Vancouver First Church of God
We had a wonderful time tonight as we sang to our home crowd at VFCOG! This is the church which has graciously allowed RESCUE to rehearse in their beautiful sanctuary, it also happens to be Steve and Audra's home church.
Tonight's concert and ice cream social was a benefit for a team of middle-schoolers who will be making their way to Tijuana, Mexico to do some building and some other kinds of ministry while they are there.
Tonight's concert and ice cream social was a benefit for a team of middle-schoolers who will be making their way to Tijuana, Mexico to do some building and some other kinds of ministry while they are there.
We took our two newest songs for a spin around the block tonight for the first time and we really liked how it all went. We decided to end our concert with these songs which are actually a couple of worship songs, so that the audience could sing along with us. We had the words up on the screen and people just got right up and started singing with us. It was very moving for us because we have been working on these songs for a while in development and rehearsal, and it was just a real blessing to be able to join with an actual congregation and sense that real, heartfelt worship was happening.
We received a powerful testimony from a guy at the CD table who told us that through the use of meth he'd lost his wife and family stolen money and had incredible struggles. He told us that he had been beaten by a group of people and at that time he made a promise to God that if he would allow him to live that he would go through a recovery program to get off of meth. He went into a Christian treatment program the next day and has now gained back his wonderful wife and family. During that difficult time, he said that the music of RESCUE was a real blessing to him. He wanted to make sure that he told each of us before he left. We are amazed and humbled at the ways God has used this music to be of comfort to those who are going through great difficulty.
I won't go into details, but through some difficult circumstances and just plain ol' life, we were able to support a brother tonight. I just really thank God that he has put the four of us together in this ministry. I feel very honored to serve alongside these guys and their families!
We received a powerful testimony from a guy at the CD table who told us that through the use of meth he'd lost his wife and family stolen money and had incredible struggles. He told us that he had been beaten by a group of people and at that time he made a promise to God that if he would allow him to live that he would go through a recovery program to get off of meth. He went into a Christian treatment program the next day and has now gained back his wonderful wife and family. During that difficult time, he said that the music of RESCUE was a real blessing to him. He wanted to make sure that he told each of us before he left. We are amazed and humbled at the ways God has used this music to be of comfort to those who are going through great difficulty.
I won't go into details, but through some difficult circumstances and just plain ol' life, we were able to support a brother tonight. I just really thank God that he has put the four of us together in this ministry. I feel very honored to serve alongside these guys and their families!
posted by Brian @ 11:09 PM
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Can't wait to hear some new stuff. Even if it's just "worship" songs. It's funny how we call particular songs worship songs. If they are glorifying Him, let them all be "worship songs." Hope y'all are well. Miss Ya.
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