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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…

I've had tons of requests for the worship order that we did the other night. For those of you that aren't at Oak Mountain, we lost a dear, dear sister, friend, mom to a long bout with cancer. She fought so well. Her faith was incredible and she pointed us to Christ in a way that few ever have.We opened her memorial service with Our God Saves.After the call to worship we sang Amazing God, You Never Let Go, and Be Thou My Vision. We then read together Question #1 in the Heidelberg Catechism (what is your only comfort in…

There have been few times in the almost 8 years that I've been here where we've totally thrown out your typical "worship order" and opted for something completely out of the box - and yesterday was one of those times.We invited in Curt Cloninger to come and share with us his "God Views" show. Absolutely incredible. I've known Curt for almost 14 years now. We met while working at Perimeter Church in Atlanta. I've been trying to get him in here since we moved - and yesterday was the day. If you don't know Curt - check his stuff out…

It was so good to be back with my church yesterday. I've missed them during some traveling, and it's good to be home. Also good to see such a great crowd for a holiday weekend.We opened yesterday with a song i wrote called Awake my Soul.After our call to worship we sang Your Grace is Enough, Come Ye Sinners, Great is Thy Faithfulness, and Forever Reign.Our offering song was Tomlin's Awakening.Our VBS starts in just one week. If you haven't thought about putting your kids in VBS - do so. It's a great experience, and our kids ministry does an…

Patrick and the youth worship team did an excellent job leading for me last week as I was out of town. I so appreciate not only his heart for worship, but his heart for developing young musicians - not just into better musicians, but into better worshippers. If you go to Oak Mountain and you read this, and your child is youth-aged and not plugged into our youth ministry, I'm not quite sure why - but i'd strongly recommend getting your kids involved.They opened last week with The Highest and Greatest (Tim Hughes).After the call to worship they sang What…

Always enjoy having the choir lead in worship. Choir Sundays are some of my favorite Sundays. We opened yesterday with a GREAT tune called You Lifted Me Out. After our call to worship we sang Amazing God, Everlasting God, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, and Amazed. Our offering song was Faithful God. Patrick and the Youth Group are leading in worship this Sunday. You don't want to miss it!

Happy mother's day to all the moms out there. I called mine yesterday morning and had a sweet conversation with her, remembering some childhood memories. Anyway - we opened the early service with All Because of Jesus. I say the early service because we cut it for the 2nd service because of time issues.After our call to worship we sang Let Us Return, O Worship the King, God of This City, and Never Let Go.Our offering song was a new song my wife wrote called One Mother's Prayer. Great tune - involved the kids choir, and a small ensemble of…

We had a great morning of worship on Sunday - in the midst of quite a bit of pain and suffering going on in our state. What a great opportunity to remind ourselves and others around us of the promises of God's faithfulness in the midst of trials and storms.We opened with Your Name Will be Praised.After our call to worship we sang Because of Your Love, The Solid Rock, Immortal Invisible, Center, and Your Name. A great time of worship.Mother's Day is coming up - got a little something from the kids this coming weekend for the congregation. Really…

Great time of worship yesterday for Easter Sunday. Been out of town recently, and it's always good to get back to my home church.We opened yesterday with What a Savior.After our call to worship we sang Let God Arise, Our God Saves, Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Mighty to Save, and Revelation Song.Our offering song was a tune by Matt Maher (Your grace is enough), called Christ is Risen. SUCH a great tune.

Not your traditional Monday Morning recap - as yesterday was our Palm Sunday worship service. We opened with Viva la Vida. I'll post the video soon that explained why we opened with that song - and my take on the lyrics. We did new songs from Tim Hughes, HIllsong United, Tommy Walker, Andy Gullahorn, Bethany Dillon, Handel (yes really) and Jared Anderson, and a couple custom hymn arrangements that I've done. Great time of worship. Over 100 people involved from the choir, to the band to the tech. Really looking forward to a great time of worship this weekend. Easter…