What a blessing it was to worship the Lord today, together! I could really hear more of the mens and womens parts. So neat to know that God not only hears us, but even more He sees our hearts!! This is His show, and we get to be a part of it. To give Him our best, and to remember Him in our lives. May we walk in His Spirit all week praising and worshipping Him!
Some of you may be accessing this site for the first time, and I would like to invite you to visit often, and leave your comments and suggestions. It will be a good resource for you to check and see what is coming up for the next Sunday and the next practice. Till then, may the Lord be glorified in mine and your life this week! Amen.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Thursday, September 07, 2006
God is our audience!
I was just thinking about our meeting on Sunday and some of the things we talked about. I love realizing that it is God who is the audience, and that after practicing and putting forth our best, the outcome is His. The most important thing is to praise and worship God with all our hearts!
In this, I hope and pray that we can, in some small way, understand better the incredible attributes of our God and His presence in our lives. And may this bring about true worship in our hearts to God!
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
How incredible!
Thanks to Janet, Tim and Jordan and all the congregation, it was so fun gathering together praising God.
Next Sunday we plan to have open practice. Please bring your notebooks and instruments. **Remember it is Fellowship meal Sunday and we all will be eating after church, cleaning up and then practicing. Have a great rest of the week!
In this, I hope and pray that we can, in some small way, understand better the incredible attributes of our God and His presence in our lives. And may this bring about true worship in our hearts to God!
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
How incredible!
Thanks to Janet, Tim and Jordan and all the congregation, it was so fun gathering together praising God.
Next Sunday we plan to have open practice. Please bring your notebooks and instruments. **Remember it is Fellowship meal Sunday and we all will be eating after church, cleaning up and then practicing. Have a great rest of the week!
Friday, August 25, 2006
All Together Now!!!
Col. 3:16, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God."
As we all continue to pray and prepare for this Sunday let us remember that we are a family...and we are singing "all together now" our praises to our precious God and Father. We have been preparing for this for quite some time, and now we are going to get to stand together in worship to God as we lead our brothers and sisters... and each other. I pray that it be a sweet sacrifice of praise and worship to the Lord!
Sunday practice went very well and I'm excited about this coming Sunday. A reminder... remember we are meeting at 8:30 AM for tuning, sound checks, quick run through and prayer.
We will be practicing afterwards, pizza will be served. Don't forget to bring your notebooks!!
As we all continue to pray and prepare for this Sunday let us remember that we are a family...and we are singing "all together now" our praises to our precious God and Father. We have been preparing for this for quite some time, and now we are going to get to stand together in worship to God as we lead our brothers and sisters... and each other. I pray that it be a sweet sacrifice of praise and worship to the Lord!
Sunday practice went very well and I'm excited about this coming Sunday. A reminder... remember we are meeting at 8:30 AM for tuning, sound checks, quick run through and prayer.
We will be practicing afterwards, pizza will be served. Don't forget to bring your notebooks!!
Monday, August 07, 2006
Wonderful Time of Worship!
¡Hola! Brothers and sisters! So exciting to see what God has been doing in our little group.
As we continue practicing we are seeing God use some of you on Sunday morning as well as after church, practicing and worshiping God together. What a beautiful thing it is to see how God is using each and every one of us.
It was a joy to see Bobby with his guitar, catching a few chords... more than before, and especially hearing his voice. Tim playing the piano and singing "In Christ Alone", doing two things at once is not very easy to do. The piano was an added blessing to that song! Jesse's violin was great in "Come, Now is the Time"and his voice was an added blessing. Ashley's alto is blending with mine more and more and it is such a blessing to come together to worship the Lord! Thanks all of you for sacrificing the time and energy. And to all the parents and children that had to wait!
Next week is 2nd Sunday Fellowship meal. We will be practicing soon after eating. I am hoping that we can work on Lo, What a Glorious Sight and the whole D line-up like before. Please bring your instruments if you have been learning this lineup.
We missed quite a few people this time who had other commitments. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Roy and Janet. We hope to see you back soon!
As we continue practicing we are seeing God use some of you on Sunday morning as well as after church, practicing and worshiping God together. What a beautiful thing it is to see how God is using each and every one of us.
It was a joy to see Bobby with his guitar, catching a few chords... more than before, and especially hearing his voice. Tim playing the piano and singing "In Christ Alone", doing two things at once is not very easy to do. The piano was an added blessing to that song! Jesse's violin was great in "Come, Now is the Time"and his voice was an added blessing. Ashley's alto is blending with mine more and more and it is such a blessing to come together to worship the Lord! Thanks all of you for sacrificing the time and energy. And to all the parents and children that had to wait!
