On June 19th Rob and I did a concert at Mt. Zion Hall to raise money for Rob's up-coming Mission Trip. For two weeks at the end of this month Rob, as a requirement of school, must go on what they at Westley Seminary call "An Immersion". He has to "immerse" himself in another culture for two weeks. He had the choice between going to another country or spending time here in the states - which ever he thinks would help him more later in ministry. So he chose to spend two weeks immersed in the youth culture with a youth ministry called "Salt and Light" in southern PA. He'll be asking the teens questions about their view on life: families, politics, any and everything. The goal is to find out how today's youth feel about their lives now and their future.
So, we put on a cencert to try to re-coop some of the $900 that we had to send in to pay for this trip earlier in the year and the $100 he'll need for spending money. We played 12 songs - some with us both singing, some with me on guitar, some with Rob on guitar, some with the conga, etc.
Our Set List Was:
Grace Like Rain (Todd Agnew), Enough (Jeremy Camp), Give Until There's Nothing Left (Reliant K), Let it be Said of Us (John Waller), Indescribable (praise song), You Said Go (by me, Christian Abell), Be Thou My Vision (hymn), TEN MINUTE INTERMISSION - Nothing But the Blood (Hymn), Trading My Sorrows (praise song), Those Who Trust (Waterdeep), Nothing Compares (Third Day) and ended with Bring the Rain (MercyMe).
We had the Hall set up like a little cafe - with all of the tables decorated different and refreshm
ents served. We ended up with a crowd of about 25 people and the whole thing went very well. The kids even did a few songs right before the intermission - and were a BIG HIT!!! We raised about $360 that night. We had already received $200 from some other people and a couple of weeks after the concert we received $240 in donations from various people. So we are up to $800 and we are VERY pleased with that! We weren't sure if we'd raise very much at all so we are happy!
2 comments:
Cool, I'm glad that your efforts were successful. I love the picture of the kids singing. =)
That's awesome! I was really planning on trying to get down for the concert and then just lost track of time. I think it's great that you guys are doing this.
I also think your choice of mission trip is good too Rob. I don't think it's just youth who are confused about the Christian experience in this day and age, let alone the relevance of our present way of doing, "church". But I do think that's a terrific and much needed place to start talking and finding out more about what's going on. I know I'd love for somebody to listen sometime.
I can't believe the kids sang! How cool!
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