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Series Code: ISITE
Program Code: ISITE180002A
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00:07 Hello and welcome to iSITE. This is program #2.
00:11 It's hard to believe that we're already into this series 00:13 and hopefully you were blessed. 00:15 I KNOW you were blessed 00:16 with the sermon that Pr. John Lomacang brought to us 00:19 last night. And I think what's exciting about evangelism 00:22 is that it's bringing souls to Jesus Christ. 00:25 And what a privilege it is for us to be participating 00:27 but most importantly for you. Thank you for your prayers 00:30 and support for the ministry of 3ABN. 00:32 Now you may say "Where in the world are Greg and Jill? " 00:36 And you see some activities, you see some computers. 00:38 You see some people sitting behind us. 00:40 We are actually at the hotel where the majority of the crew 00:43 are staying - all of the crew are staying - 00:44 but the majority of the speakers are at. 00:47 And because we got so many rooms at the hotel 00:50 the hotel said: "Hey, we will give you a conference room 00:53 free of charge. " 00:54 Isn't that a blessing? Praise the Lord for that. 00:56 You know, I didn't even know that till this very moment. 00:57 Yes they did. Thank the Lord... free of charge! 01:00 What this room is is where... 01:02 boy, I don't know... command central. 01:03 So we have somebody actually sitting with us, 01:05 and we have Gary Will with us. And you are 01:09 one of our lead editors at 3ABN. 01:11 We brought Gary in along with, oh, I don't know, 01:14 there's probably what? Twenty crew members 01:16 along with the speakers here. 01:18 Now Gary... you play an important part 01:19 at 3ABN but also here. Tell us a little bit 01:22 about what's going on in this room where there's like 01:24 all this stuff going on and computer screens. 01:26 And there's a counter over here with like lenses and headphones 01:31 and microphones and batteries and stuff 01:34 I don't even know what it's called. 01:35 It is very well organized. I just want to interject that. 01:37 When I walked over there and looked at that 01:39 we've got like the masking tape and OK, this fits in this box 01:43 and this fits here. Yeah. Everything's organized! 01:45 Our crew does an incredible job. 01:47 Yes. So tell us what goes on in this room, Gary. 01:50 Well, I'm going to back up and say this is my first time 01:52 with the crew on the road - that's true - 01:54 so I'm privileged and excited to be here. 01:57 It's fun, isn't it? A lot of stuff goes on behind the scenes 01:59 that many people don't have a clue what happens. 02:01 Exactly. You miss out on so much 02:03 when you're not actually behind the scenes. Yeah, but it's fun! 02:05 It's actually a lot of fun. We have about 8 work stations 02:09 where we're actually... and crews that go out - um-hmm - 02:14 and are filming locations, interviews. 02:17 We have pastors actually doing interviews as well. 02:20 They bring those to us. All that media has to be brought in 02:24 to the system. We have ingestation 02:27 where they have to be identified. 02:30 Where they are location from; who shot them. 02:33 And then all that goes into what we call 02:36 a Jellyfish... it's a new storage system that we have. 02:38 Jellyfish! That sounds like... well that sounds like 02:40 a sea creature. So Gary, what is it? 02:42 We don't have an aquarium here... a salt-water aquarium. 02:45 Not an aquarium, no. OK. It's a server that actually 02:47 allows for multiple editors to be working at the same time. 02:51 Hmm... so that all the footage is being brought in, 02:53 so that all the footage is being brought in, put on there, 02:55 and then the editors are taking that shared storage 02:58 and creating all the production that you're seeing 03:01 that you're watching now. You go ahead. You know, I just want to 03:04 say when we did iSITE Review from London 03:06 which was a couple years ago - it was just incredible - 03:09 we heard the word Jellyfish quite a bit. 03:12 I remember someone would be editing and some else need to do 03:15 audio to it or needed for fix something 03:17 or add the name "supers" and we couldn't do it 03:20 because we'd say "Jellyfish. " You have to wait till the 03:22 first person finishes till the second person can do it. 03:25 But here we can have multiple editors working simultaneously 03:28 on the same project. Absolutely! We can have 03:31 an editor actually cutting and an editor doing color correction 03:35 and then an audio engineer coming and doing the audio 03:38 all at the same time simultaneously. 