Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 26, 2012

I so enjoy the privilege of leading worship with some of the finest musicians in town - and my choir is no exception. Choir Sundays are and always have been some of my favorite Sundays. It's never too late to join the choir.We opened yesterday with Paul Baloche's Hosanna.After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, Come Ye Sinners, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, Never Let Go, and Before the Throne of God Above.Our offering song was Tommy Walker's When I Don't Know What to Do.If you've been thinking about joining the choir - it's still…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 19, 2012

Good morning interwebs.I was out yesterday - leading worship for one of our men's retreats. Patrick Bush and the youth worship team lead worship at Oak Mountain. Patrick always does a great job. Let me encourage you that may be reading this, if you have kids that are jr and sr high age - please get them involved in the youth ministry at oak mountain.They opened yesterday with Happy Day.After the call to worship they sang Awesome is the Lord Most High, No Not One, Come Thou Fount, and Enough.For the offering song, they sang We Will Run - a…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 12, 2012

Celebrated the Lord's supper yesterday - as we do on every 2nd sunday of the month. Also installed a new sound system in our youth house - love it. If you go to Oak Mountain - be sure and swing by there and take a listen...We opened yesterday with Song of the Redeemed. Sure, it's a little fast - but I think it's a catchy tune.After our call to worship we sang Hillsong's Hosanna, Break Through, How Firm a Foundation, and Stronger. Our offering song was I Lift My Hands.For communion we sang I Lay it Down, and Surrender.
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – February 5, 2012 (on Tuesday)

Better late than never, right?We did a few *newer tunes (to Oak Mountain) on Sunday. We opened with Vicky Beeching's Glory to God Forever.After our call to worship we sang Arise, Your Grace is Enough, Draw Me Nearer, The Stand, and Breathe.Our offering song was Lift High, and our 2nd offering song was a new song calledI Lift My Hands.Choir continues rehearsing for our Palm Sunday worship service. It's never too late to get plugged into choir. We meet every Wednesday night from 6-7 downstairs in the choir room. No singing experience was necessary. Drinks, snacks, and childcare are all…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – January 29, 2012

We wrapped up our Global missions conference this weekend - with messages from Gary Purdy of North Shore Fellowship. Had some GREAT times of worship - including, of course, yesterday morning's normal Sunday worship.Our choir lead worship yesterday. We opened with Forever Reign - which is quickly becoming one of my favorite songs.After our call to worship we sang Jesus Shall Reign, Amazing God, O 4 a 1000 Tongues, A Mighty Fortress (Nockels), Your Name, and Agnus Dei.Our offering song was a Sovereign Grace tune called Let Your Kingdom Come.
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – January 22, 2012

We kicked off our 2012 Global Missions Conference yesterday. Our conference this year is lasting a week as opposed to the normal 3 days.We opened yesterday with a new tune (to Oak Mountain) - Charlie Hall's Song of the Redeemed. I say it's new to Oak Mountain - but Patrick Bush has been using it for a couple years in the youth house. Speaking of the youth house - if you've got youth-aged kids and they're not plugged into the youth house - you're missing out.After our call to worship we sang You Lifted Me Out, All Hail the Power…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – January 15, 2012

We celebrated Sanctity of Life Sunday yesterday - with a video testimony from Lisa Cleghorn. I'll post that up here later this week. We opened yesterday with Awake My Soul.After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, Search Me (Ronnie Freeman), Center, and Be Thou My Vision.Our offering song was intermingled with the video testimony - How He Loves by John Mark MacMillan.Next week kicks off our week-long missions conference.
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – January 8, 2012

Greetings interwebs, and Happy New Year.We opened worship yesterday with Come Ye Sinners. After our call to worship we sang Let God Arise, Our God Saves, Great is Thy Faithfulness, and When All is Said and Done.Our offering song was a Hillsong Grownups tune that I'm really digging called Stronger.For Communion we sang May Jesus Christ be Praised - an arrangement that came out of a hymn writing group that I was a part of years ago. We also sang Red Mountain/Karl Diggerness's version of There is a Fountain.Choir resumes this Wednesday (January 11) at 6 as we begin preparing…
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – June 19, 2011

We had the choir leading in worship yesterday. Choir Sundays have been my favorite Sundays.We opened yesterday with Our God Saves.After our call to worship we sang Come Christians Join to Sing, Hosanna, Search Me (from Ronnie Freeman), Center, and Jesus Paid it All, with the Kristian Stanfill chorus. Our offering song was a Matt Redman tune that we used last Christmas called You Alone Can Rescue.
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Monday Morning Recap for Sunday – June 12, 2011

There's something really amazing about the one-service schedule, seeing the entire church gathered in one room. The singing is vibrant, the fellowship is tangible - it's really a cool thing.We opened yesterday with a Hillsong Grownups tune called Forever Reign.After our call to worship we sang Let God Arise, Rejoice the Lord is King, Break Through, and Breathe.Our offering song was Everything.For communion, I sang Enough, How Deep the Father's Love for Us, and Breathe.The thoughts I shared with the worship team beforehand - we were standing backstage, and the thought struck me: The bookends of the worship set included…
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