August 30, 20092:18 pm
In my last post I told you I would write more about this later. Well later has come so here you go.
Northern California misses out on a lot of great tours. There exists a great collection of extremely talented artist who simply cannot afford to venture this way very often. Whether it is a lack of fan base or just the expense of touring it doesn’t really matter. The point is that they don’t play out here. A friend of mine, who is a huge fan of music has decided to do something about it. He contacted Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn and started discussing the possibility of them playing a show for the good people of Northern California. After a lot of learning and a lot of work, the concert was last Friday and a huge success. Jill Phillips and Andy Gullahorn were absolutely amazing and I loved seeing them in concert.
So, thanks for all the people who took the time to start the cultivation of the music scene in Northern California. Hopefully this was the fist of many shows in our area.
August 28, 200912:35 pm
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to lead worship for a small church in Auburn, Ca. The church leaders decided that every summer they would give their worship leaders the time off to rest and actually have a sabbath. Replacing those leaders they bring in a new guest group every Sunday. The entire congregation was excited to have us there and hopefully they had a great time of worship. As a side note, one of the pastors was from England and sounded very much like Turkish from Snatch. The deal was sealed when he said, “boxer.”
On Monday, with the same group from Sunday, I lead worship for The Gathering Inn, a homeless ministry that provides homeless people with dinner and a place to sleep. Churches in the area partner with The Gathering Inn and provide the organization with funds to keep the operation going as well as once a month they host the homeless shelter. It is a great way for a Churches to come together and provide for the homeless in the area. Along with dinner and a bed the people are led in a time of worship, given a brief devotional, watch movies, receive gift cards, plus whatever else the church wishes to provide. These people are truly appreciative that we came and gave of our time to lead this in a time of worship. Some people I could tell truly loved the Lord and it was a blessing to be there with them.
I will also be on the worship team at Bridgeway Christian Church this weekend which meant practice last night (Thursday), Saturday service, and Sunday service. It is a large time commitment but I know it is more of a commitment from Colette than me. I love this opportunity and would do it every week. I am especially excited about this week as I am playing with a small group (five) of guys who are extremely gifted and all around awesome. Five may not seem small but the team consists of Lead guitar/vocals, 2 percussionist, bass, and electric guitar/keys/vocals. Musically it will be awesome, hopefully the worship will be just as good.
And Lastly, tonight (friday) I am going to see Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips and The Music Room. There will be a post about this later because I think it is awesome what my friends are doing. All three groups/artists are amazing and this show promises to be a great time.
