Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – June 5, 2011

There have been few times in the almost 8 years that I've been here where we've totally thrown out your typical "worship order" and opted for something completely out of the box - and yesterday was one of those times.We invited in Curt Cloninger to come and share with us his "God Views" show. Absolutely incredible. I've known Curt for almost 14 years now. We met while working at Perimeter Church in Atlanta. I've been trying to get him in here since we moved - and yesterday was the day. If you don't know Curt - check his stuff out…
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Friday Favorites 6.3.11

1. Favorite reason to not do a Friday Favorites this week - I've spent all week up at my parents' lake house in Seneca, SC. Great time not doing anything - which is also why i don't have any friday favorites this week - except for this picture, which i took last year. This is mom and dad's buck-wild Airedale named Hannah. Hannah gets pretty nuts around the pool - so I went over to the skimmer lid and stuck my finger up through the hole in the cover. She then spent the next 5-6 hours staring at the lid,…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 29, 2011

It was so good to be back with my church yesterday. I've missed them during some traveling, and it's good to be home. Also good to see such a great crowd for a holiday weekend.We opened yesterday with a song i wrote called Awake my Soul.After our call to worship we sang Your Grace is Enough, Come Ye Sinners, Great is Thy Faithfulness, and Forever Reign.Our offering song was Tomlin's Awakening.Our VBS starts in just one week. If you haven't thought about putting your kids in VBS - do so. It's a great experience, and our kids ministry does an…
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Friday Favorites 5.27.11

1. Favorite reminder - [vimeo 23877328 w=451 h=250]2. Favorite dog tease - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw?rel=0&w=451&h=250]3. Favorite scrubs moment - Scrubs was one of my favorite shows - until the tragic last two seasons (seriously - they should have pulled the plug). Anyway - i've decided that an important part of the Friday favorites, at least for a little while, will be a favorite Dr Cox moment...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-8aTVl0Qc?rel=0&w=451&h=250]4. Favorite little kid rendition - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t02B1u_Tt5Y&w=451&h=250]5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship set - Oh, i'm running to Your arms, I'm running to Your arms, the riches of Your love, will always…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 22, 2011

Patrick and the youth worship team did an excellent job leading for me last week as I was out of town. I so appreciate not only his heart for worship, but his heart for developing young musicians - not just into better musicians, but into better worshippers. If you go to Oak Mountain and you read this, and your child is youth-aged and not plugged into our youth ministry, I'm not quite sure why - but i'd strongly recommend getting your kids involved.They opened last week with The Highest and Greatest (Tim Hughes).After the call to worship they sang What…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 15, 2011

Always enjoy having the choir lead in worship. Choir Sundays are some of my favorite Sundays. We opened yesterday with a GREAT tune called You Lifted Me Out. After our call to worship we sang Amazing God, Everlasting God, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, and Amazed. Our offering song was Faithful God. Patrick and the Youth Group are leading in worship this Sunday. You don't want to miss it!
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Friday Favorites 5.13.11

1. Favorite commercial - I still quote this commercial - mostly because it's fun to yell "BUSY" in the middle of someone talking. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWM5EYI65wo?rel=0&w=451&h=250] 2. Favorite ABSOLUTE RIDICULOUSNESS - Not even the Son of Man knows, because it's hidden in the Father - but apparently these people know. http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/may21/ 3. Favorite video montage - [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oe-FOdKEKc?rel=0&w=451&h=250] 4. Favorite speech - Nobody tell Bob I posted this - but this is awesome. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5JxULAX9P4?rel=0&w=451&h=250]
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 8, 2011

Happy mother's day to all the moms out there. I called mine yesterday morning and had a sweet conversation with her, remembering some childhood memories. Anyway - we opened the early service with All Because of Jesus. I say the early service because we cut it for the 2nd service because of time issues.After our call to worship we sang Let Us Return, O Worship the King, God of This City, and Never Let Go.Our offering song was a new song my wife wrote called One Mother's Prayer. Great tune - involved the kids choir, and a small ensemble of…
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Friday Favorites 5.6.11

1. Favorite news clip - So proud of my church....  http://wxin.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf 2. Favorite blog you should be reading - World Famous Christian Recording Artist Matt Redmond - 3. Favorite Facebook post - Thanks Will - for always outdoing me... 4. Favorite website you need to get to know - i am second.com 5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship service - greater things have yet to come, and greater things have yet to be done in this city.
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