10th Columbus Day 11th Christian Women

Seeds of Hope

www.SowerMinistries.org GUIDO EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION

I like people who get excited about the change of seasons, the sound of the ocean, watching a sunset, the smell of rain, and starry nights. – Brooke Hampton

‘What ever happened to ethics?’

Some years ago the cover of “Time” magazine asked an intriguing question on its cover: “What ever happened to ethics?”

The subtitle continued saying that we have been, “Assaulted by sleaze, scandals and hypocrisy, America searches for its moral bearings.”

There is little doubt that there has been a loss of moral sensitivity and responsibility. That is obvious.

It is difficult to watch television and not be offended by the language or scenes of indecency.

A new language has been introduced that has no respect for God or godly principles.

The only way to reverse this problem of moral decay would be through a national revival. If those of us who profess to trust God’s word and believe in the fact that he will do what he says he will, it is not unreasonable that revival will come.

A spiritual awakening will visit our nation if we have enough faith, persevere in prayer, and regain a sense of the holiness of God. Psalm 99:1 describes what would happen if we did regain a new sense of the holiness of God. Because “the Lord reigns, let the nations tremble, he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth tremble.”

This awesome picture of God that the Psalmist presents to us describes his holiness, power, might and majesty.

This description of God is not one that we are familiar with since our minds have become so “clouded” with the things of this world.

Certainly we can blame the producers for the programs we watch, but they would not produce what they do without us watching and enjoying it.

“Have a FAN-tastic Fall,” the Lubbock Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon, is set for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 11, at the Lubbock Country Club, 3400 Mesa Drive.

Dee King of Wichita Falls will speak on the “Homecoming Queen who fell off her float.”

Auctions begin at 10:30.

Cost is $20. It is important to RSVP by noon Oct.7 to LubbockCWC@gmail.com or Sharen at 806-392-0264.

Life is too short Grudges are a waste of time. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change. Love deeply and forgive quickly. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Christian Women’s Connection, Oct. 11

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Golden Gazette • October 2022 • Page 11 ‘Garden Party’ by Rick Nelson or ‘I’d rather drive a truck.’

I went to a garden party

To reminisce with my old friends

A chance to share old memories

And play my songs again any problems. On a 1972 UK tour, for example, Nelson played London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall.

His song set was essentially the same as the one at the Garden, only with more newer offerings.

The exuberant crowd that night demanded 4 encores.

Rick would eventually create his story song about that disastrous 1971 night. In doing so, Nelson’s “Garden Party” served notice to the world that he would never again be part of any strictly “oldies” gig.

If you gotta play at garden parties

I wish you a lotta luck

But if memories were all I sang

I’d rather drive a truck.

That’s what Rick Nelson expected when he signed on as a “special added attraction” at a New York oldies concert at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 15, 1971. But a tactical error by Rick led to his storming offstage, his set cut short by several tunes.

A year later, via “Garden Party,” his 19th—and final—Top Ten hit, he told the world his story behind that long-ago Friday night.

Chuck Berry was the show’s headliner, with supporting acts that included Bobby Rydell, Bo Diddley, the Shirelles, the Coasters and Gary U. S. Bonds.

Each of the performers— Nelson included—had been hitless since 1964, the year that a Liverpool, England, quartet swept Americans off the charts overnight.

When I got to the garden party

They all knew my name

No one recognized me

I didn’t look the same

That evening, Rick strolled onstage with ultralong hair, bell-bottom jeans, a velvet shirt and cowboy boots. His long-time fans were aghast. Nelson would later recount to Rolling Stone, “They kept looking

at me and my long hair as if they couldn’t believe I was the same person. But I couldn’t have done it any differently, except by getting my hair cut and putting braces on my teeth.”

He opened with “BeBop Baby,” one of his early hits, and for a while Rick’s classics brought screams of recognition and appreciation.

But later in his set he offered a cover version of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me,” and the mood of the audience instantly dampened.

To make matters worse, Nelson set down his guitar, seated himself at an onstage piano and launched into the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women.”

What followed was a tsunami of boos.

Concert promoter Richard Nader later explained, “The people that were in Madison Square Garden were not there to hear contemporary music; they were there to escape it.”

When I sang a song about a honky tonk It was time to leave

Rick played one more number before exiting the stage to seek refuge in a dressing room that night.

He soon renewed performing as he had since his return to the concert stage in 1969, mixing his oldies with some newer material. Outside of the New York debacle, he never encountered