So, this past Wednesday, I went to the Hillsong United concert at the Verizon Wireless amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia. I think that "Alpharetta" is just a fancier name for "outside of Atlanta", but, whatever.

It was a great time. Normally on Wednesday nights, I'd be stuck at the church supporting the band practice. Not that I feel that my time there is wasted... but I do sit around a lot on those nights. It was a nice change of pace to not have practice and to be able to do something else fun.

I road down with Andrew (my assistant at the church), his wife Kristi, and my friend Rachelle. It was a good trip down. I passed a lot of the time by being talkative and taking boring photos with my camera... but we've all established that I often take photos as a way to remove myself from the social scene.


The concert was great. I'm not a huge Hillsong United fan, but we've done a few songs from their group at Southside for worship. I'd say out of all of the songs I heard, I only knew like 3 or 4, but it was still a jam. Or, a jam and a half, you could say.


I really didn't take that many photos during the concert. I was the only one who brought a camera... and sometimes I just enjoy where I am too much to really care about taking photos. Not that I would have had taken great photos from all the way at the back of the amphitheater... where we were sitting. Haha.

There were camera operators working the concert, which was a nice touch. I didn't really like any of the creative shots or composition for the first half of the concert, but it got better (a lot better, actually) during the second half.

Also, halfway through the concert, it started raining lightly. Then it started pouring. The cool thing was though, that even though it was pouring down rain, no one left the concert. Ok, I couldn't see anyone leaving... but maybe a few people did. Sinners. God knows you left. Just kidding. I mean, it was an amphitheater, so... of course we expected to possibly get wet, right?

There was something cool about worshiping in the rain though. I mean, it's one thing to raise a hand or arm or hands or arms in the air when you're singing to God. It was an even better experience to do that in the rain... with your entire body getting wet and your arms in the air getting hit by water and singing "In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control... Consume me from the inside out Lord!"

I left the concert with a joyful heart and thankful spirit that the God we worship can show His awesome power in so many ways. I was a little jealous that all of the band members had haircaps. And to think, I almost brought mine with me, and I didn't. The ride home was a lot of fun even though we were all pretty much soaked by that point. I enjoyed the experience and if I had to do it all again, I'm not even sure if I'd bring a poncho.

Well, maybe just a towel. But still.

Later,

Joe