03:40 That saves a lot of time. A lot of time, yes! 03:43 So in other words what he's saying is that 03:44 so you're going to see - and you have seen - some of the 03:47 cell phone footage that the pastors did last night. 03:50 So all that footage has to go somewhere. 03:53 So that comes here to this edit suite, this conference room 03:56 at the hotel. Goes to Gary and others that are here 03:58 to the Jellyfish like we mentioned. 04:00 There's a lot of media manage- ment which Ralph is in charge of 04:03 that. Gary: you're working right with him along those lines. 04:06 Yeah, we're developing a work flow and a naming convention 04:08 because a lot of the editing work is finding the footage. 04:12 That's true. And so it has to be labeled correctly. 04:15 And so we're working on work flow for that 04:17 so the editors can quickly get what they want... 04:20 and what they need. 04:21 And I know earlier this week you and others were 04:23 working on some of the backgrounds, 04:25 working on tweaking some of the opens. 04:28 We're getting some drone footage. 04:30 You hear about those little... helicopters is what they are. 04:34 Most people know them as quad copters, yeah. 04:37 So a lot goes on here in this room. 04:39 Absolutely, It's neat, I think, Gary, to be actually 04:43 a part of this, isn't it? You know, the whole ministry 04:46 of 3ABN. I know you and your family have moved to Illinois 04:50 and then like you said this is your first trip 04:51 to be out on the road. But I think there's something exciting 04:54 about being a part of God's work. Amen. 04:57 It does something... there's a purpose in life. 05:00 Yeah, coming into this team is actually almost like joining 05:03 a family. Everyone here: God has brought together - 05:07 that's right - persons of talent. We all seem to blend 05:11 together; we complement each other. True! 05:13 What one person doesn't know the other one seems to 05:15 be able to know. And what the amazing thing about it is 05:18 it's not about the individual. 05:21 And what's so cool about that is that's actually refreshing 05:24 because then when something good happens 05:27 it's not me who did it... it's God in us. 05:30 Each of us collectively to make this happen. 05:33 Amen; yeah. That's really true. It's an incredible thing. 05:36 And we have ourselves a great team. 05:37 You know, I just think about Brad, and Arody, and Tyler. 05:41 And Dalton's right here behind the camera I'm looking at 05:43 right now. Each one doing the filming and working with that 05:47 and then our incredible crew here editing and putting it 05:50 together and so forth. Thank the Lord! 05:52 It takes a lot of technical knowledge, creativity - Yes! 05:54 organization, and they were talking about the table 05:58 over here with all the tape and everything. 05:59 Yes. One of our guys took the initiative - 06:02 that's the magic - and just put it all together. 06:04 And you can't miss, you know, where things go 06:07 and how it was organized. It's just a beautiful set-up. 06:11 Yeah, I think what's neat, too: there's so much talent 06:13 in this room and then of course the crew that's working at the 06:17 church. But it's just... I don't know, for me it's 06:20 just incredible how God has brought each person here, 06:22 Gary, to 3ABN to do the work for Him 06:25 and to help spread the gospel around the world. 06:27 But it's fun, too, because a lot of long hours go into 06:31 all these productions. 06:32 And you know, I can't think really of anybody except maybe 06:35 early in the morning I might say: "How're you doing? " 06:36 They're like: "Well... it's morning. " 06:38 But you know, there's still a smile right behind that as well. 06:40 And I just appreciate the attitude that each one of the 06:42 crew members - that's right - bring to this team. 06:44 And it's fun to work for the Lord Jesus Christ. 06:46 Amen! And thank you so much for your work here, Gary, 06:49 and for each one. And right now I know 06:52 the crew had a chance to go talk to Larry McLucas. 06:55 We had mentioned on last night's program 06:58 how that some of the crew members drove out. 07:00 And I know that Larry had a flat tire on the way 07:02 and I think... Do we still have that tire? 07:05 We DO have the tire, and we're going to go to that interview 07:08 with J. D. Quinn and Larry McLucas, 07:11 And he's going to tell us an ex- citing story about what happened 07:14 to him on his trip here to Phoenix, Arizona. 