Archive for the ‘Worship’ Category

130 Years of Sacred Song - Input Needed

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

We've been working on the nuts and bolts of our upcoming Fall series—something I think we're going to call "One Another." Basically, we're going to looking at and creating opportunities for our church body to put all the "one another" commands in Scripture into practice—love one another, bear one another's ...

Worship Confessional: July 13, 2008

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Pretty low day in attendance yesterday, typical for a sunny July weekend I suppose. I'm going to be a little more transparent than usual with this post so hold onto your hat. This is actually going to be a confessional. Over the last five years in my current place of service, ...

Delirious? is leaving the building…

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Delirious? announced on their website (and via press release) yesterday that they are calling it quits. They have some fantastic reasons for doing so—ministry opportunities, family priorities—but it's still a sad thing to see them go. They'll be touring on a limited basis apparently until the end of 2009, so I ...

Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor

Friday, July 4th, 2008

My favorite line from the Declaration is the last one. "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." May we as Christ-followers pledge all that and more for ...

Worship Confessional: June 29, 2008

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This is the first time I've sat in fronte of a computer for more than a couple of minutes all day. We're gearing up for our Independence Day evening of fun at the church this coming Sunday (two days after the fact, I know). So, I don't know how much ...

My retirement plan

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Just so everyone knows, my super-dooper plan for funding my retirement basically involves my children forming an awesome family rock band and making lots of cash. Well, maybe that won't work out for me, but we've got a good start. Here are my girls singing their hearts out at church today. ...

Worship Confessional: June 22, 2008

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Yesterday was the start of VBS, so the entire platform was all decorated with Hawaiian decor, and many of us were wearing Hawaiian shirts and such. One of the cool benefits of the setting was the lack of pulpit (yes, we still have a pulpit). I'm going to be really ...

Some updates and an apology

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Hey everyone. Thank you for all the prayers for my mother-in-law and the family. Her surgery went extraordinarily well. They ended up needing to do fewer bypasses than originally thought, and she is ahead of schedule on her recovery. The surgery kept getting pushed back, and was finally performed yesterday morning. ...

Worship Confessional: June 8, 2008

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I completely forgot to to write up my confessional yesterday. We're full into music camp week, so my days are kind of packed. Here's the short and sweet of it, just the set list: Glory to His Name // Hoffman & Stockton Take My Life (Gloria) // Frances Havergal (lyrics); traditional French ...

How blogs, social networks, and twitter have revolutionized my life.

Friday, June 6th, 2008

For some, this is a no-brainer, but for anyone who might wonder why I'm so sold on blogging, social networking, and twittering, here are just a few of my reasons. 1. The group of blogs in my feed reader (which seems to grow weekly) is like having a live, intuitive internet ...