CHRIS PENDLEY WAS AT EARLINGTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SERVING
AS
MINISTER OF MUSIC AND YOUTH, AND I WAS AT LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH
SERVING AS YOUTH MINISTER. I TOLD HIM ABOUT UNDERGROUND
CHURCH, AND
TOGETHER WE DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY. WE RECRUITED
VOLUNTEERS,
SETUP OUR CLUE STATIONS, THOUGHT OF CLUES NEEDED TO GET TEAMS FROM ONE
PLACE TO ANOTHER. WE WENT OVER IT AND OVER IT MANY
TIMES. WE STILL NEEDED A GUY TO DO OUR OPENING SPEECH, AND
WE
COULDN'T COME UP WITH SOMEONE THAT WE THOUGHT COULD PULL IT OFF.
CLAY JONES, MINISTER OF MUSIC AT LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH,
HELPED
ME, HE TOLD ME HE KNEW OF A GUY THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. BEFORE
HE
TOLD ME HIS NAME, HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS STOCKY AND COCKY, AND THEN HE
TOLD ME THAT HIS NAME, TIM STAPLES. TIM IS SERVING AT NEW
PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH AS YOUTH LEADER, AND THAT HE WORKED WITH HIM AT
G.E.,
AND WOULD ASK HIM TO HELP. TIM DID OUR OPENING, AND HE DID A
GREAT JOB GETTING HIS POINT ACROSS.
HOWEVER, ON THE NIGHT OF OUR FIRST UC, A COLD FRONT CAME
THROUGH AND
THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED, I BET 35 TO 40 DEGREES!, IT WAS COLD!
WE
WANTED TO DO OUR EVENT AT THE PARK, THAT'S AN IDEAL PLACE TO PLAY!!
IT STARTED RAINING AND SPITTING SLEET, SO WE
THOUGHT IT
BEST TO DO
SOMETHING ELSE, SO WE MOVED EVERYONE TO EARLINGTON FIRST BAPTIST.
I THOUGHT WE WOULD END UP DOING A PRAISE AND WORSHIP SERVICE,
AND
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FINE, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT EITHER!
WE GOT ALL THE KIDS IN THE SANCTUARY, AND THEN WE GOT ALL OF
OUR
VOLUNTEERS, IN ANOTHER ROOM, AND WE RE-WORKED THE ENTIRE GAME, IN ABOUT
15 MINUTES!!! HOW'S THAT FOR MIRACLES, BAPTIST DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT
A
COMMITTEE, AND HAVING TO VOTE ON IT!! WOOOOOHOOO!
WE HAD
A BLAST! WE ALSO WENT TO "SCHOOL" ON THIS ONE, WE HAD
SEVERAL
'KINKS' TO WORK OUT, AND THROUGH THE YEARS, WE HAVE IT DOWN TO "ALMOST"
A SCIENCE! WE STILL HAVE TO BE "GUMBY" ABOUT IT!
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE PREPARED WE THINK WE ARE, GOD HAS
ALWAYS MADE EACH EVENT UNIQUE AND SPECIAL AS ONLY HE CAN.
OUR SECOND UNDERGROUND CHURCH - 2001
TIM STAPLES HEARD OF THE GREAT TIME WE HAD, AND HE WANTED TO
DO A
UC AT HIS CHURCH, NEW PARADISE BAPTIST CHURCH,
GREENVILLE
KY. THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE TO PLAY, THE CHURCH IS IN FRONT OF A
SUBDIVISION. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH LIVE IN THAT
SUBDIVISION, SO WE GOT TO USE MOST OF THE SUBDIVISION. THE CHURCH IS
JUST OUTSIDE OF GREENVILLE, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MUHLENBERG
SOUTH
HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE BEGAN PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR HIS
UC.
BETWEEN OUR FIRST UC AND THIS ONE, GOD BEGAN GIVING ME
DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF THE GAME, DIFFERENT GOALS, IT ENDED UP BEING DIFFERENT
CHAPTERS! AT THIS TIME GOD GAVE US 5 CHAPTERS, AND SPECIFICS
TO
THE GAME! OUR BAD GUYS AREN'T JUST BAD GUYS ANYMORE, THEY
HAVE A
NAME, THE GAG REGIME! (GAG STANDS FOR GOVERNMENT AGAINST GOD)
-
HOW TRUE IS THAT!!!???? ISN'T THAT WHAT
GOVERNMENT
IS
TRYING TO DO...LITTLE BY LITTLE, EVERY RELIGION HAS RIGHTS EXCEPT
CHRISTIANITY!? OUR JAIL TEAM NOW HAS AN INTERROGATION ROOM!
