Oh. what a weekend! We had such an awesome time at the Deeper Still conference in Nashville. God showed up in a mighty big way & I want to tell you all about it.
This is my friend, Debbie, with the pretty white farmhouse you saw a couple of weeks ago. We went with a group of 30 ladies & had a great time. Our first afternoon there, we ate at a Fish Camp restaurant right across the street from our hotel. We stayed across the street from the Opryland Hotel & I took lots of pics of that place too. Talk about an awesome hotel! I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ll do a whole other post just on that very soon, so you don’t want to miss it.
Our group leader who put this trip together likes to get really, really close to the stage for one of these conferences, so that means you have to camp outside the doors for at least 2-3 hours before the doors open, so that you can run for the front seats & get a good spot (you should see all these Chrisian women running & pushing…not our best moment, LOL). This is just a part of the whole crowd in the lobby on Friday afternoon waiting for the doors to open. It’s not fun, but a necessary thing to do when you are attending a conference with 20,000 women!! Can you believe that…the place was packed OUT!
We took a charter bus & that was great. We all got to sit back leisurely & enjoy the ride. This is part of the Nashville scene we saw on the way downtown to the Sommet Conference center.
Here’s the conference center from the outside. I had never been to Nashville & it’s a very pretty city. Loved it!
This is the famous Ryman Theater.
On Friday night, we were 3 rows behind all the speakers & their hubbies. All of them brought their men along on this conference, so it was fun to see them too. Here’s Beth Moore, with her hubby, Keith, & that’s Pricilla Shirer from the back & her hubby.
These conferences are so big that they have huge big screen TV’s everywhere, so all can see what’s going on all the time. This is Beth, Kay, & Pricilla on the stage on the first night. Kay had broken her foot really bad, so was in a wheelchair the whole weekend. Oh, and that’s the back of Mandisa’s head. She was there & rocked the house on Saturday!
Pricilla Shirer was the first speaker & ladies, if you’ve never heard her, she is an awesome speaker too. Her daddy is Tony Evans, out of Dallas, TX. She’s a great communicator of The Word.
Here we are in the men’s restroom…since this was a women’s conference, we got to use both. Unfortunately, as you can see, this one is mostly urinals. LOL
Mandisa was there & sang Shackles for us on Saturday. The house went crazy & we all loved every minute of it. This woman can SING to the glory of GOD!! This lady was getting her pic taken with Mandisa, so I snapped one too. 
Rhoda,
I’m so glad you had such an awesome time!!!! Wish I lived closer to Nashville {{Sigh}} 🙂 I enjoyed hearing all about it and seeing the wonderful pictures!
Thanks, and have a super day!
Rhoda…sounds like you had a wonderful time.
I absolutely love Nashville and have many fond memories of living there. It’s not only a beautiful city, the surrounding countryside is gorgeous, too!
I was at Ryman Auditorium in 1964. Saw the Grand Old Opry there.
I’d recommend a visit to beautiful Nashville anytime!
Pat
Hi Rhonda:
I wish I had been there too! I love Beth and Kay. I have not heard Priscilla speak, but if she’s anything like her Dad – she must be awesome. I adore Tony Evans.
I’ve had the opportunity to stay at the Opryland Hotel with my husband while he was attending a conference. It certainly is beautiful, isn’t it? With the piano player playing the grand piano many, many floors up on a balcony and the gondola boat rides around the hotel. I’ve not seen anything like it before, or after.
P.S. I made your low fat banana bread recipe on Saturday. It is awesome!! My family loved it. I will add your recipe to my FAVS.
Blessings!
Rhoda – I love your blog – I visit daily. I was so excited when you posted that you were going to Deeper Still. What a wonderful experience!! BTW – i live not too far from you. I am in Winston, GA, out I-20 going toward Atlanta.
Hi Rhoda
What an amazing experience to have the opportunity to hear these wonderful inspirational speakers. Your Nashville photos are wonderful.
sounds like a wonderful time…i have stayed at opryland hotel and it is fantastic…i have always wanter to go to joyce meyer’s womens conference too…thank you for sharing with us…blessings, rebecca
Rhoda,
It sounds like it was a wonderful conference. I have lived in the South most of my life and have NEVER been to Nashville…I simply must go one day:)
Mis Janice
Rhoda,
I’m so glad that your visit was all that hoped for and more. What a thrilling moment it must have been to be worshiping God with so many people at one time.
Love,
Julie
Sounds like an awesome time!! Las Vegas next year you say, eh? Hmmmmm….
Wow Rhoda,
You had a wonderful weekend!!
Looks amazing.
Thanks for sharing!
Rosemary
Rhoda,
What a blessing to experenice something like that. The Women of faith was the same way this weekend,ther were about 15,000 women. Anyway I felt so bad I gave you the wrong information Beth Moore was not there Friday morning it was a man. I don’t know how I got the wrong info but wanted to let you know( sorry )
What a great time you had!! I would love to hear Mandesa sing…(still sulking that she did not win!) Great post!
Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Mandisa was a favorite of mine. I still can’t believe she didn’t make it to the end!
Manuela
Wow, that sounds like an awesome conference! I’m so happy for you that you were able to attend!
I was there too. I “looked” for you. I am glad you got to be right up front. I went with a group of about 50 ladies from our church. It was just wonderful. Thank you for your blog I really enjoy your photos and look forward to reading each post.
Hi Rhoda……..Glad your weekend was blessed in so many ways! I love Nashville too. I have been there also & been to Opryland Hotel…….it is awesome! We took the riverboat cruise & the tour around town. We saw the old & new Ryman. We were there when Opryland was still open & enjoyed that……they say Christmas time is when the Opryland Hotel is sensation with all the lights. YOur conference sounds so uplifting & it is always fun for a bunch of girls to get together! Glad you had an awesome experience & I will keep my ears open for any conferences like that around my way……Bonnie
I am so glad you had such a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing it all with us.
I would always suggest Nashville as a place to visit! My parents lived, for 27 years, 2 hours from Music City. We were there often. I have been at Governor’s Conf. there, at the State Capital and at the Gov’s beautiful home. The Parthenon is lovely. The Ryman is such fun. Opryland Hotel is awesome! Have been there many times. At Christmas it is a veritable wonderland!
I have such find memories of that city and am so glad you were able to visit it.
Your conference sounded so uplifting and I know your heart must be filled with joy.
Hugs,
Sue
Can’t wait to see the pics you share from the Opryland. We were there this summer and it was beautiful.. I was sad when I returned home that I hadn’t taken more pics.
Sounds wonderful. I am making plans to go next year!
LOL Oh my goodness, I can’t believe you got a men’s restroom shot!