This is one of a set of blog entries inspired by the 2014 tour of the Living Proof Youth Choir (LPYC) of Christ UMC in Plano, Texas. It isn’t meant to be a summary of the tour, but a set of reflections prompted by events on the trip.
Day Seven (Friday) was a play day and Day Eight (Saturday) a travel day. We spent most of Friday at Six Flags St. Louis, then travelled to Springfield, MO. We spent all of Saturday travelling from Springfield to Plano. Saturday night was the night of the tour we could spend in our own beds. The final day of tour was signing all three Sunday services in the CUMC sanctuary. I’ll write about Sunday morning in the final post of this series.
We spent Friday night with our nighttime devotional, then our traditional tribute to the seniors. Each senior chooses someone to speak to how much that senior has meant to the youth program.
Trey would allow them stay up all night if an adult stayed up all night with them. I volunteered. I learned a lot, but not anything what I’d want to share in a blog. I spent much of Saturday asleep.
Other random thoughts:
- The theme of the tour was “My Life is in Your Hands”, but Order My Steps seemed to be the song of the tour.
- One of our group pictures was photo bombed in front of Chicago’s Field Museum. Check the back row for an unfamiliar face.
- This quote kept coming to mind: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou.
- I can’t call these singing engagements concerts. I’ve been calling them “experiences.”
- “Church” is a much bigger place than just your congregation.
- I haven’t done justice to the end of the day devotionals. Within the bound of the devotional topic, it’s a free for all. A lot of fundamental issues and a lot of great questions. We might have even answered some of them.
I’m leaving the rest of the space for other people’s comments. Feel free to add a comment.
The Feral Deacon 
Thanks for writing these. I was the up all night adult too so we will have to share. I always say love blooms on choir tour.
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