a few good things happening right now:
- our church launched it's midweek program - Ethos University - last thursday. we had nearly double the expected turnout, and it was awesome. our kids program is called NEXTgeneration Friends, and so far - so good. it really focuses on rewarding positive behaviors and evidence of spiritual growth, and i like that. Ethos University is our church's primary vehicle for Spiritual Growth, one of our six purposes, so working that into our kids program was a must, and all the prayer and planning has really helped.
- i am up to my eyeballs in halloween planning for the kids - a costume party on the 28th. i'm really looking forward to it.
- we saw casting crowns in concert two weeks ago - easily one of my favorite christian-rock bands. these guys keep their fingers on the pulse of our culture, and that really shows in their lyrics. they're brilliant. and they're big world vision supporters - and WV helped sponsor the concert. hearing their stories about the kids they sponsored, and the kids they met when visiting some of WV's worldwide operations was awesome, and God really moved in my heart to sponsor a child. we "brought home" anderson, a little guy about to turn 7, living in El Salvador. just thinking about him gets me a little choked up - but let me tell you, i am SO excited to send him letters and cards and little fun stuff to tell him how much i pray for him.
- a few photos from the concert - our seats were great, but i didn't want to bring my longer lens, so i stuck with my 50mm. the photos are decent, but i wish i'd been able to move around a little more. (man, i am such a geek.)
during their performance of a song called "the voice of truth", they brought an artist on stage, and set up a huge black chalkboard canvas. in this series, you can see the actual canvas in the bottom left of the photo, and you can see the artist as he works projected on the video screen, which is the upper right of the photo. sometimes the artist is visible - sometimes he's blocked by the bass player...
throughout the song, the artist created this amazing picture of worship - first using words:
then he started drawing lines, progressing into this sketch of three people with arms raised in worship:
and when i thought it couldn't get any more amazing, he started filling in the lines, with his hands:
and adding dimension:
and then suddenly, the "guy" in the middle was holding a Bible:
and the final touch, he used his own hands to fill in the remaining hands on the worshipers - then he stood back and worshiped as well:
and of course, i had to capture the cell phones raised in the air:
1 comment:
That concert looks awesome!
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