Last night was the first United at Wofford. United is a student led ministry that is awesome. It's purpose is to bring together students for a night of worship....no affiliations, no denominations, no agenda - except to exalt Christ. It started as one person's idea and has grown into my favorite night of the week.
I lead worship there. Stu and I. My good friends Collins and Phillip are the guys who head it up (for right now...we want to see God raise up more leaders). A normal United consists of Phillip speaking for about 10 minutes, prayer, acoustic worship, more prayer, the end. Last night we decided to bring the full band and do it outside in the Pavilion at Wofford.
To give you a taste of what most people think when they hear "wofford"....last night during the sound check a dude leaned out of his window and said "excuse me, could you refrain from making so much noise?". Except add a few expletives and a rather bad attitude. I think he wanted to kill me.
Nevertheless, last night was one of the most worshipful, fun times I have ever had. Wofford kids worship because they want to not because it's cool or because they have to....it is sincere and loud. Very loud. Plus add bass, drums, guitars, djembe...it got a little rowdy. So rowdy in fact the Wofford Police tried to shut us down. It was near the end so we did a few acoustic songs (which was our plan anyway) so it was no big deal.
So whatever you think of Wofford - it being a rather dark campus, or a party school, or whatever - rest assured that God is at work big time there. There is a cool community of real Christians and it's growing. Last night was amazing. It was truly beautiful. God is at work in Spartanburg. Big things are happening and I can't believe God is letting me be a part of it.
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that is awesome & i'm so excited you get to be a part of this. i may just have to roll up there sometime & jump in to sing a song or 2 with you. i miss that!
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