What a weekend....
Friday night at Celebrate Recovery in Centre, Alabama...
God was there in a huge way....
Confirming some prayers I had offered up....
Sharing about a guy named "Blind" Bartimaeus...(Sounds like a blues guitarist, doesn't he?)
"Blind" Bart shows us what desperation will get you if you turn it toward Jesus.
Many new brothers and sisters brought into the Kingdom.....tears all around (good kind of tears).
Saturday morning, out to Rapha to load up all our gear and convey to the Vineyard to set it up. It has been a long time since I've played in that room, so we wanted to see how it sounded and what it was going to be like on the stage.
As we're bringing gear in and setting it up, I had so many memories of past Saturday's.
Pat Terry premiering his new album Film At Eleven on this stage.
Danny Daniels and Randy Rigsby's first visit to Vineyard Gadsden for House of Blue....had some folk's get up and walk out on the very first number. Somehow blues and the Gospel just wasn't every ones preference. I loved it!
Waterdeep giving a concert. One of our first endeavors into reaching out to people who seemed to be worshipping with a fresh new sound. The thing I remember most about these guys....they were so jazzed that the hotel we had booked them into had put up their name on the marquee welcoming them to Gadsden. The band pulled the van next to the sign, they all got up on the roof of the van and had their picture taken with the marquee. Gotta love it.
1000 Portraits coming on a Sunday afternoon to lead us in worship. Much percussion and acoustic guitar. This was fresh off their collaboration with Waterdeep with the recording of Enter the Worship circle.
Wayne, Barry, Deb, Vicki and Debbie and I gathered last night to pray and worship. We anointed the building and the equipment for this next season that was headed our way.
During our time there, we got a phone call about an intervention that was taking place right then. A young man was out of control, using and piling up the destruction such behavior always brings with it. The family had called to ask us to pray as they were going to go and confront him about his using. This was a confirmation of why we were coming back to Vineyard with a new meeting, and the next part of this "recovery" puzzle that God was putting together. Please pray for this family as they seek God during this time. Pray for the young man that 'hears' the truth and turns his life and will over to the care of God.
I don't understand it, but I was created to do "church" on Saturday night.
Maybe it has to do with the call to pastor in a recovery setting.
Maybe it has to do with taking back a night that is usually devoted to the things of the world. I'm not smart enough to figure it out, nor do I spend much time dwelling on it. It works...so I just go and do it.
But last night as I looked around me and watched as those who have been on this journey with me worshipped, I could not help but think to the verses that were given to me years ago when we started our first meeting.
Psalms 134
Behold, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who by night stand in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the LORD. The LORD who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion.
God on you......
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(Thanks to Jim B. for the photo of the stage)
Special Announcement!!!
Gadsden Vineyard will be having a Bar-B-Que dinner today after the morning service to raise money to help with the cost of the upcoming worship conference. Bar-B-Que plates will be $6.00 and take out is available. It is such a sloggy, smushy day, why not stop by on the way home and pick up some dinners?
Thanks...
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