a few days ago, i finally got a hold of my dad's cousin. as it turns out, he's kinda the youth director at his church. which happens to be a church my family has attended for decent spurts of time in my past. i approached him with my plans for -SSS- shows & he said that he could get the annex for me anytime i need to use it. what a blessing! i get super nervous when discussing this awesome new adventure, so i was kinda shakey as i talked to him & his wife about it. but they were sooo supportive! guess i'm not the only one who recognizes the need for a ministry like this in our town. he also added that he's trying to find local churches that would be willing to work together & if the pastors get together for a meeting, he would let me know so i can attend & present my idea to them. it would be great to get in on something like that! hopefully, that would get the word out & i'd make more contacts wanting to work with me... i was super excited, as well as more strongly motivated, after talking to my (distant) cousin & his wife!
keep this ministry in prayer! i don't want it to take a backseat to less important things.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
-SSS- shows coming soon!
this ministry has been in the works for about a year now & i'm finally doing something to get going with it! my previous post has the full story if you're interested in the background details. here's an explanation of what -SSS- shows is all about...
(-) i will be organizing Christian concerts for the youth of Harlingen as well as the surrounding areas. my "target audience" will be anybody in the age range of 13-30 in Harlingen. all shows will be held in Harlingen unless requested in nearby towns such as San Benito, Rio Hondo, La Feria, etc. also, they will be "all ages" shows as everybody is welcome. entire families are encouraged to come out & enjoy the shows together.
(-) my goal is to work with many youth groups in the Harlingen churches to bring them fun shows & introduce them to some amazing Christian bands. i hope to be able to minister to the youth in my area by sharing God-glorifying music.
(-) another major goal is to help out the Christian music scene in this area grow. most of the musicians that come down to the Valley only play in the McAllen area which makes it difficult for those of us in the Brownsville-Harlingen area to attend. the jr high & high school kids who don't drive can't make it to shows that are an hour's drive away. and for those of us who are older & can drive ourselves, it's not always practical to make the trip just to see a concert. vehicular maintenance isnt cheap. we have to pay for gas & be sure our rides are in safe condition for the trip. and not to mention the loss of time due to travel. by bringing good shows to Harlingen, more young people in this area are able to attend.
(-) the bands i will be supporting are those who aren't super well-known. i just can't afford to bring in the big names like tobyMac (although i would really love to some day!) for now, i'd like to focus on Texas bands. i'm starting out with those local to the Valley, Corpus, San Antonio & will most definitely be getting some bands i know that are from the Dallas area. (i used to live up there & still consider those bands local to me) since most of the bands i plan to work with are smaller, i will do whatever i can to help them out when they come down. if they need a place to crash, food to eat, help with merch tables, setting up/tearing down, pretty much anything, i'm will to help however i can & hope that i can find others in the area that will also help where they can.
currently, i'm trying to set up my first show for spring break. aiming for either Monday or Tuesday evening. i will post details as soon as something is set in stone. blog updates will be posted as soon as possible so keep an eye out!
**please note that "Harlingen" also includes Combes & Primera**
(-) i will be organizing Christian concerts for the youth of Harlingen as well as the surrounding areas. my "target audience" will be anybody in the age range of 13-30 in Harlingen. all shows will be held in Harlingen unless requested in nearby towns such as San Benito, Rio Hondo, La Feria, etc. also, they will be "all ages" shows as everybody is welcome. entire families are encouraged to come out & enjoy the shows together.
(-) my goal is to work with many youth groups in the Harlingen churches to bring them fun shows & introduce them to some amazing Christian bands. i hope to be able to minister to the youth in my area by sharing God-glorifying music.
(-) another major goal is to help out the Christian music scene in this area grow. most of the musicians that come down to the Valley only play in the McAllen area which makes it difficult for those of us in the Brownsville-Harlingen area to attend. the jr high & high school kids who don't drive can't make it to shows that are an hour's drive away. and for those of us who are older & can drive ourselves, it's not always practical to make the trip just to see a concert. vehicular maintenance isnt cheap. we have to pay for gas & be sure our rides are in safe condition for the trip. and not to mention the loss of time due to travel. by bringing good shows to Harlingen, more young people in this area are able to attend.
(-) the bands i will be supporting are those who aren't super well-known. i just can't afford to bring in the big names like tobyMac (although i would really love to some day!) for now, i'd like to focus on Texas bands. i'm starting out with those local to the Valley, Corpus, San Antonio & will most definitely be getting some bands i know that are from the Dallas area. (i used to live up there & still consider those bands local to me) since most of the bands i plan to work with are smaller, i will do whatever i can to help them out when they come down. if they need a place to crash, food to eat, help with merch tables, setting up/tearing down, pretty much anything, i'm will to help however i can & hope that i can find others in the area that will also help where they can.
currently, i'm trying to set up my first show for spring break. aiming for either Monday or Tuesday evening. i will post details as soon as something is set in stone. blog updates will be posted as soon as possible so keep an eye out!
