11 Feb 2010
By jasondsears

Hysterical Email

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Emails to a music minister could be good copy for a book. But every once in a while - I get something encouraging, and in this case - really funny. My choir members will get a kick out of it . . . I DO have permission from the author of this email to post this - although I've removed his name.As a point of clarification - I mentioned last week in choir that tenors were "man-made" but basses were "God-made," in that - as a guy - you can generally not stretch your range lower - whatever your "low"…
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10 Feb 2010
By jasondsears

I only teach 4 piano students . . .

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And they all work harder than any piano students I know. I'm the toughest teacher I know - I was taught how to teach by the toughest teacher I know. My students arrive for piano lessons at 7AM - before school starts. They have to practice more, and have to do things that regular piano lessons wouldn't require. They've got to WANT to learn piano to take from me - which is why i only teach 4 students.Anyway - this guy is unbelievable. He's been taking from me for 3.5 years (started in the 1st grade) - and he's now…
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08 Feb 2010
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday February 7, 2010

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We had quite the busy morning yesterday. The only thing we didn't do in the worship was celebrate the Lord's Supper - which we do next week - 2/14. You can find Bob's questions to prepare right here.We opened with a new song off the Glory Revealed 2 CD called Rejoice in the Lord.After our call to worship, we sang O 4 a 1000 tongues, quite a bit quicker than "usual" with the David Crowder Chorus. I really think that it brought new life to the song - and the congregation seemed to respond well. We also sang Not to…
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07 Feb 2010
By jasondsears

Our Edit from the 80 this morning

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In the realm of the ridiculous - we decided to edit this from the 80 this morning, because a good joke isn't followed with the words "get it?"Anyway - the IN EFF EL has had some pretty interesting things to say to churches that want to have parties showing a particular famous football event and even having people over to your house can cause attention from the pro-football organization. Even broadcasters have been limited in what they are allowed to say . . . And you'll find many articles that tell churches that they're not even allowed to say the…
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04 Feb 2010
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons #11

Worship Leader Lessons
I haven't posted one of these up in a while. Christmas happened. When Christmas happens in a worship leader's life, everything else stops except for what you're doing with Christmas. Anyway . . . back to it.You CAN'T change people's hearts.This was a tough one to learn. Before coming to Oak Mountain, i worked at a small church in Newnan, GA. I was just remarking to a friend that church plants should be a required part of the resume of a church staff member - especially at large churches like Oak Mountain.I would really struggle with some folks and heart…
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01 Feb 2010
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday January 31, 2010

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Yesterday marked the beginning of our 2010 Global Missions Conference. Lots of missionaries on campus this week - displaying their cultural and ministerial wares and allowing us to actively engage in their overseas ministries through prayer, financial support, and hopefully for some - a commitment to long-term missionary status.Yesterday we opened our service with Awesome is the Lord Most High.After our call to worship we sang Arise, Immortal Invisible, The Solid Rock, and You Never Let Go.We didn't sing an offering song this week - as we had quite a few things going on during the service, including some missionaries…
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29 Jan 2010
By jasondsears

Why I Quit Twitter

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I was leading and speaking at a conference for church planters this past week.One night - at about 3:30AM, I woke up, and flipped and flopped for the rest of the night, not getting a wink of sleep before the busiest day of the week. I was thinking about what I will now refer to as the ridiculousness of Twitter . . . My job - one that I was actually teaching others to do - is to lead God's people in worship, and to lead a ministry full of people into a relationship with their Father and each other…
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