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08 Sep 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – September 6

setlists
Labor Day weekend. We still had church. We opened with You Are Good. I added the bridge part - which proclaims "you are good, all the time, all the time, you are good." I thought it was a little edgier than normal, but apparently Bob thought it wasn't that edgy - and exhorted us with something even edgier from the psalms . . . which was cool. After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love (Baloche), Search Me (Ronnie Freeman), Your Name (Baloche), Before the Throne of God Above, and Agnus Dei. I said this as we…
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06 Sep 2009
By jasondsears

What I said this morning . . .

Friday Favorites
We, as the christian church (not so much at Oak Mountain, but certainly elsewhere) spend SO much time and energy and dialogue about what is and isn't appropriate in worship; hymns vs praise songs, choruses, repeats, thee's, thou's, stanzas, what we should sing, what we shouldn't sing, when it was written . . . .I think we SOMETIMES forget that worship is in the presence of the living lord and savior - Jesus. He's there. He's with us, in the room.The ironic thing is - one of the only pictures that we're given in scripture of what worship may look…
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02 Sep 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #4

Worship Leader Lessons
Respect the time of a volunteer.We've got a simple schedule during the week. Choir meets from 6-7. I try to split the time of the choir between preparing for the next Sunday that we'll lead in worship, and working on seasonal material. I'd say that our rehearsals are fairly fast-paced, and if you'll engage, you'll pick up a lot of music in a short amount of time. I stand in front of our choir room at a small console-piano, and teach mostly by repetition and rote, as the majority of our folks are not readers (music that is). I supplement…
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01 Sep 2009
By jasondsears

Drake's Story

personal
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. Mandy's uterus wasn't clamping back down, and she was losing so much blood that they were going to transfuse her. They hit the red button on the wall, and my parents, and brothers and her parents, and sister watched from the waiting room as…
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31 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – August 30

setlists
Yesterday was a full day at Oak Mountain. Bob's birthday, the launch of video announcements, and a guest artist.We opened worship with Awake My Soul - a tune I wrote a while ago set to some Isaac Watts words.After our call to worship, we sang Let God Arise (Tomlin), Our God Saves (Baloche), How Deep the Father's Love for Us, and Never Let Go (Redman)We then launched into our new video announcements.After baptisms, we had our time of offering, and were thrilled and honored to have Aaron Shust, Bethany Olds, and Shawn Lewis, all three out on tour with Glory…
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28 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #3

Worship Leader Lessons
You WILL offend . . . I could write a book. I won't, but I could write a book about the offenses that people have taken to ministry decisions I've made in 15 years.I'm a people-pleaser, and it took me a long time to realize that there are and will be people that are offended by something I do, or don't do. Think about it for a minute. If you've got 500 people coming to church - all 500 of those car stereos will have a different set of radio presets. Musical preferences are subjective, and nothing gets people's passions…
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26 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

20th Anniversary Video

announcements, videos
A few months ago Oak Mountain celebrated 20 years. We had a packed service on May 3rd to celebrate, and during that service, we showed this video - produced by Will Giuliani.(Note - the video player has been sketchy on a few browsers. If it doesn't automatically begin playing after you click the play button, grab the seek bar - below the video, and drag it to the right a few seconds, then back to start).//www.youtube.com/get_player
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