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As we await the completion of our new sanctuary, and the opportunity to return to only two services on a Sunday morning, we have an 8:00 problem. The 8:00 service is awesome. It's a smaller crowd - first thing in the morning. To me, it seems more intimate, but that could be because of the initial worship time on a Sunday morning. Our 9:15 and 10:45 services are packed. And so, speaking of leading worship (in my last post), we're hoping that some of our families will take the opportunity to lead by starting to attend our 8:00 service for…

I observed a really cool conversation this morning between a choir member and a deacon. The choir member was talking about the service of the deacon - faithfully serving most Sunday mornings, doing the jobs no one else wants to do (arranging chairs, parking cars, cleaning up trash, counting people). It was neat to hear the heart of the choir member commenting on how the deacon led her in worship.Think about it - how many times have you considered your means of service on Sunday morning as leading in worship? You can lead in worship by keeping a nursery class,…

"When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within, upward I look and see him there - who made an end to ALL my sin.  Because the SINLESS SAVIOR died, my SINFUL SOUL is counted FREE!  For the God, the Just, is satisfied, to look on Him and PARDON ME!"Thank you Jesus

Check out these words . . . Let all mortal flesh keep silence,And with fear and trembling stand;Ponder nothing earthly minded,For with blessing in His hand,Christ our God to earth descendeth,Our full homage to demand.We're using this hymn as a part of our upcoming Christmas program. As I was arranging the tune for the choir today, I was struck by the worship perspective in this verse - keeping silent. Thinking of nothing on earth. Consumed with God's glory, with the realization that God came to Earth to demand our worship. WE WERE BORN TO WORSHIP. WE WERE CREATED TO WORSHIP.…

3.BARAK - baw-rak - To kneel or to bow. To give reverence to God as an act of adoration. It implies to continual conscious giving place to God. Blessing the Lord, extolling virtue. There is a sense of kneeling and blessing God as an act of adoration in the word BARAK. Physical application - To bow, kneel or to do this with the intent in my heart that He is my KING and I yield to HIM. I am acknowledging Him as KING and GOD. SONG: BLESS THE LORD Scripture: Psalm 103 tells us how to bless the Lord and…

We hung this banner up a couple years ago, to advertise that our Worship Choir was starting rehearsals again for our Palm Sunday program. So I noticed that if you stood at any given point within the breezeway, the light . . . . well . . . it blocked . . . ummm . . . .

I often forget that our worship is not confined to the hour on Sunday morning (or Sunday night and Wednesday night if you're in a church that offers). God's called us to worship at work, at home, with our interactions wiht strangers, and friends. He's called us to worship as we enjoy His creation, and as we work, live, and fellowship within it. So how did your worship go today?

2.TEHILLAH -teh-hil-law- to sing, to laud. A spontaneous new song. Singing from a melody in your heart by adding words to it. This refers to a special kind of singing-it is singing unprepared, unrehearsed songs. Brings tremendous unity to the body of Christ. Singing straight to God. Can move into tehilah anytime. Singing it the second time would be ZAMAR. It is the praise that God inhabits (sits enthroned on)(Psalm 22:3) God manifests Himself in the mids of exuberant singing. Scripture: Psalms 22:3, 34:1, 40:3, 66:2, 2 Chronicles 20:22 When was the last time you had a spotaneous song? When…

If there's one thing that I want to continually communicate about the choir, it's that the Worship Choir is open to anyone - and I mean anyone. You DON'T have to have a great singing voice. You DON'T have to be able to read music. You DON'T have to make a lifetime committment and give up every Wednesday night. You DO have to have a heart for worship, and a desire to get plugged into an exciting group of fellowship, community, and worship. We meet every Wednesday night from 6-7. If you have to be late? No problem, come when…

Check out a group called MuteMath. I used a song of theirs in church a few weeks ago. What tremendous hearts these guys have for Christ! Here's the thing. They refuse to compromise on their values, and on their "style" because it would take them out of a circle of influence that they have for the lost. They have sacrificed money and "fame" in the mainstream CCM market in order to be used of God to play in places where they wouldn't be welcomed if they were labelled as CCM artists.Buy their stuff. Attend their concerts. Help them reach the…