Posts Tagged ‘camp’

Elementary Camp Video- Day One

I recently got to spend a week with over 200 awesome 4-6 graders and counselors. Here is the video I made from the first day’s events.

So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp?- My Packing List

When you head off to camp it’s a good idea to have a list of items you will be needing. This will help to solve two problems.
1. You can make sure and take everything with you that you might need to camp
2. You can make sure and take everything home that you brought with you.
So [...]

So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp-Part 2-What Songs to Sing?

After I sent out my last post in this series, Questions to Ask, I got a comment from fellow worship leader and blogger, Todd Wright.
”I usually try to dig pretty deep as to what songs these kids are singing. Unfortunately, I get a lot of “Oh, you know…whatever.” But with a few specific questions, I can [...]

So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp- Part 1- Questions to Ask

So you are sitting in the bookstore, drinking coffee and your phone rings.
“Hey, I was wondering if you would be interested in leading music for camp this year?”, the cheery voice on the other end says. “Um, sure?”, you say “When is it?”.
After a promise to check your calendar you hear, “I’ll call you later [...]

Help Me Save a Life

For the past two years I have been supporting the “Nothing But Nets” campaign. The campaign raises money to provide mosquito nets that protect from Malaria with the goal of wiping out the disease on the continent of Africa.
Between now and Christmas I want to raise enough money to buy 1000 nets. At $10 each [...]

Big Event for 6th Graders

This year I get another opportunity to lead worship for an amazing group of kids at a great weekend retreat. It’s called “The Big Event” and it’s our conference 6th grade retreat held November 6-8 at Lakeview Conference Center in Palestine Tx.
Please pray for me as I go, and for all those who will be [...]

My Daily Photo 07/23/09

This past summer I spent 3 weeks leading worship at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in Palestine Tx. I have done this for about 12 years now. This sign is in front of the camp where I started.
– Post From My iPhone

Instrumental Reflection Break

For one more week I will take a break from posting an instrumental reflection. I unintentionally went on break from them during My weeks of summer camp. I I tended to record some of me playing piano at camp but seems like all I aged was guitar. That being said look for new reflections and [...]

What Should I Sing?

When I am a guest worship leader at a camp, or retreat, one of the hardest things I deal with is figuring out what songs I should sing. This seems like a small thing, but I can’t help but think, “Are they going to know these songs?” or “What songs mean the most to them?”
Here [...]

The Songs I Sing

I recently had the opportunity to be a guest worship leader at a church on a trip to Houston. We made the arrangements and I was to send them a list of the songs I would be using that morning. I chose several songs I thought would work and emailed those to them. A few [...]