Mega Fest 2004

Kirk Franklin and Bishop T.D. Jakes

Who was there? Well, Bishop Jakes of course, Juanita Bynum, Paula White, Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar, Joyce Meyer, Noel Jones, Kirk Franklin, Serita Jakes, Claudette Copeland, Dennis Kimbro, Charles Blake, Darlene Bishop, Bridget Hilliard, Susie Owens, Ronn Elmore, Les Brown and more. Psalmists

Pattie Labelle

included Judy Jacobs, Byron Cage, Israel Houghton, Micah Stampley, Tonex, Rizen, Kierra Sheard, Vicki Yohe, Martha Munizzi and DeLeon Richardson- Sheffield. Special concerts featured Mary Mary, Vickie Winans, Shirley Caesar, Patti Labelle, Karen Clark Sheard, Sinbad, Steve Harvey, Jonathan Slocumb and Chocolate.

Be it the circus, workshops, sold-out concerts, preaching or celebrity basketball games - there was always something for everybody in the family. The youth and children had their own specialized services and workshops with plenty of time to still hang with mom, dad, grandma, granddad, auntie, uncle and cousins. There were morning and evening services. Most of the workshops (as well as the Family Expo which featured all types of vendors) were happening in the Georgia World Congress Center, which is adjacent to the Georgia Dome.

The many adult workshops dealt with everything from finances (finance guru Suze Orman was a featured speaker) to Christian film (Woman Thou Art Loosed the Movie will be released soon) to health to education, being an entrepreneur to relationships issues.

Yet even with all this going on, the main focus was still the Lord! I, like so many others, was not able to attend all the services or the workshops. I can only say that all the sessions I experienced had a true “ramah” Word for my life and my situation. By the end of the week, many of the people I spoke with had heard something specifically for them from the Lord. One expression I heard was, “I was blessed at Mega Fest.”

A friend mentioned during the week that she’d initially thought T.D. Jakes was a “slick” preacher and I understood what she meant. But I realized right then that we as saints are sometimes not ready for real excellence in Christ. Slick is what the world does. Because of all the propaganda that the world puts out, sometimes it takes a willing available vessel, who does real ministry on a whole ‘nother level, to bring something uniquely Christian, uniquely anointed to the saints and the world at large.