Parachute one

Parachute is a massive Christian music festival held a couple of hours south of Auckland. We have just returned from an amazing four days, with a few blogs worth of material. Here is number one.

Emily has friends who make up a band called Kadet, who were invited to make their Parachute debut - and did so in one of the smaller venues called the Apollo. It was the first time I'd heard them live, and they were awesome. Their music isn't full of Christianise, there was no being washed in the blood of the lamb or even saved by grace, just songs echoing the real issues and desires of young people today "I want to fall in love"...that kind of thing.

I'm not expert, and I don't know if they're good enough, but I could not help pondering the massive impact these four Christian young men could have on their peers in NZ and beyond. The church won't fund them, of course, and though I'd dearly love to see Church Army taking these kind of evangelistic risks, we can't...so is there a Christian businessperson who'd be willing to invest not just in Kadet, but in the Kingdom?

Update...the best debut band gets to play on Main Stage at parahcute, and this morning Kadet did just that. Not just me who reckons these ladsare worth investing in!