Marching to a Different Drum…

A good friend of mine, Adam Hill, wrote an incredible blog about an event called Do It Big that Line 150 had last week.  It was so great I wanted to share it with you.  Please be sure to visit his site at adamchill.com to read more of what he has to say…

“it’s blogs like the one i am about to write that i wish more people would read this thing. not that i think i have something really important to say or that it will become more popular, but so that it brings awareness and attention to the things and people that need help and support. and i’m not always going to post things on facebook, because i know i get annoyed with all the notes. so i am not going to be apart of the annoyance. i hope you feel the same way. alright, good talk.

 

i’ll be the first to admit that i am somewhat of a cry baby. i can’t take it when i see other people cry, i don’t know what it is about seeing other people evoke such emotion that tears would flow that makes me cry at that said emotion. i would like to think that i am sharing that moment with them. on that note last night i had to fight tears back amongst a few hundred teenagers as i watched line 150 perform. line 150 is a drumline ministry based out of centerpoint church in tallahassee that “exists to foster the well-being of young at-risk men in Tallahassee by sharing the gospel in word and deed, establishing healthy mentoring relationships, and encouraging excellence in education…music is the means.” this ministry was started a very good friend of mine eric stites while i still worked at centerpoint and i remember when it started with 2 kids and no drums in the sweltering heat of the sun. most of the kids weren’t christians, many had kids of their own, had troubles in school, and very little family to support them. not the kind of kids you would attract to the “church” and honestly not the kind most “churches” would want around. so eric and centerpoint went to them with something to do and a interest in them and their story that they had never felt before. now there are over 30 kids i believe, who receive tutoring and mentoring and some have given their lives to christ, some haven’t, but they all have experienced change in their life for the better. this is the way ministry ought to be. the day where we create a really cool program and have a “big name” speaker and pass out a bunch of fliers and expect true change is over. those things are good for planting a seed, but it is time for us, it is time for me to go to the people who need to know christ and care for them, live life with them, love them. so last night my wife teri and i went to DO IT BIG youth rally @ leon high school (shout out to Ben, Roshad, Stuart and their team of people for putting that on AND making it attractive for all cultures and races, i’ll write about that later) to support my friend eric and line 150. as teri was crying and through the tears i was fighting back we saw right in front of us what true life change is and it was something worth rejoicing and crying over. i want to thank eric and centerpoint for starting this ministry and being an example of we all need to be doing more. for more information you can go to line150.com. support them, help them, pray for them. this is a way for all of us to march to a truly DIFFERENT drum…”

ahill

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