07:18 And you and I are going to go... We're going to grab Tim Parton. 07:21 He's in the hotel here and we're going to go and 07:23 we might even get to hear him play the piano. 07:26 Oh, I think we will. And we might get to see him play 07:28 the piano. So let's go to the interview right now 07:30 with J. D. and Larry McLucas. 07:34 Good morning from Phoenix, Arizona. 07:37 Many ask if God is still in the miracle-working business. 07:40 Boy, what a story Larry's going to tell us! 07:42 Larry's known as the cowboy around here even though 07:45 he's from Maine... but that's all right. 07:47 But Larry's been volunteering here at 3ABN for 17-1/2 years 07:51 so he knows his way around the block. 07:53 But he's going from southern Illinois to Phoenix. 07:56 Tell us something miraculous that happened that God 07:58 indeed was in charge. He certainly was! 08:01 I was coming up route 60 and I got into these mountains - 08:03 and really steep mountains - 08:06 two-way traffic, very like a snake... the road. 08:09 And I come around the corner. There's a snow blizzard going on 08:12 and these rocks come down off the side of the mountain. 08:14 I try to swerve around it. 08:16 Missed it with the van which was heavily loaded. 08:19 I was towing a car behind which was also heavily loaded. 08:22 But it caught the tire on the dolly. 08:25 And as you can see right down here 08:27 it just barely caught the tire and then hit the rim. 08:30 And there was a big explosion like and it made the whole thing 08:33 jump sideways. God provided a place right around the corner 08:37 for me to change the tire. So in a snow blizzard 08:39 I changed that tire and then headed on down. 08:41 Let me ask you a question: I guess all the equipment 08:44 worked perfectly? Well, everything but the jack. 08:46 The jack was made for a car; it wouldn't work on the dolly. 08:49 So I jacked it up part way. 08:51 Had to stick a rock underneath... let it down... 08:53 then move the jack in another position 08:54 because the jack kept popping out. 08:56 Move in another position: do the same thing. 08:58 And on the third time I got it high enough 09:00 to get the spare tire on. 09:01 So God provided everything I needed; 09:03 He kept me safe; and I just praise God. 09:06 Semi-truck behind me, these kind of things scared me. 09:09 And I was just going down the mountain praising the Lord. 09:12 But the good thing is the good news is 09:14 if you live long enough God gives you the skills 09:16 to be able to assist us whenever we need. 09:19 But this is indeed a miracle. 09:20 It certainly is. Because I mean if you'd have been 09:22 one minute earlier you'd have probably missed this 09:25 or one minute later, but everything just happened 09:28 so that we could share this testimony of the power and the 09:31 greatness of our Lord Jesus Christ. 09:33 And the thing: when I had to swerve out 09:35 I had to swerve out into oncoming traffic 09:38 and I couldn't see around the corner. 09:39 So I'm trying to get back before I have a head-on 09:42 with somebody coming down the mountain. 09:44 So yes, God was with me every step of the way. 09:46 Wow! Well, all I know 09:49 Larry is that you certainly are a blessed man. 09:51 And as you can tell Larry's quite a talker. 09:55 And so the Lord's going to keep you around so that you 09:59 can keep sharing the good message. Amen. 10:01 I just want to take a short minute here 10:04 and I just want to thank God. 10:06 Before we ever started this project we've been praying 10:09 for the last six months that this will be a success. 10:12 And not only from an evangelistic standpoint 10:14 but that everybody would get here safely. 10:17 I mean, this is a lot of people that's involved. 10:19 This is really a big project. 10:22 But God is a mighty, mighty, mighty... the biggest God 10:25 that there is. And so I just want to take another 10:29 opportunity, Larry, if it's all right with you 10:31 that we'll just say a prayer of thanksgiving. 10:33 All right? Father, as we take this time 10:37 we just come to You in the name of Jesus 10:39 and we just want to thank you for Your being with us, 10:42 dear Father. Not only in the tiny, tiny things, Lord, 10:44 but the big things like a big stone coming down 10:47 a mountain that was never expected. 