Barry Howard, senior minister at First Baptist Church of Pensacola, has penned the following in regards to a certain shock rock legend who was in attendance at a recent service:

“On President’s Day weekend, one of those long weekends when “School’s Out,” Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Damon Furnier, better known as Alice Cooper and his wife Sheryl, joined us for worship at First Baptist Pensacola, unannounced.  In fact, there was a pretty big crowd that day and I didn’t even notice that they were in the congregation.

An extraordinarily large number of middle school and high school students were seated together, front and center, in colored “Wise Up!” tee shirts as our worship time served as a grand conclusion to Disciple Now Weekend, a huge event devoted to equipping and instructing teens to make “wise” life choices. The atmosphere in the service was charged with energy and encouragement.  And one of the most popular rock musicians in history was in the crowd, somewhat anonymously.

A few hours after the service I happened to notice a few social media posts from members who “wished they could have met Mr. and Mrs. Alice Cooper at church today.”  At first I assumed that they had seen someone in our service who resembled Alice Cooper.  However, I became a little more curious when one of our ministers reported, “Alice Cooper and his wife came out my door and shook my hand.”  And on Monday I confirmed that Alice Cooper was indeed in Pensacola, had dined at one of our excellent seafood restaurants, had played golf at our top notch Country Club, and had joined our church family for worship.

Why was Alice Cooper in our worship service? And how should a church react when such a well-known celebrity comes to church?”

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Artist David Arrigo recently unveiled a new mask for Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith featuring Alice Cooper.

 

 

Says Arrigo: “With EVERY mask I work on with Smitty, there will be… lets say some locking of the horns and this piece was no different. Smitty was looking for a clean break all around including the backplate. In contrast, I push as much as possible to have something on the mask that have people look twice. He wanted the Coyotes moon logo vs. I was looking for something more entertaining and had a punch. Enter Alice Cooper, Rock Star, Arizona resident and Coyote fan. What is more retro than Alice Cooper! I thought the image of Alice’s unique look on the backplate would really make this a conversation piece (not to mention I think it would look cool as heck!). For once I got my way! I think it worked out well, what do you think?”

For more info on David Arrigo visit Davidarrigo.com.

Mike Smith says it’s a “pretty cool tribute to (Alice) and the support he gives our team.”