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A year since releasing their third studio project, Until We Have Faces, RED continues to make their presence known, hitting the road on back-to-back headlining tours. Also, for the first time RED toured across Europe making stops in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Ukraine. With career record sales nearing one million, two GRAMMY nominations, five GMA Dove Awards, two Top 10 Active Rock singles, three Top 10 Mainstream Rock singles and 10 consecutive No. 1 hits at Christian radio, RED has solidified their place in music history.
RED is comprised of Michael Barnes (vocals), Anthony Armstrong (guitar) Randy Armstrong (bass) and Joe Rickard (drums). I spoke with Anthony about their European travels, their music and baseball. You guys are currently co-headlining with P.O.D. Were you a fan of them when you were younger? Oh yeah! We all loved that Satellite record when it came out. It’s great to hang out with them on tour. Brian Welch’s band Love & Death is with us as well, so it’s kind of surreal to be hanging out with these guys on our tour. P.O.D. approached us about
the tour and they wanted to coheadline with us. They felt they had been out of the spotlight for a while and we were the up-and-comers, so it made sense to share the stage like that. This is the third tour we have done with Brian. You just wrapped an extensive tour of Europe! Did you get to have any fun and see some sights? We played 10 countries in 14 days! There were a few days we got to town early enough we could get out and see some things. What would you say was your favorite
place to visit on this trip?
Europe lately. Are they becoming more accepting of our music in Europe or does it just seem that way? I’d say Russia actually. We played all I think that it has been that way for over Europe and flew from Switzer- a while. When American bands hit land to Moscow. Moscow and St. their scene they seem more widely Petersburg were my favorite. Noaccepted. European fans just aren’t body speaks English, but everyone as jaded as American fans. We have knew every word to every song we so much at our disposal here with played! We had never been there music choices. They really apprecibefore, so we even played a lot of our ate it over there in a different way. old stuff so they would get a good mix of our songs. They knew them I saw you took a tour of the PRS Guitar all! We had a barricade collapse in factory. Do you feel like you were in 5th Moscow because the crowd got too grade again on a field trip? crazy and we had to stop the show for a bit. It was wild. Yeah man! I started with PRS five A lot of our bands have been playing in years ago and went to the factory
back then to pick out my first guitar. I wanted to bring the other guys in the band to check it out. The company has really grown. During the recession they laid off a lot of people, but now they have expanded their facility and hired everyone back. They have a lot of new stuff coming out and I actually got to see my next guitar in the process of being made, so that was really cool. We got to meet Paul Reed Smith for the first time as well so that was pretty exciting. There is a picture on our twitter! Tell me about your song, Not Alone. Continued Next Page >>>
It’s such a simple concept, and you know, after it’s written you realize how many people have songs with the same title and same message. It’s about our belief that regardless of how bad things are there is someone that has been through the same things. We put our own spin on it to make it stand out from the others like it. When we were doing the video for this song we asked our fans to write a letter about how the song has helped them with things they are struggling with. We asked them to hold the letter up over their face where it could be read, but the person could not be recognized. It
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kind of went with the theme of the album titled, Until We Have Faces. You can relate to the story regardless of who it was. We had stories about people dealing with suicide, and a lot of people serving in the military had powerful stories as well. It was a special project to be a part of. What’s the secret to differentiate you and your twin brother Randy? It’s really no secret, Randy has earrings and I don’t. That is the easiest way to tell us apart.
