They Need You, They Need Me, They Need Christ

Ten days with General Gowans continued:

Spending time with one of The Salvation Army’s poet leaders gave me time to reflect on many of his songs and how they have helped form or express the core values and commitments of many Salvationists over the past thirty years. Is it time to take some of those musicals out of our history books and present them to a new generation of Salvationists? When General Gowans spoke to the youth at Long Beach United and at the Aggressive Christianity Conference, I realized that the majority of them have never seen one of the Gowans and Larsson musicals. The last one I remember that was performed was Man Mark 2 at the International Youth Congress. The Youth Congress was held in Macomb, Illinois in 1985. One of my favorite songs performed in this musical was, “They Need You, They Need Me, They Need Christ.” The song is so simple as it explains how easy it should be to reach a hurting world. WOW.

Could it be that more than 20 years have passed since the USA West has featured a Gowans and Larsson musical in any of its events? I think a few of the divisions may have performed the musicals in that time.

We will feature the story line and songs from the White Rose at the WOW Luncheon next June. Plans are under way and our program develops every day. I hope you will plan to be one of the 1000 women in attendance at that event!