St. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner—and with it a boatload of heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, bouquets of flowers, and gushy greeting cards, all nestled in red velvet dreams of romance.
Medieval Europe believed that February 14 was the day birds began to mate each year. Ancient Rome dubbed February the first month of spring and the season to pair up with a significant other. The Roman Catholic Church set February 14 as the feast day for St. Valentine in the fifth century— Valentine was a Christian clergyman thought to be martyred for officiating at weddings in defiance of a ban by the Emperor Claudius II (who believed that single young men made better soldiers, and, therefore, forbid them to marry).
Most of us have been passing out Valentines since the first grade, all in the shadow of these historic threads. If only real life was as simple as a “I’m yours.” Real-life relationships are oh-so-more-complicated than that.
Have you ever been stumped by the minefield of love and romance? Have you ever wondered where you fit in—or, how to pick up the pieces—or, how to get started—or, how to make a good thing even better—or, how to save a relationship on the brink—or, how to feel whole inside by making somebody else feel complete?
The Everlasting Love Conference, scheduled for Madison Park on Friday night, February 29, and Saturday morning, March 1, is the perfect fit for every adult—single, almost married, used-to-be-married, happily married, struggling to survive marriage, in love, out of love, young, old, and everyone in between. It’s a phenomenal study of the Old Testament gem-of-a-book, the Song of Solomon. In the Song’s eight brief chapters, the Scripture outlines all of the key principles you’ll need to understand and master: love, marriage, sex, and romance. No lie—this stuff really works... straight out of God’s Word.
The Everlasting Love Conference has stormed the country, from coast-to-coast. Madison Park has been chosen to be the host site for the Indianapolis metro. Our facility, with lots of parking and adjacent to I-69, has won the hearts of the conference team. This is an event Anderson would otherwise never see.
Kyle Idleman will be the key teacher at the conference. Kyle is the Teaching Pastor at Louisville’s Southeast Christian Church. He speaks to 18,000 people each week at Southeast Christian; it will be a privilege to welcome him to Madison Park.
Joining Kyle on the platform will be musician Jon Abel. Jon (who writes with Chris Tomlin and is a part of Nashville’s Universal/Brentwood Benson Music team) leads worship at his home church (Highland Park Presbyterian in Dallas) each week, but also is committed to the Everlasting Love Conference ministry. Over 225,000 people have been blessed by attending the Conference so far. This is your chance to be blessed by it, too.
Early registration for the Conference ends February 18—although you can register (as long as space is available) after that date. Registration by February 18 costs just $35— it’s $45 after that. If you get together a group of ten, you can save $10/person. The ticket is worth it—your ability to develop sacred, nourishing, healthy relationships will be upgraded and enhanced. Guaranteed.
The Conference will cover: (1) The Art of Attraction and Dating, (2) The Art of Intimacy, (3) The Art of Conflict, (4) The Art of Romance, and (5) The Art of Commitment. All of the sessions are grounded in the Song of Solomon—one of the Bible’s most extraordinary books.
You can register online (www.songofsolomon.com), at the Information Desk in the Commons at Madison Park, or at our Cross Street Ministry Center. Start making your plans now to worship, learn, laugh, listen, and grow at the Everlasting Love Conference February 29-March 1. Talk it up at work, at school, everywhere. I’m looking forward to being there, too.
And, if we turn out and support this national tour coming for the first time to our area, we’ll be able to welcome other outstanding events of this kind throughout the year, too.
Madison Park is not just a building for our Sunday meetings—it’s a community resource for Madison County. Valentine’s Day never looked better.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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