02 Apr 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – March 29, 2009 (on Wednesday)

setlists
I'm late posting this, as we have our Palm Sunday worship service this coming Sunday, and we've been busy in preparing.This past weekend we opened up with Chris Tomlin's Let God Arise.After our call to worship we sang Your Grace is Enough, Crown Him with Many Crowns, Here i am to Worship, Jesus Paid it all, and You Gave Your Life Away, by Paul Baloche.If you were in the 9:00 service, you heard Hillsong's Hosanna for the offering song, as well as a new rendition of There's Room At the Cross for You.
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24 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Worship in Spirit and in Truth

audio clips, Friday Favorites
The Worship Ministry team met last night, and we continued a great dialogue on worship philosophy type issues. One of the things mentioned was God seeking worshippers in Spirit and in Truth (dialogue with the woman at the well). What does God mean? What is He looking for? What does He/will He do when He finds them?Last Sunday, we did a song called the Stand for our offering song. Let me say this about our offering songs - the main ACT of worship during our offering song is bringing tithes and offerings. I usually do a song that is more…
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23 Mar 2009
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – March 22. 2009

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We [Oak Mountain] were back from spring break this weekend. we opened our service with Awake My Soul, which is a tune I wrote set to a hymn text by Isaac Watts.After our call to worship, we sang Hosanna (Baloche), God of Grace and Glory, Break Through (T. Walker), and Draw Me Nearer. We then saw a testimony video from one of our members who has been out of work since November. We went from the end of the video in to Never Let Go (Redman).For our offering song, we brought back a tune that we did in last year's…
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16 Mar 2009
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – March 15, 2009

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This week we had the privilege of hearing from Jerram Barrs. He even preached two different sermons . . . We opened our service with last week's rendition of Come Ye Sinners . . . with a full band this time.After our call to worship, we sang Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, Amazing God by Brenton Brown, Your Love is Amazing, How Firm a Foundation (go and read the text of this hymn), You Are My King, and Immortal Invisible.Our offering song was a Tommy Walker tune called I Have a Hope.
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11 Mar 2009
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – March 8, 2009 (on Wednesday)

setlists
This past week was a communion week, and Phil preached . . . We opened with Our God Saves by Paul Baloche.After our call to worship, we sang All Because of Jesus by Steve Fee, Shelter by Sonic Flood, Great is Thy Faithfulness, and You Alone.Our offering song was an acoustic, stripped-down version of Lead Me to the Cross by Hillsong, and for communion I sang Come Ye Sinners - a version that offers a very appropriate melody to accompany the text. You can find this version sung by the Robbie Seay Band, or by a group called Cambridge, both…
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05 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Come Ye Sinners . . .

new music
I'm working on an arrangement of a hymn that I may sing for communion on Sunday. maybe.I'm destroyed by the third verse - Come ye weary and heavy laden. Lost and ruined, by the fall.IF YOU TARRY UNTIL YOU'RE BETTER, YOU WILL NEVER COME AT ALL . . . Wow
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04 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Watch this . . .

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Hang in there - it's only 3:00 long. At 2:00 something incredible happens. If it doesn't ring your bell, there's something wrong with your clapper.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVMHDup2vs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0]
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03 Mar 2009
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – March 1, 2009 (on Wednesday)

setlists
What an interesting service last Sunday was . . . the treacherous Alabama Winter Storm 2009 kept quite a few folks away, including about half of the choir, but we pressed on, and had a great worship service.We opened with Amazing God again - by Brenton Brown.After our call to worship, we sang Jesus Shall Reign, Sing to the King, Come Thou Fount, Never Let Go (Redman), and Revelation Song (Gateway Worship).For offering, we sang God of this city by Bluetree.
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