Go Cats!

Today I went to my first Linfield football game--as a member of the Pep Band! Dustin and Eric suggested I could play along, and sure enough, the student director let an old guy like me jump in a play my sax. It's been about 21 years since I played in a band for a football game (yikes), but I think I did okay.

It was fun to see some of our New Hope college students participating in the football team, the cheerleading squad and the pep band. And it was also fun hanging out with the musicians. I hope to get to know them better at the next few home games.

As a football fan, I was a little dismayed that the pep band gets the crummiest seats in the stadium, down on the track at the 5-yard line. You can sort of see my view of the game below. Still, Linfield won 52-42 against some team from Texas, and it was fun to be there!

I think it's an important part of our Christian walk to "be there," out in the community and not always in our church bubble. And I sure hope I can be "salt and light" to folks in McMinnville who need His love, whether they're in a pep band, working at my kids' school or watching 6-year-old girls practice soccer.