| Band turns stones
to soup....
By Chris Friedrich
I am part of a contemporary Christian band ("Catch") in
Richmond, Va. here is
a sort of "soup from a stone" story about faith, humility, and
the mystery of God's plan:
Our lead singer, Rebecca, met two overseas missionaries who were home on
furlough. They met at a small prayer group meeting of her church.
There
was, at some point, a brief discussion how costly it is to sustain a
missionary effort.
At our next practice, we decided that we could put on a concert and try to
raise money for them. At the time, it seemed like an enormous task.
We needed so many details worked out. But, since we were working with God,
things all started to fall in place. Our drummers' son also is in a
band ("Last One Standing"), and they decided to play also.
Someone volunteered to create a promo poster. Rebecca donated her back
yard as the site. Another gentleman volunteered to build a stage. We
arranged for electricity, which was in the form of a portable generator.
Piece by piece, what seemed like too much for us to accomplish was turning
out just fine.
To get to the final point: We seemed to have a small turnout, maybe 50
people, which included band family and lots of children. I went home
thinking the whole thing was a beautiful affair, but a shame that we
didn't have a good turnout. Guess what? Around $1000.00 was donated!
I was truly astounded.
I think stone soup is my favorite flavor.
Chris Friedrich
2200 Greenfield Drive
Richmond, VA 23235
Age: 38
Married, two kids (Clay, 11, Alaina, 9) and one on the way (affectionately
named Scooter at the moment, since the little critter keeps kicking
my
wife in the kidneys day and night!)
Band web page: www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Tower/7718
God bless you all for taking a contemporary tack toward evangelization.
We make quasi-regular appearances at the local juvenile maximum-security
lock
up. these kids are coming from Godless homes, and their religion is
a
poisonous cup of mass-media hype and hogwash. We're hoping a touch
of
modern music with the message of Jesus will antidote that poison.
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