I know I should try to write more, but I usually write something as they come to me. This one stuck out in my mind this morning...
As most of you know, I am a big radio and TV fan -- as evidenced by my pics and me "geeking out" over seeing the news choppers and meeting Linda Cavanaugh, Kevin Ogle et al last Saturday at Penn Square Mall and me meeting and getting a pic with Jenn Derrick from The House FM at Winter Jam but something also stuck with me. As Russ Lee from NewSong was intro'ing Jenn and Adam from The House FM and reps from Air 1 and K-Love, the thought occurred to me "They are competitors, but they aren't."
Allow me to explain...obviously Nielsen doesn't measure ratings for non-commercial stations (that includes the NPR's, community stations, etc) so stations of that type can't brag on who has the most listeners and so on. But if you look at it this way, stations like Air 1, The House/My Praise FM, K-Love, to a certain extent AFR (the music side of it, not the talk part), Way-FM, etc...even though they are reaching certain audiences, certain demographics and what not...ultimately they are presenting the Gospel in a way that some people might understand it. Sure it's one thing to teach about God's Love, but when you hear a song like "Proof of Your Love" by for King and Country and worship songs like "Oceans" or "Holy Spirit" it opens a whole lot more doors than a church ever would. And Russ alluded to it Saturday night...there were many denominations represented at Chesapeake Energy Arena, but we were all there to worship and sing praises to God and got to rock out too!!!
So yeah, those stations I mentioned may be competing for your ears, for your support...but what it all boils down to is outreach and bringing people to Jesus, even if it means using a 50,000 or 100,000 watt blowtorch of a transmitter.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Sunday, March 8, 2015
We got a real Jam going now...
I promised I would do a blog post on my great day in Oklahoma City yesterday (Saturday). And here it is...
I got to go with a group of our youth and a couple of other adults. We left sometime after 8am and arrived in OKC about 9:30a. Our first stop to kill some time was Penn Square Mall. They had a Severe Weather Awareness Expo going on (It was supposed to start at 12Noon but some people were there early) and all of the local news stations had their helicopters and everybody out (see my Instagram for the pics I took). To say I was a kid in the candy store seeing the choppers and getting to meet the people that bring you the news and weather everyday...that would give the candy store too much credit. I was geeking out!!! But not to the point that some people would get meeting their favorite Internet reviewers though.
After lunch there at the Penn Square Food Court...it was on to Chesapeake Energy Arena or as we like to sometimes call it, "ThunderDome". Since our church got tickets that allowed us to gain early entry, We didn't have to wait as long as most people...only 3 1/2 hours. What does one do when standing in line for that long? Well, my "dogs" were barking...they would bark even more as the evening progressed.
They opened the doors for us at 3:30p...and if you've seen the video I posted on my Facebook page, it felt like cattle going into the sale barn. Somewhere in that video, you did hear me moo.
Now on to the bands that played...they were awesome!!! Everyone played their hearts out. There were moments of worship, like when NewSong did their classic "Arise My Love" and went into the newer song "Oceans". To hear 18-19,000 sing "Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders"...words do not do it justice. A little later, Francesca Battistelli sang another newer worship song "Holy Spirit You are welcome here...". We had just sang that last Sunday at church so I know how powerful the song is. Again, add 18-19,000 other brothers and sisters to the mix...Words escape.
I wished my phone had more power than it had, I would have taken a few more pictures...but the pics I did get turned out pretty good. I think next year I am going to invest in a little portable phone charger.
All in all, it was a wonderful experience....one I will definitely do again. I just hope next year it won't be the night before the time change.
I got to go with a group of our youth and a couple of other adults. We left sometime after 8am and arrived in OKC about 9:30a. Our first stop to kill some time was Penn Square Mall. They had a Severe Weather Awareness Expo going on (It was supposed to start at 12Noon but some people were there early) and all of the local news stations had their helicopters and everybody out (see my Instagram for the pics I took). To say I was a kid in the candy store seeing the choppers and getting to meet the people that bring you the news and weather everyday...that would give the candy store too much credit. I was geeking out!!! But not to the point that some people would get meeting their favorite Internet reviewers though.
After lunch there at the Penn Square Food Court...it was on to Chesapeake Energy Arena or as we like to sometimes call it, "ThunderDome". Since our church got tickets that allowed us to gain early entry, We didn't have to wait as long as most people...only 3 1/2 hours. What does one do when standing in line for that long? Well, my "dogs" were barking...they would bark even more as the evening progressed.
They opened the doors for us at 3:30p...and if you've seen the video I posted on my Facebook page, it felt like cattle going into the sale barn. Somewhere in that video, you did hear me moo.
Now on to the bands that played...they were awesome!!! Everyone played their hearts out. There were moments of worship, like when NewSong did their classic "Arise My Love" and went into the newer song "Oceans". To hear 18-19,000 sing "Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders"...words do not do it justice. A little later, Francesca Battistelli sang another newer worship song "Holy Spirit You are welcome here...". We had just sang that last Sunday at church so I know how powerful the song is. Again, add 18-19,000 other brothers and sisters to the mix...Words escape.
I wished my phone had more power than it had, I would have taken a few more pictures...but the pics I did get turned out pretty good. I think next year I am going to invest in a little portable phone charger.
All in all, it was a wonderful experience....one I will definitely do again. I just hope next year it won't be the night before the time change.
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