I am eternally grateful for the amazing musicians God has put at New Life Church. In so many ways, they’re the unsung heroes of our church. It might seem weird to call them the “unsung heroes”, first because “unsung” is a funny word for people who sing, but also because we generally don’t think of people on stage as people who don’t receive honor for what they do.
But the truth is, their music has been behind so many intimate moments of worship that no one will ever hear about. And I can’t tell you the number of people who have said, “At the beginning, I just kept going to New Life because the music was awesome, but then pretty soon I got plugged in to the community, and God really started working on my heart.”
The crazy thing is, our band will never know how many secret, intimate moments of worship they were involved in. They will never know how many people wouldn’t have given God a chance if it weren’t for that glimmer of holy worship they heard in the music and saw in the musicians on stage. And for that reason, they are unsung. What they do is on stage is very public and often acknowledged, but what happens in individual hearts as a result is less known. Yet it is of infinite worth. So I wanted to introduce you, my blog audience, to these heroes via pictures taken at this year’s GCMC’s Christmas conference, Ignite 2009.
Karen O.
Andrew
Dave, Christia, and Brandon
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thanks for the mention! thank you to ben, brian, and brad who were rockin it out at ignite too!
Steph’s response to Andrew’s picture: “Such a Lion…”
SEE, SEE ANDREW MAST! OTHER PEOPLE THINK IT TOO. They just don’t write as many comment cards as me
Yes! Our musicians are a tremendous blessing, and the band is certainly a reason I’m involved on campus. I don’t remember a single sermon from my first semester; I do remember pictures of Shah’s kids and singing “Take it all” at the top of my lungs with Laura Gallagher. Good times.