Having the chance to worship God always blesses me, and getting to worship with my Heritage family is special. But being there on Easter Sunday was EXTRA special this year.
More than 1,500 souls came together to honor our Lord and celebrate his gift, our savior, and it was a Spirit-filled time of praise.
On a much less important note, we were glitch-free through two services in spite of the (literal) drama and multiple videos. Now we know how many A/V techs it takes to run an Easter service: all of us!
Still, with all three of us in the sound booth, I knew we were still down a man. As is the case whenever I'm in the booth, I really missed
my friend. It's been 3 1/2 months since he ran "the board" for the last time, but I can feel his presence in that spot more than any other. Still.
During that Easter service, as I sat on the left side of the booth for a change, something caught my attention. At first I thought my eyes were fooling me, but it was there. In the sheet music files, one label didn't have room for the full song title, "Come, Now Is the Time to Worship." Instead, it says,
"Come Now Is The Tim"
Now THAT made me smile! And I just thought it was only in my imagination that I was seeing Tim in the booth! I still struggled to get through the day without letting my grief overwhelm me, but like I said on Facebook:
"This year more than ever, I need to celebrate Christ’s victory over death. Even though we struggle with our grief, mourning those who have passed from this life, we KNOW that death doesn’t win. Easter gives us a special day to shout to all the world: 'He lives, and so can we!' I thank God that our celebration doesn’t have to end when the bunnies and baskets get put away."
Thank you, Father, for Jesus. Thank you for life after death. And thank you for the life of Tim Head.
After school on Friday, we picked up our traditional picnic-in-the-park food (Popeye's) and found ourselves a good spot.
We explored the crafts area for a bit before settling in for some tunes. Many more people filled the parking lot by the time the band took the stage.
The guys don't look all that much like the Fab Four, but they sound SO much like them. It was uncanny! The "Paul" guy was a real sound-twin.
It was unbelievably pleasant that evening! We had been afraid we might get rained out.
At different times during the concert, people would get up to dance. One lady in particular was REALLY feeling it.
And to think, no alcohol was permitted at the site!
The encore, "Twist and Shout," really revved up the crowd. We were sad to see the concert end.
What a fun night! Now that we know how good these guys are, we'll be looking for our next opportunity to catch their show!
