We’ve been pretty busy...and apparently so have you. For the past month I’ve been talking with many of you both online and in person about what you’ve done and what you’ve got planned for your AC-fueled Christmas. It’s incredible to see how you’re taking this simple idea to accomplish monumental change.

And people are taking notice in a big way. Last week I had the chance to speak with Todd Perry, CEO of the Pujols Family Foundation. These people are doing some amazing things in the world for children with Down Syndrome as well as others in the Dominican Republic. Albert Pujols is way more than an incredible baseball player. He is an amazing Christ follower who finds true joy as a servant. As we were talking we realized how much our two groups have in common. I asked if Albert would like to speak at an upcoming event we’re throwing in St. Louis. I sent him an email and explained what we’re about. I figured, hey, why not? He could only say no. But he didn’t. In fact, he let us know how excited he was to speak at our event the very next day.

So here we go. We are excited to host “Advent Conspiracy: Entering the Story” in Chesterfield, Missouri, November 11 at The Crossing Church from 9-10:30am (doors open at 8). If you are a pastor, teacher or business leader we’d would love to extend to you an official invite. If you know someone who fits this criteria, please forward on the information. Greg Holder, lead pastor of The Crossing and co-author of the Advent Conspiracy book and Albert Pujols will vision on what AC is all about and how you can teach others to make Christmas personal again. To register, click here.

Oh, one more thing. We kindly ask that you not bring any items for autographs.