The Road to Come As U R

Mid 90’s – Started listening to Christian radio

A) He’s Alive Radio, Grantsville, Maryland
B) Family Life Radio, Tucson, Arizona; Show host for intentional living was Randy Carlson-started
shaping my thinking about “my walk with Christ.”
C) Focus on the Family, James Dobson, Colorado Springs, Colorado; got my head straight about my
family life!
D) Point of View, Marlin Maddox, Dallas, Texas; great conservative Christian view on political issues

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Father’s passing in 1998

A) Finally gave my life to Christ!
B) Started funding Christian radio through our business (H.A.S. Enterprises)
C) Sometime in the early 2000s, made a trip to Tucson, AZ to meet with Randy Carlson’s son and view
workings of a Christian radio station

 

Sometime around 2005 or 2006

A) Became restless with giving money for Christian radio and not doing much else
B) British gal (Manager of Next Step Center), stopped by to pick up a table we had along the street for
“free.”

i. Said she would love to have it but no way to haul it
ii. Asked if I would deliver to the Next Step Center (I didn’t have a clue where they
were or what they did)
iii. I delivered, and two weeks later she called and asked if I would consider being a
Board Member
iv. I prayed about it and WOW! what a ride!

 

December 2013-sold our business and semi-retired
A) Started listening to K-Love
B) Took their 30-day challenge to only listen to them, it worked!
C) Was still traveling, had to stary on as a consultant for three years
D) In 2014, heard Crowder’s song, “Come As You Are,” and it had an immediate impact on me

 

Sometime later…

A) Brought idea of a contemporary worship service to Bethany United Methodist Church family
B) My suggestion from the Good Lord was to call it “Come As U R,” thanks to Crowder
C) Tried for a few years in the church setting and it didn’t stick
D) Good Lord was speaking to me about doing it somewhere different, but not in a church setting

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Sometime later…help Brian!

A) Good Lord working on me to start a Bible study/discussion group at the Next Step Center
B) After a struggle with some Board members, the Board agreed to let me give it a try

C) Lord was telling me I needed a “partner in crime” that could relate to the clients at the Next Step
Center
D) Waa…Laa…Brian McGowan, another Idiot (as myself) that loved the Lord and wanted to have an
impact on those that struggle