Summer Madness: speaking in Belfast

By Jason Clark

26 Jun 2009

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Friday morning next week I’m flying to Belfast, to speak at Summer Madness. It’s a pretty large event with about 5,000 in attendance, and my first visit.

I’ve been asked by John Kee and his team to do a seminar each day for three days, and one main stage talk. In terms of titles/themes I’ve been asked to speak on, they’ve been advertised as:

Seminar 1
GOD AT WORK
Career and job choice are not just questions facing school leavers. Most people change career and job many times. How do I choose? Is God interested? Jason shares his thoughts and experiences – from a background in City of London trading/investment broking – to pastoring a Church.

Seminar 2
I SHOP THEREFORE I AM
How does the church – all of us – face up to the challenge of living life in a world where ‘purchase power’ is everything and the culture of defining who we are by what we own, and wear, and drive…and know – is all pervasive.

Seminar 3
GOD ON FACEBOOK
if Jesus came back today, how would the Internet influence his ministry? What would he think of the idea of ‘Facebook’ friends who connect in cyberspace without ever meeting face-to-face? What are the new ‘online realities’, what is happening online and how can it extend or undermine our formation.

MAINSTAGE TALK – SATURDAY PM
“Finding Myself: In the last place I might look”

Now I just need to get on and prepare them! :-) Brian McLaren will be there, I’m looking forward to catching up with him, and my oldest friend and best friend, Andy Hickford who introduced me to Jesus just over 23 years ago.

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  1. Comment by Pete Waugh

    12.17 am on 27 Jun 2009

    Hey mate

    Have a blessed time in my fair city!!

    Im taking a group of teenagers to Latvia or else we would be there at SM

    Hope the talks go well and you speak the words God wants people to hear …. give it to them! It would be interesting to get one or two of your talks if that’s possible? Im a Full time Youth Pastor in Bangor, Northern Ireland …..

    Cheers

    Pete

    1. Comment by Jason Clark

      7.58 am on 27 Jun 2009

      great to hear from, thanks for your encouragement and comment :-)

      Jason

  2. Comment by Peter Spence

    9.32 am on 29 Jun 2009

    Summer Madness is a great event. I used to be a Youth Pastor in Whitehead, near Belfast. I am now the pastor of a church just outside Sheffield. I pray that God will touch young people and leaders through your words.

    Bless you

    Peter

  3. Comment by Alistair Bill

    11.10 am on 29 Jun 2009

    Jason,

    Hope you enjoy your trip to my home city of Belfast. For the first time for years I shall not be at Summer Madness,as our young people are involved in other camps and outreach projects.
    The talks you are giving are important areas, and I hope you get good engagement from those at the seminars.

    Best wishes in the Lord,

    Alistair

    1. Comment by Jason

      6.16 am on 30 Jun 2009

      Thanks Alistair, sorry to miss you .

  4. Comment by Faith Carter

    6.13 am on 30 Jun 2009

    Hi, Jason…
    Recently attended Renovare: The Jesus Way. As I listened to the speakers I thought…Jason would/could bring a wonderful dimension to this ecumenical gathering of Jesus followers. Sounds like you are…just on a different continent.

    Thank you for your consistent updates. They are of great value to those of us who love the Church.

    I remain deeply grateful for what you deposited in the lives of GFS MAML07 Students.

    Faith

    1. Comment by Jason

      6.16 am on 30 Jun 2009

      Thank you Faith, for taking the time to write and encourage me :-)

      How’s the MAML going? You set for finishing next year?

  5. Comment by rodney neill

    3.52 pm on 1 Jul 2009

    Unfortunately being a bald headed nearly 50 something middle aged bloke summer madness youth event is somewhat outside my age demographic or I would quite like to attend – I hope you have a really good time at and Northern Ireland is not too much of a culture shock!

    Rodney (from Bangor also in NI)

    1. Comment by Jason

      3.53 pm on 1 Jul 2009

      I’m a bald headed 40 year old, does that make me too old ? ;-)

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    6.32 pm on 7 Jul 2009

    [...] did all my seminars and main stage talk (details here). I must admit that my saturday night talk to nearly 5,000 people, had me the most nervous I have [...]

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