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17 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Friday Favorites 6.17.11

Friday Favorites
If you haven't watched these - watch 'em. If you have watched these, I promise they're worth watching again. I did, this week. a couple times.1. Favorite Christmas Video, part 1[vimeo 7315720 w=450 h=251]2. Favorite Christmas Video, part 2[vimeo 7316189 w=450 h=251]3. Favorite Christmas Video, part 3[vimeo 7317253 w=450 h=251]4. Favorite reminder about community- [vimeo 16413477 w=450 h=251]5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship - You alone can rescue, you alone can save...
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15 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Happy Birthday to Drake

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It's #1's 10th birthday today. I've posted his story a couple times here. I'm gonna post it again, because it serves, to this day, as a constant reminder of how God radically changed our hearts on what we knew to be true of his character.He was born at 6:01, on a Friday - June 15, 2001. This was after 30 hours of labor, 3 doctors, 5 nurses . . . and then she pushed for 3 hours. They were about ready to do a C-section when the doc saw the head.He came out grey . . . and not breathing.…
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13 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – June 12, 2011

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There's something really amazing about the one-service schedule, seeing the entire church gathered in one room. The singing is vibrant, the fellowship is tangible - it's really a cool thing.We opened yesterday with a Hillsong Grownups tune called Forever Reign.After our call to worship we sang Let God Arise, Rejoice the Lord is King, Break Through, and Breathe.Our offering song was Everything.For communion, I sang Enough, How Deep the Father's Love for Us, and Breathe.The thoughts I shared with the worship team beforehand - we were standing backstage, and the thought struck me: The bookends of the worship set included…
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10 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Friday Favorites 6.10.11

Friday Favorites
1. Favorite time wasted - http://img.widgets.video.s-msn.com/flash/customplayer/1_0/customplayer.swfVideo: Biggest Domino Fail Ever2. Favorite CEO interview - Got to meet Dan Cathy last month. Incredible guy. His vision for customer service is unparalleled - and is a cornerstone for the success of Chick-fil-a. And Tripp Crosby makes anything funny...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thhSMqsiwDE?rel=0&w=451&h=250]3. Favorite Scrubs moment - Still love Dr Cox...[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zNjQecyjE8?rel=0&w=451&h=250]4. Favorite ridiculous "how-to" - Another success from Tripp and Tyler[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBGmhPlJxWg?rel=0&w=451&h=250]5. Favorite line from upcoming Sunday morning worship - Be my everything
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08 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Worship Order for Bridget Beasley's Memorial

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I've had tons of requests for the worship order that we did the other night. For those of you that aren't at Oak Mountain, we lost a dear, dear sister, friend, mom to a long bout with cancer. She fought so well. Her faith was incredible and she pointed us to Christ in a way that few ever have.We opened her memorial service with Our God Saves.After the call to worship we sang Amazing God, You Never Let Go, and Be Thou My Vision. We then read together Question #1 in the Heidelberg Catechism (what is your only comfort in…
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06 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – June 5, 2011

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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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03 Jun 2011
By jasondsears

Friday Favorites 6.3.11

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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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30 May 2011
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 29, 2011

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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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27 May 2011
By jasondsears

Friday Favorites 5.27.11

Friday Favorites
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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24 May 2011
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – May 22, 2011

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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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