Alpha Lab Calgary

An Alpha Lab - aren't they having fun!
I'm sitting in a room at the Travelodge in Calgary. Tonight at 1 AM I'm picking up Steve Mulder, my BC counterpart at the airport. What airline in their right mind flies in to Calgary from Vancouver at one o'clock in the morning, I don't know. But they do, so who am I to question. Market research must have told them it was a good time to fly.

Tomorrow, Saturday, at Foothills Alliance, from 9AM to 3PM, we will present my first Alpha Lab, a new concept in Alpha training. An Alpha Lab features interactive, multi-media, board training games, and video components. We expect about 50 guests. If it turns out to be a success, I will let you know. If it is/was a flop I probably won't. (I probably shouldn't have made that last statement, because we fully expect God to show up, and when He does, great things happen, guaranteed.)

Early next week I travel to Grande Prairie, to Christian Fellowship Assembly (CFA), where they are hosting the national convention for the Fellowship of Christian Assemblies (FCA). I know, I get mixed up too. Not only do I have space for an Alpha booth, they have allowed me a room to make a presentation on Alpha, so please pray for fruit from that trip.

I will post again with my experiences from both events.

Blessings,

John

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