Saturday afternoon, 342 college students checked into the hotel for the five-day conference. To end the first night Shane & Shane took the stage for a public concert.

They have worked with Campus Crusade in the past, and often play shows on the college circuit.

“I guess that’s just who listens to our music,” Barnard said. “We love to play on campus and have the opportunity to be involved with them. That age group is so cool.

Esther Brown, a student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, won the best seats in the house during the evening’s main conference session, which included the honor of sitting on a couch with friends in front of all the other seats. She was impressed with Shane & Shane’s attitude and approach to worship.

“They were quick to give all praise to God, and that was really neat to see people so committed to God,” Brown said.

This is the type of memory Barnard hopes for when he takes the stage.

“Jesus is what we want people to remember when we leave,” he said. “We hope God shows off.”

In addition to songs from their newest album (released in Nov 2009) they played past songs and even a Christmas song from their recent Christmas tour.

They ended with a song that coincided with the conference theme, Glory. The song titled “Worthy of Affection” was inspired by a verse in Hebrews that says Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God (Hebrews 1:3).

Check out this video from the concert.

Luke Nesman

Jonathan Messimer

Kayla Roth

Garrett Postema

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