You recently made a visit to Camden Yards in Baltimore to catch and Orioles game as a guest of first baseman, Chris Davis. How did you guys get hooked up with him? Chris Davis is a fan of the band and invited us to come to a game. They played some of our music in the stadium that night, it was pretty crazy. Most of the guys in the band played baseball as kids. I played for 15 years! I still follow the Pittsburgh Pirates a bit because we are from Pennsylvania and watched Andy Van Slyke, Bobby Bonilla and
all those guys when we were kids. Three of the four of us in the band are jocks. Michael never really got into sports. He played little league with us, but that was it. You guys have been friends a long time then? Since third grade. If you weren’t in a band what would you be doing? Well, my bother Randy and I thought we would take basketball as far as we could. He walked on to
the Penn State team his first year. I got jaded with basketball pretty fast. After Michael Jordan left the league I didn’t care anymore! I played volleyball all four years at Penn State. Music is such a part of what we know and what we do, I’m not sure what I would be doing. Maybe I would be a scout for sports. Did you guys go to Christian music festivals when you were a kid? We went to Creation Festival every year! Since seventh grade we went for 12 years straight! I loved the music. We were brat kids going to
youth group at church because it was the thing to do. We came to the festival and had an experience like none other. Our parents made us go to church, but we had a short attention span and didn’t really get it. We came to the festival and the musical experience was just overwhelming and cool. That’s really where it all started for us writing music and being a band. Learn more about RED at:
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ver the past 11 years, Chris Greenwood has been better known as Manafest to his scores of fans around the world. In 2006, Manafest released Glory from which the rock anthem “Impossible,” featuring Thousand Foot Krutch’s Trevor McNevan, became a global hit. Most recently Manafest released his fifth studio album, Fighter. I spoke with Manafest about his international success, skating and a new book he has been working on.
I grew up in Toronto and didn’t move to America until a year ago. I’ve traveled here extensively, but always went home to Canada. I have a lot of friends in California, and the weather is nice obviously. California really made sense.
new to us. We stopped in Beijing and Shanghai. It’s funny, we are playing in clubs and bars over there. It’s a great opportunity to play our music in these venues and connect with the people there. We have built some great relationships in our time there. It’s really exciting.
You just came home from a trip through China and Japan. How How did you get so popular over did that go? there? You are almost as big as David Hasselhoff! It was great! Every time we wonder if it will be our last opportu- Ha! I don’t know about that! nity to go, but this was our fourth There is an A&R guy at EMI I know you are from Canada, trip to Japan. We shot a music that really grabbed onto my muhow long have you lived in the video there for Fighter and I got sic and thought it would work. United States? to skate a lot. China was totally What Japan typically does with
international music is import a little bit and see how it does, and if it sells they import a little more and if it builds momentum they will put marketing behind it and have a domestic release of the album. That is what happened to me. It’s an honor to keep going back.
raw, cold fish! It’s one thing to know you are trying something new, because you are prepared mentally, but when it’s a surprise it’s totally different! He basically spit it out on me. It was hilarious! I’m really picky, so I’m not going to try any kind of tongue or whatever, I let the other guys try that stuff.
What’s the craziest thing you have eaten in all your interna- I see you have a couple of new tional travels? music videos out already for this new album. I stay away from the crazy stuff, but some of the guys in the band Yeah, we tend to shoot quite a get a little daring. My buddy few. The one out now is, Never ate what we thought was a hash Let You Go. We shot it in France brown type of thing, but it was and I got to drive this awesome
1950s Porsche! We shot, Pushover, in Hollywood and Venice Beach with a bunch of skaters. We had a scene in the L.A. river and I’m splashing around in this nasty water. We just shot, Fighter, in Japan and we will shoot for a song called, Throw It Away, in Toronto. I’ve got a great team around me, I try to keep busy. Tell me about your new song Pushover, I know a lot of people are jumping on the anti-bullying bandwagon, but this is a lot more than that to you, right?
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The idea of, Pushover, is having confidence in yourself and I believe confidence doesn’t come from money or physical strength, but it really comes from your relationship with God and knowing who you are in Him. That was a key factor to me when I was growing up. I got picked on and bullied a lot and knowing who you are in God and know that he has a plan and future for you that gives you a real boost of confidence to step out in faith and do awesome things.
That was the dream! I started when I was 14, and skated nonstop. When I got injured everything changes. About that same time I got dumped by a girlfriend, too. She wasn’t a believer in Christ, so I shouldn’t have been dating her anyway. But I was just in a real dark place and got into music and writing songs. I still skate, but God put a new dream in my heart to pursue music. I’m very thankful for where I am now.
What would you say to someone who is having those kind of thoughts?
