Monday Morning Recap for Sunday - March 7, 2010

If you missed the sermon this morning - you need to get it here!

We opened this morning with a new song off Chris Tomlin's latest album, called You Lifted Me Out. Great tune. Lots of energy. And I like the chanting.

After our call to worship we sang Our God Saves, Awesome is the Lord Most High, Draw Me Nearer, and Never Let Go (Redman).

For our offering song, we sang Come Quickly by Tommy Walker.

If you missed the 80 this week - it was one of the most ridiculous things we've ever done. Check it out here.

Only three more weeks until ALL - our Palm Sunday worship service.

Announcements 03-07-10

Join us March 28

Coming up at the end of the month is our Palm Sunday program - All. Both services - 9 and 10:30 . . . no sunday school that day.

Video Production for Palm Sunday

Will and I have been shooting some video for our Palm Sunday program - which now has a title, and graphics.

It's been amazing, exciting, emotional, and humbling as we've asked the same three questions to over 20 people now, and to hear the personal and vulnerable responses coming back. I'm amazed at the work of the gospel as it's penetrating the lives of folks at oak mountain, where they're willing to look into a camera and share where they struggle, but more importantly, where their hope is found . . .

I'm excited to share these with you - i look forward to the worship service we have together on the 28th of this month. Mark your calendars, and join us - 9AM and 10:30.

The Blind Carbon Copy

I love the blind carbon copy (not really). We've all done it, or had it done to us . . . it's the practice of sending an email and blind copying someone else - so your original recipient doesn't see that you've also sent the message to a friend, a boss, a co-worker . ..

It's deceitful. It's lying . . . It's bad practice.

But here's the thought - don't we do the same thing on Sunday morning with the Savior? We put on our "sunday best" - whether that be a face, or clothes, or expectations for our kids, or consumer-driven desires about what we need to "get" out of the worship service - and we come in pretending . . .

We come pretending that our lives are perfect, and we've got it all together - instead of coming acknowledging that we've all got the same broken, messed-up lives and the only "fix" lies in resting in God's grace, and our standing in Christ. We've tried to blind copy our friends, and the rest of the congregation on the email that says "Doing great! Nothing's wrong here!"

Announcements 02-28-10

Monday Morning Recap for Sunday - Feb 28, 2010

Bob finished up his series on Jonah yesterday. If you haven't subscribed to the Oak Mountain iTunes podcast yet, you can do so here

We opened yesterday with a "new to oak mountain" song called No Other Name, by Todd Fields.

After our call to worship, we sang All Because of Jesus, Shelter (an oldie but goodie), Come Ye Sinners, and When all is said and done.

We didn't have an offering song this week - as we commissioned Phil Chambers and his new church planting team.