WE NOW HAVE A NEWS CREW, THAT GOES OUT DURING THE GAME, AND
INTERVIEWS THE TEAMS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE GAME. I CAN'T
REMEMBER THE NUMBER BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 175, AND I THINK
WE
GOT TO SEE 8 TEENS SAVED THAT NIGHT! SO THAT WAS WORTH IT, IF
ONE
SOUL HAD GOT SAVED, IT WOULD'VE BEEN WORTH IT!! IT WAS A
BLAST!!
WE PLAYED CHAPTER THREE - FREE THE PREACHER!
OUR THIRD UNDERGROUND CHURCH - 2002
TIM STAPLES WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING WENT AND
HOW MANY SOULS
WERE SAVED, HE WANTED TO DO ANOTHER ONE AT NEW PARADISE!! SO
WE DID, AGAIN WE
TOOK TIME TO PLAN, PREPARE, AND AGAIN WE LEARNED THINGS FROM THE
PREVIOUS TIME, AND WE ADJUSTED OURSELVES AND OUR GAME
TO BE DIFFERENT AND BETTER
THAN
THE LAST. THE UC GAME IS MORE INTENSE, MORE OF AN IN YOUR
FACE
TYPE OF GAME. WE WOULD LOVE FOR TEENS/ADULTS TO GET SAVED
FROM
GOD USING UC IN THIS WAY, BUT WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER GOAL IN UC.
THAT SECOND GOAL IS THAT CHRISTIANS WOULD UNDERSTAND, TAKE A NEW LOOK
AT
HOW BLESSED WE ARE. WE TAKE GOING TO CHURCH FOR GRANTED, SO
MUCH
SO, THAT WE SOMETIMES CHOOSE NOT TO GO!! WE WANT CHRISTIANS,
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SPECIAL FREEDOM TO WORSHIP GOD
FREELY,
WITHOUT HINDRANCE FROM GOVERNMENT OR ANYONE ELSE IS TRULY A SPECIAL
BLESSING FROM GOD HIMSELF!! I THINK THE COUNT FOR THIS UC WAS
225
IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE HAD PEOPLE SAVED, BUT I CAN NOT REMEMBER THE
EXACT COUNT!
WE PLAYED CHAPTER FOUR - FIND THE PREACHER
THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH THAT NEVER WAS -
2003
IN
2003, WE WANTED TO DO UC AT THE PARK AGAIN! ON THE NIGHT OF
UC,
I WAS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL, LAID UP FROM BACK SURGERY. CHRIS
PENDLEY HAD IT, IT WAS HIS BABY! THIS WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT
UC,
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PUZZLE GAME!
THE PLAN WAS TO
START AT GRAPEVINE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE CHRIS WAS SERVING
AS
MINISTER OF MUSIC AND YOUTH, AND THEN THE PLAN WAS TO CONVOY OVER TO
THE PARK. BY THE TIME, THE OPENING FINISHED, A MAJOR TYPHOON
HIT!! IT TOOK A bit OF DOING TO CORRAL EVERYONE BACK OVER TO
EARLINGTON FIRST BAPTIST. THAT NIGHT THEY HAD SOME PRAISE AND
WORSHIP,
PLAYED A
FEW GAMES, AND OF COURSE THEY HAD FOOD! ONCE SETTLED IN AT
EARLINGTON FIRST, THEY ENDED UP WITH BETWEEN 75 - 100 TOTAL
(KIDS/ADULTS). THANKS CHRIS FOR GIVING ME THOSE NUMBERS!!
IT
SEEMS THAT WE ARE NOT TO HAVE UC AT THE PARK, SOME TYPE OF WEATHER
ALWAYS SEEMS TO SAY 'NO' TO THAT LOCATION.
NO UNDERGROUND
CHURCH - 2004 THROUGH 2005!??
