26 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

I remember the infatuation

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I remember the infatuation with the king of pop. I'd hear the intro to the pepsi commercials and knock over furniture to make sure I could see it. I made my mom copy her LP of thriller onto a tape so I could listen to. I used my fisher price tape recorder up next to the TV to record the audio from awards shows. I remember the amazement of watching him perform Billy Jean - and my mom saying "watch this, here it comes . . . watch" and then he did the moonwalk. twice. in the same song.MJ -…
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24 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Use your imagination . . .

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When was the last time you used your imagination in worship? I've been reading through the historical books, and trying to take note of some of the lengths that Israel would go to to express gratitude, to ask forgiveness, to give thanks . . . Solomon's over one week-long worship service, for the dedication of the temple, included the sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Can you imagine the scene of fire coming down from Heaven and consuming the sacrifice? The people of God - bowing and declaring "For He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever .…
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24 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Choir tomorrow night!

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Come on out for choir rehearsal tomorrow night, as we prepare to lead in worship for this coming Sunday. This will be our last rehearsal until August 12. Please check the schedule for this and other important dates.See you tomorrow night, 6-7.
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15 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Happy Birthday to my NICU baby . . .

announcements, personal
8 years ago, Mandy downloaded our first child - and what was "supposed" to be a Discovery Channel Baby Story moment turned into one of the most trying weeks of our lives - as we watched our child within seconds of being born - be whisked away to another hospital to be put in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). He was seen by every kind of Dr and "-ologist" out there - with the response of "we don't know what's wrong with him." At one point, I had to ask the Dr if he was going to live - and…
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15 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – June 14

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We celebrated the Lord's Supper yesterday, and had a power outage - always fun. Welcomed a couple of new team members to the group yesterday - new acoustic guitarist and 2 new praise teams members. If you're reading this and attend Oak Mountain, and would like to get involved, it really is as easy as getting in touch with me.We opened yesterday with Awake My Soul, which is a setting to some Isaac Watts text that I did a few years ago.After our call to worship, we sang Forever, Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone), and Your Name.For our offering…
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10 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – June 7

setlists
We were back to "normal" on Sunday - after taking about 6 weeks and doing every combination of worship leading element known to Oak Mountain. We had choirs, youth choir, kids, trios, fiddles, acoustic sets, youth group . . . Last Sunday was our "typical" worship team.We opened with All Because of Jesus.After our call to worship we sang Hosanna, Our God Saves, Agnus Dei, and Holy Holy Holy. For our offering song, we sang Face to the Ground - by Ronnie Freeman. It's on iTunes. Check it out.
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08 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Brilliant . . .

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I don't watch SNL anymore for various reasons - mostly because I'm old enough to want to be sleeping by that time on Saturday nights, but I stumbled across this on the web this weekend. Looks like it was a couple years ago . . .http://www.hulu.com/embed/J4vJO8oTo5zAO0QrO_sbLQ
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02 Jun 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – May 31

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Yesterday was acoustic day at OMPC. We had piano, acoustic git, fiddle, and one other vocalist. We opened with Cambridge's arrangement of Come Ye Sinners.After our Call to Worship, we sang Amazing God, The Solid Rock, You Alone, Blessed Be Your Name, and It Is Well.For our offering song, we sang an arrangement of Jesus I Come, written by a friend out in California - Craig Anderton. You can get a recording of it here.Choir resumes two weeks from Wednesday - to prepare to lead in worship on the 28th.
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