19 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

2009 Christmas Schedule @ Oak Mountain

announcements, schedule
November 29 - 1st Sunday of Advent . . . December 6 @ 6PM - our Children's Choir presents "Miracle on Bethlehem Street" December 13 - Worship Ministry leads us in "Behold . . . " - our Christmas worship service - both services: 9 and 10:30AM December 14 - Andrew Peterson and friends present "Behold the Lamb of God" @7PM at the church. Tickets are on sale here. December 22 - 4th Sunday of Advent December 24 - Christmas Eve Services: 4 and 5:30PM.
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17 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 15

setlists
Sunday was awesome. Apart from the worship set, and the testimony from Pavel (Bob's friend from St Petersburg), we had a moment where all adopting, or adopted families came up on stage. There were 100's on stage at once. Awesome moment. Very cool to see all those folks.We opened the service with All Who Are Thirsty.After the call to worship, we sang Prince of Peace, Blessed Assurance, When All is Said and Done (Tommy Walker), and You Never Let Go (Redman).For our offering song - we sang Do it Lord (Tommy Walker).During communion - we sang a new song I…
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12 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #10

Worship Leader Lessons
Learn how to arrange.No one knows your teams better than you do. If you don't know how to use notation software, I hear that Sibelius is very easy to learn and use. I use Finale - and the reason I don't switch is because I spent FAR too much time learning Finale, and all of its in's and out's. That's not to say that it doesn't have its challenges though :)Spend some time learning notation software, and arranging music the way you want your vocalists to sing it, and your instrumentalists to play it. Providing your musicians with clear consistent…
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10 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

Announcements 11-8-09

Friday Favorites, videos
A little bit of funny. Thanks to Carol Dobbs, our new Female Youth Director, for being a good sport.http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7525657&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
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09 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 8

setlists
Jeff Sauceda filled in for me this weekend at Oak Mountain. Another very talented musician who is a solid guy to step in when i'm out. Thanks Jeff.He and the team opened with Our God Saves.After the call to worship, they sang Amazing God, Because of Your Love, How Great is Our God, and Enough.For the offering - Jeff introduced a new Brewter song (new to Oak Mountain at least) called God You Reign. Great tune. I look forward to giving it more airtime.Choir sings this week. I love choir weekends.See you Sunday.
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04 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 1 (On Wednesday)

setlists
Greetings blog readers.Last weekend was a fun one. We opened up with Begin My Tongue - a tune I wrote a few years back. You can find an audio clip on the right side-bar of this blog.After our call to worship, we sang Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus and Awesome is the Lord Most High, and I discussed the 4 stages of Presbyterian Hand-raising. We then sang O Worship the King, Heart of Worship, and Breathe.For our offering song, we sang Lead Me to the Cross, and Alicia sang Child of God as we took up our 2010 stewardship pledge.Choir…
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03 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

The 4-stages of Presbyterian Hand-Raising

Friday Favorites
Sunday - in church I stepped out a little bit. Literally - from behind the keyboard (by the way - i've been standing at a keyboard for the past month and a half).We've gone through quite the transition as a Presbyterian church over the years that I've been at oak mountain. People have come and gone - we've grown quite a bit, and we'll sometimes get transfer growth from other pres churches in the area. Having said that - I FEEL like (notice that this is all based on my feelings - no facts) sometimes our folks are hindered in…
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01 Nov 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #9

Worship Leader Lessons
Take a day off.I'm currently sitting at home. It's 3:45 on a Sunday afternoon. I was at work this morning at 7 (a solid hour before my volunteers show up) and left at 1. I'll be back at 4:30 for children's choir and afternoon activities. Sunday is a work-day for me. Therefore, I take off on Fridays. It's crucial to take some time off during the week OTHER than Sunday. Worship leaders - if you're in a situation where you don't have a day off, start taking one this week. What does your schedule look like? Do you have a…
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