Next week is 2nd Sunday Fellowship meal. We will be practicing soon after eating. I am hoping that we can work on Lo, What a Glorious Sight and the whole D line-up like before. Please bring your instruments if you have been learning this lineup.
We missed quite a few people this time who had other commitments. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Roy and Janet. We hope to see you back soon!
Sunday, July 30, 2006
The First Blog: Words of Encouragement!
Hola. It is late, 11:36 P.M. and I just got the inspiration to write a little something here on my new blog. I am truly excited about the opportunity that I have to communicate some things about one of my greatest passions... praise and worship to Our deserving God and Father, our Lord Jesus Christ. I don't know how many people actually read these open journals, and I hesitate some what with the idea that the pouring out of my heart may be read by a complete stranger. So with that in mind, I plan on being careful with my words, as I know that the Bible teaches that "In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise. " Proverbs 10:19. I think sometimes I end up talking too much, trying to avoid that awkward silence that I experience when around certain people. I don't know what that is, but I find myself responding by speaking "many words", then later embarrassing myself and asking myself ....why? Writing on a blog is worse because all your words are recorded!
However! My desire to encourage and build up my brothers and sisters who have a growing desire to worship God is outweighing the risk of embarrassment. The important thing is that more brothers and sisters are stepping out in faith in using and developing their talents to serve the Lord, and that is a beautiful blessing from God!
So let me be the first to start by recognizing and "building up" a few of my brothers and sisters who have just begun leading with me in worship. Sophia, you are such an encouragement! I praise God for your willingness and your example of stepping out in faith and allowing God to work in you as He wishes...through our worship and praise on Sunday, 16 of July.
Janet, it was a precious time planning and worshipping with you for and on 22 of July. I loved some of the old songs you brought back and that I had almost forgotten. I am inspired to bring some of those rich, older, worship songs because of you. I love the harmonies that you do.
Tim, worship today was a blessing! I thank God as I see you grow in the grace, love, and talent that God has given you for His glory in the Kingdom. I appreciate your ideas and musical knowledge and for setting up the Powerpoint!
Practice today went very well, despite our missing some key people. Thanks to all that were present. I know it was a little awkward not having some of the support in singing that we are used to, but I assure you that it causes much growth. In fact, in your practice, I really recommend that you try to practice only with a note guide(piano, or CD) and not with music in the background. Your voice development and control have a greater chance of improving. So, although our end product didn't sound as pleasing to our ears, have patience to know that we are growing and improving!
Thanks to all those who brought snack. Next week is another snack day, then the following will be 2nd Sunday dinner. I will be posting information...practice schedule, music, lyrics, etc. soon! Keep checking back.
Please leave comments! Use this opportunity to Praise God, Giving Glory to God and Encouraging one another! Also to leave suggestions and/or communicate. Thanks!
However! My desire to encourage and build up my brothers and sisters who have a growing desire to worship God is outweighing the risk of embarrassment. The important thing is that more brothers and sisters are stepping out in faith in using and developing their talents to serve the Lord, and that is a beautiful blessing from God!
So let me be the first to start by recognizing and "building up" a few of my brothers and sisters who have just begun leading with me in worship. Sophia, you are such an encouragement! I praise God for your willingness and your example of stepping out in faith and allowing God to work in you as He wishes...through our worship and praise on Sunday, 16 of July.
Janet, it was a precious time planning and worshipping with you for and on 22 of July. I loved some of the old songs you brought back and that I had almost forgotten. I am inspired to bring some of those rich, older, worship songs because of you. I love the harmonies that you do.
Tim, worship today was a blessing! I thank God as I see you grow in the grace, love, and talent that God has given you for His glory in the Kingdom. I appreciate your ideas and musical knowledge and for setting up the Powerpoint!
Practice today went very well, despite our missing some key people. Thanks to all that were present. I know it was a little awkward not having some of the support in singing that we are used to, but I assure you that it causes much growth. In fact, in your practice, I really recommend that you try to practice only with a note guide(piano, or CD) and not with music in the background. Your voice development and control have a greater chance of improving. So, although our end product didn't sound as pleasing to our ears, have patience to know that we are growing and improving!
Thanks to all those who brought snack. Next week is another snack day, then the following will be 2nd Sunday dinner. I will be posting information...practice schedule, music, lyrics, etc. soon! Keep checking back.
Please leave comments! Use this opportunity to Praise God, Giving Glory to God and Encouraging one another! Also to leave suggestions and/or communicate. Thanks!
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