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Family night of comedy
Hey friends…I’ll be at Pinebrook Bible Conference Center this Sunday night, July 24th, doing a one night family friendly comedy concert. 7pm showtime.
The camp is located in East Stroudsburg, PA. www.pinebrook.org. If ya happen to live in the area, get on the PA tollroad and swing by. I’ll cover your tolls!
See ya on the road….
David
Iowa Music Festival
Hey friends…I will be sharing the sidewalk…I mean stage, with Sidewalk Prophets this Saturday, July 2nd at the famous “Rockin’ Comedy” Community Festival in Coralville, Iowa. Click the link above for more info. See ya on the road… David
The next few weeks have me traveling quite a bit. I have speaking engagements where the only thing each crowd has in common, is they are looking for clean comedy. (Click the “gigs” button on the side for more info). Friday, June 3rd, I will be speaking to the staff at the University of Wisconsin (Osh Kosh campus), Sunday, June 5th, St Luke Church in Decatur, Indiana and then June 8-15, we take a team of 43 people on our annual week-long mission trip to the Dominican Republic serving with New Missions.
I hope you’ll pray for us and please follow our blogs and photos that we post every day while in the D.R. www.missionpossibletrip.blogspot.com
Dave Rahn, my good friend and big wig at the National Office of Youth For Christ, and myself have been doing a weekly podcast over the past year. We make each other laugh as we talk about life, family and changes that need to be made in our hearts. Find “Fresh Catch” on iTunes or listen to our show at: http://bit.ly/frEsh0
Finally…if you want to book David for your next event, just send us an e-mail and someone will get back to you within a day. Contact us at laugh@davidpdean.com
See ya on the road…
David
We live in a day and age where laughter is a MUST. We must laugh…or we cry. Both emotions are important but laughter seems to make us feel a little better. I prefer to laugh so much that I cry.
I’m also proud to say that the comedy I perform is family friendly. The material that I use at a civic event, fund-raiser or convention is also what I use for a family night at a church. Clean comedy that is good cannot be labeled.
I love it when a pastor asks me to speak at their church on Sunday morning. I call it “comedy with content”. Picture that individual who hasn’t stepped in a sanctuary in years and they happen to be sitting in the pew the day I’m speaking. The harder I make them laugh, the farther I can reach into their heart. And the content is designed for the whole family.
I have a few local events coming up in my home state that I would love for you to attend. The River, a church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has invited me to speak at their Sunday morning service on May 22nd and then return for a night of comedy on May 28th. You can get all the information at: www.daviddeancomedynight.com
I hope you’ll attend and see for yourself what its like to laugh in church.
Also…you can stay up to date on all of my tweets by texting these two words:
update daviddeancomedy to 40404.
See ya on the road…
David
I met him but don’t really know him.
During spring break, I took our daughter Hannah and her good friend Sara, to Disney World for a day. Betsy, my wife, thought it would be best to stay behind and minister to the beach. As I drove the girls to Disney that morning, I could envision the 3 of us riding rides…the two of them in a cart with their hands in the air laughing and sharing the moment, while I sat in the cart behind them with another lonely father.
Half of North America was at the park that day and after a few hours of being run over by wheelchairs and strollers, I limped to a bench and suggested the girls walk by themselves for a bit while I tried to stop the bleeding from my heels.
I love people watching and listening in on conversations, so the time on a bench alone for a few hours while the girls mingled with Mickey, would not be a problem.
After a while, I decided to bite the bullet and pay $87.33 for 5 ounces of water. I’m standing in line waiting when I hear two women behind me say, “I think that’s him. Go ask him. No…really, its him. Just go up and say hello.” They make their way around me and walk up to none other than….Cameron Tucker!!! Cam…from Modern Family! “Cam” is actor Eric Stonestreet.
Eric appeared to be enjoying his day at Disney with either a girlfriend or wife and another couple. Wearing black sunglasses, a dark polo shirt and jeans, Eric, for the most part, was able to walk through the throng of people relatively unnoticed.
I waited until the women behind me had walked away and decided I would jump in next. I love the show and think the “Cameron” character is hilarious so I went for it! “Excuse me…”, I said, “I hate to bother you but my family loves you and your show. A picture with you would mean more to me than a picture with Goofy. Do you mind?”
He agreed and his friend used my phone to take the picture. Eric even had to show his friend how to use MY phone and instructed him in a way, for just a brief moment, sounded like the character he portrays. “Yea…the button is right there in the middle…just give it a push…” he said with a slight lisp and his pinky finger pointing upward.
I thanked him and almost asked if I could join his party for the rest of the day. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind. What a thrill it would have been to find Hannah and Sara and say, “Look who I ran into?!!”
That moment was so exciting for me. This is a guy we have watched on TV every week for the past two seasons. I know his character, what he likes, the things he hates and I can recite his greatest lines. But the bottom line is this: I don’t really KNOW the man.
Do we make the same statement about people in our own lives? I know him or her. We’ve been friends for years. We chat. We are facebook friends. But do we really connect with each other the way we did before cell phones became attached to the end of our arms?
Get to know your family and friends. Become reacquainted with them. Fix dinner tonight for your spouse and kids and engage them in conversation with the cell phones tucked away in another room.
Chuck Swindoll says, “The reason God gave us two ears and one mouth…is so we can listen more than we speak.”
Cherish those laughs over dinner tonight. And don’t forget to keep the TV turned off….unless its “Modern Family”.
