Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 17, 2015

The choir led in worship yesterday.  I love choir Sundays.  Such a great way for so many people to be involved in leading in worship.Choir will be taking a break for a few weeks as we enter the summer months, and we'll resume in August.  We also have our 12th annual Bullfrog Choir on Sunday July 26th.We opened yesterday with Let Creation Sing.After our call to worship we sang God of Grace and Glory, Forever Reign, The Same Love and How Great Thou Art.Our offering song was Greater - from our Palm Sunday worship service.
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 10, 2015

I hope all mothers had a great day yesterday and felt honored.  Our Kids Choir and Next Generation Kids led worship yesterday, as we've done for the past several years on Mother's Day.We opened with Come Pour - a tune my wife wrote for her 3rd children's musical "Coming Home."After our call to worship we sang Come Ye Sinners, By Faith, Victory in Jesus and Here I Am to WorshipOur offering song was another one written by Mandy called One Mother's Prayer.Join us this week for worship as our choir leads, and Gary Purdy brings our message.
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Friday Favorites 5.7.15

1.  Favorite Lip Reading - You know... in honor of the draft and stuff[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRmyXX6ipU?rel=0]2.  Favorite posing for photo - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGlw1daKOVI?rel=0]3.  Favorite sportses moment - I love the sportses, and Mandy loves when someone trips...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAxLZfhc38?rel=0]4.  Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship service - "We will stand as children of the promise... we will fix our eyes on Him, our soul's reward...."
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – April 26 and May 3, 2015

Sorry.  Took a couple days vacation last week and didn't post the setlist. We opened TWO Sundays ago with By Faith - a great tune from the Gettys.After our call to worship we sang This is Amazing Grace, Waiting Here for You, We Will Run, and I Stand Amazed.Our offering song was At the Cross.  Really enjoying that tune.  Favorite line - "There's a place where sin and shame are powerless... where my heart has peace with God and forgiveness."This week we opened with The Church's One FoundationAfter our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, I Lift My Hands,…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday April 19, 2015

We had a choir Sunday yesterday - I love choir Sundays.  If you've ever thought about joining choir - come give it a shot!  We'll be resuming rehearsals on Wednesday May 6th, as we prepare to lead in worship for Sunday May 17th.We opened yesterday with Here For You.After our call to worship we sang Come Christians Join to Sing, Amazing God, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, and Man of Sorrows.  Our offering song was At the Cross.
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Friday Favorites 4.17.15

1.  Favorite trailer -Just wow[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs?rel=0]2.  Favorite weather report - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1evG4KhupEk?rel=0]3.  Favorite Dog - He's actually coming to lead at OMPC soon...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ucldwWABY?rel=0]4.  Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship service - "Hast thou not seen how thy desires e're have been granted in what He ordaineth?"
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Monday Morning Recap (on Tuesday afternoon) for Sunday April 12, 2015

Field Day 2015 at OMPC has come and gone!  Seemed like a great day for our church and community.  Looking forward to the next one.We abbreviated our service on Sunday to accommodate the Field Day schedule, so it was just me at the piano, for a short worship set.We opened the service with the call to worship, and then sang You Lifted Me Out, How Deep the Father's Love, and How He Loves.Our offering song was Not Guilty Anymore.  If you're looking for a recording of it - you can find it here, on iTunes
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Friday Favorites 4.10.15

1.  Favorite makes my palms sweat - Seriously.... just.... why?[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HlrSI7PhE?rel=0]2.  Favorite remix - Honestly.... love this tune, and the album[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nanOevuxpdM?rel=0]3.  Favorite game show moments - You know... Good for Pat Sajak, for keeping his composer[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yvRwG99jAA?rel=0]4.  Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship service - "it doesn't matter what you've done...."
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Unfathomable Holiness

How do you relate to God? How would you classify your relationship with the Creator of the Universe, the Author of Eternity?My wife Mandy and I were on a long road trip recently, which gave us a great opportunity for long, deep discussions. One of the questions she asked on our most recent trip was related to a guy’s view of our relationship with God. She was telling me that as she considers her relationship with Christ, she most often relates to the idea of the church being the Bride of Christ: Christ loving the church as a husband. So…
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