{"id":1485,"date":"2011-06-10T20:54:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T01:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2011-06-10T20:54:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T01:54:01","slug":"vision-weekend-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2011\/vision-weekend-day-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Vision Weekend: Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I more or less kept track of what we were doing as the day progressed, so here are my notes from the day. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll try to upload some actual photos and video later, but this will give you an idea what&#8217;s been happening&#8230;<\/p>\n<table width=\"208\" align=\"left\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/rod-mayra-ice-breaker.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"122\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rod and Mayra doing icebreaker games\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Ice breakers with Tiffany and Melissa.<\/p>\n<p>A time of worship together.<\/p>\n<table width=\"181\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/rod-shares-vision-weekend.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"138\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rod shares on day 1 of the Vision Weekend\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Jeff shares a personal testimony about resting in your position in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Rod shares about the purpose of the weekend &#8211; the Great Commission and the love of the local church.<\/p>\n<table width=\"181\" align=\"left\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/robert-on-religion.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"149\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Robert talks religion and culture\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Jim shares about how Mexico fits in world mission &#8211; a strategic country, especially for the Spanish speaking world. &nbsp;And Mexico City &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest Spanish city and the challenges there.<\/p>\n<p>Robert and several others share about religion and culture in Mexico &#8211; beyond the statistics, what do people really believe?<\/p>\n<table width=\"135\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/antonio-on-the-church.jpg\" width=\"129\" height=\"155\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Antonio shares about the church\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Antonio (a pastor in Mexico City) speaks on the needs of the church &#8211; what is the biblical model for the church? 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