Erin Nowak
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Relationship Status
In A Relationship
Highschool
Atherton High School
College
Morehead State University
Interests
theatre, christian music, advertising
Favorite Music
Relient K, Switchfoot, Jeremy Camp, Considering Lily, Michael Buble, Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson, Jaci Velasquez, Plus One, True Vibe
Favorite Movies
Runaway Bride, Napoleon Dynamite
Other Websites
www.chrisnowak.org/erin
Youth Rally
November 12 2006
342 Players had an youth rally in Flemingsburg, KY last night and I attended. We were only scheduled to perform two skits, however, these skits were two hours apart. Therefore, we had to wait for two hours for the next one to start. Because we were already there, they asked us to be counselors for kids who probably had never heard of Jesus Christ before. Well once the service started, we were already late by like 10 before the first band was done. This signaled a very off schedule for the rest of the evening.
Well the first skit, which I was not in, started off very rough. The kids would not be quiet so it was started four times. After that, the message was spoken. Now remember, this was for middle schoolers, the message was about how everyone was going to hell if they didn't accept Jesus Christ right then and turn their life around. The guy kept saying the same thing over and over and went over his allotted time by like 20 minutes. Then there was an invitation for like at least 30 minutes. Now, the preacher was crying and calling out other kids that were crying and telling them they needed to talk to a counselor. The problem with that is that many kids who came back were just scared they were going to hell. They didn't know anything about God or Jesus or anything...it was all about going to hell and they were terrified.
By the time this was over, they had an intermission but it was already like 2.5 hours into the rally and the second half hadn't started. Allie and I were just waiting to do our skit when the second half started. However, the organizer came over and said they were cutting our skit that was only about 3 minutes and went on next. So Marla, our fearless leader, decided we should leave, so we did. Afterwards, I was told that the organizer came back and apologized to the BCM for coming so far and not getting to do everything.
So basically, Allie and I didn't get to do our skit and all of us attending were not very happy at the way it was run. We sat for about 2.5 hours after the first skit for nothing. Granted, a few of the couselors really got a good talk with some of the kids but overall this rally was a bust.
I was really disappointed.
Well the first skit, which I was not in, started off very rough. The kids would not be quiet so it was started four times. After that, the message was spoken. Now remember, this was for middle schoolers, the message was about how everyone was going to hell if they didn't accept Jesus Christ right then and turn their life around. The guy kept saying the same thing over and over and went over his allotted time by like 20 minutes. Then there was an invitation for like at least 30 minutes. Now, the preacher was crying and calling out other kids that were crying and telling them they needed to talk to a counselor. The problem with that is that many kids who came back were just scared they were going to hell. They didn't know anything about God or Jesus or anything...it was all about going to hell and they were terrified.
By the time this was over, they had an intermission but it was already like 2.5 hours into the rally and the second half hadn't started. Allie and I were just waiting to do our skit when the second half started. However, the organizer came over and said they were cutting our skit that was only about 3 minutes and went on next. So Marla, our fearless leader, decided we should leave, so we did. Afterwards, I was told that the organizer came back and apologized to the BCM for coming so far and not getting to do everything.
So basically, Allie and I didn't get to do our skit and all of us attending were not very happy at the way it was run. We sat for about 2.5 hours after the first skit for nothing. Granted, a few of the couselors really got a good talk with some of the kids but overall this rally was a bust.
I was really disappointed.