I’ve been there and had those thoughts before. Sometimes we are in a dark or depressed state, but it could be stress, lack of sleep or just one really bad thing in your life that is consuming your attention and it feels like everything is lost. My message to you is not to give up. Life is worth living. Problems don’t last forever. We need you here With the recent celebrity suicides, and God loves you and has good I see you skating a lot in your music this has been pretty prominent in plans for you. I almost quit myvideos. You wanted to go pro right? the news lately, especially in sports. self when I felt that way, but I’m
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glad I didn’t, and you will be too. falls and know the pros and cons Just keep going! of certain things. I’ve toured in 10 countries and things can get You said something on Twitter that pretty crazy. I have a lot of artists made me thing you might be writ- ask me how to get into the busiing a book. Are you? ness and I want to help them do I’m keeping pretty quiet, but yes it right. I hope to have it out by I am writing a book. Part of it the end of the year. will be biographical and I will share some of the things I went Coming up real soon you are makthrough growing up, like my ing the rounds for a few summer dad’s suicide. The other part will festivals, including both Creation talk about the music industry, festivals! the business side and the artist side. I want to help aspiring art- I’m looking forward to it! This ists with tips on how to navigate will be probably the 2nd or 3rd their way through it. People need Creation. to be warned of some of the pit-
Since you are an avid skater will you be hitting the skate parks at the festivals? I do mostly street skating, I’m not much of a ramp guy, but in the past I’ve had a chance to skate with some of the teams that were doing demos and it was a lot of fun. I would do it again!
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With their EP We Are The Ones building momentum for the debut of their full length album in July, 2012 will be a banner year for Wolves At The Gate. I talked to lead singer, Steve Cobucci, about their music, history and graduating high school.
After high school I went to Cedarville University, which is where I found the other guys in the band. I had been writing songs since I was 17, but I couldn’t find anyone that wanted to be in a band with me! Everyone I talked to had been playing in bands since they were 13, and my first band was when I was 22! The Tell us how you chose your name. school is only about 3,500 students, so there aren’t a lot of bands forming on It comes from Acts chapter 20. We campus, especially not heavy bands like wanted our band name to have mean- us. People supported us and we kind of ing. I went to church one Sunday and started the scene at the school. they used that scripture. It talks about the story of Jesus and how there will be What was that transition from high school those that want to distort that story and to college look like for you? uses the metaphor of wolves and sheep. Plus, it sounds cool too! It was weird. I knew college was coming next, but I wasn’t completely sure Are you guys still in Ohio? what I was going to do. Everybody was so pumped to be graduating, but I Everyone in the band in native to Ohio, wasn’t. I was cool with the way life was, except me. I just moved back to New and I guess I just didn’t want to grow up. Jersey where I’m from. I moved while Everyone moved away to college, but I we were in the studio, which was nuts. went to a community college my first I’ve been wanting to get back home for a year and worked with my dad to save while, since I moved to Ohio for college. money, so it didn’t feel like I graduated All my family is still in New Jersey. from anything that first year. What led you to Ohio from New Jersey? You actually went back to high school, but
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this time was to teach! You really did miss it, didn’t you? I really did! I taught history for one year. I had the best and worst teachers when I was a student, so I tried to take the positive things from each and model my teaching style. Some people hate history, but I think there is an aspect of the past that everyone could enjoy, you just have to find the right angle to apply it. I enjoyed teaching, but the band was getting more active so I had to quit. Is there a certain historical figure you would like to sit down and have dinner with? There are a few in the Biblical era, but other than that I think General MacArthur would have been a really interesting guy. He’s a really highly decorated general, but he really didn’t serve hardcore like some of the other guys did, he just really had a military mind. Also, I’ve always wanted to hang out in the Samurai era in Japan and learn to be a Samurai! You guys are set to play the hard music
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stage at Creation Festival. Have you guys played Creation before? We have played a few festival in the Ohio area, but this is the first year we are really hitting the summer festivals really hard. I’ve never been to Creation Festival at all so I’m really excited! There are a ton of bands there we want to watch and hang out with. It’s like a reunion to hang out with old friends and hopefully make some new ones too. Music video out for your song Heralds. Where did you shoot this? All the part with the band were shot in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. All of the narrative was shot at Virginia Beach. The concept of the video is really just what the song is about. The line in the song is “I’m leaving behind the things of this world”. For us to follow this desire in our hearts to share the Gospel we have to turn away from things like our college degrees we worked to hard for, having real jobs and career and things like that. Were you raised in a Christian family?
