18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Facebook Terms of Use

announcements, personal
Facebook has reverted back to their previous terms of use while they resolve the issues that people have raised.FROM FACEBOOK [Terms of Use UpdateOver the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.]Even though…
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Tuesday nights in the spring . . .

personal
I LOVE Tuesday nights in the spring. Scrubs come on ABC.There's this other show that a lot of America is obsessed with. And it's ON right now on our TV. The "singing" that they give us on this show makes me SO thankful for the talent that we have at Oak Mountain. I have some of the BEST vocalists and instrumentalists in the country - and I'm not just saying that. Shows like American Trashy-Vocals really make me thankful for the talent God has brought to Oak Mountain.
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Jason's opinion on Facebook's "licensing" issue

announcements, personal
Facebook has stirred up some sharp feelings because they've updated their terms of use as of the beginning of this month to say that anything you post is now "theirs" to keep or use, or sell - even if you cancel your account.Bottom line . . . don't put anything on the internet that you don't want for public consumption. Your "friends" on facebook can download your pics onto their computers, can save your messages, etc . . . Facebook is just stating the obvious. (you posted a pic on our server - you must not have a problem sharing…
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16 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – Feb. 15, 2009

setlists
Greetings to my mom, and the 5 others that read this blog.I thought it may be helpful to start posting past worship orders, since we've done away with the bulletins. Sunday - Feb 15, 2009 - We opened with "Let God Arise," by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, and Ed Cash.After our call to worship, we sang Beautiful One, Mighty to Save, and Breathe. For our offering song, we sang a new tune called "Amazing God," by Brenton Brown (same guy that wrote Everlasting God). If you're a worship leader and DON'T subscribe to Worship Leader magazine - do so today.…
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09 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Oh ME of little faith . . .

Friday Favorites
I'm reading the Bible this year according to this Bible reading plan which is great - as it has a passage from the OT, a psalm, a gospel reading, and a reading from Acts - and progressing forward. Last year it was the Daily Bible - which was nice, but it goes in chronological order, and this different plan offers a bit of variety in the readings.Anyway - i was struck by a passage in Matthew the other day - Jesus was walking on water. Cool. The disciples were out on the boat, and the wind picked up, and they…
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30 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

A few new songs

new music
I'm going to try to start keeping a more comprehensive list of new tunes that we add to the repertoire at Oak Mountain.Check out "Amazing God" by Brenton Brown. We're going to introduce it in the next few weeks.Our choir is singing "Lord I Run to You" by Tommy Walker this week - it's off of one of his old albums. If you're reading this and looking for new stuff, Tommy has just recently signed with Integrity, thus reaping the benefits of their distribution network. His older stuff is awesome. Check it out. One of his best older albums is…
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28 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

Hillsong Kids

Friday Favorites, videos
We use some Hillsong Kids tunes for our Children's Worship program at church. They're very well done - engaging for the kids, and communicate worship truths. Needless to say, they get played quite a bit in the Sears home, and my oldest decided to do his own promo for them . . . I'm almost positive this was unsolicited!http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAABqQx1oQmSnIaATdhug8I962XbxEmedcyG6R_eLWYLt5_PvTvgbU_vyRv9bZRRt2jwxTIZ8wKHic0nRWnDx4vFqZ8CXhTyM8ndpmAA5B47yd5Hd_KgGAV-GneSV8n5tETz1d4FExEqkzJo8F1K8YP6rAf3gU9E8eS0xv3bzJhRNOhzw0DZVTSNO792tZmc0exC-_19bgOE88-OLXVvYFud9sVYip46vpBlnGITIOZOFC%26sigh%3DgbtE-HbMQpsh5W-u9CzJoY5LytE%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db78058adcbcd3b18%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Duqb_MCmg6lZFXBkRKFFLWdr3SJw&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den
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