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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
sisters community unites for prayer Lake Creek Lodge tunes
up for music festival
On June 17, 1775,
President John Adams called
for widespread participa-
tion in prayer for wisdom in
forming our new nation. He
wrote, “We have appointed a
Continental fast. Millions will
be upon their knees at once
before their great Creator,
imploring his forgiveness
and blessing; his smiles on
American councils and arms.”
In the same spirit, over
200 people came together last
Thursday for the third annual
Sisters Community Prayer
Breakfast.
Held at Sisters Community
Church, the local event ran in
tandem with the 64th annual
National Day of Prayer,
which organizers are calling
“the single, largest mobilized
call to prayer in the history
of our nation.” More than
43,000 events took place
at courthouse steps, parks,
offices, government build-
ings, churches and homes
across our 50 states.
The strong local turnout
also helped raise funds for
Sisters Christian Academy,
and several SCA students
played key roles. Meri Blaser,
Sydney Rawlins, Matt Harris
and Henry Banning were
greeters, and Bailey Knirk
and Nicko Manley led the
Pledge of Allegiance—with
a twist. They introduced old
footage of the late comedian
Red Skelton in an unusually
serious moment, reflecting on
the meaning behind the words
of the pledge.
A local hero facilitated the
morning event. After gradu-
ating from Sisters Christian
Academy (SCA) and Sisters
High School, U.S. Army Staff
Sergeant John Roberts served
three tours in Iraq. He now
serves as an Army recruiter in
Oregon.
Dave Johnson, bronze
medalist decathlete of the
1992 Summer Olympics, key-
noted. Johnson is well known
as half of Reebok’s “Dan and
photo by Jeremy storton
Some 200 folks from Sisters attended a prayer breakfast at Sisters
Community Church as part of the National day of Prayer.
Dave” TV campaign duo.
In a series of ads leading up
to the Summer Games, he
and fellow decathlete Dan
O’Brien bantered over which
one would prove himself the
world’s greatest athlete.
Now a motivational
speaker, author, and the direc-
tor of Fellowship of Christian
Athletes (FCA), Johnson told
the crowd of his unlikely
journey from a rebellious
teenager to a national sports
hero. He credited God with
empowering and sustaining
him in both his athletic career
and his personal life.
Throughout the morning,
several people led prayers,
and strong themes arose:
gratitude for our blessings,
our freedoms and our public
servants, personal repentance,
living in unity, wisdom and
guidance for our leaders, and
safety.
Brad Schultz, the program
coordinator for Crystal Peaks
Youth Ranch, gave a blessing
over the meal and prayed for
individuals to step up their
commitment to seek God’s
will.
SCA graduate Michaela
Miller led a prayer for her
generation. An accomplished
athlete, Miller leads the FCA
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Kit Tosello led the closing
prayer, asking God’s help to
unite Christians and empower
them as “messengers of hope
and ministers of grace.”
A community worship
team led by Rhonda Funk
provided special inspirational
music.
Attendance eclipsed the
previous two years and drew
folks from all over Central
Oregon to share a meal, sing
and pray as with one voice.
Event organizer Peter
Storton expressed concern
about the recent assaults on
Christians internationally.
“I was pleased to see how
many people were willing to
come out at 7 a.m. to meet
in prayer for our country and
our community,” he said. “It
was exceptional.”
When Melissa Matthew,
marketing and events coor-
dinator at Lake Creek Lodge,
was given an event week-
end on Friday and Saturday,
May 15-16 and told to “run
with it,” she knew what she
wanted to do.
She’d had experience
in previous jobs putting on
music events, and she wanted
to tap into Sisters Country’s
musical vibe and bring a
small music festival to Camp
Sherman.
“It’s such a beautiful
venue,’ she told The Nugget.
“I wanted to get some music
out here.”
She’s put it together with
an acoustic music festival
designed to harmonize with
the wind in the pines and the
ripple of the river, as Lake
Creek Lodge hosts “Music on
the Metolius.”
Matthew had connec-
tions with members of the
bands Tone Red and Moon
Mountain Ramblers, so she
started there. As soon as word
got out that a festival was
in the works at Lake Creek
Lodge, bands started contact-
ing her looking to play.
The 42-acre venue will
host bluegrass and folk
music, with barbecue and
alcoholic and non-alcoholic
beverages to choose from.
There will be a variety of
well-known local bands
headlining in the evenings
and an exciting lineup of new,
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It’s such a beautiful
venue. I wanted to get
some music out here.
— Melissa Matthew
Matthew is encouraging
music lovers to get tickets in
advance to reduce wait time
in lines.
Doors will open at 2 p.m.
on Friday afternoon, and
music will continue until 10
p.m. Saturday doors will open
at noon and music will con-
tinue until 10 p.m. Call ahead
at 800-797-6331 or 541-516-
3030 to purchase tickets and
pick up your festival passes
upon arrival at the event.
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“up-and-coming” artists per-
forming during the day. The
Friday headliner lineup is:
Blackstrap Bluegrass, 5 to 7
p.m.; Honey Don’t, 7:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Saturday headlines are:
Tone Red, 6 to 7 p.m.; Moon
Mountain Ramblers, 7 to 10
p.m.
A weekend pass includes
festival entry on Friday after-
noon and reentry for all-
day Saturday for $60. Day
passes (choice of Friday or
Saturday) are $45. A “head-
liner pass” (if you’re only
interested in seeing one of the
featured headlining bands)
goes for $20.
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