by Sara Horn, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

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Connecting at LifeWay Casting Crowns performs in a special showcase held at LifeWay Christian Resources. Pictured are Mark Hall, lead singer, left, and Hector Cervantes, guitarist and vocals. I>Photo by Morris Abernathy
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--An album that debuts at No. 1 and a national tour to promote it is a dream come true for most musicians. Mark Hall hasn't given it much thought, though. His attention is still in McDonough, Ga., where 400 teenagers are without their youth pastor for the month of October.
"This is a pretty busy month for us [with the youth ministry], so I've been thinking a lot about how things are running while I'm gone," said Hall, youth pastor for Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough. "We've got 40 adult workers so [the kids] are in good hands, but my family and the youth group are definitely on my mind." Read More