The Worship Blog

I was out on vacation last Sunday, visiting themiddleofnowhere, IL - to spend some time with family. Had a great time with my wife and boys . . .

At Oak Mountain, Jeff Sauceda led worship for me.

He opened up with Beautiful One.

After the call to worship, they sang Because of Your Love (Baloche), I am Free, Immortal Invisible (Story), and Amazing Grace - Chains are Gone.

For offering, they sang Amazing God (Brown).

After the sermon, Jeff sang a song by Neil Diamond called Pretty Amazing Grace.

We're celebrating the Lord's Supper this week . . . come to the table.

Mark your calendars . . . July 26th. Bullfrog choir is open to ANY guy . . . show up at 8:00 on Sunday morning, July 26th, and sing what you normally sing in the pew.

We had our June choir leading in worship this past weekend.

Be sure and check the schedule for the rest of the summer dates, and join us for both the Bullfrog Choir on July 26th, and August choir - August 23.

This past weekend we opened with How Good and Pleasant, by Tommy Walker.

After our call to worship we sang Filled with Your Glory (Starfield), Mighty to Save (Hillsong), In Christ Alone (Getty), and My Jesus I Love Thee.

For our offering song, we did a new song called Tehillah, which means "to sing a new song".

I then jetted out and did a concert in St. Louis with Laura Story. Good weekend. The whole trip lasted 23 hours.

Awesome

I remember the infatuation with the king of pop. I'd hear the intro to the pepsi commercials and knock over furniture to make sure I could see it. I made my mom copy her LP of thriller onto a tape so I could listen to. I used my fisher price tape recorder up next to the TV to record the audio from awards shows. I remember the amazement of watching him perform Billy Jean - and my mom saying "watch this, here it comes . . . watch" and then he did the moonwalk. twice. in the same song.

MJ - your music helped shape the last 30 years of music. *My* copy of the Thriller album still sits on top of my bookshelf. We can draw lines from any music that's played today back to what you helped shape . . . I'll remember the glove and the jacket with the zippers, and the hair catching on fire and the great innovations you gave to music and the industry.

When was the last time you used your imagination in worship? I've been reading through the historical books, and trying to take note of some of the lengths that Israel would go to to express gratitude, to ask forgiveness, to give thanks . . .

Solomon's over one week-long worship service, for the dedication of the temple, included the sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Can you imagine the scene of fire coming down from Heaven and consuming the sacrifice? The people of God - bowing and declaring "For He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever . . ." Do you imagine the sounds? The excitement, the awe? The intensity?

Does any of this translate into your worship?

Come on out for choir rehearsal tomorrow night, as we prepare to lead in worship for this coming Sunday.

This will be our last rehearsal until August 12. Please check the schedule for this and other important dates.

See you tomorrow night, 6-7.