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Our contemporary worship service as well as our traditional service follow the lectionary. The lectionary usually provides four different scriptures for each Sunday that follow a theme. In the traditional service we have typically used one for the main scripture the sermon is based on, and then [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Using Video- Incorporating Scripture in New Ways
December 31st, 2008
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Using Video-Christmas Dinner in Fast Forward
December 29th, 2008
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This was my first attempt to do one of those cool fast forward time lapse videos you see around. I took a camera and set it on top of our china hutch before we ate our Christmas Dinner. Then I took the video and used Windows Movie Maker to speed up the footage. Cut it [...]
Sunday Setlist 12/28/08
December 28th, 2008
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Most weeks at our church we have simultaneous contemporary and traditional worship services at the 10:30 to 11:30 hour. Periodically for special occasions we combine services into one location. This week we combined in the contemporary service. It was nice to see some people I don’t normally get to see on a weekly basis.
Songlist-
Go Tell [...]
Iphone Apps for Musicians: Part 2
December 27th, 2008
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Last week I sent you my first three favorite iPhone apps that I use in my music ministry. Here are three more.
You Version Bible- This bible app works well and offers a ton of bible translations. Most versions however are online so the app needs a connection of some sort either through the phone [...]
Iphone Apps for Musicians: Part 1
December 20th, 2008
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In June Apple introduced their iPhone applications store. Since that time I have gone downloaded at least 100 applications that do different things. Here are my first three of the top 10 applications, free and paid, that I use on a regular basis in my ministry.
Guitar toolkit- Guitar toolkit features many tools that I need [...]
Two Free Cross Backgrounds
December 17th, 2008
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Here are two cross backgrounds that you can use for worship slides, web pages or whatever. The original photo of the “message cross” is the big white cross at Peace Chapel of Lakeview Methodist Conference Center where I have spent many many weeks leading music for youth camps. The original picture for “Hanging Cross” was [...]
Choosing Songlists: Christmas Vs Advent?
December 16th, 2008
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It seems every year that I come across the same delimma when choosing songs for this season. It stems from the fact that what the stores and media call the Christmas season is, for our church, Advent, or the 4 Sundays immediately before Christmas Eve. Most of the traditional carols that people expect to hear, [...]
How Do You Record a Worship CD?
December 11th, 2008
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Ever since I have been at our church we have had the idea to record a worship CD. We are wanting to do something as a praise team using both original and already recorded worship songs that our congregation has grown to love. So what advice, tips or tricks do you have to share with [...]
Sunday Setlist- 12/07/08
December 9th, 2008
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For some reason this week I felt like I just needed to get through. Maybe it was because I woke up feeling dead tired, maybe it was because we were a little less familiar with our song list than we usually are, or maybe because we were missing a drummer and lead vocalist. Unfortunately I [...]
