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For some reason the player wasn't showing up on yesterday's post anymore. Here's the file againhttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/87743143/JS%20Blog/Site/Flash_Stuff_files/player.swf
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – December 13 (on Tuesday)

I'm not going to attempt a recap for this past sunday except to say that we had an incredible time - and it was the culmination of many, many, many hours of hard work from about 140 people.I will share this - as I wrote it for the program:The thought for today – and title of our program – is BEHOLD. It means, "to look; to observe; to see; to feel…” BEHOLD is an action that calls us to engage. We are to engage with our eyes. Engage with our ears. And engage with our hearts. We are called to…
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Mark Long Sings his favorite Christmas Carols

I posted this last year - but how could it NOT make a reprise. Anyway - i love Mark - and he and I have a great friendship - and this makes me laugh everytime . . . Special thanks to Patrick Bush for the video.http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7975567&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 29 (yeah – i know)

Great morning of worship last Sunday. I had some good time off the week before with the family, and it's always good coming and kicking off the advent season at Oak Mountain. My encouragement to the congregation was that as we worship though advent - we continue to sing praise songs, intermingled with carols. As we consider the 1st advent (Christ's birth), and the 2nd advent (Christ's return), my encouragement is that we embrace the texts of those praise songs in the context of an advent setting - singing words like "remember your people, remember your children, remember your promise,…
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Scott and Keri Adoption Testimony

We showed this video a couple weeks ago. Underscored it live with the intro to Tommy Walker's "Do it Lord."Enjoyhttp://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7817598&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – November 22

Yesterday was Christ the King Sunday. I wrote some about that last year.We opened up with Famous One.After our call to worship, we sang Arise, Open the Eyes of My Heart, Rejoice the Lord is King (set to Tiny Dancer), Your Name, and Agnus Dei.I had a conversation with someone once at another church that suggested that AG-nus, Dee-I, was a really good song.For our offering - Alicia sang When Love Takes You In (Chapman).We're out of the office this week. See you Sunday! Happy Thanksgiving.
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2009 Christmas Schedule @ Oak Mountain

November 29 - 1st Sunday of Advent . . . December 6 @ 6PM - our Children's Choir presents "Miracle on Bethlehem Street" December 13 - Worship Ministry leads us in "Behold . . . " - our Christmas worship service - both services: 9 and 10:30AM December 14 - Andrew Peterson and friends present "Behold the Lamb of God" @7PM at the church. Tickets are on sale here. December 22 - 4th Sunday of Advent December 24 - Christmas Eve Services: 4 and 5:30PM.
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