Yes, my family are all believers. It was probably about 17 or 18 that I really took ownership in my relationship with the Lord. Like I said I didn’t want to grow up and take responsibility. I was like that in my faith as well. I had heard all these things about God while I was growing up, but I think a lot of things in life became real to me when I came to college. I had a chance to talk to people with beliefs that were very different than mine. It made me dig deeper to know more about scripture. I wanted to have it memorized so I could know more than the Bible says something somewhere, I wanted to know exactly where. Why call myself someone who follows Christ if I don’t know more about him? It would be like me saying I’m from New Jersey, but I don’t know where anything is. I really started taking it seriously after that.
him “Milhouse” like the kid on The Simpsons. The other Ben and I spend more time together than anyone else because when we are off the road we work together installing flooring. His last name is Summers and I call him “Some Hairs” because he has a ton of hair. That’s how I do it anyway. I saw you got your fans in on the recording process on your song, Oh The Depths. Was this your idea? When I wrote the song I knew I wanted to hang gang vocals on it. When we recorded this at school and wanted gang vocals it was easy to get a group of 30 students together. Since we graduated we weren’t sure how to get that group together. We told the fans on Twitter that whoever could come to the studio could be on the record. We had 45 kids there in an hour! It was great!
You have two guys both named Ben, how When do we get to hear some new music? do you keep them straight? One has a beard and the other has long We just left the studio, so it’s all recorded hair, so it’s easy to look at them and tell and being mixed now. I would probably them apart. But when you call out our say it will be out in July. I wanted it out on July 4th, but the label said it wasn’t drummer is Ben Milhouse, so we call on Tuesday so we have to pick a different day. To learn more about Wolves At The Gate visit
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Professor of Youth Ministry I remember last year at the Creation Festival I was doing a seminar for youth workers when I found myself distracted by a woman in the very front row knitting what appeared to be a sweater. It wasn’t that she was being inattentive to the workshop. In fact, she was very interested, listening intently, and never losing eye contact. In fact, that was just the point: the more I watched those needles bounce through the fabric, the more I was convinced we were only seconds away from severe puncture wounds.... But it never happened. During the entire seminar her hands followed a well-learned pattern of movement and efficiency that had become to her almost second nature. Her fingers, arms and hands all worked together in a symphony of movement
that had been learned through long but now, these habits have become sechours of practice. ond nature In short, what I witnessed that day was what Abraham Maslow describes as Unconscious Competence. That’s what happens when we become so accomplished at a task that it no longer requires our conscious effort. Phil Mickelson doesn’t have to make sure he’s gripping the club properly when he slams his drive down the fairway. Third Day guitarist, Mark Lee, doesn’t have to stop and rethink the scales before he strums the chord. Bob Lenz doesn’t have to thumb through his Bible’s table of contents before he can open to the Gospels (don’t ask him about the Minor Prophets!). For all of these folks, a practice that started with effort has grown into a habit. Probably, at one time, even for these folks, these behaviors required some careful work and concentration -
SEE JANE GROW I visited recently with one of the students from my earliest years in youth ministry. Jane is now married, and she and her husband are overseeing a youth ministry of their own. She shared with me how God had shaped her life over the last twenty-five years. It hadn’t always been smooth. There had been some rough spots along the way. But what she said spoke volumes about how God does a wonderful unfolding work in the spiritual life of a teenager. “Sometimes I think back about some of the stuff you used to have to talk to me about, and I can hardly believe I ever did those things! The ME back then was so different from the ME I am now. Some parts of the Christian life used to seem
so awkward to me. Now, some of those with kids over several months and see things have almost become a reflex.” very little evidence of growth. We got into this because we want to see lifeLike the “Needle Queen” who doesn’t change! We want to see kids becoming even have to watch her hands, Jane is like Jesus! We want to see signs of inat a point in her Christian faith where telligent life! We want to see last week›s she is unconsciously incompetent. She seventh grade Sunday School terrordoesn’t have to consciously test and ist become this week’s Bible-quoting, re-test her motives, surrender and re- hymn-loving, gentleman carrying surrender every decision, Christ is alive around his Bible and humming Chris and living through her. Tomlin tunes. SANCTIFICATION AND NEEDLES: WHAT’S THE POINT? One of the principles I like to talk about in the Youthworker training at Creation each year is that those of us working with teenagers have to recognize that our students are growing through a process - the process of, little by little, surrendering themselves to God. It begins with what Maslow might have described as:
But God is patient - and the Christian life is not about speed; it’s about distance.
