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24 May 2009
By jasondsears

This weekend . . .

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This weekend Mandy and Drake and I are up in the mountains with the singles' group from Oak Mountain. We've been leading worship, and I taught a little bit last night. Great group of folks.Yesterday, Mandy and Drake and I loaded up in the truck and drove to this place in the middle of nowhere with a weird banjo player, and rented some tubes to go tubing down this river. Easy trip. Very relaxing. Much fun. Mandy and I stayed close through the 2 mile journey down the river, most of the time having our tubes locked via my feet.…
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18 May 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – May 17

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Yesterday's sermon focus was on the 2nd -3rd of our new mission statement "To Exalt Christ by equipping every member to seek grace from God, share grace in community, and show grace to all."Our Youth Choir opened the service with Lifesong. Let me say this - There's too many kids that want to be musicians that aren't participating in the things that make you into a musician. When I was 16, I wanted to be just like Elton John or Billy Joel . . . but I was marching in the band, singing in the choir, playing bass in the…
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11 May 2009
By jasondsears

RE – Monday morning recap for last Sunday May

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So I've been told that my recap of yesterday's time of worship wasn't fluffy enough . . . Yesterday's worship service was a 1st for me at Oak Mountain, in that it was just me at the piano, without a band or vocal team. Interesting - and as big of a contrast from last week's Super-Colossal as we can get.We opened with Come Ye Sinners, by Cambridge. I played it in the key of E, and probably started with an E2 in the RH, with an E octave in the LH.After our call to worship, we sang Forever and Indescribable…
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05 May 2009
By jasondsears

I've managed . . .

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to NOT watch the Sound of Music the whole way through, ever . . . but this made me smile. A lot.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBepgH00GM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0]
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05 May 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – May 3rd

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Yesterday was our 20th Anniversary Celebration. Great morning of worship. We had Rev. Barker in attendance and he offered up our pastoral prayer. Also showed a 13 minute video highlighting the founding of the church as well as the impact of the church through some testimonies. We will post it as soon as we "can."We opened with Awesome is the Lord Most HighAfter our call to worship, we sang Sing to the King, Not to Us, and the Solid Rock. We followed that with Immortal Invisible, Everlasting God (the Brenton Brown version, NOT the harder-to-sing Lincoln Brewster version), and I…
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30 Apr 2009
By jasondsears

20th Anniversary Service Details

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One service only - 10:00 AM.Families - please come in one car, if at all possible! Please help us by STARTING the parking on the soccer field.From 8:30-9:30 we'll be serving a brunch in the gym, and have an opportunity to peruse the ministry tables that are highlighting some of our ministries, what they've done in the past, and what they're currently doing.We'll be shutting down the brunch at 9:30 to ensure that everyone gets a seat for the worship service.We expect a very large crowd this weekend. Come prepared to squeeze into the sanctuary.At 9:46:29, we're going to begin…
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29 Apr 2009
By jasondsears

Perspective . . .

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Mars Hill - Seattle keeps a blog that I read. Mark Driscoll puts his sermon outlines on the web every once in a while.I loved this point:2. Worship God Because Glory is Coming (1 Pet. 4:13)For Christians: this life is the closest you will ever get to hell.For unbelievers: this life is the closest you will ever get to heaven.This life and its troubles will pale in light of eternity.
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