Yesterday I went to the Pecksville Assembly of God in Blakely, PA, with Chrissy to go see the God's Not Dead Tour concert. The bands featured during this concert included Anthem Lights, Abandon, The City Harmonic, and The Newsboys. There was also a speaker, Bob Lenz, and we learned about different organizations including
Compassion International and
I Am Second. We were blessed with very good seats when the usher misunderstood what our tickets said and placed us in the second row right next to the stage. It wasn't until later that I realized that we weren't in the correct section, but I viewed it as like getting bumped up to first class from economy class on an airplane.
The first two bands to play were Anthem Lights and Abandon. We determined that Anthem Lights was the Christian version of a boy band, but they were still very entertaining. Abandon was also quite good and apparently they are from Texas. I was super excited to see The City Harmonic perform. They played "It Feels Like Home," "Yours," "Mountaintop," and "Manifesto." I think "Manifesto" was my favorite of their performances because I love the piano section, along with the fact that they sing the Lord's Prayer towards the end of the song.
Following The City Harmonic, Bob Lenz spoke. He was very entertaining, especially when he joked about if they made Bambi Part 3: Bambi Kills Thumper. The point of his message was about how we all have a purpose in life, even when it seems like people don't want us or appreciate us. Also, no matter what our past circumstances, if we accept Jesus into our hearts and repent, we will be forgiven. His slogan was, "If the world says no way, we say Yahweh." This was followed by a brief 15 minute intermission before The Newsboys. During intermission, I browsed the Compassion International table, along with the merchandise from the bands performing.
We were a little late getting back to our seats, so Chrissy and I had to crawl across the row of chairs since everybody was on their feet for The Newsboys. They put on a really good show, playing both old and new songs. The lead singer joked that we should sway back in forth during one song and then said it looked like a gospel choir in a land of white people. He also spoke about growing up in D.C. the youngest of 9 to a preacher who apparently took the command "to be fruitful and multiply" very seriously (his words, not mine). They closed with the song "God's Not Dead," which was quite fitting given the name of their tour, which I don't believe should be considered a world tour, considering all of the cities visited were in the United States, except for one trip into Canada.
After the concert, we browsed the tables for another brief couple of minutes. I bought a small The City Harmonic poster so that I could have the band sign it and Chrissy also got my picture with the band. All in all it was a good night of music that we followed up with a trip to Perkins for some french toast before going home. If you'd like to see some of the concert, click the link for
God's Not Dead Tour.
The first two bands to play were Anthem Lights and Abandon. We determined that Anthem Lights was the Christian version of a boy band, but they were still very entertaining. Abandon was also quite good and apparently they are from Texas. I was super excited to see The City Harmonic perform. They played "It Feels Like Home," "Yours," "Mountaintop," and "Manifesto." I think "Manifesto" was my favorite of their performances because I love the piano section, along with the fact that they sing the Lord's Prayer towards the end of the song.
Following The City Harmonic, Bob Lenz spoke. He was very entertaining, especially when he joked about if they made Bambi Part 3: Bambi Kills Thumper. The point of his message was about how we all have a purpose in life, even when it seems like people don't want us or appreciate us. Also, no matter what our past circumstances, if we accept Jesus into our hearts and repent, we will be forgiven. His slogan was, "If the world says no way, we say Yahweh." This was followed by a brief 15 minute intermission before The Newsboys. During intermission, I browsed the Compassion International table, along with the merchandise from the bands performing.
We were a little late getting back to our seats, so Chrissy and I had to crawl across the row of chairs since everybody was on their feet for The Newsboys. They put on a really good show, playing both old and new songs. The lead singer joked that we should sway back in forth during one song and then said it looked like a gospel choir in a land of white people. He also spoke about growing up in D.C. the youngest of 9 to a preacher who apparently took the command "to be fruitful and multiply" very seriously (his words, not mine). They closed with the song "God's Not Dead," which was quite fitting given the name of their tour, which I don't believe should be considered a world tour, considering all of the cities visited were in the United States, except for one trip into Canada.
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