10:49 And here the highways are slick... they're not just dry 10:52 so that we can just go along. 10:54 But Father, You were there and Father, You equipped Larry 10:57 so that he could take care of this situation. 10:59 That he wasn't hurt; that someone else wasn't hurt. 11:02 That he was able to - by himself - 11:05 put all this stuff back together 11:07 and Father, then find his way into Phoenix 11:10 so that we could start this project on time. 11:13 Again, Father, we just want to thank you. 11:15 We want to thank you, Lord, for being with each one of us. 11:17 And I just ask, Lord, as it comes upon people's hearts 11:21 that they allow the Holy Spirit to work in them 11:23 and that they will lift us up in prayer 11:25 because, Father, this is about You and it's not about us. Amen! 11:28 We just love You and we thank you 11:30 and we ask this in the precious name of Jesus, 11:32 Amen. Amen! 11:34 I might say one more time 11:36 from Phoenix, Arizona, this is Cowboy McLucas 11:40 and Little Jimmy Quinn. God bless. Bye-bye. 11:48 Here we are standing in front of the Paradise Valley SDA church 11:53 with one of the members of the church, and I'll have him 11:56 introduce himself. I got to know him as Dave Nelson, 11:59 but they have made wonderful preparation... not just for the 12:02 adults of the community but for the children that come 12:06 to this evangelistic series. 12:07 Dave, so good to have you here. 12:09 Oh, it's good to be here. 12:10 Matter of fact, it's good to be here with you I should say. 12:13 Tell us what impact or what part you're going to 12:16 fulfill in this upcoming evangelistic series. 12:19 We have a program set up for the children 12:23 that is focused on creation. 12:25 OK. And we have several of our Sabbath School rooms 12:28 decorated to follow the days of creation. 12:34 We'll do some activities related to that. 12:36 We also have constructed a cave 12:39 wherein the children will enter into this cave. 12:42 They're really fascinated by something like a cave 12:46 where there's a video that will talk more about creation. 12:49 OK. So there is an ample program for them to 12:54 fill their curiosity and their ideas about what our 13:00 God has done for them. OK. 13:01 And so while the adults are being 13:03 furnished with the Word of God 13:05 Dave Nelson and a team of workers - 13:07 a team of workers, yes - 13:09 are going to be sharing with the young people 13:12 those things that God has prepared for them. 13:14 Because the gospel is not just for adults. 13:16 No... no. You know, the Bible says: "Allow the children 13:18 to come to Me for of such is the kingdom of heaven. " 13:21 And, you know, we have done many things 13:23 for the children here at Paradise Valley. 13:25 And we are just thrilled when we see the children 13:29 respond to worship experiences for them. 13:33 The opportunity to participate in 13:36 the adult worship service and to have programs that 13:39 are really oriented to their understanding 13:42 and their development of what they know God to be. 13:47 Amen. Well Dave, thank you so much. 13:49 We're looking forward to not only bringing adults to the 13:52 knowledge of God's saving grace 13:54 but also sharing with the children... who are not just 13:56 the church of the future but in many cases 13:58 the church of today. That's... amen! Amen! 14:02 So for those of you who are tuning in from night to night 14:05 this is Pastor John Lomacang, director of world evangelism 14:08 for 3ABN. Pray for us as we go forth 14:11 humbly under the power of the Almighty God 14:13 to do the work that He has called us to do. 14:16 Amen. 14:18 Thank you Pastor John and Dave Nelson. 14:21 We appreciate the work that the Paradise Valley church is 14:23 doing with the young people for the whole event 14:25 as a whole, but also the other churches as well. 14:28 Each one is working so very hard to make this campaign 14:32 a success for Jesus Christ. 14:34 And children are an important part to an evangelistic campaign 14:38 so we appreciate their hard work. I like the little cave 14:40 also. Hopefully some time we'll get a shot of that 14:42 that they made for these young people to go inside. 14:44 It's like a little cave and they have like a little fake fire 14:47 on the inside. One has a creation scene. 14:49 It's really exciting. 14:50 And then before that we had J. D. Quinn 14:53 and Larry McLucas - Cowboy McLucas and Little Jimmy Quinn. 