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Post by ranger on Jan 15, 2009 10:43:44 GMT -5
Is there a convention in eastern Pennsylvania?
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Post by lin on Jan 15, 2009 13:29:39 GMT -5
Yes at Quakertown
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Post by spiderman on Feb 28, 2009 21:38:13 GMT -5
I lived in York for about a year and made some really good friends there. It was not very long after I professed, maybe a couple of years and Quatkertown was my first convention. There were 52 visiting workers there. Joe Crane sang before he preached and then in a conversation after the meeting told me to quit playing music, as it would lead me to the wrong place. He may have been right there, who knows. I'm very satisfied where I ended up, and I feel God lead me here. I was also baptized there with two other people One was a young woman who I can't remember. The other was a good friend, also a musician, ( a very good one at that) John McGinn. I would really like to visit with John again, but haven't since we left. John if you're out there, email me. I promise I won't try to persuade you. (who could anyway! ;D) tchipman@wmtel.net
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Post by ronhall on Mar 3, 2009 9:28:53 GMT -5
I lived in York for about a year and made some really good friends there. It was not very long after I professed, maybe a couple of years and Quatkertown was my first convention. There were 52 visiting workers there. Joe Crane sang before he preached and then in a conversation after the meeting told me to quit playing music, as it would lead me to the wrong place. He may have been right there, who knows. I'm very satisfied where I ended up, and I feel God lead me here. I was also baptized there with two other people One was a young woman who I can't remember. The other was a good friend, also a musician, ( a very good one at that) John McGinn. I would really like to visit with John again, but haven't since we left. John if you're out there, email me. I promise I won't try to persuade you. (who could anyway! ;D) tchipman@wmtel.net I'm completely befuddled as to the notion that playing music might lead someone to the wrong place. I can understand how driving a car might, or taking a hike might -- but playing music?
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Post by spiderman on Mar 3, 2009 14:33:09 GMT -5
Hi Ron, It was explained to me many different times and many different ways. One of the three workers that I first heard was an incredibly talented guitar player. Of course he professed and abruptly quit because he loved and admired those he heard. He and his life were a big part of the reason I decided to profess and quit playing. (he later quit the work, then the truth, and it was blamed on his love of the guitar) At that time playing in a band meant nights away, usually in clubs where alcohol was served and it didn't fit in with their picture of the Christian life. Honestly at that point in my life I was sick of the rat race. I continued to write songs and eventually one of my old contacts said I should come to his studio in Des Moines and record a demo for some people he knew at Capitol Records. Of course I was pretty excited and did just that. Then I was invited to come to Quakertown and get baptized. This was actually two years after I had professed. I had been in York for that year and then moved back to Iowa, but decided to go to Quakertown and go through with the baptism. Arnold Brown officiated. It was there that Joe Crane told me not to pursue the interest I had at the studio, in fact he said just don't go back. He had evidently had a similar experience before he'd gone into the work. So that's what I did. To them it wasn't the right kind of music or the right kind of lifestyle. Really I didn't quit playing. I would just plunk around and make stuff up for my wife and kids and finally started to build a studio in my basement. Now I am still just writing and recording for fun and sometimes profit, (but not much) in fact no profit, it's mostly out go. ;D I've posted this before but you can hear my last 2 albums here: www.timothychipman.com or look them up at www.cdbaby.comThe workers were pretty supportive when I started up again. Wow this is long, sorry Tim
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Post by mrleo on Mar 3, 2009 15:10:29 GMT -5
Giving up natural gifts used to be highly touted as a sign of someone really being dedicated to the Truth - and inversely, evidence that the Truth was the Truth because it was worth giving so much up for. Workers who were smart and highly educated and could have been successful in their chosen field, and gave it up to become "fishers of men."
And then there were the warnings regarding those who hadn't given up their gifts - one of my first college professors was an ex-2x2 whose brother is now a head worker. He was described as being "too educated for his own good" (he had a PhD and had left the 2x2s). Sorry - this is off topic.
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