This Weekend

I had the privilege of going back to my old stomping grounds in Abilene this weekend, where I was invited to lead worship at the Southern Hills Church. When I went to ACU as a freshman, I wasn't looking for a job necessarily. On the Sunday of the week before orientation was to start, I went to visit Southern Hills to link up with some friends who had moved here from Paris. On this particular Sunday, their Worship intern/worship leader, Jeff Goolsby who I went on to be in club with at ACU resigned. I wondered if it was for me...After all, an arrogant song leader from Podunksville could surely do as good of a job...So, I networked with a music professor at ACU who was on the worship committee and three weeks later, the gig was mine! I spent three years at SH leading worship, planning worship, coming up with the idea for HIP and introducing the concept of Garden of Prayer, both of which are now trademarks for this church, and learned a lot about ministry.
I was really empty heading into this weekend...Just drained from three weeks of extra-difficult daily activities. I questioned whether or not I was going to have the energy to pull it off this weekend. But it was so rejuvenating to be with my team, the team who started HIP with me, most of who aren't even singing now, to sit and talk with them like we haven't missed a beat. When Sunday rolled around, I was filled with energy, and from that point the Spirit took over...It was a very filling weekend.