Rush of Fools at MBC April 4th, 2009 was a magical day in the life of Mineral Baptist Church and its community!

Rush of Fools, one of the hottest groups in contemporary Christian Music, along with three supporting performers, rocked the new MBC Family Life Center to a standing-room-only crowd of over 600.  The event, planned by the MBC Youth Program under MBC Associate Pastor Jim Stone's leadership and backed up by more than 60 volunteer MBC event staff, included an evening of music, fun and some straight talk about the issues young people face in navigating their way to adulthood.

The performance was a stop on the Fools' nationwide Wonder of the World Tour, playing cities nationwide.  The evening saw attendees from Virginia and several adjoining states, all there to experience the unique power of Rush of Fools.  MBC worked with the group's management and promoters to host the evening, using the web-based i-Ticket system to allow attendees to book their free tickets on-line.  The 600 tickets alloted for the performance were claimed in less than two weeks, a testament to the growing popularity of Rush of Fools and their three special guest performers; Jimmy Needham, Sarah Reeves and Virginia native Joy Lippard in her introduction tour.

In addition to an evening of great music, all with an unashamed Christian theme, the crowd heard some straight talk from the performers about sex, pornography and being young in a world that floods us with messages of "do your own thing and dash the consequences."  "If your sitting there thinking how screwed up youir life is... welcome to the club!  Without Jesus, it just never gets any better."  J. D. Frazier, Rush of Fools lead guitartist

Jimmy Needham rocks the crowd...
	Joy Lippard brings a Christian message in song...
Straight talk...
	Some days everyone is young!