Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 21, 2010

We celebrated Christ the King Sunday yesterday - traditionally part of the liturgical calendar, and recognized as the Sunday prior to Advent starting. Generally a celebration of Christ's 2nd Advent - the waiting on Him to come again . . . We opened yesterday with a tune I wrote with Billy Ivey called I Will Sing.After our call to worship we sang Sing to the King, Not to Us, Center, Recoice the Lord is King, Before the Throne of God Above, and Agnus Dei. Our offering song was God You Reign - a terrific tune from Lincoln Brewster.Three more weeks…
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Creative guys . . .

I dig creativity . . . I dig guys that are into doing creative things for the sake of being creative . . .Alan Matthews goes to Oak Mountain, along with his wife and kids. I've had lunch with him a couple of times . . . i think he's crazy in such a fun way.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hO7Zcu_Oco&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0]
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 14, 2010

Choir led in worship last weekend. That wraps our final "regular" service led by the choir for the year. The choir is continuing to prepare for "Rescue" - our Christmas worship service which will be Sunday December 12, 2010 at both services.We opened last week with All Who Are Thirsty.After our call to worship we sang Jesus Shall Reign, Awesome is the Lord Most High, God of This City, and When All is Said and Done.Our offering song was Do It Lord.
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Friday Favorites 11.12.10

1. Favorite ridiculous video - Chad Vader, after DentistI love this video - makes me laugh everytime. And yes, it's completely ridiculous[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTAnXqn9Jc&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0]4. Favorite Line from this coming Sunday's worship service - "I see the lost, and nameless ones remembered; orphans fulfilling, Lord, Your calling on their lives . . . Do it Lord"5. Favorite thing one of my kids said this week - Last night [Thursday] I took Drake and Drennen (#1 and #3) to the Apple Store. "Who wants to go to the Apple Store?" "Me! Me!" We go - I get done what is needed - Drake…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 7, 2010

Better late than never. We wrapped up our stewardship series this past sunday. For those of you uncomfortable talking about money - we're done now . . . We opened last Sunday with Famous One.After our call to worship we sang All Because of Jesus, Forever, Enough, Heart of Worship, and Be Thou My Vision. Our offering song was Tomlin's version of Take My Life.Our pledge offering song was Lay it Down, by Dave Lubben.Choir sings this coming Sunday. Christmas will be here before you know it!
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Friday Favorites 11.5.10

1. Favorite Ridiculous Video - It's been around for a while now, and as sick as it is - we sing it around the house. My favorite part is the "cover" on the back half of the video[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0]5. Favorite Quote from one of my kids - "I don't think it's fair that kids don't get to vote. The government makes decisions that are going to affect me. I should get to vote."
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – October 31, 2010

Bob is continuing his series on Stewardship. I'd encourage you to get the podcast if you haven't already - or perhaps you've missed a week and would like to catch up.We also showed a video highlighting some stories of families in our church. I'll post the video here tomorrow . . . We opened yesterday with a new tune called Let Us Return, based on Hosea . . . After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, O 4 a 1000 Tongues (with the Crowder chorus), Search Me, Break Through, and Your Name.Our offering song was Lift…
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Friday Favorites 10.29.10

1. Favorite Time-Suck Website - http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/2. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday worship - "I do my part in asking You to come and make me clean . . . "3. Favorite Ridiculous Video - How to Be a Church Planter -[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjHMZKNKbTk&fs=1&hl=en_US]4. Favorite recently watched video from Oak MountainIt's 8 minutes long - but it's worth it. It's a relevant and powerful message, still . . . 2 years later.[vimeo 6919021 w=450 h=248]5. Favorite older movie recommendation - Heat. Remember this one? It was released the same summer as Forrest Gump and Shawshank - so it got zero press. It's…
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