Inside Today's Experiences - Gilbert Thurston

Now that was fun!
For those of you not with us, we recapped every series from 2009.
That’s 52 hours worth of content that we condensed into an hour’s worth of highlights.
I figured this was going to be one of those hit or miss type of things.
Luckily it was a hit…I’m not sure I’ve ever had this much feedback so soon after an Experience.
One of my big fears was whether it would translate to people who were guests.
I had one lady come up afterwards who was from North Carolina and she said the format helped it all to make sense and she was wishing she lived close so she could attend all the time.
The other cool part was the number of people who shared with me how it brought back memories to the week/series which they got saved or for some it was a reminder of when they first started attending.
I was so excited for today that I was wide awake at 5am and ready to go.
Set-up and the warm-up time were super easy today!
That’s a good thing because the tech for today was crazy.
Great job by Chris, Andy and Crissy making things happen behind the scenes exactly when they should have!
Also I’ve got to give a big thank you to the band.
In the midst of Christmas and everything else, they have spent 20+ hours at the church in the last week getting ready for and playing in Experiences.
If you haven’t thanked them in awhile for what they do, please be sure to do so soon.
In fact, I thought the standing ovation you gave them Christmas Eve after the Trans Siberian song was cool and I know they appreciated it.
Back to today…it was strange for both me and the band because we were basically doing something the entire Experience…usually it’s one or the other at a time so you get a bit of a break. Not complaining, just different.
It would be hard to post the audio online for today, but I am going to try to put together a video at some point in my “free” time.
So in the meantime take the outline from today and go through each of the application questions so you see your growth from 2009 and evaluate in what ways you need to grow in 2010.
The funniest/most painful moment of the day occurred backstage during the 2nd Experience during the 1970’s medley. Andrew wasn’t playing but was watching from the side wing. He got excited and went to do an “Elvis like” windmill with his arm, but didn’t realize I had come up and was standing behind him. When his arm came (rather hard and fast I might add) it grazed me in the face then hit me squarely in the upper chest. I t hurt but we had a quick laugh about it.
He wasn’t laughing though when he then went back on stage and dropped his guitar, breaking a part of it.
I guess that’s what God does to people who punch the pastor. :)
All in all a very good day and hopefully an inspiring look back at all that God has done in 2009.
Enjoy the pics below.

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