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Hey Sam!

Long time no see. I'm good. Struggling with my school work and everything thats going on. But still going strong.
Good to hear that you're stepping up to the front line. Its a good thing that you're trying to bring it out, but IF it doesnt work out, dont be discouraged. Your first experience usually sets the tone for future involvement, and it would be sad if it doesnt work out and you shun future leadership. If it does work out, then PRAISE THE LORD!

I think i get the jist of it. I think the idea is cool, but i do have a few pointers which i would be concerned about.

1. If the concert is meant to be evangalistic, why are we focusing on our lack in Christian life? Should we not be focusing on God's goodness? I'm not saying that we give them an unbalanced view, but that has always been THE gospel: the redemption of our souls because of the goodness of God. I guess the most important thing in EVERYTHING we do is to keep the focus on God.
I guess it is only now that i realise the ways that i led in previous years simply did not focus on God. it focused on our christian life, the church, the bible, but always skipping around the core subject: GOD. But amazing things happen when we fix out eyes on Him and Him alone.

Luke 10:38-41: BOTH Mary and Martha were honouring God. But Mary chose to focus on the ONE thing that was necessary - on Jesus himself!

2. I think one of the biggest issues i face in youth work is commitment. Can we expect to pull off such a project from a whole bunch of full-time students, part-time creative artist? I think it is good that the creative arts team is going for it, but in the long run, will it build up or damage the team?

What i mean is: is having a big ambition necessarily a good thing? and is it necessary?

3. I dont know what the situation is for evangalism and outreach in HPC is so far. But are the youth capable of bringing in 200 people? And to add to that, make it at least 100 of those to be non-christians.
See the bible makes it clear that if we're not faithful in a little, we cannot be faithful in much (Matt 25:21). If we can bring 50 non-christians in a performance, then perhaps the next target can be 100/200. My question to you then is: have we been able to bring in at least 50 non-christians to a performance? If we haven't, i would say that making a bigger venue or grander performance would not help.

I guess these are the 3 main areas that would be of importance to me. Not that i want to throw a wet blanket and make it sound like a bad idea, but these are questions that really demands answers. These are things you need to justify within yourself before a project like that can be undertaken. If not, it would simply be project for a project sake, 200 people for 200 sake, performance for performance sake... and not for the love of Christ.

Other issues to look for in planning would be:
Budgeting: this needs to be done FIRST. to be accountable for the expenditure.
Place: the place has to meet the needs of the performance and the audience and WITHIN the budget.
Capacity: is the people ready for evangelism and follow-up? Are we trained to share the gospel ONE ON ONE?
Performances: This includes run-sheet, call-times, rehearsal schedules, script writing, music equipment rental and stuff.
But once you've established that your motives are right, and it is confirmed to be what God is asking for. This would probably be the easiest part.

I hope i didn't scare you too much. I'm sorry i can be quite direct at times, but it keeps the email short and not beating around the bush. =) God bless!

In His love,
Dennis
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please pray people.
pray pray pray.

james 5:13-19
the prayer of faith

..the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective..
elijah..

lord, i pray for you to be in the planning. i pray that you can hold this show..

samquek