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28 Oct 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #8

Worship Leader Lessons
Do you exercise? Really. Do you take time during the day - MOST days of the week to exercise? I do. I HATE it, but I do. In fact, if I try to skip it, my wife insists that I do because I become grumpy and obsessed with the ridiculous. God's raised the bar with YOU to take care of those he brings into your fold, so you've got to be diligent in taking care of yourself. Don't let it slide. Spend some time exercising and getting outdoors during the day. It's EASY for us [musicians] to sit in our…
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27 Oct 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – October 25 (On Tuesday)

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I'm going to need to start calling these the Tuesday morning recaps if I keep this up. We talked about money on Sunday. people LOVE it when we talk about money. Choir also sang this weekend. Choir has been singing once a month at Oak Mountain for a while now. I love choir Sundays. Oh - and I stood at a keyboard. Again. Choir leads again on November 15. We opened with Come Ye Sinners. (Cambridge) After our call to worship we sang Amazing God. Seriously, I think Amazing God may be one of my favorite songs. Brenton Brown. Please…
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20 Oct 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – October 18 (On Tuesday)

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We had a good time last week with Dan Allender preaching. Always a treat to get to hear him. Check out his sermon online at our iTunes podcast.We opened with Indescribable. It was indescribable. After our call to worship, we sang Hosanna, Our God Saves (both Baloche tunes), Enough (Tomlin), How Great Thou Art, God of This City. I really like God of this city.For our offering song, we sang Everything (T Hughes). Great tune. If you haven't checked out his most recent album - Holding Nothing Back, get it today from iTunes.Choir is singing this week. See you all…
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19 Oct 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – October 11 (a week late)

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My apologies.Patrick and the Youth Group led the church in worship while i was gone on vacation, two sundays ago. Patrick does an excellent job filling in - but does an even better job inspiring young musicians to get involved and use their talents to God's glory. The things they're doing over in the youth house are incredible. If you have a youth-age student and they're NOT plugged in, contact Patrick, or Mark, or Carol (the new female youth director) and get your kids involved.They opened up with Everything GloriousAfter the call to worship, they sang Let God Arise, Mighty…
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15 Oct 2009
By jasondsears

A ridiculous Video

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It's been a few weeks since I've posted something ridiculous. Here's a promo video that we did for the Andrew Peterson Concert at the Oak last Christmas. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7089938&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1
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14 Oct 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #7

Worship Leader Lessons
Simplified, accurate, quality technology makes all the difference.Regardless of your church budget, you can afford a streamlined technical process.Vocal monitors - They REALLY don't need to hear drums, guitars, reverb . . . train your vocalists, and have them rely on less as opposed to more. Vocalists that sing with me get my voice and piano in their monitors. But it trains them (whether they realize it or not) to listen to each other, and to the harmonic structure of the music for reference. It also creates better vocalists, because they're able to sing with less. This helps reduce stage…
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