08 Mar 2012
By jasondsears

Thursday Thoughts – 3.8.12

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1. Haitian animal hide drums are not allowed to be brought into the United States thanks to a risk of cutaneous anthrax.2. I take pride in not knowing the name of one american idol contestant.3. The Canadian geese that hang out around the Meadowbrook office park are pretty snobby.4. Brusters says it's opening soon - after being closed for winter. It was 80 degrees today.5. I feel bad for the trees. "Do we bloom now? Ok bloom! No WAIT! Freezing."
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05 Mar 2012
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – March 4, 2012

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Awesome weekend of worship. Be sure and grab the sermon from iTunes if you weren't able to join us.We opened yesterday with a new tune from Brenton Brown called Arise and Sing.After the call to worship we sang Filled With Your Glory, Our God Saves, Stronger, and The Love of God.Our offering song was Love is Here.
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02 Mar 2012
By jasondsears

Friday Favorites 3.2.12

Friday Favorites
1. Favorite Dog Tease - Still love it.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw&w=450&h=251]2. Favorite One Man Band - Mike Tomkins - brilliant. Stick around at the end of the video to see how he does it.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvoNfiNo1DA?rel=0&w=450&h=251]3. Favorite Telemarketer Strategy - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzKzYmnXFE?rel=0&w=450&h=251]4. Favorite Song that could be about Jesus but the songwriter probably didn't mean for it to be about Jesus - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgJL4NnW8M?rel=0&w=450&h=251]5. Favorite Line from upcoming Sunday morning worship - Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade; To write the…
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01 Mar 2012
By jasondsears

Thursday Thoughts 3.1.12

Friday Favorites, ridiculous
1. Man, this weather stinks.2. I wonder if they make those janitor keychain slingshot things for remote controls.3. I think the more time we spend "connecting" on social networks is inversely proportional to how connected we really are.4. Today's high was 78. Brusters is still closed for the winter.5. After about a week, high definition television becomes just....television.
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27 Feb 2012
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 26, 2012

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I so enjoy the privilege of leading worship with some of the finest musicians in town - and my choir is no exception. Choir Sundays are and always have been some of my favorite Sundays. It's never too late to join the choir.We opened yesterday with Paul Baloche's Hosanna.After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, Come Ye Sinners, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, Never Let Go, and Before the Throne of God Above.Our offering song was Tommy Walker's When I Don't Know What to Do.If you've been thinking about joining the choir - it's still…
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23 Feb 2012
By jasondsears

Thursday Thoughts

Friday Favorites, ridiculous
1. I like the architecture on the new building that's going up in the Meadowbrook Office Park.2. Isn't the beep on a voicemail greeting universally recognized as "talk now?" Can we get rid of the nice lady that gives up 2 minutes of instructions?3. I think Facebook and twitter are probably doing the opposite of what we think they're doing.4. I like the line in Natalie Grant's Your Great Name that says "the enemy, he has to leave, at the sound of Your great name."5. Bruster's is closed for the winter - but almost everyday i've been able to run…
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22 Feb 2012
By jasondsears

Thoughts on Lent from two years ago

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I thought about writing about Lent again - and then I found what I wrote two years ago - and I still echo every word...I grew up Catholic . . . left that church when I was 16 and started attending the Southern Baptist church across town. I had conscientious objections to what they [the church] was teaching regarding the sacrament of the lord's supper, and confession, and found those teachings contrary to what I read and believe that Scripture teaches.Having said that - i would, almost every year, participate in the season of Lent by "giving up something" for…
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20 Feb 2012
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 19, 2012

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Good morning interwebs.I was out yesterday - leading worship for one of our men's retreats. Patrick Bush and the youth worship team lead worship at Oak Mountain. Patrick always does a great job. Let me encourage you that may be reading this, if you have kids that are jr and sr high age - please get them involved in the youth ministry at oak mountain.They opened yesterday with Happy Day.After the call to worship they sang Awesome is the Lord Most High, No Not One, Come Thou Fount, and Enough.For the offering song, they sang We Will Run - a…
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16 Feb 2012
By jasondsears

Another cut from last year's Palm Sunday Service

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Join us as we prepare for this year's Palm Sunday service.Here's a clip from last year's service. It's our choir version of a hymn re-write I did with Eric Gilbert called O Love that Will Not Let Me Go.http://dl.dropbox.com/u/87743143/JS%20Blog/Site/Flash_Stuff_files/player.swf http://sample.mp3
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