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I know, it's Thursday.  My wife and I decided to pack the boys up on Sunday after church and take them to Disney for a couple days.  We're Disney FREAKS.  I'm convinced that Disney has the best customer service in the industry.  It's no wonder that countless companies and organizations pay thousands to send employees and teams to the Disney Institute to learn strategies and processes.  They're remarkable.As with every trip - i try to observe something different, and then ask myself how it can apply to the church.  This trip was no different.  We were on the monorail -…

We're already mid-way through March.  Palm Sunday is right around the corner, and then we'll be into our summer vacations, and starting to talk about our Fall Ministry Launch.  Time flies!If you're wanting to get involved with the worship ministry here at Oak Mountain - there's never been a better time to get plugged in.  We're always looking for new faces to participate in choir, play an instruments in our bands, or serve in the technical ministry.  You can email me for more info at jsears [at] ompc [dot] org.We opened yesterday with Here For You.After our call to worship…

Time change Sunday was yesterday - always funny to see those that come in an hour late for worship, forgetting to set their clocks… Bob was back in the pulpit yesterday continuing his series The Old Testament Sings Amazing Grace.We opened our worship set with a new (to Oak Mountain) song called Here For You.  You can find it on the new passion album - and I'm pretty sure it's on a Tomlin album somewhere, but the recording I like is by Matt Redman.After our call to worship we sang Let Us Return, Search Me, There is a Fountain, and…

We changed things up a bit yesterday with our worship team.  Had more of an acoustic/unplugged feel with perc, acoustic guitar, bass, and violin.  I always like to keep people guessing as to what we'll offer on a Sunday morning.We opened yesterday with God is Coming - one of my favorites from Tim Hughes.After our call to worship we sang Joyful, One Thing Remains, We Will Run, and Love is War.Our offering song was I Lift My Hands - went nicely with Bob's sermon on Numbers 21.Be sure and join us this week for our kids musical "Coming Home." - 8:15 and…

We had a tremendous morning of worship yesterday.  It was a tad tricky, as our normal Wednesday night rehearsal was canceled due to #snowpocalypse 2014, part 3, but God showed up - and the morning went really well.  We concluded our 2014 Missions Conference yesterday - with both a morning AND evening worship service, and two great sermons from Dr Richard Pratt.We opened yesterday with a favorite tune from Tommy Walker - Do it Lord.After our call to worship we sang Jesus Shall Reign, Amazing God, The Same Love, and Holy (Redman).  Our offering song was Build Your Kingdom Here, and…

We kicked off our 2014 Global Missions Conference yesterday, and Bob taught on the importance of Faith Promise.We opened our service with Let Creation Sing.After our call to worship we sang Awesome is the Lord Most High, All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name, Your Name, and Saviour King.Our offering song was God of Justice.We continue our conference all week with missionaries involved in our normally scheduled activities. Join us next Sunday for our morning AND evening service (8:15 and 10:45 in the morning - and a special evening service at 5:30).  Our conference speaker will be Richard Pratt.

We had an "alternate" version of our worship team yesterday - as the middle of last week found us reeling from Snowpocalypse 2014.  We had to cancel all church-wide activities (including rehearsals) so we moved our normal schedule worship team to a different Sunday and had an "unplugged" set this past Sunday.We're kicking off our 2014 Global Missions Conference this coming Sunday - with Bob Flayhart preaching.  The following Sunday we'll be hearing from Richard Pratt.  Be sure and join us!We opened yesterday with Hosanna.After our call to worship we sang Shelter, Never Let Go, Great is Thy Faithfulness, and…