Praise Night: May 24, 2008. Saturday. 6 PM - 8 PM.
"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength." Isiah 40:30-31
Praise Night (PN) was really great! There seriously has to be more PN's. I can't wait until the next one.
A decent number of people came to PN. I can't really say if the main chapel was packed, but there were certainly a lot of people. PN began at around 6 PM instead of the scheduled time of 5:30 PM. When I took a quick glance at the "crowd", I got really nervous. After the reminders and the introduction movie, we went straight into The Time Has Come. Even though I was nervous in the beginning, I eventually loosened up somewhere during the middle. I just began to sing along with the lyrics.
After praise, Peter and Sarah Park - our MCs - went up and simply hosted PN. They continued to host PN after every ministry finished their part.
PN's program went in the following order:
Praise - LCPC YG Praise Team
Sermon - 최영준 전도산님
Body Worship - Avalon's "Testify to Love"
Leader: Diana Cho
Ashley Ko, Susan Cho, Gina Yoo, Elizabeth Noh, Grace Kim, Bora Jung
Dance - Sister Act II's "Joyful, Joyful"
Leader: Areum Yun
Elizabeth Kim, Ulrica Kim, Danica Han, Dawoon Yun, Jun Hong
Music Video - Chris Tomlin's "Come Home Running"
Leader: Mark Hong
John Rim, Jonathan Rim, Diana Cho, Susan Cho, Danica Han, Ashley Ko, Gina Yoo, Suah Lee
Skit - "Refresh"
Leader: Zach Han & Jin Lee
Peter Park, Diana Cho, Sarah Park, Susan Cho, Jun Hong, Joshua Kim, Brian Kim, David Na, Gina Yoo, Joshua Cho, Mark Hong
Testimony - Geoff Moore & Steven Curtis Chapman's "Listen to Our Hearts"
Lead by: Mark & Peter
Diana Cho, Dawoon Yun, Zach Han
There was no Session 2 of praise (Jesus, You Alone and Solution) because the adults had a freakin' seminar scheduled on the same day. PN was cut short because of this.
There were also many technical difficulties (TD). Music video was going smoothly until we hit a TD - the wrong version of the song, Come Home Running. Eddy used the real song instead of the modified version that had the 11-second clip of looped sirens. Another TD was when the main chapel's projector just refused to display the skit video. Peter and Sarah had to resort to telling jokes.
Other than some TD's and the adults' seminar, PN was great. I felt really drawn into PN. Though I can't say that I've been fully refreshed, I felt very blessed after PN - and tired.
The next church event to look forward to: summer retreat. I look forward to spending a lot of time with the church, and most of all, God.