On the stage and behind the scenes

BIRDIE –
Bachelors degree –
Seminary degree –
First job lined up –

Unfortunately, life doesn’t go by check lists.

REBECCA –
The boarding school was located in a secluded area in beautiful Virginia. In many ways, it was a wilderness.

What does this part of life have to do with the NarroWay story?
Hmmmm.....

BIRDIE –
Hmmmm.....

REBECCA –
Maybe it made us realize:
If hell is worse than this, we don’t want anyone to go there!!

BIRDIE –
That’s it!

REBECCA –
When the time isn’t right or there’s something left to learn, God puts us in a HOLDING PATTERN.

BIRDIE –
Holding Pattern: "the flight path maintained by a plane awaiting permission to land."

I Corinthians 9:22: "I have WILL become all things to all men, that by all means I might save some." This is one of Birdie's and Rebecca's life principles which became part of the NarroWay mindset.REBECCA –
We headed back to Kentucky to become what we said we never wanted to be: church staff!

Birdie was Music & Youth. I was Education & Youth.

BIRDIE –
My first priority was to build the music program. At my first rehearsal I had 12 choir members.

REBECCA –
And I was one of them!

BIRDIE –
Rebecca and I served in two churches, the first for five years, the second for ten. But both of these churches also served us.

REBECCA –
They let us dream big! They allowed us to be unique! They were willing to try new things and do things in a new way!

BIRDIE—
They took ownership in the vision and gave us the space, resources, and support we needed to hone our skills.

REBECCA –
They were the guinea pigs, for which we are eternally grateful!

BIRDIE –
When we look back, NOW we can clearly see specific things God did to prepare us for NarroWay. As it was happening, it just seemed like “small stuff.”