Highland Urban Musical Mission

Fortress Performance

We finished our first performance of the musical, at the Fortress Church, a few minutes ago. Susan took several pictures, and I'm hoping to have them downloaded on my computer by tonight so that I can post a few.

I am absolutely blown away by what the volunteers and workers at Fortress are doing for the kids of that neighborhood. This is a neighborhood that regularly appears on Cops, mind you. Last night, as we were driving through the neighborhood, Sheila spotted a couple of guys in a van that were engaged in a "business transaction" of some sort.

But today, Fortress was a place filled with joy and hope and song. Our audience included not only the Fortress kids and interns, but also a youth group from Alabama that graciously shared their sound system with us. Following the musical was pizza and more singing (and some pretty impressive dancing from the local kids, too).

More to come later today, hopefully.

posted by Matt @ Thursday, June 23, 2005