On Sunday night Hillsong United rocked out Arie Crown Theater in downtown Chicago. This was United’s first visit to the actual city of Chicago… the last time they were here they were out in suburbia. A sold-out crowd packed the place for this night of worship hosted by Kent & Alli Munsey and City Church Chicago.
There’s only so much you can say about a worship experience, sometimes you just have to be there to experience it… but to sum it up: it was AMAZING.
About 200 people from Park were able to be there and it was so great to worship our great God with United leading the way.
They started the night with their intro from the United We Stand CD and launched into almost 3 hours of worship, broken up with a message from Brian Houston, the lead pastor of Hillsong Church.
Brian shared a great message on the Church. In the day and age in which we live when people are leery of the Church, he reminded us that God loves the Church so much that He sent His Son for it. He shared the story of how he started Hillsong Church (25 years ago this month), and how God gave him a vision for what their church could be. To hear the vision today and see what God has done through the ministry of Hillsong, it’s amazing to see how faithful God has been to fulfill the vision they had. Check it out… it’s the video intro to their website.
United sung a lot of their classics… From the Inside Out, The Stand, Be Lifted High… and did some newer songs as well… With Everything, Desert Song, and This is our God. And of course, no night with United would be complete without One Way, Tell the World and Solution.
It was a great night… the energy and passion for God in that place was electric, and I know that people truly encountered God that night. I had some good friends with me, and this was the first time they had ever experienced anything like this before, and it was soooo cool to see them respond and go for it.
United is about to release a new DVD… check it out today!