14:56 That was cute. I thought that was kind of cute. Yeah, that's 14:58 true. And his safety coming out here. One thing that Larry 15:01 didn't mention is that actually it was in the middle of the 15:04 night... well, not quite the middle of the night. 15:06 It was dark, so he was there changing the tire 15:07 in the snow beside the freeway 15:09 in the dark. But praise the Lord for his protection. 15:12 And he's a full-time volunteer, Larry is. He is! 15:14 So we just praise the Lord for him. 15:15 So we're outside, aren't we? The hotel, and we have Tim Parton. 15:18 Yes! We just ran into you, Tim. You did! I stepped outside 15:21 to get some fresh air and here you were. So I thought 15:24 "Well put me in there. " Beautiful outside, isn't it? 15:27 It is beautiful, and you know I've been sleeping with my 15:29 window open and getting some of that fresh air. 15:32 And it's just really nice. I hear a lot of the traffic 15:35 all night. I don't know where people are going all night 15:38 but they're going somewhere. That's right. So it's important 15:41 to get a good night's rest so we can be refreshed 15:43 spiritually for these meetings. 15:45 I remember at a time when I was calling out song numbers 15:50 when I was leading worship - yes - and I was calling them out 15:53 wrong and the pastor mentioned that I must not have gotten 15:57 a good night's rest... So rest is important, isn't it Tim? 15:59 Rest is very important. That's right. So we're excited about 16:01 getting good sleep so we can have good services. Amen. 16:03 Amen... absolutely. It's a blessing. 16:05 Most of us are all in the same hotel here. 16:07 And just to be able to pray together, to be able to eat 16:09 breakfast together and share together before splitting 16:12 off and going to our different churches: that's a wonderful 16:14 blessing. Well right now we mentioned before that 16:18 we're hoping maybe you can play the piano. 16:20 Well... sure. There's no piano here yet. No. 16:22 There's no piano here so we thought maybe... 16:24 Oh, you think we can find a piano? Oh I'm sure, look: 16:27 I know we will. We're in Phoenix; we're going to 16:29 go find a piano and hopefully you can play for us. 16:31 Right now we're going to hear from John Dinzey. 16:38 We're standing here with Luke Skelton, 16:41 managing director for Good News TV, 16:43 and we're in the Central Valley Spanish church 16:46 where God is blessing in a mighty way. 16:48 A church that has two church services every Saturday. 16:52 It's amazing what God is doing! 16:53 And you are the managing director for Good News TV. 16:57 Tell us briefly about Good News TV 16:59 and what area it covers. 17:01 OK. Well, John, it's great to share with you a little bit 17:04 about Good News TV. We broadcast 24 hours a day 17:07 seven days a week just like 3ABN. Praise God! 17:10 And we have both an English and a Spanish channel 17:13 which we praise the Lord for. 17:14 And it's been broadcasting in the Phoenix area since 2009. 17:20 Praise God! And so about nine years 17:21 both English and Spanish. And we have expanded since then 17:25 into about 90% of the state of Arizona 17:28 including Prescott, Payson, Flagstaff, Yuma, 17:31 Tucson, and the Verde Valley area. 17:34 So covering about 90% of the population. 17:37 So that's basically in a nut- shell what Good News TV is. 17:41 We broadcast about... the majority content 17:45 is coming from 3ABN and then we have content 17:48 coming from other sources and it's been a blessing 17:52 to actually have this local ministry and to be partnering 17:55 with 3ABN in so many different ways. 17:57 Well praise the Lord. It's amazing what God is doing 18:01 since 2009, and more channels have been added because 18:05 God is using Good News TV to bring people into His kingdom. 18:08 Praise God! Now, here in the Central Valley Spanish church 18:13 you have your truck here and camera and equipment. 18:17 What's going on? What's going on with the recording here 18:19 because we are broadcasting one day delay. 18:21 What happens to that recording? 18:23 Well basically we have... As we talked to you before 18:28 this whole thing started we had this vision that 18:31 we knew that 3ABN was coming here - 18:34 you know - with five different locations: 18:36 four of them being English, one of them being this site 18:39 where we are right here with yourself. 