ZOE had our annual trek to Malibu recently. The Pepperdine lectureship is such a wonderful week for us. We have the honor of getting to minister to hundreds of people and also have fellowship with each other. This was our 15th year to go. What a blessing it is to us! We did three classes with Mike Cope plus 2 late night worship experiences. It was a very exhausting week but so worth it! The week culminated with a very sweet experience for me which you'll hear more about below...
Here are some pictures from our time there.
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| No trip to Malibu is complete for us without eating at Duke's! |
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| The beauty all around the Pepperdine campus |
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| Sheryl's sister Gail and her family were there too |
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| Cousins! Maddie and Sierra |
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| Mitch Fewell sang with us the first day-posing here with Peter and me |
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| Amy and Sheryl |
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| ZOE CD sales after each session |
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| Part of the fun of Malibu is the beach! |
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| ZOE girls jump for joy |
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| Not to be outdone by the girls...we had to try too |
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| Each morning we went down to the Malibu Country Mart for coffee and morning sunshine |
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| Craig and Beth Ann were also on the trip this year. So fun being together! |
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| Jason got to see his sister Rachel while we were there |
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| Rachel helps prep Jason before we sing |
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| These are the kinds of views you get at Pepperdine...the lovely Pacific Ocean |
On Friday Melissa had to leave early because she and Michael were headed to NYC with the Nashville Symphony because the symphony was playing Carnegie Hall. So, I called my buddy Beverley who I used to perform with (who now sings weekly on Dancing With the Stars) and she came and joined us. It was such a special thing for us! We loved having Beverley. She sang a solo on "It Is Well" and I only wish I had recorded it. I got the other two days...but was so caught up in the moment that I missed it. It was truly incredible! You can hear clips of the other two days below...
This is in the stairwell where we go after soundcheck. I stopped recording right before Sheryl got choked on saliva. :)
After our afternoon class on Friday we all loaded up and went in to Santa Monica to the pier. In all the years we've been going out there we have never done this. It was such a blast!
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| Jason and Amy |
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| Beverley and me |
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| Maddie and Jesse |
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| Jeremy, Beverley and Kelly Chitwood with Sheryl and me |
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| This artist was amazing! Maddie had her do her name |
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| Amy, Kent and Jason--oink |
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| Kevin, Amy and Jason before riding the coaster |
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| Ella rode with me! She loved it! |
We had a great week out there and some pretty incredible moments of ministry in Mike's class and in our late night worship sessions. I always leave feeling the glory of God. It's a very special place.
