The cool people I get to minister with

For the past seven years I’ve been involved in our student ministry as one of the “worship band guys”. Basically, every year I get the amazing privilege of helping to equip high school students to lead worship.

In December I began to feel strongly that this should be my last year of doing this particular ministry. God is calling me to something else, although I’m not sure what. But I also feel called to finish out the year with the current band I am working with – so I’m still doing this thing through August.

I must say, I have been enjoying this year immensely! Every band has been special, but I’m not sure if I could pick a group I’d rather finish strong with than this one. The pictures of these fabulous five are below – I took these at our recent flag football HSABSFFBCS “bowl games” – so it was a bit of a looser and crazier time than our usual Sunday morning worship services (hence the team t-shirts, face-paint, etc), but it still was worship! I also threw in a few pics of a recent band party.

These kiddos are precious to me – they are all very talented, but – most importantly to me – they all are growing in their relationship to God and all have great hearts. These pics represent the fun, but behind these are untold hours of hard work in getting ready to bring a fitting gift of worship to our Lord. I love these students, and I’m blessed to get to work with them and play with them. What a privilege.

Some pics (my apologies to those of you with dial-up and lower resolutions – let me know if this messes up the page too much for you and I’ll adjust ;-):

Update: I have made these a single, rather than a double, column of pics. Will be a longer post but now the site won’t spill off the right side of the browser for those with lower resolutions.


Kelso (you’re an angel, K 🙂


Mego, belting it out (this girl can sing!)


Megan and Kelsey singing “Hey” on “Undignified


Hallelujah!


BALDERDASH!


Love you guys! (oh – the guy with the beard
is Brad Brogden, who also works with the band –
and he’s an amazing musician in his own right)


Joey, amazing drummer, rocking out


Gabe – always having a great time


Kevo – an amazing guitarist


Big Gabe, “taking the bassline for a walk” – heh


Kelso, Mego and Joey
(Megan held that look on her face for a good thirty
seconds while I fiddled with my camera – heh)

11 thoughts on “The cool people I get to minister with

  1. awww mr bill youre like the coolest guy ever. im so glad to have gotten the chance to work with you for the past 2 years its been so super duper cool. you took an average joe such as myself and pushed me/showed me the importance in doing what i need to be doing…and thats worshipping God with what ive been given. im gonna miss all the orders and dictatorship as far as the band goes next year for sure. seriously 🙂

  2. mr. bill is my hero, end of story. you know this 🙂

    i have been incredibly blessed to be able to even know you, let alone be mentored, taught, befriended, and loved so much by you. you are absolutely incredible.

    jr. high band rocks like no other!

  3. This band is awesome!!!

    As the JH dude, there isn’t a group of students I’d rather team with (along with excellent PPNT Brit, Sound Peeps AJ & Ash, and video Linds & Ben) to pull off 249 every single weekend.

    What a blessing the band is to me and the students. Bill – your obedience and faith never cease to amaze me.

  4. I still hate you all…

    …totally just kidding!!! I promise! You guys in the band have been the greatest blessing to me, especially you, Mr. Bill. You’ve shown me what it means to be a true man of God, despite all the trouble we put you through in the band and the daily frustrations of life you face. I thank God for the influence you’ve had on me so much.

    Joey

  5. and also, those are the best pics ever! i got the last one of the band party crew as the background on my laptop, yea yea! you are all awesome!

  6. THESE PHOTOS ARE TOO GOOD FOR WORDS!!…i can’t believe that this year is almost over.. but man has it been the time of my life. i feel so bless to have been given such an amazing opportunity and such wonderful people to share it with. LOVE you all.. or maybe id be better off saying… LIKE YOU!!

    Megan!

  7. Heh – we all LIKE you too, Mego! 🙂

    I’m so proud of you – and, though the year is ending soon, there is still a lot of time for us to go even further and deeper into the plans God has for us

    You did so well this morning in Big Church – amazing! It was so good to see you do so well on a song that was a half-step out of your comfort zone. That made my day!

    love ya! 🙂

    b

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