It has been a privilege to hang out at church these past couple of days and watch the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia Youth Evangelism Conference. The SBCV put together a crew of college kids to organize and man the event. Worship artist Phil Wickham and his band was here, David Nasser spoke and SuperChick is loading in now.
The A/V end of things is really interesting and an incredible amount of work. There is the unloading of the tractor trailer, assembly of the equipment and instruments, the raising of a lighting truss, huge speakers to hang and miles and miles of cabling. There are sound checks, lighting adjustments, tuning, practicing and dozens of people working. It is hard work and noisy.
But what has struck me the most this afternoon is not the noise or the music, but the cooperative and respectful attitudes that I can hear from the stage below. "Hey, thanks" "Sorry about that buddy" "No problem". I've never been to a secular concert as it was being set up before. But I would be really suprised if the banter sounds like it does here today.
Who we work for affects how we do our work. So when the truck is loaded back up and our stage is reassembled for church tomorrow, and we are exhausted, it will be God that was honored.
It was a great conference, but the way it was conducted was a testimony too. Geoff was welcomed in and put to work, especially by the lighting designer. After spending three days here with the crew, I am grateful that Geoff has seen Christianity hard at work.
Did I mention it is really loud?
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I'm so glad the artists and crew represented Christ well. So cool that Geoff got to participate!!
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