Motivate is an outreach event of Way Truth Life Radio, a ministry of Central Pennsylvania Christian Institute, Inc. Laura Story, along with husband Martin Elvington, will be our guests at our first LIVE Motivate event to be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Christ Community Church / C3 Sports. Hear their story of God's redemptive touch through Laura's songs and their shared testimony.
Motivate is a synonym for encouragement. It is an annual event that combines an encouraging message with music to worship our God and Savior. Motivate is an event where God’s regional church comes together for An Evening of Encouragement. Take the opportunity to get to know other Christians in our area while worshipping together. The concept is taken from Hebrews 10:24: ‘‘…motivate one another to acts of love and good works.’’
Join Laura Story and her husband Martin Elvington for a buffet dinner before the main event. You will want to personally meet this highly talented musical artist, worship leader, and author. Then, get ready for an evening of great music and the story behind the music as Laura and Martin share biblical insights, practical wisdom, and humor through their testimony of God's faithfulness.
“Each of us has something in our lives that has forced us to let go of whatever normalcy we envisioned,” empathizes Laura Story. “Every one of us has endured uninvited change.” She and her husband, Martin, came face-to-face with this as newlyweds, when he—a former college athlete—was diagnosed with a disabling brain tumor that upended all their expectations for their future. The couple recognizes now that this was God’s way of calling them to step out in faith, leaving normal behind and saying hello instead to the unshakable life, vision, and mission that he had purposed for both of them. Walking through the frightening journey together, they rediscovered faith, relationship, and God's inestimable blessings.
Laura Story has written award-winning songs such as “Blessings” (which won a Grammy), “O Love of God” (which won a Dove Award), and Chris Tomlin’s “Indescribable” (which was featured on his Dove Award-winning Album, Arriving). Story winsomely and transparently explores the question, "Why should you or I settle for normal when we've been created for something far greater?" in So Long, Normal—her third book and a follow-up to her recent popular titles, When God Doesn’t Fix It and I Give Up.
Story has also released a new single to coincide with the book release “Hello Unknown.” She wrote both the book and the song in the midst of the global pandemic. She shares, “The song, ‘Hello Unknown’ was birthed in those Covid pandemic days when our world was under strict quarantine and the country was plagued with social and political unrest, and everyone that I knew was anxious over everything. But the truth about change is this: in the shifting or even collapsing of everything familiar in life, we don’t have to wring our hands and fear.” Both the book and the single encourage audiences to embrace change as a part of life and find security in their faith over the familiar so that they can step into the glorious adventure God invites them to embark upon.
Join us for an unforgettable evening!