Inside Today's Experiences - Gilbert Thurston

Wow I just woke up from my nap…what an exhausting day.
But another great one!
Two more people prayed to receive Christ today!
Pretty smooth day.
Great to add John Nozzi to the band today and welcome back Karl Hartman on bass for a special appearance.
Things went well behind the scenes and from what I’m hearing the out front Experience was deeply meaningful.
It was a lot of fun adding the Pittsburgh Penguins jersey into the What’s NOT Hot Now category.
Thankfully we had a Pens fan willing to play along although Andy and Gayle had to drive to York yesterday to pick it up…thanks!
After trying to figure out for so long what national headline to play off of today, I’m glad I settled on the oil spill and where God is at in the midst of tragedy.
There were some things I said that I know I’ve said before but I had quite a few people today come up afterward and say how impacted they were.
Guess that just goes to show how the Holy Spirit will speak to different people and different times in just the right way.
I think the balloons will be an awesome reminder to people of God’s faithfulness for quite awhile.
Speaking of balloons…I was disappointed that some people chose to snap and squeal them throughout especially the 2nd Experience. Quite distracting but I think the message still got through.
Adam after the first Experience said to me, “I decided to go to the bathroom before having to go back on stage and when I came back everyone was crying…I was like…what in the world is going on”.
If you weren’t there and want to know why, listen to the message for the full context or just watch this video. 99 balloons.
For the full letter I referenced from Eliot’s dad from his blog last week, click here.
Had some relatives in again today to check out United.
I told Lisa that it feels like I’m dying and everyone is visiting for the last time.
One of the relatives was my aunt, Lisa Thurston. Kind of weird having a wife and an aunt with the same name.
Ask my Lisa sometime about the embarrassing Facebook mistake recently where the two were confused.
Getting ready to head to friends for dinner…another busy week up-coming…my last sermon at United is now only a week away…hope to see you there.

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