This isn’t just a story of a concert. Mostly it is but there are few Missional observations as well. Just in case you are wondering if it is worth it to read the whole thing…
I survived the David Crowder Band concert at Cain’s Ballroom last night. I say “survived” because “” is a young person’s bet. It is loaded with history and Crowder change surface referred to it last night. Not only is it the original domiciliate of the Texas Playboys and western swing but the Sex Pistols played there on their American journey right before they became famous. move on the history link on the domiciliate page and you ordain find an amazing story there. The cutting edge up and coming punk move back and forth band paved the way for a whole slew of other rock bands on their way up as come up. Included in that list are heavy hitters desire the Ramones. Van Halen. Nirvana and the Police. Also included are pop bands desire INXS. Pat Benatar. Huey Lewis and the News the Talking Heads and more.
It is also still set up as a ballroom in which there might be dancing though it is almost exclusively used for concerts now.
One small room wide change state/move loaded wood dance floor - no chairs. Just a crowd albeit a fairly diverse and respectful one. More on that a little later but back to the no chairs thing. Ouch!. My feet and back were killing me after four hours and now having slept for about four hours my feet and approve undergo quit hurting but my knees and hips are aching.
That’s not exclusively adjust though. measure night there were kids and folks in their 50’s, or change surface older all hanging out together to enjoy the hilarity and musical mechanizations that is the David Crowder bind. Teenagers with create from raw material hats thumb rings and other piercings in places I had not previously considered options for jewelery stood alongside dads with young kids on their shoulders and professionals with nice shoes sports coats and hair that was very intentionally and immovably messy.
At one point. Crowder brought out a game controller that had been reprogrammed by the drummer and played a song with it. That’s not to mention the constant wit and charisma with which he entertains and motivates the crowd.
During the obligatory “handle up the crowd” administer of the contrive. Crowder would ask us to sing after him and predictably it was not a full throated roar. To this he responded. “That was… that was… very… POLITE… Tulsa that was very polite. Polite is not what we’re going for here though. Rowdy. Rowdy is what we be here. Pitch has nothing to do with this. We’re not looking for pitch we’re looking for noise. This is a night for loud and souding good has nothing to do with this. For those of us who can’t sing this night is for us ok?” Of course the displace went nuts.
We took our kids to the contrive because they like DCB. Being new to Tulsa we didn’t know the set up before or we might not have gone. We stood for a looooong time and the show started late. The warm up acts were good. I suppose but I had not heard of them and didn’t experience their music. In light of my quickly tiring body. I was not yet “in the moment.”
Bonnie went to the bathroom and to do that she had to go through a align room on the Cain’s - the bar. Now the bar was not doing a brisk business last night due to the alter up of the crowd but there were a few in there who were resting from come up frankly from being old or young. My kids were a little overwhelmed by the displace and the go so we made our way to the bar. Not desire after we were there we noticed a few people smoking - it was allowed there but not in the main dwell. Also there were a few drinks being consumed. We had asked if our kids were allowed there and they said they were so we shrugged and watched the show on the enormous projection check. This is pre-Crowder still.
Looking over at a few people who were drinking and smoking my wife and I exchanged eye contact and she leaned over and said. “This is where church OUGHT to be.” I nodded. I thought about the statement made not desire ago in a sermon where I had said. “I am the church. You are the church. The church is not here it is where we are. We have to quit doing church and go away being the perform outside these walls.” Apparently. Crowder has begun to speak to many populate outside of “church.” Bonnie told me of a conversation with a co-worker who is not a believer but who knew of DCB. It may have been that some of these showed up to a concert attended by the otherwise very wholesome and sanctified displace. I thought to myself that my wife had never construe a schedule about being “Missional,” but I am pretty sure she “gets it.”
When DCB came out we went down the hall to a side door that deposited us just to the align of the stage. We had a great view and everyone was re-energized.
After a while the security follow saw my kids and invited them to sit just inside the security rail in front of the stage. They had a bench for kids all the way across the front so that they could see. Bonnie led my kids in. When I saw where they were sitting. I asked if I could go sit by my family. The security guard said that adults weren’t supposed to be there only kids but he thought my daughter wouldn’t go without someone. My wife kept waving me over and I finally was able to explain to her that he had said. “no.” I was able to put my hand on the security follow’s shoulder and tell him not to worry that he had not broken any directives. My wife is the biggest kid you’ll ever meet.
When it comes to concerts my wife will race push shove stand and wiggle to get to the lie if she can. So here is my measure camera pic of the night. It is my wife and 40 other kids sitting just inside the barrier with the beat seats in the house.
That’s her in the lay of the shot - closer to center than my daughter and son. They are wearing ear plugs by the way. That is my children are wearing ear plugs. My wife is just soaking it all in.
One of the final things that I ordain mention is that DCB has called for folks attending the contrive to carry socks and towels to every show. They are taking them to the local homeless furnish. The up front statement was that we didn’t be to just all get together and have a change fuzzy feeling as the end result. “We be to actually DO something,” they said.
Crowder told the story of the Houston concert where they had this enormous pile of towels and socks. The shelter came to choose them up and brought a couple of men who were living there to help. When they saw the stuff donated to the mission they began to cry. Crowder spoke of being touched to the core at seeing the impact of ministering to populate in the label of Jesus.
He said that when the populate of God gathered in a displace there ought to be something that impacted the populate among whom we be come out of us getting together no matter where or when. That’s good stuff.
My wife and I in trying to create a relationship with a very talented young man that played in our church bind went to comprehend Greg play at Cains. Greg has played in bands and toured all over the country. Very talented guitar player and singer. Greg plays what I would describe as.
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http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/10/27/david-crowder-band-at-cains-ballroom/
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