FOLKS, WE' HAVE "RACKED" OUR BRAINS, IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
IF THERE
WAS A UC PLAYED DURING THIS TIME AND SOMEHOW WE CAN NOT REMEMBER IT!
OR WHY DIDN'T WE PLAY UC DURING THIS TIME??
WE ARE
NOT SURE, IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A UC DURING THIS TIME PLEASE LET
US KNOW....I'M SORRY WE CAN NOT REMEMBER!!
OUR FOURTH (AS FAR AS WE KNOW)
UNDERGROUND CHURCH - OCTOBER 21ST, 2006
A FRIEND OF MINE, MARK KNIGHT, WAS ABOUT TO GO TO
OLIVE BRANCH
BAPTIST CHURCH, AND SERVE AS YOUTH MINISTER. I TOLD
HIM IF
HE DID, THAT OLIVE BRANCH WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO PLAY UNDERGROUND
CHURCH.
HE TOOK THE JOB, AND LATER HE CALLED ME AND SAID HE WANTED TO
DO
UNDERGROUND CHURCH. THE TWO HARDEST THINGS ABOUT
DOING UC
IS, ONE TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO COMMIT, AND TO COMMIT TO COMING TO THE
PLANNING MEETINGS, AND TWO, TO COME UP WITH THE CLUES FOR THE GAME!
I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE CHAPTERS, ETC., AND HE STILL WANTED TO
DO
IT. SO WE DID ALL THE USUALS, WE PRAYED, PLANNED, AND
RECRUITED
VOLUNTEERS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR UCs, BUT OURS WE NEED
LOTS
AND LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS!! I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH 75 WORKERS!!!
IT WAS A GRAND TIME! WE HAD 12
FOLKS
SAVED!! WE HAD A GROUP FROM HOPKINSVILLE, WE NOW KNOW THEY
ARE
FROM TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THEIR YOUTH LEADER WAS MORE
SCARED
THAN THE TEENS!! AFTERWARDS, A GUY CAME UP TO ME
AND SAID
ARE YOU STU!? WELL FOLKS, UC IS INTENSE AND I WAS ALMOST SURE THAT I
WAS GOING TO GET BLASTED! BUT I DIDN'T, HE EXPLAINED THAT HE
WAS
BRO. BELCHER FROM TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THAT HE REALLY ENJOYED UC,
AND WANTED TO DO IT AT HIS CHURCH!! SO WE WORKED
WITH
HIM AND CASEY FOWLER (THE SCARED YOUTH LEADER) AND WE DID UC AT THEIR
CHURCH...AND NOW THEY ARE A PART OF OUR UC FAMILY!! I THINK WE HAD 280
GO THROUGH THE GAME WITH ABOUT 65 WORKERS FOR
A TOTAL OF 345!! THIS WAS OUR BIGGEST UC TURN-OUT
EVER!!!
THANK YOU JESUS! ALSO WE HAD ABOUT 12 SAVED!!
THANK YOU AGAIN, LORD!!
WE PLAYED CHAPTER ONE: FIND THE CHURCH
OUR FIFTH UNDERGROUND CHURCH - APRIL
28, 2007
BRO. DANIEL BELCHER AND CASEY FOWLER, AND TRINITY BAPTIST
CHURCH OF
HOPKINSVILLE, KY., HAVE BECOME OUR PARTNER IN UNDERGROUND CHURCH. WE
HAVE WORKED OUT A SCHEDULE, THEY FOLLOW WHAT WE DO IN OCTOBER.
SO
WHATEVER CHAPTER WE DO, THEY DO THE SAME CHAPTER IN APRIL.
EVEN
THOUGH IT IS THE SAME CHAPTER, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE
SURROUNDINGS ARE DIFFERENT! THEY HAD MANY VOLUNTEERS, EXCITED
ABOUT DOING UNDERGROUND CHURCH. CASEY GAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST,
AND
THAT REQUEST WAS TO HAVE THE BIG GUY IN THE WHITE FACE TO COME TO HELP
WITH THEIR UC. THAT GUY IN WHITE FACE IS NONE OTHER THAN BIG
NICK
HOLEMAN, AND HE'S SERIOUS ABOUT IT, WHEN IT COMES TO UC!
