Author: jasondsears

I didn't post my normal Monday Morning recap, mostly because my wife and I snuck out of town for a couple days, but last Sunday our Kids Choir presented and led us in Good Kings Come in Small Packages - a terrific kids musical about the story of Josiah, the boy-king that started his reign at the age of 8, after his dad (Amon) was killed by some servant.  Amon was a bad dude.   Josiah restored true worship to Judah, destroyed idols, and cleansed the temple.In addition to the normal musical script - my wife also wrote a scene for…

What a great morning to be reminded of God's love for us.  I said something yesterday to the effect of - may we never forget how much God loves us.  Especially in a season like lent - which can be characterized by fasting, repentance, reflection - all great things, but never forget that Christ HAS indeed risen, and HAS taken His place at the right hand of the Father, and because of His sacrifice, we are made clean.We opened yesterday with Awake My Soul - a hymn rewrite that I did from an Isaac Watts text.After our call to worship…

Lent started last week - with Ash Wednesday, and carries on for 40 days before Easter (not including Sundays).  Growing up Catholic, as with a few other denomination that observe the Lenten season, Lent is typically characterized by a season of repentance, fasting, and reflection - a time of preparation for the celebration of Christ's resurrection.  It's important to note, though, that no amount of piety can take the place of a heart and soul completely surrendered to Christ.  It's not in our posture that we're found Holy, it is in Christ's death and resurrection that our standing is made…

Anybody else having a hard time with the fact that it's already February?We opened yesterday with May Jesus Christ Be Praised - a hymn rewrite that I did with a bunch of guys several years ago.After our call to worship we sang I Am, Immortal Invisible God Only Wise, Let It Be Jesus, and Oceans.Our offering song was a new (to OMPC) tune called Never Once.

Our 2016 Global Missions Conference concluded yesterday!  We were honored to have so many missionaries on campus.We opened worship yesterday with Heaven and Earth - a tune from Hillsong that we've been introducing at OMPC.After our call to worship we sang Let God Arise, O 4 a 1000 Tongues, Your Grace Finds Me, and Savior King.Our offering song was a tune called A Hymn for All the World, by Josh Bales.

We kicked off our 2016 Global Missions Conference yesterday with a choir Sunday, and a message from Bill Sim... If you didn't catch it live - be sure and check it out at ompcworship.orgWe opened yesterday with a tune we introduced in our 2015 Christmas service called Even So Come.After our call to worship we sang Jesus Shall Reign, Amazing God, 10,000 Reasons and Your NameOur offering song was a wonderful instrumental piano tune played by one of the missionaries we support - Ellie Honea, who is working with an arts group in Japan.Join us this Sunday as we conclude our Missions…