This is the day! Stadium 2022 Highlights (Hungary)
A Miracle Come True: Forty thousand of us worshiped together in the stadium of the nation in Budapest, Hungary!
After the pandemic, and all the uncertainties, in the midst of a war nearby and an economic recession, on July 23rd, 2022, we were finally able to get together in Puskás Arena to praise our Lord and Creator and to fellowship with one another.
Our hearts are grateful that after a two-year delay, a period of long preparation and hopeful waiting, we could have this special event celebrating the 20th anniversary of This is the day! There were more than forty thousand people present from over thirty nations, coming from all over the Carpathian basin and the wider region.
Despite the sweltering heat, many were there from the very beginning, in fact, the sound of praise could be heard on the special trains and buses headed to the event. As the afternoon turned into evening, the bleachers were filled, and after a short and refreshing rain, all were thrilled to sing to God, listen to the inspirational thoughts being shared, and pray in unison for peace, and for the spiritual renewal of Hungary.
At this convention, all denominations were present with one accord, from the Catholic Church to Faith Church, from Lutherans and Calvinists to Baptists and Pentecostals as well as the members of numerous smaller fellowships. We have always placed special importance on being interdenominational, so we organized the program with the intention of involving representatives of the various denominations.
The program consisted of musical performances by well-known national and international Christian musicians, with short messages in between. Several of the performers have stood by our movement in the past twenty years, for instance, Noel Richards from Britain, who organized a similar worship event in Wembley Stadium in 1997. Martin Smith returned to us after taking our Roadshow to 23 cities, and we were especially thrilled that he was accompanied by Stu G, the guitarist of Delirious?. We heard upbeat gospel melodies performed by the London Community Gospel Choir and Noel Robinson, profoundly worshipful songs from veteran Graham Kendrick, and lively songs from Tim Hughes, and Gas Street Music. Highlights of the evening included beautiful worship music performed by three-time Grammy winner Michael W. Smith, and Bethel Music from California. Planetshakers from Australia closed the program with a terrific performance.
Naturally, most of the beautiful songs were sung in Hungarian, the whole stadium acting like one huge choir. What really mattered was not who was on the stage but who the song of thanksgiving rose to. In this intimate praise and worship, we were led by PZM, Hidden Kingdom, Hermons, Dics-Suli Band, Crux (from Upper Hungary, now Slovakia), Gergő Oláh, Keresztkérdés, András and Gellért Gável along with Misi Mező, Calvary Chapel with Heléna, András Hellinger, and Illés Dobner, Caramel, Új Forrás, Laci Csiszér, László Prazsák, Hanna, and Béla Pintér. Regretfully, Amaro Del could not travel from Transcarpathia, so they sent a video message. We also sang the national anthem, led by opera singer István Kovács, and followed by the prayers of the heads of churches. We closed the night by saying the Lord’s Prayer together.
We are grateful for having a close relationship with the believers of surrounding nations, and many of them were represented in those stands. We deemed it important for them to be represented on the stage as well, so our Romanian fellow believers were represented by Not an Idol from Moldova, the Slovakians by Marian Lipovsky (Timothy) and Julius Slovak (Godzone), the Polish by Mate.O. Andrej Grozdanov guitar player and Emanuel came from Croatia, Darijo Sehić from Serbia, and Tadej Vindiš from Slovenia. German speaking people were represented by Juri Friesen, the leader of Outbreakband.
Between performers, we listened to testimonies and inspirational messages shared by József Baranyi, Dániel D. Szabó, Zsuzsa Görgey, Virág Győri, József Kiss, Viktor László, Dávid Nemes, Lajos Rácz, János Szeverényi, and László Varga. The gospel was preached by pastor Sámuel Mike.
We are grateful to God for showering His blessings on this day, and we are thankful to all who attended.
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