Creation Fest: The Tour Journal

Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies…” John 11:25-26 - Happy Easter.

• Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11. Happy Monday! #

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11. Happy Monday!

• Gearing up for the fall 2009 tour. Artist line-up and more info to be announced shortly. #

Gearing up for the fall 2009 tour. Artist line-up and more info to be announced shortly.

friends. here we are. passed the halfway point of this tour and that is a sad, sad thought. but let’s not get ahead of ourselves! there’s still some time left. the overnight drive into fayetteville, north carolina was….wow….11 hours, emerging on a ridiculously beautiful day at the crown arena. sunshine, balmy weather and a hockey rink. the quintessential canadian breakfast.

what an incredible opportunity to be a part of this tour! the sense of community, enjoying  each and every set (that i get time to watch), bob’s intense message, executed with prose and perfection, and the chance to meet and hang with new faces. i know a lot of the blogs have touch on these points, i just can’t help but agree with them.

if you haven’t made it to a show, come out!!

thanks again for all of your prayers and hope to see you soon.

xoxo,

joel / tfk

We’ve hit the half way point of the tour and one of the coolest things that has happened so far is the relationships that are being built.  I love the fact that I am getting to know some of these younger bands.  They are an encouragement to me as well as an inspiration.  They keep us on our toes.  All of the bands are great and the music amazing, but I can honesty say that when the music fades the relationships won’t .  Bob did a tour devotional yesterday the really struck me in a powerful way.  I know that it is easy to get caught up in thinking about commitments, and that it is all about knowing about others were committed and gave their lives to Christ.  I agree that that is a huge part of why we are out here.  But what about seeing people, as well as ourselves, grow more passionately in love with Christ.  To allow the God (that is “committed” to us more than we will ever be committed to Him) to work in us, through us, and for us.  To reach out to a generation that desperately needs to know that God is committed to them.  To have a passion to dwell in His commitment.  To trust in His commitment when we are too overwhelmed.  To trust in His commitment when we are content.  To trust in His commitment when we are overjoyed.  To always trust and believe.  I have truly enjoyed being out here and am incredibly blessed by all those that have shared stories with us about how our music has touched their lives. That is like fuel on our fire to keep doing what we are doing.  Hope to see you out on the road.  Come be a part of history on the first Creation Festival: The Tour.  - Rob Beckley / Pillar

It was a great day in Pennsylvania, the leaves were turning and starting to fall, and the view from Lehigh University was amazing.  We got to see lots of good friends from creation, and a lot of the creation staff got to come out and help out with the show.  For some reason, the set up  went incredibly fast, as in hours faster then other days, don’t know how it happened but i’m sure glad it did.  Let crew relax and catch up on some rest.

The show itself went very well, right on time and once again all the bands had a very good night.  It was nice to hear some feedback from some people who attend the festivals, because they know what the real thing is like and everyone said they loved the tour.  To hear that is nice, its like a refresher for crew, makes all the hard work and long hours worth it.

Bob nailed his message again and brought more kids to the lord.  We had 30 kids go back and receive prayer and get more information about the lord.  Pastor Harry Thomas met with the 30 that came forward and got the chance to pray with them and just love on them. Hopefully we get the chance to see them again, walking with the lord.

Pray for us as we go to Elmira, NY for the next show, then the crew and bands head to New York City for 2 off days.  Thank you for your support.

The day was a little different then most because it was a sunday and we had to wait to church let out.  Kind of weird waiting for the old ladies to get out of the sanctuary so we can set up for a rock show.  But needless to say it was a great area and just a great set up. Things went very smoothly and quickly tws2.  We got to chat with some of the people that attended the church and they were just extremely happy that we could host this show at their church.  The church was super nice, it was just built and the people treated us great.

The turnout was awesome, we had a lot of kids come out to the show and just loved it.  The bands put on a great performance and you could really tell how much the people loved the show.  Thanks to everyone who helped out to make it possible.

Pray for us as we continue to travel and start to wrap up this tour.

The day was surprisingly warm for a late October day, an hour away from Canada, which was a breath of fresh air coming from the freezing temperatures in Ohio. The day started out just like any other day and then guess what? There were no injuries! Praise the lord! Set up went as planned, just a few power issues but nothing our crew couldn’t fix. We even had some time to throw the football around and ride around on our rip stick. If you don’t know what the rip stick is, go to VideoRocket.com and make sure you watch the rip stick commercial brought to you by Worth Dying For, it will make your day a little better. (click here to watch)

Once doors opened the people started to flock in, and being that it was Halloween some of them had costumes on. But I think the most memorable was our lighting designer Darien Koop had a hot dog outfit and actually ran lights with it on, it was very funny to see a hot dog run lights. We ended up having a really good turnout, 1938 to be exact, 150 of those accepting Christ and 70 who stepped forward and received prayer. It’s a beautiful thing seeing that many people come to know the Lord and actually follow through with that commitment. The show went as planned and every band nailed their sets and just put on an excellent show for Rochester, NY.

So keep us in prayer as we travel to Bethlehem, PA, back to the home state of Creation Northeast!!! Make sure you come out to see us. God bless.