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oob camp meetingS >> Nichole Nordeman sings about 'what matters' ROBERT MITCHELL A fter seeing the Nichole Norde- man concert that closed the Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings, you would be hard pressed to imagine this contemporary Christian singer as an introvert, which is how she likes to portray herself. Nordeman's warm persona set the tone for her songs as she carefully set up each one with a heartfelt description of the inspiration behind it. Accompanied by only a guitarist and a percussionist, she played the piano and sang. Nordeman, who grew up in Colorado and got her start as a church pianist, came onstage right after CrossFire Brass ministered and the audience had fi nished the praise song "How Great Is Our God." "This is a fi rst for me," Nordeman said. "I've never had to follow a brass band. Pretty cool!" Nordeman said she was "humbled" as she spent the early part of the day learning about The Salvation Army and its mission. "I'm honored to be a part of that," she said. Nordeman, who now makes her home in Tulsa, Okla., has twice won the Gospel Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year Award. She also has won nine Dove awards. Her set list for the concert included most of her popular songs, "This Mys- tery," "Legacy," "Is It Any Wonder," "What If," "Fool for You," "Every Season," "Brave," "I Am," "Holy," and "Please Come." Before "Legacy," Nordeman decried how people stress over things that have no "eternal signifi cance." "I want to be about what matters—big or small," she said. Nordeman said her song "Brave" was written for Charlie, her son. She also has a daughter, Pepper. "I love to sing, I love to write, but I love being a mom more than all those things," she said. Commissioner Barry C. Swanson, ter- ritorial commander, closed the night by sharing Philippians 4:8–9. "We need to allow God's Spirit and Word to transform our thinking and to put us in the right place mentally [and] eternally. [We must fi ll] ourselves with God's truth and thoughts," Swanson said. "Do that for yourself and for your fam- ily because, in doing so, we allow Him to bring about that important transforma- tion of our minds." OOB 2015 'SAVE THE DATE' July 25–31 Special Guests: Colonels Janet and Richard Munn Photos by Gary Curtis 20 September 2014