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Monday morning recap for Sunday – July 19

I was out of town yesterday, and had Jeff Sauceda in my stead . . . He opened the service with Hosanna (Baloche).After the call to worship, they sang Amazing God (B. Brown), Our God Saves, O Worship the King, and How Great is Our God.For the offering song, Jeff sang an original called The Cross.Coming up this weekend we have our 6th Annual Bullfrog Choir. It's one of my favorite Sundays of the year - as we invite ANY guy, young and old, singer or NOT, to come and join us in leading in worship. Last year we had…
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – July 12

It was great to be back at Oak Mountain this morning. I was on vacation last week, and will be gone this coming weekend as well. This morning, we opened with Indescribable. After our call to worship we sang Let God Arise, Never Let Go, How Great Thou Art, and Grace Falls Down. For our offering song, we sang Center, by Charlie Hall. Great tune. During the Lord's Supper, we sang You Gave Your Life Away (Baloche) and Jenny sang Make Something Beautiful. Our Youth are in St Louis, our Women are in Northern Ireland, as well as our Sr…
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – July 5 (on Thursday!)

I was out on vacation last Sunday, visiting themiddleofnowhere, IL - to spend some time with family. Had a great time with my wife and boys . . . At Oak Mountain, Jeff Sauceda led worship for me. He opened up with Beautiful One. After the call to worship, they sang Because of Your Love (Baloche), I am Free, Immortal Invisible , and Amazing Grace - Chains are Gone. For offering, they sang Amazing God (Brown). After the sermon, Jeff sang a song by Neil Diamond called Pretty Amazing Grace. We're celebrating the Lord's Supper this week . . .…
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Monday morning recap for Sunday – June 28

We had our June choir leading in worship this past weekend. Be sure and check the schedule for the rest of the summer dates, and join us for both the Bullfrog Choir on July 26th, and August choir - August 23. This past weekend we opened with How Good and Pleasant, by Tommy Walker. After our call to worship we sang Filled with Your Glory (Starfield), Mighty to Save (Hillsong), In Christ Alone (Getty), and My Jesus I Love Thee. For our offering song, we did a new song called Tehillah, which means "to sing a new song".
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I remember the infatuation

I remember the infatuation with the king of pop. I'd hear the intro to the pepsi commercials and knock over furniture to make sure I could see it. I made my mom copy her LP of thriller onto a tape so I could listen to. I used my fisher price tape recorder up next to the TV to record the audio from awards shows. I remember the amazement of watching him perform Billy Jean - and my mom saying "watch this, here it comes . . . watch" and then he did the moonwalk. twice. in the same song.MJ -…
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Use your imagination . . .

When was the last time you used your imagination in worship? I've been reading through the historical books, and trying to take note of some of the lengths that Israel would go to to express gratitude, to ask forgiveness, to give thanks . . . Solomon's over one week-long worship service, for the dedication of the temple, included the sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Can you imagine the scene of fire coming down from Heaven and consuming the sacrifice? The people of God - bowing and declaring "For He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever .…
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Choir tomorrow night!

Come on out for choir rehearsal tomorrow night, as we prepare to lead in worship for this coming Sunday. This will be our last rehearsal until August 12. Please check the schedule for this and other important dates.See you tomorrow night, 6-7.
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Happy Birthday to my NICU baby . . .

8 years ago, Mandy downloaded our first child - and what was "supposed" to be a Discovery Channel Baby Story moment turned into one of the most trying weeks of our lives - as we watched our child within seconds of being born - be whisked away to another hospital to be put in NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). He was seen by every kind of Dr and "-ologist" out there - with the response of "we don't know what's wrong with him." At one point, I had to ask the Dr if he was going to live - and…
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