Can you believe summer is nearly gone!! Where did it go?! Summer time is a funny period for the band – it all starts towards the end of May/start of June when we are playing 2 or 3 times a week at points (total mayhem) and this year we had the added pressure of trying to put on the Theatre gig (will tell u about that later). As you can imagine we were all pretty busy, but i think this year esp, it brought everyone a bit closer and I have to say I loved every minute of it!
Then after the climax and chaos of June we get off for summer break….this is the bit in the summer were everyone goes their separate ways, not on purpose but for some reason it happens every year, Mark heads to Africa, Timmy heads round Ireland, Jimbo perfects ‘wow’ and I go to camp in Sligo! So for about 6 weeks through July and August MFB are disbanded, but then brought back to reality very quickly with Xpression looming!
Every year after we have our summer break we meet together for a marathon of a practice for Xpression and every year without fail instead of being a bit rusty and awkward, God seems to give us a freshness and added momentum which blows me away. I think especially for me this year I found that I was totally wrecked coming out of 6 weeks of summer camps and suddenly thrown into Xpression and I was expecting to be dead on my feet but I think I had more energy than any other year!!
Xpression for those that don’t know is a group of 400 plus volunteers who go out into every community in Portadown, Craigavon and Richhill and show practical LOVE! We have the unbelievable privilege of leading worship each morning and this year God took all of us on an amazing journey showing his Love, Grace and Majesty. I was totally in awe of some of the young xpressioners who every morning came with only one purpose, to worship and glorify God with everything they had! The week ends with an open-air concert in the middle of Portadown where all the volunteers and people we’ve met in the community join together to worship! Kasat always have a ‘field day’, providing us this year with a Mirror Ball (disco ball) which was like the size of the moon, well not quite but was really quite impressive!!(check out the photos) It’s just bonkers when you look out into the crowd of black tshirts and our Lord is being Glorified above all others, with passion and exuberance in the middle of our town!!
Xpression was just unbelievable this year, God is so faithful, it sets us up for the next few months as we are refocused after the summer and ready for whatever God has in store!!!
Just realised I have written way too much, oops, check out the photos going up on the website and the up-coming gigs!
Peace
Matt
Hey Everyone!
Can you believe summer is nearly gone!! Where did it go?! Summer time is a funny period for the band – it all starts towards the end of May/start of June when we are playing 2 or 3 times a week at points (total mayhem) and this year we had the added pressure of trying to put on the Theatre gig (will tell u about that later). As you can imagine we were all pretty busy, but i think this year esp, it brought everyone a bit closer and I have to say I loved every minute of it!
Then after the climax and chaos of June we get off for summer break….this is the bit in the summer were everyone goes their separate ways, not on purpose but for some reason it happens every year, Mark heads to Africa, Timmy heads round Ireland, Jimbo perfects ‘wow’ and I go to camp in Sligo! So for about 6 weeks through July and August MFB are disbanded, but then brought back to reality very quickly with Xpression looming!
Every year after we have our summer break we meet together for a marathon of a practice for Xpression and every year without fail instead of being a bit rusty and awkward, God seems to give us a freshness and added momentum which blows me away. I think especially for me this year I found that I was totally wrecked coming out of 6 weeks of summer camps and suddenly thrown into Xpression and I was expecting to be dead on my feet but I think I had more energy than any other year!!
Xpression for those that don’t know is a group of 400 plus volunteers who go out into every community in Portadown, Craigavon and Richhill and show practical LOVE! We have the unbelievable privilege of leading worship each morning and this year God took all of us on an amazing journey showing his Love, Grace and Majesty. I was totally in awe of some of the young xpressioners who every morning came with only one purpose, to worship and glorify God with everything they had! The week ends with an open-air concert in the middle of Portadown where all the volunteers and people we’ve met in the community join together to worship! Kasat always have a ‘field day’, providing us this year with a Mirror Ball (disco ball) which was like the size of the moon, well not quite but was really quite impressive!!(check out the photos) It’s just bonkers when you look out into the crowd of black tshirts and our Lord is being Glorified above all others, with passion and exuberance in the middle of our town!!
Xpression was just unbelievable this year, God is so faithful, it sets us up for the next few months as we are refocused after the summer and ready for whatever God has in store!!!
Just realised I have written way too much, oops, check out the photos going up on the website and the up-coming gigs!
Peace
Matt
