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04 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Watch this . . .

new music
Hang in there - it's only 3:00 long. At 2:00 something incredible happens. If it doesn't ring your bell, there's something wrong with your clapper.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVMHDup2vs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0]
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03 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Monday morning recap for Sunday – March 1, 2009 (on Wednesday)

setlists
What an interesting service last Sunday was . . . the treacherous Alabama Winter Storm 2009 kept quite a few folks away, including about half of the choir, but we pressed on, and had a great worship service.We opened with Amazing God again - by Brenton Brown.After our call to worship, we sang Jesus Shall Reign, Sing to the King, Come Thou Fount, Never Let Go (Redman), and Revelation Song (Gateway Worship).For offering, we sang God of this city by Bluetree.
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03 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Video . . .

Friday Favorites, videos
Will [My Tech Dir] is working on some lighting and positioning for a new video that we're shooting. I went to check on his setup, and we did a demo . . . http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAABqQx1oQmSnIaATdhug8I95F2w7ksGEUPZL6UGTbqlmQuX3LMoLbLBpe9cy0nAdrUsbE-uNTBCHTvxWwvftK4N0lNfeFiQSQSKx30ZHF3aMDV4mkRu_tSmAn1TCraKn7Pmriw-frk0AP5hR4udC_xL8r29aB7VNAY2Zoq1CHXyILlCEXTYhsM2G07Ig7agYE-b7eaaSimT_BU94rHMbh5oSLOMcyjg0kNj_jeBip3glF%26sigh%3DAx-4XK5QC5_2iOBbaLBdZbSxaI8%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dbcf3e1386e4b30ab%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Ds0YYtzzk7JAQdZRtIp1DW7EuGeA&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den
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02 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

Dear Finale . . .

Friday Favorites
you're so hard to love. Just when your users get over the ridiculous, unlinked changes you make in Finale 2007, you go and completely reinvent the software, making menus ever MORE difficult to navigate. You move functions around, and actually DELETE major functions . . .
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01 Mar 2009
By jasondsears

God of This City

Friday Favorites
Here is the story that I mentioned this morning regarding the song: God of This City.Nov 2006, Bluetree are heading out to Pattaya Thailand to participate in an event arranged by Belfast missionaries living in Pattaya, Thailand called Pattaya Praise. We’ve no expectation of the event; we were just looking for an opportunity to serve somehow.We didn’t know much about it before we left, but Pattaya is a dark place. It’s a small seaside town notorious for it’s sex trade. Throughout our time there we heard countless stories of girls who are bought from their parents for a price, sold…
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28 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Church hands out 100% of donations

Friday Favorites
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25 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Lent begins tomorrow . . .

announcements, Friday Favorites
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Growing up Catholic, I would give up something for the 40 days before Easter - and mostly did it because it was what you did when you grew up Catholic - but this year, i'm giving something up, and the Sears family is also giving something up - as a daily reminder of the sacrifice, and a preparation for the celebration of Easter Sunday. Why 40 days? The 40 days of Lent echo the period of withdrawal of Jesus into the wilderness. The number 40 has several other Biblical references:…
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