love the fact that we celebrate communion once a month at our church. This was one of those Sundays. Our regular drummer, and guitar players were out for the week so we were honored to have one of our youth band members fill in on drums, and new friend Jimmy Callicot play guitar with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Music’
5 Free Downloadable Instrumental Backgrounds
July 30th, 2010
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For a while I have been posting instrumental reflections for you to listen to or use for altar times, personal devotions etc. Up to this point the only way to listen was by clicking the play button with in the post. I am glad to announce that I will be making the instrumental reflections downloadable [...]
So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp- Part 1- Questions to Ask
April 13th, 2010
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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 [...]
Top Ten Instrumental Reflections
March 11th, 2010
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For a while now I have been sharing my Instrumental Reflections with you. These are primarily piano pieces composed and recorded at one sitting, which can be used for prayer times, altar times, devotionals, journaling, nap time or just to relax to.
I began wondering if anyone did listen, and if so which of the reflections [...]
Instrumental Reflection #21 – On a Hill
February 24th, 2010
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While I sat down to write this I had the words to the hymn “Old Rugged Cross” stuck in my head. The phrase “On a hill, on a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross, an old rugged cross” kept echoing in my head. That rhythm became the recurring theme of this song.
Check out the previous Instrumental [...]
The Importance of Teaching
December 9th, 2009
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When working with my youth worship team I often find myself emphasizing rehearsing the songs. After all, we generally have one event or another to prepare for so that means creating a songlist, and working up that music to perform or lead with.
I have realized, however, that there is a huge benefit to teaching, and [...]
Words of Encouragement
December 1st, 2009
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When I was in college I was part of a ministry leadership team for a student ministry group. Each week we had a memory verse that we had to memorize and recite at our weekly meeting. These scriptures, ingrained in my head, have been helpful in different situations to offer comfort and encouragement.
Here is one I recited [...]
Caption Please
November 20th, 2009
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Kind of afraid to ask but… Do you have a caption for this photo?
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Searching
November 20th, 2009
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In one of the boxes pictured… There is coffee.
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