**please note that "Harlingen" also includes Combes & Primera**
the birth of -SSS- shows
i guess the seed was planted when i was living in Dallas & met this amazing young lady named Damaris. she is a chick i was able to get along with from the beginning! (which, for me, is kind of a big deal) her outgoing, friendly nature drew me in & i feel so blessed to have her friendship. she told me about how she & her friends were named the Diehards. then she kinda explained what they do, how they try to bridge the gap between bands & their fans. it sparked my interest. it made me think that's something i'd love to do! if only i wasn't so shy...
in May of 2008, i moved back home with my parents in Harlingen & my thoughts of diehard-ing diminished. for a while, i was in a bit of a funk. it was like i'd hit a plateau. then i had the opportunity to travel to Houston for Winter Wonder Slam 2008! (early December) i was so excited! it was supposed to be an amazing, life-changing experience for me, but it didn't happen the way i'd hoped. don't get me wrong now, the concert itself was amazing! even got autographs from Family Force 5. but other than the concert, the rest of the trip was basically a major let down.
about 3 months later, (March 2009) the Keep Breathing Tour came down to the Valley (Mission, to be exact). i was excited because i would get to see Philmont... live! that was the only band (of 4) that i was familiar with so i had to go check them out. my cousin went with me & we had a blast. after that experience, i decided i wanted to bring them back down to the Valley but to my neck of the woods. for a few days after that show, i was talking about how much i'd absolutely love to bring bands down to Harlingen, not only so i could go to the shows, but so i could share them with the kids in my areas. since i was in school at that time, this was all just a dream - something nice to think about doing some day - but it was never an actual plan to do anything.
skip ahead to January 2010. i saw a tweet by my good friend Damaris that some friends of hers, Outside the Camp, would be traveling down to McAllen for a concert. i decided that if i could get some house work done & convince my parents to let me go to McAllen on a Saturday night by myself, i would go to support the band. that morning, i see another tweet by Damaris that she was in town with the band! i was so excited at the prospect of getting to see her after so long! to my surprise, it didn't take any convincing at all for my parents to let me go. it was a great show & even better because Damaris was there... i was higher than a kite that night!
the next day, i was talking to my parents about the night & without me saying anything my dad suggested i become sort of a music promoter. maybe he remembers all my talking from last year. but it was so uplifting to get his unsolicited "go-ahead" on this thing. we talk a LOT about it with no opposition from my mother & the fire in me was reignited. he said i shouldn't wait & to really get going on this thing, so i am. as of this week, i'm celebrating the birth of -SSS- shows!
in May of 2008, i moved back home with my parents in Harlingen & my thoughts of diehard-ing diminished. for a while, i was in a bit of a funk. it was like i'd hit a plateau. then i had the opportunity to travel to Houston for Winter Wonder Slam 2008! (early December) i was so excited! it was supposed to be an amazing, life-changing experience for me, but it didn't happen the way i'd hoped. don't get me wrong now, the concert itself was amazing! even got autographs from Family Force 5. but other than the concert, the rest of the trip was basically a major let down.
about 3 months later, (March 2009) the Keep Breathing Tour came down to the Valley (Mission, to be exact). i was excited because i would get to see Philmont... live! that was the only band (of 4) that i was familiar with so i had to go check them out. my cousin went with me & we had a blast. after that experience, i decided i wanted to bring them back down to the Valley but to my neck of the woods. for a few days after that show, i was talking about how much i'd absolutely love to bring bands down to Harlingen, not only so i could go to the shows, but so i could share them with the kids in my areas. since i was in school at that time, this was all just a dream - something nice to think about doing some day - but it was never an actual plan to do anything.
skip ahead to January 2010. i saw a tweet by my good friend Damaris that some friends of hers, Outside the Camp, would be traveling down to McAllen for a concert. i decided that if i could get some house work done & convince my parents to let me go to McAllen on a Saturday night by myself, i would go to support the band. that morning, i see another tweet by Damaris that she was in town with the band! i was so excited at the prospect of getting to see her after so long! to my surprise, it didn't take any convincing at all for my parents to let me go. it was a great show & even better because Damaris was there... i was higher than a kite that night!
the next day, i was talking to my parents about the night & without me saying anything my dad suggested i become sort of a music promoter. maybe he remembers all my talking from last year. but it was so uplifting to get his unsolicited "go-ahead" on this thing. we talk a LOT about it with no opposition from my mother & the fire in me was reignited. he said i shouldn't wait & to really get going on this thing, so i am. as of this week, i'm celebrating the birth of -SSS- shows!
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