When I talked with Jane that day, I was flooded with memories of her youth group days: a lot of great times - but also some tough conversations, some But, in the real world, that doesn’t times of encouragement - but also happen very much (Read: never). some times of correction. Maybe you’ve Especially if you teach seventh grade had some of those conversations… and some of those same memories? Sunday School.
And, it’s frustrating for the kids too. As they begin to struggle with new areas of obedience and faith, it’s discouraging to see how slowly the changes come. After all, the hardest part about learning to walk all by yourself is the pain of falling. And it seems as if the only way to learn - Unconscious Incompetence (“I don’t is one step at a time. CARE TO LEARN what God says to EXCITEMENT: do..”); and then sparks to life with, The EXCITEMENT in all of this is - Conscious Incompetence (“I don’t watching God help kids to strip away UNDERSTAND how to do what God the old life and put on the new. Like says...”); and then matures to, so many other wonders of God, it can - Conscious Competence (“I CARE and only be fully appreciated by «time lapse I UNDERSTAND... but it’s still a struggle photography». Seldom does the blossom unfold fast enough to be witnessed TO DO what God says”). with the «naked eye». But, if we watch - Unconscious Competence, this fourth through the eyes of faith, if we watch stage in the process, brings us to that with - not just sight - but vision, we will milestone in the journey where students begin to see God do His work of sanctithink (“I CARE and I UNDERSTAND, fication. and I would feel weird for me NOT TO It’s probably one of the greatest privileges DO what God says!”). of being a veteran youthworker: I have ��������������������������������������� And yet, it’s one of those youth minis- now been working in the vineyard long try intersections where both frustration enough to see seeds planted ten, fifteen, and excitement meet - often head-on! twenty years ago now bearing fruit! FRUSTRATION:
we get to Unconscious Competence in one area of the Christian life, the Lord seems to have a way of exposing us to a new area of Unconscious Incompetence!
The FRUSTRATION is that behaviors I know it’s not over for Jane. To be sure, and life patterns don›t usually change there will be new areas of struggle, and overnight. It’s disheartening to work new commitments to make. Just when
But, I also thought of the words of the Apostle Paul as he ironed his own faith into the fabric of his daily life: “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ took hold of me.” (Philippians 3: 12) If you’re in youth ministry, thanks for doing what you do, and for your faithfulness to this process! And don’t let the frustration with the process rob you of the joy of the journey! For More on Duffy Robbins: www.eastern.edu
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FOr King & COunTry What would this article have read like had the band answered the interview questions I emailed them? Perhaps we’ll never know, but maybe their press bio will offer a decent substitute. What do you think? Carrying a name that evokes substance and a sense of purpose, for KING & COUNTRY make their debut with music that more than lives up to their clever moniker. Enveloping their insightful lyrics in a sea of ear-grabbing melodies, brothers Joel and Luke have forged a distinctive sound that has earned them an enthusiastic fan base as well as the respect of industry professionals who keep tapping their music for use in high profile TV shows. Together, Joel and Luke ignite each other’s individual passions to form a unique, distinctive voice that blends into simmering sibling harmony, unrivaled by any other collaborative group to date. Born in Sydney, Australia and relocating with their family to Nashville, TN, Joel and Luke remember music being a constant presence in their life. Growing up in a large family of seven kids, the siblings began their creative experimentation early on, soaking up life experiences that would influence their musical future. “Our father was a promoter in Australia and so we grew up as a musically-centered family. I remember going to these rock shows, sitting on his shoulders, plugging my ears. It was very influential at an early age and I saw the power of music and how a melody fused with a lyric can impact someone’s life,” recalls Joel. “Honestly, in a lot of ways I feel like music chose me and as I grew older, I made a clear decision to fully lean into it.” The group’s strengths are showcased not only through their voices, but their name as well. The name, ‘for KING & COUNTRY,’ was decided on after several attempts to find a name that appropriately
