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Habitual or Unique?
Pulling up in our car, we head inside to meet our hosts, chat a little in introduction, then begin the equipment haul. Each music event differs yet has similarities that threaten habituality. A few weeks ago we had the distinct pleasure of revisiting Morwell Family Church. There's something resoundingly special about meeting up with the same lovely people again and having the opportunity to once again worship together.
Then last week we visited the Haddon Church of Christ for the first time and experienced one of the most spiritually and emotionally uplifting concerts. There are moments of encouragement that happen while we are on the road and we had those at both Morwell and Haddon. It's such a pleasure to see people actively worshipping God as we sing and speak. Our prayer is always that God will be exalted and uplifted above everything else. When we hear a testimony that this has happened, it fills us with joy. These are the moments that force a break from what could become habitual and make each experience unique instead.
To end off we wanted to share the testimony/recommendation that the Pastor from Haddon shared with us:
"What a night. We hosted Eric & Monique, singer/songwriter “musicianaries” for an hour or so of the most beautiful, spiritually impactful gospel music I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. Eric & Monique's music is based squarely on scripture and is so very glorifying to God. It was such a spiritually impactful evening of praise and worship, every song exalting the Lord Jesus Christ. Eric & Monique will bless your church and encourage God’s people with their transparent honesty and genuine praise of our beautiful Saviour. As a pastor of a conservative, evangelical church I unhesitatingly commend them to you."
- Neil Davies, Haddon Church of Christ
What's in a Day
East Camberwell Baptist Church
We're back at it! It's amazing how exciting it can be after a small break to anticipate the first music event of the year. We visited East Camberwell Baptist Church and Glen Huntly SDA Church over the last week and it was amazing to get back into it. God really blessed on both occasions and helped us to once again experience the joy of sharing Him through word & song.
Glen Huntly SDA Church
Touring, for us, comes usually in three different ways. Each are vastly different. The long stretch; On-the-road touring for between 2 weeks to 3 months! The short weekender; On-the-road for just a weekend and a couple of events. The home tour; staying at home, but doing events around the local city and state. At the moment we are in the middle of a home tour of morning events. To show you guys what a typical morning looks like I'll outline below what happened for us. Each day is a little different, depending on the church's denomination, start time and drive time.
- Day before - Pack the car with our music and sound gear.
- 5:30am - Wake up & get ready.
- 6:30am - Leave to drive into Melbourne.
- 8am - Arrive at the church of the day. Get to know the wonderful person who opened the church up for our set up and sound check.
- 8:10am - Unpack the car. Set up the sound equipment. Soundcheck. Set up information and CD interest table.
- 9:15am - Chat with the church's audio-visual team. Organise PowerPoint.
- 9:40am - Attend the church's Bible study time.
- 10:45am - Talk to the service co-ordinator about last minute details.
- 10:50am - Quick toilet break (Let's be real).
- 10:55am - Prayer.
- 11am - Church service starts with the preliminaries organised by the church.
- 11:25am - Get up and present the Message through word & song.
- 12:05pm - Church announces and collects love offering. Final Prayer.
- 12:10pm - Get to know people. Awesome conversations. Hot drinks and snacks. Church treasurer gives us a packet with the love offering.
- 1pm - Begin to pack up our music and sound equipment while chatting with new friends. Pack the car.
- 1:30pm - Begin the drive home eating the snacks we prepared earlier for lunch. Veggie sticks, corn chips and Hummus! Chatting heaps about the different conversations we had and people we met.
- 3pm - Arrive home. Decide to unpack the car later and to take nap!
So that's a little bit of a look into a home tour event day. As I said before, it differs slightly with different denominations, drive times and start times. but we love each and every one!
Tour Vlogs
Touring is a bombardment of the senses. So much happens while on tour that it is easy to have information overload and forget the amazing moments that happen. That is why we are aiming to keep a tour vlog. We tried it out on our last tour and we hope that it will be a way to record the memorable moments, testimonies, and just general cool stuff that can happen while on the road. We would love to hear your feedback and if you have any comments or suggestions, fire away in the comments below.