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Check the archives if you missed my recap of Thursday morning. Here is a tiny glimpse into my notes from this afternoon and evening. We heard from Shane Hipps, Tony Dungy, Rob Bell, Matt Chandler, and Francis Chan. Feel free to check my Twitter history to see some of my commentary on each speaker’s message. In addition to some incredibly powerful worship with Aaron Keyes, the crowd was invited to participate in communion this evening. Coming fresh on the heels of Chandler’s great message before dinner and then Chan’s incredible talk tonight, you can imagine how powerful it was. If you missed the memo, we actually streamed much of this evening’s service to everyone watching at home. It was cool to see folks from across the globe joining together online. Til’ tomorrow!

Well, Catalyst has officially begun and it’s been great thus far. It’s hard to live up to the hype that comes along with an experience like this, but it’s not disappointing! The labs were very good yesterday, especially from Threads authors Mark Batterson, Margaret Feinberg, and Ed Stetzer. We’ve heard this morning from Andy Stanley, Malcolm Gladwell, and the folks from KIVA. In addition, the antics of Lanny Donahoe and Reggie Joiner are always fun. Below are a few highlights from the notes I took this morning. I’ll summarize the rest of the day later this evening.

The Threads team is excited to be at Catalyst 2009 this week in Atlanta, Georgia.

Day Three of the Scouting the Divine video shoot was set in a Tennessee vineyard. I think every neighbor decided to mow their grass at some point during the day, but overall, it was a great day of filming. Perfect way to wrap it up. The video, cartwheels and all, shows that we all had a great time. Thanks, Margaret, for working so hard!

Day two of the video shoot for Scouting the Divine was a success. Check out this video to hear from director Brad Jones (Haven Productions) and Margaret Feinberg about our experience filming in a Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, field.

This is a quick post for all of you who have been asking for a high definition version of our “Communion” video. It’s now available. Enjoy!