ECG 2010

Hey, welcome to the blog for ECG 2009. Unfortunately all the images and videos were deleted from this blog, and it's not going to be possible to get them back :( I'll be blogging the event in 2010 too; looking forward to it! Hopefully the same thing won't happen again... See http://ecg-2010.blogspot.com/ or http://tinyurl.com/ecg10.

Welcome!

Welcome to this site where I liveblogged the ECG 2009 event (see their website). Just a few points to note:

• This was a liveblog, so it is not necessarily presented particularly well, but it should capture the atmosphere as I moved through the conference. quality control. I might do some cleanup at some point.
  
• Partly this is because I'll be blogging from my mobile using the ShoZu application, which doesn't let you edit your posts. I won't have computer-based internet access at any time during my stay at ECG, so this is the only means I'll have to post. Apart from the lack of a post editor, ShoZu has a couple of other problems:
• It posts a "posted by ShoZu" logo at the bottom of each post.
• Perhaps most importantly, it isn't compatible with Blogger Video, meaning that any videos I post will have to be downloaded to view (unless you have some fancy Firefox add-in to view them directly). For these movies, a large movie picture will appear in the post, and you can just click on that to download and view the video.
• Speaking of videos, they'll probably be quite low quality as I have to transfer them over a mobile network.
  
• During ECG 2009 I'll be staying in a building in Llandudno which I'll refer to as headquarters or HQ. I won't reveal the exact location for privacy/security reasons. Suffice to say that we will be sleeping in dormitories and the building has facilities resembling a hostel.
• I did post to Twitter a little as well, but only really in response to the official Twitter channel. I posted using @ECGconference. ECG does have its own Twitter page.
  
• I'm a veteran of Easter People but I haven't been to ECG before, and so any comparisons will be with Easter People 2007 or earlier (meaning I might class things as "new" when they were actually here at ECG '08).
  

And finally a few of my favourite quotes from the conference:

• "God is far bigger than any of the boxes we put him in" - Glyn Jones
• "The opposite of failure isn't risk-free living, it's grace" - Ali Martin
• "This isn't the end, it's the beginning" - Amy Wyatt

Sunday 12:40

The mass of delegates leave the centre and walk down the promenade on their way to their homes, workplaces, schools, universities and churches. It's been an amazing week. And if you've been following my blog, then thanks for reading! Possibly see you next year!

Sunday 12:20

"This isn't the end. It's the beginning."

Sunday 11:45

ECG Chairman Roy Crowne is speaking on our calling to "Go", the need for us to stand together, and trust in the Lord. It's inspirational.

Sunday 11:20

YFriday are leading the morning worship. They've played some fast and some slow songs, and the atmosphere is awesome.

Sunday 10:50

The view from the stage which hosted yesterday's Party On The Prom.