Monday morning Recap for Sunday – July 11, 2010

We opened this morning with Come Ye Sinners.After our call to worship we sang Amazing God, Our God Saves, Praise to the Lord (new version *to oak mountain), You Gave Your Life Away, and How Deep the Father's Love.Our offering song was The Stand - by Hillsong.Bullfrog Choir in just 2 weeks. So excited.
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Monday morning Recap for Sunday – July 4, 2010 (better late than never)

Patrick and the Youth Group led worship this past weekend. They always do a great job - Patrick is one of those guys who is multi-faceted in ministry, and has many talents . . . our youth love him - and he's a great friend. They opened last week with a Silar's Bald tune called My Heart Will Sing.After the call to worship they sang Let God Arise, You LIfted Me Out, No Not One, and In Christ Alone.The offering song was Christy Nockel's A Mighty Fortress (great tune).BULLFROG choir in just two more weeks - July 25th. SO looking…
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Monday morning Recap for Sunday – June 27, 2010

We had a great morning of worship at Oak Mtn - Mark Clement led for me. Mark has become a good friend over the last year - and did a tremendous job - i look forward to having him lead again in the future. They opened this weekend with P Baloche's Hosanna. After the call to worship they sang I am Free, Awesome is the Lord Most High, a new tune (to oak mountain) called You Are My Strength, and closed with How Great is our God. The offering song was Awakening. Remember - for next weekend - july 4,…
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I don't do auditions

I read an article today, in one of the magazines that comes to my office every month. It was written by a guy i respect - and have studied, and have read - and the title of it was "letting volunteers go." The premise of the article was answering a "question" from a reader about how to let a volunteer go - one that has been involved in the ministry for years, simply because they weren't a solo-quality voice.I'd offer a different perspective.I'm grieved at the thought that was would use "distraction" or "not-as-skilled" to justify excluding someone from worship…
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Monday morning Recap for Sunday – June 20. 2010

Great time of worship yesterday morning. The choir was singing. It was Father's Day. Great, great morning.We opened yesterday with a rather slow, mellow ballad from Israel Houghton called Say So. :)After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, O Worship the King, Everlasting God, and Revelation Song.Our offering song was God You Reign - a Lincoln Brewster song that we first did during our Palm Sunday Spectacular.We did a different arrangement of Everlasting God - one that I heard Anthony Evans do last year at the National Worship Leader Conference - it's got a bit more…
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My NICU baby turns 9 today

I posted Drake's story last year. I'm gonna post it again.He was born at 6:01, on a Friday - June 15, 2001. This was after 30 hours of labor, 3 doctors, 5 nurses . . . and then she pushed for 3 hours. They were about ready to do a C-section when the doc saw the head.He came out grey . . . and not breathing. Mandy's uterus wasn't clamping back down, and she was losing so much blood that they were going to transfuse her. They hit the red button on the wall, and my parents, and brothers and…
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Monday morning Recap for Sunday – June 13. 2010

Being away from Oak Mtn - even for a couple days, always makes me fond of the people and the community when i return. Yesterday was no exception. We opened yesterday with Begin My Tongue, another tune i wrote as a part of a hymn-[re]writing group that I was a part of quite a few years ago.After our call to worship we sang Beautiful One, Holy is the Lord, Amazing Grace (Chains are Gone), and Hear Us From Heaven.Our offering song was Everything (Hughes).For Communion, Alicia sang Child of God (K. Scott). GREAT tune. Check out 7:22 Band's recording of…
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Monday morning Recap for Sunday – June 6, 2010

It's honestly hard to believe it's already June. Before you know it, we'll have the wreaths hung above the stage again . . . Anyway - Bob continues his series on revival. Let me encourage you to get the sermon downloads from iTunes. We opened last week with Awake My Soul, a tune I wrote when i was a part of a hymn rewriting group a few years ago. After our call to worship we sang Filled With Your Glory, What a Savior, Search Me (Ronnie Freeman), Surrender (Brewster), and Jesus Paid it All (Stanfill). Our offering song was another…
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Len Sweet "Faithful Till He Comes"

I've heard Len Sweet speak so many times - and have read quite a few of his books. I find his thoughts challenging, insightful . . . http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12266849&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
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