18:41 And the idea was that: "Well, we're going to be broadcasting 18:44 on Good News TV throughout Arizona on the English channel 18:47 for all these programs we would love to be able to 18:50 do that on a Spanish channel as well. " Praise God! 18:52 And that's basically been our vision. 18:55 And so we're excited to be standing here together. 18:59 We're excited to be working together. 19:00 And we have all of our lights in here... cameras. 19:04 And our staff and our volunteers have been working tirelessly 19:07 in preparation for this. 19:09 And now we're excited that we're actually in the midst 19:12 of inviting our viewers to come 19:15 and actually producing this to be able to broadcast on both 19:18 3ABN Latino, Good News TV Latino... simultaneously. 19:23 Well, amen. And TV is in a good place 19:26 because we know people need the Lord. 19:28 How do we know that? Because some equipment has been stolen 19:30 in the past. And so every night as a precaution 19:34 you take the cameras down and put them away. 19:37 Also there is somebody that stays in the church 19:40 during the night. So we need to preach the gospel 19:43 to these people so they can stop doing things like that. 19:45 And we praise the Lord for what He is doing. 19:47 Do you have any particular needs for Good News TV 19:50 that you would like to bring to our viewers 19:52 and the local people to see if they can support 19:54 Good News TV to keep going, keep preaching the gospel? 19:57 Well, I really appreciate you asking, John. 20:00 And I do want to before I mention that 20:02 just say that, you know, we are so thankful to be 20:05 partnering and thankful for the viewers of 3ABN 20:09 that have been supportive to bring the whole 3ABN crew 20:13 out here to Phoenix, Arizona. We are honored 20:16 to have you here as the Pathway to Life series 20:20 is going on. And what we need here is prayer. 20:25 And, you know, we have one full-time staff person; 20:29 we always need more funding to help in this whole process. 20:34 And so between prayers and financial support 20:38 that really is a huge blessing. 20:41 Amen and praise the Lord. And I myself as 20:44 one of the speakers here in the Central Valley Spanish church 20:46 I need your prayers so that the Lord will continue to use me 20:49 and also the other speakers. You talk about Pr. C. A. Murray, 20:53 Shelley Quinn, Pastor Kenny Shelton, 20:56 Pr. John Lomacang. All preach- ing; all need your prayers. 20:59 Thank you so much. God continue to bless you. 21:05 Thank you so much John Dinzey. What a great report 21:07 from the Phoenix Central Spanish SDA church - Amen! 21:10 there with Luke Skelton. We're so thankful for Luke Skelton - 21:13 We are! and the partnership with Good News TV. 21:16 They air a great deal of 3ABN programming 21:18 and in addition they are broad- casting John Dinzey's series 21:21 in Spanish. Well... we're ob- viously not there at the church; 21:24 we're not at the hotel. We have come northeast 21:27 out of Phoenix here with Tim Parton. 21:29 That's where you found me, right? I was out wandering 21:32 through the desert. We had a great van ride here. 21:34 We did! That was a lot of fun. 21:37 We're at... where are we, sweetheart? 21:39 We're at a really special place because it involves music, Tim. 21:41 And it's MIM which stands for Musical Instrument Museum. 21:46 I got it right! MIM here in Phoenix. 21:48 It's a great place. It really is. I'm ready to go inside. 21:49 I can't wait; I'm excited about doing that. 21:51 But first of all, I've noticed we're standing here 21:53 in the sun. I hope you all wore your sunscreen 21:55 because I hear that Phoenix... I haven't. 21:58 Well, you might want to check into that. Am I turning red? 22:00 Not yet. OK. You may want to pace yourself out here. 22:03 I hear Phoenix actually like 85% of the daylight 22:08 is sunshine here. It has more sun than any major metropolitan 22:13 area in the United States. I didn't know that. So... yeah. 22:16 So that's very interesting. So you may want to 22:18 douse yourself. Don't want to mess up your pretty complexion. 22:23 So in other words, if we continue to stay in the sun 22:25 by the time this evangelistic series is done 22:27 which is in about 2-1/2 weeks 22:29 we'll be what? A shade darker, a little more tan. 22:31 You might be... yes. Or red and peeling. 22:32 Right! That'd be more my case: red and peeling. 