Concert of Hope

Last night was the Concert of Hope. First of all I am so glad that it is over. I am excited to get back to some form of normal at church. I am hoping the flaired up egos and chest pounding will be over.

The concert turned out quite nicely. I was very suprised on how many people actually turned out. Even with Mom's heavy promotion I think the idea of a Christian concert from the get go is a turn off. Mike White's testimony was riveting. It brought tears to my eyes and burned a message into my soul. He is such a wonderful speaker and I hope that his message touched others, non-believers, as much as it touched me.

Troy had yesterday off so he was able to help start setting up the gig at Farivew Park at 12:00 pm. He helped with the sound board, stage set up, and kind of a general goffer helper.

Troy in the sound tent.

Jadon Lavik was a great singer. I was disappointed though because even though he was a great singer he plays more relaxing, driving in your car in traffic, kind of music. I was hoping for something a little more up beat and something we could sing along with. I liked the idea of having a Christian artist play non-secular songs to draw people to the concert and then have Mike White have his motivational speech. I think the turn out would have been better.

Jadon Lavik and his Band

My whole part in this concert was coordinating the concessions. I booked Taco Dawgs with a recommendation from one of the other members of the church and they were a hit! I had told him that I didn't know how the turn out was going to be. Apparently we didn't disappoint because he ran out of french fries about 1/2 way through the concert. Since I had been discouraged by the planning process I stopped looking for vendors after Taco Dawg was booked. I had orginally thought it would be nice to have maybe a kettle corn vendor or a cotton candy or something of that nature. After all the miscommunication happened I threw in the towel and let it be.

Fox setting up his truck.

They had a prayer tent set up for anyone that wanted to pray with someone or who was a non-believer looking for guidance and answers. There were lots of people available to help and they set up Troy's dad's pop-up as their little headquarters. From what I heard there were some people who utilized the people there to pray with and for them and there were also people who dropped their name into the box for more information.

Prayer Tent

If there is a next year I definately hope that some things will be changed. I think that the people in charge of this event don't take me seriously. I had good ideas but they don't trust be either because I am too young or have not "proven myself" to the elders. Whatever it is I am just glad that this concert was successful from what I can tell and that it is finally over!