The Church Fire That Wasn’t

Crazy morning at West Ridge today… It was Brian’s first Sunday in town since his trip to Africa, and he told an amazing story about a girl who was healed of Malaria after our team prayed for her. She and her sister had been “treated” by a witch doctor in their village, but the sister had died the week before. So the girl’s grandmother asked our team to pray for her. Well, needless to say, God won this little wrestling match.

So we showed a quick video of the prayer, and then Brian dove into his message. It was a bit of attack on Satan and how we don’t have to take on the identity that HE tries to give us.

Then, during the second service, there was a bit of a “mishap.” Packed house, right? The most people we’ve had on campus since Easter. Things are hopping.

But then things started smoking.

“Bwooooop! Bwooooop! An emergency has been reported in this building. Please evacuate immediately…”

So, in an effort to avoid a hefty fine from the Fire Marshall…oh, and to prevent potential burns, smoke inhalation, etc., we evacuated.

Brian had to shout from the stage since the audio rig automatically powers down when the alarm trips.

I was in the green room at the time… Told the band guys who were chillin’ to get on outa there, and then walked the backstage area to make sure it wasn’t something in our area. Hazer off? Check. Guitar iso room clear? Check. Lighting bars smoke/fire free? Check.

It wasn’t a fire…fortunately.

Read up on the cause and other little tidbits of our little adventure at Annette’s and Brian’s blogs.