Concert

Quite a few years ago, Jeff Deyo came and preformed at a local youth conference. Tonight, he came back and did a worship “concert” at our church, following an all day conference for worship leaders and musicians.

It was a small crowd when I got there with my mom and sister, and, as I stood with some of the youth group kids, waiting for the concert to start, it became clear that it was going to stay a small crowd.

It was worth it, though.

For three hours, people from my church and other churches in the area were able to simply worship together and pray for each other and see the Spirit move.

My cousin who goes to a foursquare church was there. One of my 4th graders was there. Some of the kids we watch on Monday nights were there. People’s parents were there. A man who used to be one of my Sunday school teachers was there. And, the list goes on.

For people who have been at my church all of their Christian lives, I’m sure it was the longest they have ever been in a large group worship setting (by probably at least two and a half hours). And, it was very cool to watch them stick it out and continue to wait on God.

It was very not normal for our church full of engineers and children of engineers, and that was a good thing. (Or, at least, that seems to be the common consensus on Facebook!)