IN FACT, HE 'S SO INTO HIS CHARACTER THAT HE HAD CASEY SCARED
TO
DEATH, WHEN SHE WENT THROUGH OUR UC. NICK HOLEMAN,
IS
SERVING AT LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, AS YOUTH DIRECTOR AND HAS HELPED US
WITH ALMOST ALL OF OUR UCs!
WE HAD SEVERAL THERE FOR TRINITY'S FIRST UC, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 225,
WHICH IS GREAT FOR A FIRST TIME!! CASEY WAS ON THE LOCAL TV
THERE
-- CHANNEL 44, I THINK
TO GIVE A PROMO KIND OF INVITE TO UC, SHE ALSO GAVE US A PLUG FOR THE
LOCAL UC THAT WE JUST DID IN OCTOBER! THANKS CASEY!!
THEY
HAD A GREAT TIME, THEY HAD A BAG-LADY (WHICH GAVE ME AN IDEA FOR OUR UC
IN OCTOBER), WHICH REALLY MADE THE GAME INTERESTING.
TRINITY HAD A FEW
PLACES THAT NEEDED SOMEONE TO FEEL, SO I RECRUITED SOME OF OUR FOLKS AT
SECOND BAPTIST TO COME HELP US, AND OF COURSE NICK HOLEMAN
AND
ANDREA, HIS WIFE (ALIAS 'ANDREAD') TO COME HELP US
ALSO. DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE, A GUY (A BIG GUY), SAID
THAT HE
NEEDED TO
SAY SOMETHING BUT WANTED EVERYONE TO HEAR HIM OUT BEFORE WE REPLIED.
HE
TOLD US THAT DURING THE OPENING HE WANTED TO GET A PIECE OF THIS GUY,
AND THAT GUY,
ETC., BUT THEN HE SAID AFTER I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND HE WENT THROUGH
THE GAME, THIS REALLY COULD HAPPEN! AND THEN HE THANKED OUR
GAG
REGIME PEOPLE PERSONALLY FOR THEIR ROLES, IT OPENED HIS EYES, AND NOW
HE WILL TAKE HIS PLACE OF WORSHIP MORE SERIOUSLY, AND THAT HE HAS A
RENEWED APPRECIATION FOR HIS CHURCH, HIS PASTOR, HIS CHURCH, HIS BIBLE
AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD!! I'M GLAD HIS TESTIMONY ENDED
THAT
WAY, I WAS BEGINNING TO WORRY....LOL! I BELIEVE I REMEMBER
THAT
16 RECEIVED JESUS THAT NIGHT, AND OVER 100 REDEDICATIONS!!
WOW...ANOTHER UC, ANOTHER GREAT
TIME!!
THANK YOU JESUS!
WE PLAYED CHAPTER ONE: FIND THE CHURCH
OUR SIXTH UNDERGROUND CHURCH - OCTOBER 20, 2007
MARK KNIGHT, OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH, HOSTED ANOTHER UC
JUST THIS
PAST OCTOBER!! WE HAD A GREAT TIME!! WE DID SOME
THINGS
DIFFERENT, WE ADDED SOME THINGS AND I THINK IT ADDED TO THE EXPERIENCE
OF UC! WE ADDED A INFORMATION CENTER THAT WAS DEDICATED TO
NEWS
ABOUT
THE REAL UNDERGROUND AND PERSECUTED CHURCH! WE
ADDED A
VIDEO ROOM, SO FOLKS COULD GIVE US A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF
THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF UC! WHICH WE WILL COLLECT AND PUT
INTO A
INFOMERCIAL
TYPE OF DVD, TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS, AND TO USE A INVITATION TYPE OF
TOOL!
VIDEO CLIPS ARE
VIEWABLE ON THE VIDEOS PAGE. WE ADDED A POWERPOINT
FOR FOLKS TO WATCH UNTIL WE GOT
'OFFICIALLY' STARTED THAT HAD THE RULES, THE GOAL, AND THE LAYOUT FOR
THIS UC GAME! I THINK IT ACTUALLY HELPED US! MARK
OR
SOMEONE ADDED A COUNTDOWN TYPE OF VIDEO, AND THAT GOT THE TEENS
ATTENTION, AND THEY WERE READY TO START WHEN THE COUNT HIT ZERO!
