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23 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #2

Worship Leader Lessons
Be Consistent.Find a way to provide some consistency to your weekly ministry, which gives those that want to get involved something to count on. For me - the same guy sits at the piano every week. And whether some would think that's a good thing, or a bad thing - it provides vocalists and instrumentalists a consistent musical presence each week -which allows for various drummers, guitarists, bassist, and vocalists to rotate through and learn what to listen for when matching up strumming, beating, and singing.The downside? It's difficult for a pianist to get involved unless they want to play…
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23 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – August 23

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Choir Sundays. I LOVE choir Sundays. This morning we opened with Tehillah (which means to sing a new song). After our call to worship, we sang Hosanna, Immortal Invisible, Come Thou Fount, Hear Us From Heaven, and Revelation Song. Our offering song was I Will Rise - a newer Tomlin tune, which was fun to arrange for choir. The next two weeks in choir we're going to be previewing our Christmas music, and preparing to lead in worship on September 27. Come join us. Bring a friend.
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21 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Worship Leader Lessons, #1

Worship Leader Lessons
This blog stinks. It's been treading water since the beginning of the summer, where it's only consisted of weekly recaps of Sunday morning tunes - not even a new ridiculous video . . . I'm initiating a new attempt at adding some content.I've been having an email exchange with a friend over the past few days regarding how I do certain things in the worship ministry. Which got me thinking - maybe this same info would benefit others. So i'm starting a new series on this blog . . . little lessons I've learned. Personal policies i follow. Weekly procedures…
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19 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – August 16 (on Tuesday)

announcements, setlists
Here was our setlist from this past Sunday morning.We opened up with Come Ye Sinners. If you haven't heard this tune - or at least this version, go to iTunes and check out the Cambridge version of it.After our call to worship, we sang Come Christians Join to Sing, which you can hear on the right side-bar of this blog. We also sang Amazing God, Immortal Invisible (God only wise), Enough, and You Gave Your Life Away (Baloche).For our offering song we sang Tommy Walker's Do it Lord. Love that tune. Love it.We've got quite a few things going on…
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11 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Choir resumes . . .

Friday Favorites, schedule
Choir kicks back off tomorrow with normal Wednesday rehearsals. If you've never been to choir, ever - please come. You don't have to know how to read music. We provide snacks and drinks, and childcare should you need it. Don't feel like a commitment to choir at Oak Mountain means you have to be there every Wednesday night! You know that lady that sits by the door and checks your name off on a role as you walk in - she doesn't come to this choir.Don't feel like showing up at 6:30 would be a waste of your time. The…
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09 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – August 9

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Great time of worship yesterday morning. The sermon topic - Women's Roles in the church - well done by @bobflayhart.We opened with All the Earth Will Sing Your Praises (Paul Baloche).After our call to worship we sang Prince of Peace, Open the Eyes of My Heart, Hungry (K. Scott), and Jesus Paid it All, with the Kristian Stanfill (Thanks Patrick) tag.For our offering song, Carlee Means led us in Christy Nockel's By Our Love, which is a song that I got to hear Christy sing, just a few weeks ago.During communion, Shannon Walden led us in Lead Me to the…
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04 Aug 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – August 2

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Bob was back in town this past Sunday, and gave us a recap on the Gospel Pipeline.If you still haven't set your iTunes to automatically download Oak Mountain Sermons . . . do so by clicking here.This past Sunday, we opened with You Are Good, by Lincoln Brewster. After our call to worship, we sang Sing to the King, O 4 a 1000 Tongues, Everlasting God (with a new interlude, and a little quicker), and Center (Charlie Hall).For offering, we sang Everything (Hughes).This coming week is a communion Sunday.I was going through old photos, as I recently lost most information…
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29 Jul 2009
By jasondsears

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

announcements, Friday Favorites, schedule
Finishing up plans for Christmas. Our Spectacular Spectacular is going to be the morning of December 13 - both services.We start rehearsing on September 16. I start charting next week. And I can already tell it's going to be one of those services, that is WAY out of my control.I was sifting through music (my iTunes library has over 16,000 tunes in it . . . ) and a friend walked in today, and let me hear a song, not knowing that I was planning Christmas, and WHAMMO . . . there it was. I continue to be amazed at…
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28 Jul 2009
By jasondsears

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – July 26 (on Tuesday)

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This blog is pathetic. (By the way, if you're reading this on Facebook, it's because my profile automatically pulls in content from my blog - at https://jasonsears.com)I've been out of town a bit this summer, and doing some other projects, so i haven't been putting any time or thought into the blog, except for these Monday morning recaps, which may be helpful - i don't know.This past Sunday morning was the 6th Annual Bullfrog Choir. And it was awesome. About 120 guys getting up and leading in worship - singing melody, and making a HUGE noise. There's never any prep,…
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