Inside Today's Experience - Gilbert Thurston

Wow what a weekend…I’m just now getting home.
Saturday night Shalom Christian Academy had their version of the prom and I ran all the tech stuff for them so it threw me off my normal Saturday schedule. I never got home until after 11PM.
Not a good thing because I was already nervous enough about today’s message.
So I got up at 7 this morning to put some last minute touches on the message.
I’m not sure I’ve ever been more nervous for a message.
It was a lot of personal stuff to share and the fact that my in-laws and parents usually listen on-line doesn’t make it any easier.
Anyway the morning started out with easy set-up other than the fact that it was stinking hot and that we noticed a pool of water had pooled outside of the Youth Room door entrance…so I got a mop and played the role janitor.
I had warned the team that we needed to cut one of the songs because the message was going to be a long one.
I thought they did a great job with the 2 new songs.
As I expected some parents did elect to take there kids out once they found out what the message was going to be about.
The parents that did let their kids stay told me they were glad they did.
I had quite a few guys tell me that when I mentioned the 48-72 hour rule they felt bad they didn’t have enough guts to stand up and cheer.
“Ah just go hug a tree.” Yet another saying that will end up on a t-shirt.
Overall everyone I talked to seemed to get a lot out of the message and many people shared it was timely in their lives or in the lives of others that were with them.
Afterwards our team had to tear down all of our equipment so they could play in the sanctuary for the missions event.
Wow that’s a lot of work…nothing a little pizza couldn’t help with though.
The team did well considering that we basically have to get set-up without much of a sound check.
Not sure how much the people attending enjoyed it…
Andy and I ran the tech side of things and it was a nightmare.
At one point one of the presenters was introducing churches and having the people stand. At the end he asked if their were any others present. Both Andy and I stood up…it’s a joke because our favorite show is LOST and some of the characters are called the Others.
By the time we got all cleaned up, it was time for CAYA…
Now everyone from CAYA is at our house and getting ready to play a game. Others are playing pool and some are playing Wii.
They’re eating all of our food, so I’m getting ready to head out to Food Lion…

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