(WHICH WAS A GREAT THING) LET ME TELL YOU, THAT
COUNTDOWN
FROM 10 TO 0 WAS REALLY, REALLY LOUD!! WE HAD A DEAR FRIEND
FROM
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BRING HIS CAR OUT, AND RAN THE SIREN FOR
AFFECT, AT OUR CRIME SCENE....WHICH THE TEENS HAD TO WALK AROUND WHEN
THEY COME OUT OF
THE SANCTUARY. WE HAD ABOUT 380 (NOT OFFICIAL ...YET) WITH
ABOUT 65 WORKERS FOR A TOTAL OF 445!!!!
HOW ABOUT THAT??? UC JUST KEEPS ON GETTING BIGGER
AND
BIGGER!!! GOD SEEN FIT TO SAVE 15 !!!! OUR PRAYER
IS THAT OUR DECISION CARD ANSWERS ARE GENUINE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU LORD!!
WE PLAYED CHAPTER TWO: FIND THE PREACHER
OUR SEVENTH UNDERGROUND CHURCH - APRIL 26, 2008
WE HAD OUR 2ND UC AT TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND LET ME TELL YOU!!
WOW!!!
THIS
WAS OVER-THE-TOP INTENSE!! I WAS BLOWN - AWAY AND I KNEW
WHAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!! CASEY FOWLER AND BRO. DANNY BELCHER AND
COMPANY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB!! CASEY SURROUNDED
HERSELF
WITH A TEAM TO DO ALL THE PREP WORK, THEY HAD THEIR CLUES DONE IN
FEBRUARY!!! WOW!! NOW THAT'S A MIRACLE IN ITSELF!!
CASEY HAD MOST OF HER ROLES ALREADY FILLED, SHE ASKED ME TO
FILL
IN WHERE SHE NEEDED SOME HELP...AND WE DID! WE'RE ALWAYS
READY TO
TRAVEL FAR AND LONG TO HELP WITH A UC EVENT! I BELIEVE THERE
WERE
275 THERE, THAT'S WITH 65 WORKERS!! THERE WERE 18 THAT
RECEIVED
JESUS THAT NIGHT, AND 92 REDEDICATIONS!!! I BELIEVE
WE HAD
CHURCH FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES OR SO...
I WANT YOU TO KNOW....WE HAD CHURCH!! WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR
BULLETIN, WE DIDN'T
HAVE
OUR HYMNALS, OUR BIBLES OR ANYTHING ELSE! ALL WE HAD WAS THE
ONE
WE ALWAYS NEED FOR CHURCH TO TAKE PLACE .......GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT!!
HE MOVED AND THEN HE MOVED AGAIN!! WE HAD YOUTH
GROUPS
KNEELING AND WEEPING, AND PRAYING FOR EACH OTHER. IT WAS
AWESOME!! I TAKE THAT BACK IT WASN'T AWESOME.......HE'S
AWESOME!!
GOD's HOLY SPIRIT WAS 'THICK' -- YOU COULD FEEL HIS PRESENCE
--
MOVING IN AMONGST US, I GOT GOOSE BUMPS!!
WE PLAYED CHAPTER TWO: FIND THE PREACHER
OUR EIGHTH UNDERGROUND CHURCH - September 27, 2008
IF
JESUS WILL TARRY THAT LONG, WE WILL HAVE OUR 8TH UC IN SEPTEMBER!
SILENT RUN BAPTIST CHURCH IS OUR HOST!!
(SEE COMING SOON!)
FOLKS, THIS WILL BE AN AWESOME PLACE TO PLAY!
THERE IS
WOODS VERY CLOSE BY, AND OLD - OLD CEMETERY, LOTS OF ROOM TO ROAM, THIS
WILL BE AN AWESOME TIME...PLAN TO ATTEND NOW!!
WE WILL PLAY CHAPTER THREE: FREE THE PREACHER!!
OUR NINTH UNDERGROUND CHURCH - APRIL 25, 2009!!
THIS
IS HOT OFF THE PRESS!! BRO. DANNY BELCHER FROM TRINITY
BAPTIST
CHURCH, IN HOPKINSVILLE, (YOU KNOW BY NOW, THEY ARE OUR UC
SOUTH
CONNECTION), HAS ALREADY SCHEDULED UNDERGROUND CHURCH FOR APRIL 25,
2009!!! WOW!!
WE WILL PLAY CHAPTER THREE: FREE THE PREACHER
