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We had our 2015 Christmas Worship Service yesterday entitled "Waiting."I don't do my normal recap for Sundays like yesterday because we take up the whole hour of worship with song, video, narrative....We did songs from Matt Redman, Tomlin, Mumford and Sons, Michael W Smith, Hillsong, Lauren Daigle, Kari Jobe, Bekah Shae, The Swift, and a couple custom arrangements...Take a look at one of the videos from yesterday...https://player.vimeo.com/video/148824822

Today was the 2nd Sunday of Advent - the Bethlehem candle, which signifies our preparation for Christ.  I love Micah 5:2 - where God calls out Bethlehem - too small to be one of the clans of Judah - yet out of her will be born the King to rule all....  As WE prepare for Christ - where is God calling you to rest in the simple, the mundane, the ordinary - as He uses you to call others to prepare for Christ?We opened yesterday with Everlasting God.After our call to worship we sang You Lifted Me Out, O Come…

I failed to get the setlist up yesterday because, well.... it's Christmastime, and quite busy around here! We're rapidly approaching our December 13th Christmas service - Waiting.  Be sure and join us for both morning services - 8:15 and 10:45.We opened Sunday with All Who Are Thirsty.As usual, here at OMPC in the season of Advent, we continue to sing praise songs, interspersed with carols... but the praise songs have specific texts that can take on a whole new, richer meaning if set in the context of Advent - the expected coming of Jesus.After our call to worship we sang Relentless,…

Yesterday was our final Sunday before the start of Advent, which begins next Sunday.  The idea behind the flow and text of our worship was to highlight the magnificent, almighty, matchless name of Christ - with the heavenly attributes that the saints and angels sing of, in order to contrast that with the simplicity of His arrival - a birth in a manger under the stars.We opened yesterday with Awake My Soul.After our call to worship we sang Lay Me Down, I Am, To Him, and No Other NameOur offering song was Mercy from Matt Redman - which i introduced a…