This week marks the end of the 2010 Keynote Summer Project. The spiritual, emotional and physical investments made this summer are too numerous to count. But we do have some numbers that reflect a small part of what God accomplished this summer.
- 25 students participated in the Keynote Summer Project
- 13 students participated in the Impact Music Project
- Between Keynote and Impact, six bands logged slightly over 20,000 road miles
- They performed 79 concert events
- Over 9000 people heard the gospel through their concerts
- 759 of those people said that they were interested in having further conversations about spiritual things
- 1048 of those people indicated that they had decided to begin a relationship with God through Jesus Christ!
These 38 students invested time and energy this summer to see God use them to change lives. The Keynote staff members invested in the lives of the students to see them learn and grow and experience life change. Keynote partners, like you, invested prayers and resources to make all of this possible!
You might enjoy reading this post by Jessica from Young Isaac about a day in the life of a Summer Project student.
Keynote Summer Project 2010 has definitely been one to remember. God has moved in many ways in many hearts around the country.
Stop on Green, an acoustic rock band, had the opportunity to work with prison chaplains, juvenile detention centers, Campus Crusade summer projects, a home for at-risk kids and an unusual church in Ohio called Target: Dayton! Ministries. Designed to minister to the homeless and indigent in the area, Target: Dayton! incorporates a meal following each of their services.
One of the band members wrote about their experience:
“After wrestling with some electrical ground hum and set up problems, we played to a full auditorium of about 150 people. Pastor Mark prayed with the group before and after the concert and praised God for bringing our music to a place that it could reach people. Right after the show Target Dayton allowed us to be servers/waiters for the dinner that followed the concert, aprons and all! Such an amazing experience to serve people in such a way! In our debrief we found out that 9 people made decisions for Christ and 5 people wanted to talk more about spirituality. Target Dayton said we were truly a blessing and were so thankful for what we did for them and what we are doing for God!” – Cory, bass player, Stop on Green
Proclaiming the gospel, being the hands and feet of Jesus to a hurting community, giving a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus – elements of real life change in the lives of these amazing students!
“It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.” [Romans 1:16,17 The Message]
For more Summer Project stories check out these posts:
Update from Young Isaac
Update from Swerve and Tattooed Planet
Partnership with Impact and Level 3:16
This week marks the end of the 2010 Keynote Summer Project. The spiritual, emotional and physical investments made this summer are too numerous to count. But we do have some numbers that reflect a small part of what God accomplished this summer.
