So, I’ve spent a good chunk of this blog dedicated to the contributions and exploits of Paul Lintern. One of the coolest things about New G is that relationships are formed as we come across people who are of like mind and spirit, and Paul is of course one of those.
Another Pastor who I would put in that category is Art Speck, and his church Oasis of Love. To say that Art and his congregation are like family to New G would be a stretch at all. As a matter of fact, on the last tour that Byron and Phyllis accompanied us together in 2019, we inducted Art into New G as an honorary member.
His congregation, located in Huntingdon, PA, has converted the grounds the church owns into a giant campground fit to host any youth camp. That is where we landed just before dinner. The wonderful people there had already been slaving away to make a homemade meal of ham and beans for 52 dopey kids. Talk about love!
Setting up for our performance in their multipurpose building they have designated the “Freedom Hall” seems pretty familiar to many of us, especially the sponsors. It’s almost like setting up in a place where everyone knows you, not unlike like Wyatt Park Christian. After being off from performing for a couple of days, it was nice to be able to perform for a congregation who gets us and shares our sense of mission.
After the performance, it was off to the campground pavilion for a bonfire with marshmallows and hot dogs. We took the opportunity to do some follow-on training on how to have a successful, fun, and safe trip to New York City tomorrow.
I’ll tell you all about it coming up!
Remaining Schedule
Sing-Out – Faith United Methodist Church
Sing-Out – First Baptist Church of Plattsburg
Sing-Out – Turning Point Church of the Nazarene
Sing-Out – Oregon United Methodist Church
Sing-Out – Francis Street First United Methodist Church
Sing-Out – Huffman United Methodist Church
Sing-Out – Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church
Sing-Out – Ashland United Methodist Church
Sing-Out – Good Shepherd Gladstone
Sing-Out – Wyatt Park Christian Church
Tour Day 12 – Travel Day from Huntingdon, PA to Sandusky OH
So, we are now in Sandusky, OH prepping for our day in Cedar Point tomorrow. I am confident that I will have loads to say about that excursion. But today… not so much. We drove a lot. We went to dinner. We checked in the hotels. That’s about it. It’s just one of...
Tour Day 11 – Oasis of Love, Raystown Lake – Seven Points Amphitheater
Tour 2023 is over half-way complete boys and squirrels! It never seems real. Both singers and sponsors spend an entire year prepping for tour just to have it flit away. I honestly feel like it just started. Everyone had spent the weeks and months before tour making...
Tour Day 10 – New York, New York – Huntingdon, PA @ Oasis of Love Church
Leaving New York City is kind of a surreal experience. In the morning we were holding up traffic and dodging pedestrians trying to get our suitcases loaded on the bus, and not an hour out of the city we were flying by corn fields. The contrast was jarring. Getting off...
Tour Day 9 – Church and Sites with Bemo in NYC
There are probably quite a few of you who don’t know that I (Joseph, again) retired from the Army after 22 years. You can imagine that I have done some pretty grueling work in my day. I’ve carried very heavy rucksacks for many many miles at a time, I once went three...