24 Feb 2015
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New Tune Tuesday – February 24, 2015

Tuesday Tunes
Check out I Am from Crowder.  I'm not a huge crowder fan - but this tune really grabs me.  I like the easy reversal of us holding onto I AM, or - at the end of the chorus, remembering the I AM that holds onto us...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH_LLGiE0f0?rel=0]
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23 Feb 2015
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 22, 2015

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Well - yesterday was one of only two sundays that I can remember where I had absolutely no voice.  Doesn't matter - worship team did a killer job, and it was a great morning.We opened with Come Ye Sinners.After our call to worship we sang Let Us Return, Your Grace Finds Me, Nothing But the Blood, and We Will Run.Our offering song was No Other Name - a tune we introduced last week.Join us next Sunday morning for our kids musical - What's Up Zak? at both morning services - 8:15 and 10:45
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18 Feb 2015
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My thoughts on Lent

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Lent starts today (Ash Wednesday).  Lent - in the traditional church is 40 days and nights before Easter, not including Sundays.  It's a time for reflection, sacrifice, and lament over Christ's death.  It doesn't include Sundays, because of the reality that Christ HAS risen, and HAS redeemed us from our punishment of eternal separation from God.Being raised Catholic - it was tradition to "give up" something for lent.  It was something done out of a sense of legalism - you do this, because this is what you do for lent....When i left the Catholic church - i abandoned "giving something…
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16 Feb 2015
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday Morning – February 15, 2015

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We wrapped up our 2015 Global Missions Conference yesterday, and LENT begins this Wednesday.  Lent is one of my favorite seasons in the church calendar.  I love the lament and confession aspect of Lent.  I love the progression that we can go through as a believer as we come repentantly, with knowledge and expectation that the finished work of Christ has, is and will continue to sanctify us.  But a season of lament is good.  It can be a season of refocusing.  What will your focus be?We opened yesterday with Let Creation Sing.After our call to worship we sang Because of…
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09 Feb 2015
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 8, 2015

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We kicked off our 2015 Global Missions Conference yesterday with a Choir Sunday and guest preaching from Dan Iverson - MTW's Team Leader in Japan.We opened our service with Our God Saves.After our call to worship we sang Jesus Shall Reign, The Same Love, O 4 a 1000 Tongues (with the Crowder chorus), and 10,000 Reasons.Our offering song was an older tune from Hillsong that I really dig - Let Creation Sing.We continue to prepare for our "not really Palm Sunday Spectacular Spectacular" which is set for Sunday March 22, because spring break starts on March 29.  Never too late…
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02 Feb 2015
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 1, 2015

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We kicked off our 3-Sunday missions conference yesterday with a sermon on Justice for All.  Join us over the next two Sundays as we emphasize what OMPC is doing around the world for missions work.We opened yesterday with The Church's One Foundation. After our call to worship we sang This is Amazing Grace, The Solid Rock, You Alone Can Rescue, and How Deep the Father's Love for Us.Our offering song was God of Justice.
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26 Jan 2015
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – January 25, 2015

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Yesterday's worship set was all about remembering the relentless pursuit of God's love for us.  How easy is it for you to think that you're on your own and forgotten about.  How many have strayed and think that they've gone too far to ever come back.  It's comforting, healing and restorative to be reminded that the God of the universe not only knows us and formed us, but transformed us and pursues us as the shepherd that leaves the 99 for the one that's lost.We opened yesterday with Let Us Return - a song I wrote based on Hosea.After our call…
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