Married Life LIVE

Our big Married Life LIVE event was this past Saturday night @ NewPointe... and we had an AMAZING NIGHT. The marriage essential this time around was Cultivating Communication. We went with a western theme: "The Good, the Bad and The Ugly". It was so much fun! My wife, April, did the decorations for the event this time around... and she knocked it out of the park. Here are a couple of pics of some of the decorations:

We always have a great time putting this event together. It takes a lot of hard work, creativity and hundreds of volunteer hours to pull it off... but the "pay-off" for us is seeing hundreds of married couples having a great time... making new friends... and letting down their "guard" to hear God's truths about how to work at a healthy God-centered marriage. It just doesn't get any better than that.

Speaking of all of those hours of preparation... the part of the event that I get to lead is working with the MLL Band. I think we have the best team in the world to work with. The guys that we had lined up for this MLL band came out on a Tuesday night to practice the music... in the middle of our biggest blizzard yet. Roads were closed... ALL other activities at the church had been canceled... and these guys braved the weather (One team member drove all the way from Canton [45 minutes away] in the stuff) to show up for rehearsal. In spite of what was happening outside with the weather... we had one of the most FUN rehearsals ever! Here are a few pics from rehearsal:

Rodney messin' with Q's tuning


















Jeff sharing some of his musical wisdom


















Dennielle and Wes going over the vocals to "I Gotta Feeling"


















We always have a lot of fun music at MLL... and this one was no exception. We opened the event with The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling"... The throughout the night we played tunes like "Shout", "Listen To The Music", "Jive Talkin'", "Smoke On The Water" and "Kiss Me Through The Phone". We closed with a great tune called "Let My Words". Dennielle did a fantastic job with that song. Then... as the crowd was leaving... we sang a very "Roy Rogers-esque" version of "Happy Trails" complete with clip-clops. The whole night was amazing. There were 3 NewPointe original videos based on the Too Light/Too Heavy commercials. We played a couple of games with a green screen. We ate a lot of great food. Our drama team had a hilarious sketch to set up the message... and then... Kevin West shared an incredible message on ALWAYS speaking words of value into our spouse's life. POWERFUL! Our next Married Life LIVE is Saturday, October the 16th. Make plans to be there! Until then... here are a few more pics of Saturday night's event: