A Month in the Life

First Service Numbers
It was packed tonight. Two Bearcat Arena staff told me the stadium held just over 17,000 people. That wouldn’t include floor seating, so I don’t think it’d be a stretch to say we had 15,000 people in attendance tonight. (By my reckoning, I don’t think Friday night in Columbus broke 15,000 people in 2005.) Considering many wondered if attendance would be down this year, that’s a superb start.

True Story
The names in this story are anonymous because it might get a certain split session speaker in trouble with one of the big decision-makers who told him this about speaking in the main arena (paraphrased version): ‘The screens above the platform have no ads to distract the images, so everything is in Super High Definition. Everyone can see everything.’ Direct Quote: “Clip your nose hairs.”

Yep, it’s not the big spiritual questions our ministers discuss backstage, but specific nose grooming tips. Reassuring isn’t it?

b Event is nearly sold out.
They came in with about 240 tickets unsold, but – as of tonight – they have fewer than 60 left!

Labels: attendance, NAYC, nose