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“While working on our debut record, I came up with the idea of calling us ‘All the Kings Men,’ but it just didn’t fit exactly with what we were looking for,” said Luke. “We were in the studio with our producer and he said, ‘what about for king and country?’ The history of that phrase is that back in the olden days, the British would go into battle shouting, chanting, ‘For King and Country,’ sort of as an anthem of fighting for something that they believed wholeheartedly in. We all looked at each other in the studio and we just knew that was it.” With tracks produced by Shaun Shankel, Aqualung and Ben Glover, for KING & COUNTRY’s debut album, Crave, is a vibrant collection of songs, marked by emotional honesty and a riveting transparency. The first single, “Busted Heart (Hold On to Me)” is among the duo’s newer compositions and was inspired from a conversation on the brokenness that every person feels at some point in their life. “There comes those defining moments in each of our lives where we so severely need someone to hold on to us,” explains Joel. “It seems we are all, in different ways, shapes and forms, busted to some degree. This song is an honest confessional of: ‘I can’t do this thing called life on my own. I need something, or more specifically, someone greater than myself to hold on to me.” KING & COUNTRY’s music continues to gain momentum with fans and peers alike as several album tracks have already been featured in primetime television spots. “Love’s to Blame” and “People Change” have been featured on the popular The CW series, “The Vampire Diaries” and “Light It Up” and “Sane” have been heard on the Lifetime network’s “Drop Dead Diva.”
The song “Light It Up,” a tangible anthem for the group, was inspired by a friend of theirs who has had a long standing struggle with depression. “For a time, our friend lived in a house where he would stuff blankets in the windows, switch off the lights and live for days at a time alone and in literal darkness,” says Luke. “We wrote this song for him, but for the longest time couldn’t work up the courage to tell him. Partly because it was his favorite tune and also because we were afraid of how he would handle it.” When Joel and Luke finally worked up the courage to tell him, their friend stood up, walked out of the room, got in his car and drove off. Roughly 20 minutes passed until he called them up and with tears in his voice saying, “Thank you for writing that song for me. It moves me, encourages me, it gives me hope.” Poignant stories and experiences like these are merely one of the many that spark for KING & COUNTRY’s underlying message and what ultimately drives both Joel and Luke in the authenticity behind their music and lyrics. “We want to deliver a message that is about believing in something much bigger than oneself,” explains Luke. “The title track of the album has a line in the chorus that very plainly says, ‘hope is what we crave.’ You can confidently go through the ups and downs in your life because you know that life isn’t all about you and what you do but rather the hope and salvation of Christ.” “We want to be known for writing music that is authentic, real and from the heart,” adds Joel. “Music has been a very therapeutic thing for us. There’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears that went into this record and what spurred us on is this whole idea that we can make a difference. That music, our music, can have the power to impact someone’s life for the better.”.
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Ticket Details: This will include a wristband for an all-day ride on all of our equipment. You can ride the Rockwall Combo, Whirly bird, Alcatraz, Moonwalk and Super Slide.
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Sock & Food Drive Bring nonperishable food items and socks to the festivals
CREATION EAST June 27-30 Mt. Union, PA Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
CREATION WEST July 18-21 Enumclaw, WA Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission
Collection points will be at the festival.
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When I was young, I attended Creation Festival with my youth group, at that time, I was one of the youngsters. Eventually, I began attending with just my dad.
I believe that Creation is the place where I can be my complete and whole self, as originally created in the image of God. I have now began attending with my youth group and it is so cool to see them experiencing the love of God surrounding them. Alexander Shepler
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Photo: Creationfest Northeast 2011