A couple weekends ago we got to play for the District United Methodist Youth Retreat here in Winchester. Of the many fond memories we’ve taken away from that experience, one was getting to run a sort of impromptu worship clinic during their “Break-Out” times. During this event, 5 very eager youths approached us and inquired about using our instruments to learn a worship song. Apparently, none of them had played together before, and a few of them had just met the day before. We gladly obliged and spent an hour teaching them the song “Mighty to Save.” Then calling themselves “God’s Band Aid” they played it that evening before our worship set with the help of Caleb on the piano. It was quite a raucous evening, and we’re all really proud of Emily, Josh, Brian, Matt, and Jacob! They impressed us with their desire to perform, and what they accomplished in such a short amount of time was impressive!

Listen to God’s Band Aid playing Mighty to Save

We would like to reiterate that these kids never played together before, and many of them are just learning their instruments, and all of them were just learning the song. Also, Ethan accidentally left his bass tuned in Drop-D before they played. The first minute of the song involves Ethan running onstage to aid in retuning. If you want to comment, please have fun, but don’t be hurtful or disrespectful. We’re mighty proud of them!

Our other fond memory is of Jed sticking his head into our cabin around midnight, and above the howling wind informing us that one of the girls’ cabins no longer had heat. He then humbly asked us to swap cabins. And we did. The girls never would have survived.

More memories: the color green, the hat game, the way Darth Vader snores, Fenguins (fake penguins), pet snowballs, not having 30″ of snow, White Fang (our new favorite book), pork BBQ and cheesy tots.

Tags: God's Band Aid, Methodist, Stereoreel, Winter Thaw, youth retreat