Church at Highland

This morning Holly and I (and the kids) went to church at Highland in Abilene and it was a great experience. Brandon Scott Thomas and the Zoe Group lead worship and sang many of our favorite songs (Blessed Be Your Name may be one of the greatest worship songs ever). Mike Cope preached on the importance of community, and then did something really moving. He had all the families involved in the wreck come on stage and then had 2 of the kids talk about the importance of community to them. Then Mike's wife Dianne, spoke briefly about how important it was as a mother to know that there were people there tending to her son while she was on her way to the accident site. Apparently they had invited several people who were the first on the accident scene and offered help to the kids, because there were 4 or 5 couples from other towns in Texas and New Mexico there at the service, and Mike had then come up on the stage. Then he invited a bunch of the emergency workers (police, fire, ambulance, helicopter pilot) to come up on the stage. Mike tried to thank them, but couldn't get the words out, so he had one of the elders come up and finish his words for him. I don't think there was a dry eye in the place. The church just stood up and applauded. It was an amazing scene! A great reminder of how important community is, especially in a time of need.