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Andrew Rogers

Prof. Coleman

Writing 19/16/08

Dedicate 08

Four student speakers; three online, planning meetings; two musical sets; one

purpose. All of these culminated in one night; one beautiful night during which over 100

students praised God and dedicated to him the 2008 school year. It was 4:00 pm on

Sunday, August the 24th when Nick Dunn came through the door of the apartment; where

Brennan, Derek and I sat practicing the music for the dedicate service. For months, a

core group of three people including Lydia, Nick, and me had been planning and praying

for God to work in us and through us to reach the campus of The King’s College. God

had given us the idea to put on this service for our fellow students, but so far we had been

running into problem after problem with setting up the music.

“Hey guys, I just found a drummer, and we should be able to borrow all the rest of

the sound equipment from King’s.”

Finally, good news. We had been looking, in vain, for a drummer for the past

month.

“Dude! That’s awesome!” I said back to him. “We need him to get his stuff

together over here so that we can practice.”

“Ok, let me just nail everything down with him. I’ll meet you guys on the roof at

six.”

Time passed. It was now six o’clock. We began setting up our amplifiers on the

roof of the Vogue, our chosen venue for the evening. There was a slight breeze, and the

sun was beginning to fall behind the golden spire of some seemingly distant building. I



thought that maybe everything had finally come together; then Nick arrived on the roof to

help us setup.

“I’ve got bad news guys. The guy, who I thought we could get to drum, isn’t

coming.”

It’s not that I was crushed; the show could go on without a drummer, but it just

wouldn’t be as powerful.

“We also can’t get to King’s PA system, so we’ll have to find some other way to

be loud.”

This would have been absolutely devastating, but God granted me an idea.

“What if we just ran the mics through an amp. We can use Nick’s mixer to level

everything. It won’t sound amazing, but it’s a start.”

“Yeah, that’ll work, but it really won’t sound that great,” Brennan responded.

We got busy plugging in cables, and moving amplifiers, guitars, and mic stands.

The last thing we needed to do was connect everything to the power.

“Did anyone bring the extension cords?” I asked.

“They’re right here,” Derek said.

He held them up in front of his face; the metallic prongs glittered in the setting

sun. The reflection danced mockingly around us on the ground.

“Derek, those are two prong cords, we need three prong cables for the power

strips.”

Life with God doesn’t work with two parts of the trinity alone; likewise, we

simply could not obtain power using a two prong power cable. Regardless, we had no

power.



“I’ll run out and get a new extension cord,” Nick said.

“Hurry back,” I replied, “We start at 8:15 and it’s 6:30 now.”

It was as if we were being worked against by some demonic force. We had

encountered one problem after another, but we could not give up. This dedication service

was God inspired. We were being held back by what would seem to be the smallest

things. I was stressed out, and I wondered if we would be able to pull it off. I felt God

calling me to trust in his plan, so I prayed that his will for the evening would be

accomplished.

A short time later Nick returned with an extension cord with proper credentials,

and we finished setting up. A peace set over me as the sun retreated behind the world’s

edge. People began to arrive. At first they trickled in like a stream that has almost run

dry, but then they came in waves. At 8:15 I picked up my guitar, walked up to the mic,

and God worked.

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