Question: What happens when a group of young adults all raised in the PC(USA) find themselves in a club in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and The Proclaimers’ “500 Miles” suddenly begins to blare from the speakers?
Answer: They jump up from their seats, make an empty spot on the not-quite-a-dance floor, and proudly start doing the accompanying energizer! After all, it’s well known in certain PC(USA) circles that Presbyterian energizers are like clubbin’ with God. So where better to be clubbin' with God than in a club while on a mission trip? (I can tell you, it’s way easier than in a cramped pew in Montreat.) The real beauty of this experience was not just actually doing the energizer, or watching the locals who joined in, or enjoying the applause when we were done; it was knowing that even when you’re so far from home, home still finds you. Despite not knowing each other before September and not being raised even in the same states let alone the same churches, a group of five YAVs find themselves unabashedly doing the chicken-dog in front of a hundred on-looking Belfastians. Trust me, very little could compare. So watch the video (thank you YouTube!,) enjoy the 80’s graphics, and ski, chicken-dog and Charlie Brown to your heart’s delight!
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