gomertopia

Come On Home, Gomers!

I told you all about the new Gomertopia before it was opened. The time is here to come join! We have a lot of your friends and fellow Gomers on there already! So come join at www.ThirdDay.com/Gomer ! We're waiting for you! (Even if you don't consider yourself a "Gomer", come join us anyway! We'd love to have you!)

Welcome to the New Gomers.net!

If you've been to Gomers.net in the past months, you probably have been wondering why the home page still advertises tickets for the fall tour from last year. I have just not been able to update the site. Well, technically I could have, but there were things in the way. This is what happened. Last fall, I got a new laptop. Problem was that I never found the disk on which I burned my downloaded copy of my website building software, and I wasn't too keen on buying the new version. So today, I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy the new version and finally get the site updated. (It was getting really embarrassing being so far behind the times!)

As I was looking at the software, and finding out that the version I had been using was so antiquated that my site would not have translated into it, but that it was okay, because I could buy the version before that for a hundred dollars less, and my site could be opened in that version (take a breath, it's a long sentence), I had a flash of brilliance! Or at least a better, much easier idea dawned on me. (Thank You, Lord.)

Make yourself at home!

Welcome to Gomertopia! Isn’t this awesome? Third Day has given us a wonderful new place to call our own on their website! This band really cares for their fans. They have done so much for us, and now a Gomer family homestead. It is good to be a Gomer!

Look around. Get a feel for the place. Check out all the goodies Third Day has for you. Tell us what you think so far. This is our place, and it is going to be awesome!

In His love,

Mama Gomer

A welcome to Gomertopia from Mark Lee

Welcome to Gomertopia!

Several years ago a group of our online fans got together and decided to start calling themselves “Gomers”.  The idea came from our song “Gomer’s Theme”, which references the Bible story about Hosea marrying a prostitute.  Just like Gomer was unworthy and Hosea loved her anyway, we are all unworthy, yet God loves us anyway. 

From that little idea, the Gomer phenomenon took on a life of its own.  Gomer names were created, and then Gomer shirts.  It has been amazing to watch a community develop and flourish to the point that it truly feels like a family now.  We can travel anywhere in the country, and even around the world, and feel like we’re at home when we see the familiar orange shirts.  But it’s not just about the band – many friendships and lasting relationships have developed through the Gomer community, and “Gomer gatherings” have become commonplace. Gomers have also taken the lead in fundraising efforts for Hurricane Katrina and other great causes. 


For the last year or so, we’ve sensed a desire to take the Gomer idea to the next level.  That’s where Gomertopia comes in.  There was talk of having a formal “fan club” or “fan website” complete with membership fees, but something didn’t feel right about that.  The Gomer community has always been a grassroots, fan driven thing, and it needs to stay that way.  We just want to create a place for it to grow even more.  To start with, Gomertopia will feature

Advance tickets
Meet and Greet opportunities
Music and video giveaways
Ignite devotionals
Great Gomer Gathering info
Mama Gomer's Blog
Contests
Inside band information
Information on how to join our humanitarian efforts

...But we know that over time this will evolve  into whatever  you guys want it to be.  Because that’s how it should be.

It’s not a fan club.  It’s Gomertopia.

Mark Lee

Welcome to the new Gomertopia

Hello Third Day family, this is web lackey. I wanted to officially welcome you to the new Gomertopia. We are very excited about what we have planned....and what we can all do together. This blog will be primarily run by Mama Gomer...but I will also chime in from time to time. Also, the guys will stop by to say hello to their best fans.

Web Lackey