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out, the music came on and faith absolutely filled the house. It was an incredible three days - an experience that must be had first hand! So, rather than give you a play-by-play of the happenings at the conference, I would like to share with you what I took home: what I took home as an attendee, a worship team member and a worship team leader. As an attendee, a worshipper and lover of God, I was treated to three days of complete immersion in an atmosphere of faith. For most Christians, Sunday is the day. Sunday is the one day a week that we are able to be completely surrounded by like-minded and, perhaps more importantly, like-hearted individuals. But Hillsong Conference was an entirely different story - the lobby of our hotel was filled with fellow Christians that morning, so breakfast was with fellow Christians. The walk to the venue was with a huge group of Christians, so we waited in line, conversed and shared stories with fellow Christians. For three days in a row… Despite not knowing anyone personally at first, there was familiarity in the common foundation upon which we all stood. Different stories and backgrounds, but all walking with our same God. The conversations wrapped up as the lights fell, and as soon as the music began, everyone’s hands went up. There was never an announcement or suggestion to do so - September 2018 WorshipMusician.com 37