Day 7 – Matthews United Methodist and Black Bear Jamboree!

I’m really tired so I’m going to try and make this as short and informative as possible.

This morning Eagle’s Wings sang at 2 of the 3 morning worship services at Matthews United Methodist Church
and Hearts In Puppetry performed ‘God Shack’ at all 3 services! Our timing was really neat because MUMC’s youth group was heading out on a mission trip to Tennessee this morning as we were coming in to help lead worship. So we got to show our stuff off a little for their 350+ youth group which was pretty cool!

Peter Leo, pictured here with his wife Laura and daughters Erin & Madeline recently moved to Matthews, NC to be the Director of Music and Arts Worship at MUMC. He previously worked for Good Shepherd in Naperville, IL! You may remember him from a joint choral concert back in April of 2008 that he and Lynn Panosh collaborated on. He was an excellent host and we thank Pete and the rest of the good people at MUMC for being such wonderful host homes for our group and for just being super hospitable in general! They rock!

After MUMC we drove to Pigeon Forge, TN where we are currently chillin’ in a hotel for the night. We watched The Sandlot on the bus and all had a good laugh. That movie is seriously a must see if you haven’t already! Little boys and their neighborhood baseball shenannigans! What could be better?!?!?! Once we made it to Pigeon Forge we We saw the Black Bear jamboree Show and Dinner. It was a super fun show and they even called kid’s up on stage at the beginning! There are pictures of this event in the below slideshow. We ate food and watched a show which consisted of showtunes from the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. They also sang some country songs, some Chris Tomlin and some patriotic songs!

That’s really all I have for today… I’m falling asleep as I’m writing this so I need to stop now. We still have two more days!

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