"So Long Schansbergs"

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Some of our dear friends put together this parody of "We Are the World" to commemorate me and Tonia leaving to start attending the Southern Indiana campus of Southeast Christian. Eric has been the teacher of the Abundant Life class since its inception in 2000.

Here are the lyrics:

LIONEL RICHIE: There came a time for someone to heed the call

STEVIE WONDER & LIONEL: And Eric, you brought us together as one.
STEVIE: We were yahoos floundering

PAUL SIMON: Needing one to lend a hand, and you gave
PAUL & KENNY ROGERS: The greatest gift of all.

KENNY: We can't go on pretending day by day
JAMES INGRAM: That we know what a “partial preterist” means.

TINA TURNER: We’re all proud to be part of your Abundant family
BILLY JOEL: And the truth, you know Christ is all we need.

[Chorus]
MICHAEL JACKSON: So Long, Schansbergs. It’s not a rumor. We’re gonna miss Eric’s economic sense of humor

DIANA ROSS: It’s a choice we’re making to have “Abundant Life,”

MICHAEL: It’s true, we owe it all to you. You led the way.

DIONNE WARWICK: Well, Tonia gave us her heart when she showed how much she cared

DIONNE & WILLIE NELSON: So our lives would be stronger and free.

WILLLIE: And as Eric told us, to avoid the slippery slope

AL JARREAU: Now we all aren’t Bozos anymore.

[Chorus]
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: So Long, Schansbergs. It’s not a rumor.

KENNY LOGGINS: We’re gonna miss Eric’s economic sense of humor

STEVE PERRY: Whoa, there’s a choice we’re making to have “Abundant Life,”

DARYL HALL: It’s true, we owe it all to you. You led the way.

MICHAEL: When you’ve crossed over to the Blessed Hoosier Land

HUEY LEWIS: There is just one thing you gotta understand,

CYNDI LAUPER: Well, well, well, when we realize…Ohh, life is more than “just for grins”

KIM CARNES: We’ll see . . . a new era begin.

CYNDI: Well, well, well…

[Chorus] * 2: GROUP

[Chorus]: GROUP

So Long, Schansbergs. It’s not a rumor. We’re gonna miss Eric’s economic sense of humor.

BOB DYLAN: It’s a choice we’re making to have “Abundant Life.” It’s true, we owe it all to you. You led the way.

RAY CHARLES: C’mon now, let me hear ya!

[Chorus] * 2: GROUP with ECHOS/BACK-UP SINGERS