07 Apr 2010
By jasondsears

The rest of the spring season at Oak Mountain

announcements
With Easter having come and gone, and the school year rapidly coming to an end - i wanted to get the dates out for the "rest" of our spring season - just as a reminder, for my mom. and the 4 others that read this. April 11 - 6PM - Our kids present "Good Kings Come in Small Packages" - the story of Josiah. April 16 and 17 - our men's conference - called "Man Up: Redefined." You can sign up for that HERE. April 18 - CHOIR sings in worship. May 23 - CHOIR sings in worship.
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05 Apr 2010
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – April 4, 2010

setlists
I truly love the Easter morning celebration. I've been waking up earlier and earlier in the mornings - for reasons unknown, but this morning I was able to sit with my boys and read the resurrection accounts from scripture . . . Anyway - we had two packed houses for worship this morning.We opened our service with Let God Arise.After our call to worship - in which Bob led us through the historical Easter responsive reading, we sang I Am Free, Arise, Indescribable, Rejoice the Lord is King, Everlasting God, and Mighty to Save.Our offering song was a fantastic tune…
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01 Apr 2010
By jasondsears

"the Lies" video from Palm Sunday

seasonal programs, videos
This was the 1st of a series of 3 videos that we showed last Sunday. Please read this before watching (from the blurb I wrote for the program):I'd like to mention a brief word about the videos you'll watch today. We shot footage of over 20 people, and asked them all the same three questions. 1. What are the lies that Evil whispers in your ear, 2. What does it mean to you that "ALL the old is washed away," and 3. What does it mean to you that "Jesus paid it ALL." We were amazed at how similar the…
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31 Mar 2010
By jasondsears

From last Sunday

audio clips
Just one tune for right now - i really enjoyed Jack's electric solo at the end . . . he's an incredible musicianhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/87743143/JS%20Blog/Site/Flash_Stuff_files/player.swf
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30 Mar 2010
By jasondsears

The wrath and agony of this week . . .

Friday Favorites
Bob says it often - that we should try to sanitize the scripture - and yet we do, in our readings, and interpretation of events. But how about in the realism of Christ, upon His shoulders, taking all our sin, and God's wrath/anger.If you read through the Old Testament - you're barraged by the rules and laws that God setup for His people to follow. A friend of mine recently asked - "What in the world with all the laws . . . " and the reality is that the punishment for breaking the laws and rules was severe -…
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29 Mar 2010
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – March 28, 2010 – our Palm Sunday Spectacular

seasonal programs
We finished our 7th Palm Sunday Spectacular yesterday - the 14th spectacular in all since coming to Oak Mountain in 2003.The title of our program was "ALL."The program consisted of music, narrative, and video - testimony-type videos asking people to share 1.what lies Evil whispers in their ears, 2. What it means to them that "Jesus Paid it All" and 3. What it means to them that all the old is washed away.I started planning the service last April - after last year's Easter season. I get some initial prep and planning done, and then put it aside as I…
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25 Mar 2010
By jasondsears

Message for this coming weekend's service

seasonal programs
Welcome to "All." All is an extreme word. There's no in between. It's as far to one extreme as you can get - the opposite being "none." Today we focus on the shed blood of Christ, and His sacrifice that "paid it ALL," "washed it ALL," "redeemed it ALL." It's as extreme as we can get. The worship ministry has enjoyed the last couple months as we've dwelt on what our "ALL" looks like - and how we so often fall into thinking that Christ's blood covered "most," or "some," or "those last few times, but not this one." We…
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22 Mar 2010
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – March 21, 2010

setlists
Yesterday marked the 2nd to last Sunday of lent, and the start of Spectacular week. Today we start a week's worth of rehearsal and preparation for "All" which we'll present on Sunday the 28th at 9 and 10:30. It's been a great winter, and the preparation that the choir's been through over the past 10 weeks have certainly been exciting and transforming. Sunday simply marks the opportunity to worship through these songs one more time - as every Wednesday night at 6PM is transformed into a worship time as we consider the text and tunes of these great songs. Yesterday…
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