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CityFest Houston: Eleanor Tinsley Park / October 7 & 8, 2006.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: CityFest Houston: Eleanor Tinsley Park / October 7 & 8, 2006.(Faith Bases: WILLIAM MARTIN REVIEWS OUR PLACES OF WORSHIP)

Article Excerpt
"Make some noise, you guys. It's all about the Kiiiinnnngggg!"

The King was King Jesus, and the liturgist soundingthe call to worship was the emcee for the King of Kings Skateboarding Ministry. The group was serving as the opening act in the "Livin It" extreme-sports segment of CityFest Houston, an extravagant example of festival evangelism that drew an estimated 225,000 people to Eleanor Tinsley Park over two 10-hour days in October. As the skateboarders hurtled up and down steeply banked ramps and soared over a central platform of inclines and rails, the emcee assured us that these skate ministers didn't have to be doing this. "They could be working at a skate shop," he said. "But God told us to come out here and use our gifts to bless you guys and to deliver a message that is more exciting than the tricks." The skaters were followed by the Chaos on Wheels stunt bicyclists and a breathtaking performance by Riders 4 Christ, dirt bikers whose acrobatics, which rocketed them 75 feet in the air, caused an older woman standing behind me...

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