Created to Praise

Just me being me the way He made me

ANNOUNCEMENT March 23, 2008

Filed under: Church Life, Worship Leader — createdtopraise @ 5:45 pm

We are forming an ensemble!!!!  Anyone interested in singing, please call or email me.  My contact information is listed on the back of every church bulletin.  Or you can leave a comment her eand I’ll get back in touch with you. 

The basics:

 The ensemble will essentially sing with the praise team each week and also provide special music on occassion.  We have a different set list each week, so you’ll never get bored with the music.  :)   You will practice with the praise team each Thursday night and be given a practice cd to rehearse with each week.  Any new music will be sent in advance, so you will have an opportunity to learn it before practice.

The commitment:

We ask that you be available and committed to attending practice on Thursday nights and at least one service on Sunday mornings. 

The benefits:

I could go on all day about the benefits, but I’ll keep it simple here.  When you begin to use your gifts and talents in service to the Lord, you will be amazed at the blessings.  The feeling of fulfillment is wonderful.  And knowing that you’ve served your Lord and your congregation is beyond anything that I could describe.  Also, you’ll develop relationships, even close friendships, with members of your church family.  That alone is powerful!  And finally, you’ll find that worshiping all week in preparation for Sunday morning will cause Sunday singing to flow naturally from you, as an extension of the worship you’ve experienced all week.  Your relationship with the Lord will deepen and you will be blessed.  Okay, I’ll stop now.  :)

I’m very excited because people are already signing up.  I can hardly wait to see who all the Lord brings into this ensemble.  It’s gonna be great!  So if this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, just let me know.  :)

 

Not Your Typical Easter Sunday March 23, 2008

Filed under: Church Life, Worship Confessionals — createdtopraise @ 10:09 am

OMgosh!  We were packed in there like sardines this morning.  It was FANTASTIC!!!!!!  While we’re sharing the building with Truthway Church, we’re only having one service.  That means we’re sitting pretty close to each other.  lol  But April 13th we will go to two services.  The new service times will be 9:30am and 11:00am.  The church will also look a bit different since we won’t have two sets of drums, two sets of speakers, etc etc etc.  We’ll have a lot more room then.  And also, there’s plenty of room for us to expand so that’s good.

Raymond was leading the music this morning.  Here’s who we had…..

Raymond on keys & vocals

Bryant on guitar

Josh on drums

Vocals:  Speedy, Jovan, Kathy & Becky

And here’s our set list:

This is the Day

He is the King

I Will Enter His Gates

I Love You

Amazing Grace

Celebrate Jesus, Celebrate

And now I have to go.  My family is loading up in the van and they have informed me that if I don’t hurry up, they WILL go to lunch without me.  So I’d better run.  I’ll be back later with some thoughts about this morning’s service and more.  Until then, y’all have a wonderful Easter Sunday.  Today we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!