22:35 But anyway it's beautiful sun and it's a wonderful place 22:39 if you love nature. If you love cactus, cacti, 22:42 it's a great place to be. 22:45 Beautiful... even in the desert. I love it. 22:48 It is. I love it, and we're standing in front of this museum 22:50 which is music. What an incredible gift, Tim: music is. 22:54 You know, I think it's a gift from God. 22:55 And music reaches the heart in a way that the spoken word cannot. 22:59 Right. Music has been supremely influential in my life. 23:02 I grew up in a singing family. 23:04 We had a piano... When I was born there was a piano 23:07 that my parents had purchased for my sister 23:09 and she didn't take a liking to it. 23:11 And I felt obligated so I just climbed up on the bench 23:14 and started playing. My dad played the guitar. 23:16 My mom played the bass guitar. 23:19 And so instruments have just been around the house. 23:22 So I'm excited to go in here and check out what they've got. 23:25 I hear great things about it. What is it? Like 15,000 23:28 instruments? That's right, I think over 15,000 23:31 instruments from over 200 countries in the world. 23:34 Right. That's really incredible. 23:35 So let's go inside. We know that there's a piano inside 'cause 23:38 we met a nice lady named Heidi that oversees the marketing here 23:40 at this facility, this museum. So there's a piano you can play, 23:43 Tim. Let's go inside - let's do it - and play a song. 23:45 I'm ready! OK. Great place to be, isn't it? 23:48 It really is! This is an amazing facility. 23:50 What a great building here in the beautiful atmosphere 23:53 of the desert all of a sudden there's this big building 23:55 I know - full of musical instruments - with over 23:57 15,000 instruments here. Isn't it amazing? From over 23:59 200 countries they brought in. This museum was founded in 2010 24:04 so it's fairly new, but you think about all the countries 24:07 represented in all the musical instruments. 24:09 And Tim, I know last night over the montage 24:11 you played The Flight of the Bumble Bee. 24:14 Yeah! This is pretty incredible! And there's a piano here 24:16 that they would let us play. What? Where did that come from? 24:18 And would you be willing to play? Well yeah... I'd be glad 24:20 to play. All right! How about you get your fingers 24:22 moving on the keys? OK... well this is great. 24:24 Music is universal and this is a fun, fun song. All right! 26:19 Oh my goodness! Thank you, Tim! 26:25 I want to say a special thanks to the Musical Instrument Museum 26:30 of Phoenix. Their piano... what a blessing! 26:32 Yes... Steinway: what a great instrument! 26:34 Amen! Yeah. And what a great opportunity music provides. 26:38 You know? A way of ministering to others. Right. 26:41 Music is vital. That's right. In our services we use music 26:44 to welcome in the Holy Spirit and to prepare 26:48 our hearts for the message 26:49 which is what we're doing during this Camp Meeting time, 26:53 this time of services. The service here is incredible, 26:55 isn't it? Yeah! And music... I remember 26:58 in church as a kid - yes - 26:59 when music was just the fun part to me. 27:03 It was exciting... nothing like that to get our hearts 27:06 excited about the Word. So excited to be a part of that. 27:10 Amen! So how's the preparation going? 27:12 I know we're almost ready to close and go to the meeting, 27:14 but how is the preparation going with all the different musical 27:17 artists? You know, it's a delight to work with the 27:19 different churches, the dif- ferent musicians in the church. 27:21 God blesses our churches with people who love to sing, 27:25 who are gifted, and Phoenix is no different. 27:28 We have a wonderful opportunity to work with the music ministers 27:33 and the singers from the church, so I include us all. 27:36 We put us all in to sing, and we're even going to have 27:39 a choir - yes - and I believe Stephanie Dawn. 27:42 And then the gentleman from California. 27:44 And then several of the people from the churches themselves 27:48 will be singing. That's right. Mary Norman and Jackie Battistone 27:51 and there's others... so... You're so good with names. 27:54 Yes, she does a good job, that's for sure. 27:56 I don't even know my own... but anyway, this is good. 27:59 We're excited. Amen. Thank you so much, Tim. 28:01 Right now we've got to get ready and we've got to head back 28:03 down to the church 'cause they're just about 28:05 ready to begin the second night here, second series 28:08 with Pastor John Lomacang, so we're going to jump in the car 28:11 and head back and we'll see you there. Amen. |
Revised 2018-05-16