016 at Grace Community Church -Take-aways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the annual Shepherds&#8217; Conference took place at John MacArthur&#8217;s Church in Sun Valley, California. I&#8217;m thankful that I had the opportunity to attend along with a group from my sending church and two Ukrainian pastors.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Now is the Time I share with you some of the biggest take-aways from the conference.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_70.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_70.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=6321-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_70.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_70.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 20:32 &#8212; 29.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('6321-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_6321-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_6321-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_70.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0are also great ways to catch this podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with the Shepherds&#8217; Conference, it&#8217;s and annual pastors&#8217; conference hosted by John MacArthur&#8217;s Grace Community Church.<\/p>\n<p>The conference regularly draws around 4,000 men from all over the country and all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch some videos I made during the Shepherds&#8217; Conference below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLX8L49vI7XjR7_jdJb86-6cORrWqXIu3z\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>A few take-aways from the Shepherds&#8217; Conference<\/h2>\n<h4>1. I need to make sure I&#8217;m pursuing a model of Biblical success in my ministry.<\/h4>\n<h4>2. I need to pursue deeper theological study.<\/h4>\n<h4>3. I need to do everything I can to make sure preachers pursue Biblical exposition of Scripture.<\/h4>\n<h4>4. I need to develop a deeper personal passion for the glory of God through personal study and prayer.<\/h4>\n<h4>5. I need to check my motivations for serving.<\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/dsc06662\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06662.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,381\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1457751045&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC06662\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06662.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6327\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06662.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06662\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06662.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06662-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06662-573x341.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year the conference included speakers such as Paul Washer who delivered a passionate sermon the substitutionary atonement of Jesus. You can watch his full <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/paul-washers-full-sermon-from-shepherds-conference-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">sermon here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6325\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/dsc06582\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06582.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,428\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1457653022&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC06582\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06582.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6325\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06582.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06582\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06582.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06582-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06582-573x383.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Albert Mohler spoke several times during the conference. In one session he focused on Malachi 2:4 and the criteria for a &#8220;messenger of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/dsc06677\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1457765648&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;19&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC06677\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6328\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677.jpg\" alt=\"DSC06677\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677-573x382.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Steve Lawson gave us an amazing exposition of Psalm 2 which was particularly appropriate given the political upheaval the world seems to be in now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/paul-washer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/paul-washer.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458118890&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paul washer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/paul-washer.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6330\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/paul-washer.jpg\" alt=\"paul washer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/paul-washer.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/paul-washer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/paul-washer-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meals were times to connect and talk about ministry. We were able to fellowship with Paul Washer and share with him about the situation in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/dad-and-me\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dad-and-me.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458118832&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dad and me\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dad-and-me.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6322\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dad-and-me.jpg\" alt=\"dad and me\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dad-and-me.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dad-and-me-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dad-and-me-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful for the time I was able to spend with my dad as we both listened and learned from God&#8217;s Word together!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways\/jony-mac\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jony-mac.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,428\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458118915&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jony mac\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jony-mac.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6329\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jony-mac.jpg\" alt=\"jony mac\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jony-mac.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jony-mac-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jony-mac-573x383.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John MacArthur sat down right in front of me at the missions conference which was the day before the main conference. I had a chance to thank him for the impact and influence his ministry is having on Ukrainian and Russian churches.<\/p>\n<h3>PS. Next week I&#8217;ll be giving away two copies of each book that was given to participants of the conference so stay tuned if you&#8217;re interested in getting a free book!<\/h3>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_70.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_70.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=6321-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_70.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_70.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 20:32 &#8212; 29.0MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('6321-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_6321-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_6321-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_70.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F70-shepherds-conference-2016-at-grace-community-church-take-aways%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the annual Shepherds&#8217; Conference took place at John MacArthur&#8217;s Church in Sun Valley, California. I&#8217;m thankful that I had the opportunity to attend along with a group from my sending church and two Ukrainian pastors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[297],"tags":[398,328,228,397],"class_list":["post-6321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-john-macarthur","tag-pastors","tag-preaching","tag-shepherds-conference","post_format-post-format-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/DSC06677.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-1DX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6338,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/paul-washers-full-sermon-from-shepherds-conference-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":6321,"position":0},"title":"Paul Washer&#8217;s Full Sermon from Shepherds&#8217; Conference 2016","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"March 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul Washer's sermon on the substitutionary atonement at Grace Community Church during the 2016 Shepherds' Conference hit us like a tidal wave. 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