Hey guys,
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Hope you are having a fantastic week. Lots of crazy things happening in our country. Lots of cool things happening in our church. Once again I want to thank you all for being such an awesome part of our worship team. I thought worship this last Sunday was phenomenal in spite of little glitches during practice and such. For those of you who weren't on the rotation this past Sunday, I would really like us to try as much as possible to be at the church for practice promptly at 8:00 am. I believe that if this happens, any stress due to time restraints will be alleviated. And again, sorry for being too abrasive during practice. I realize that was the case this past week and I want you all to know how much I love you. I also want you to know how difficult it can be to direct a team of 7 musicians and 6 singers while getting into a place of intimate worship of the Father, and then keeping in mind the one hundred people coming in to meet at the feet of Jesus.
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Phew! Thank God for His strength to be able to meet such a task with the anticipation that His Holy Spirit will reveal Himself in power and that the heavens are going to be opened, and we, as worship leaders and as a congregation, get to lift our voices and the sounds that come from our instruments heavenward before the throne of the very One who fashioned us from nothing. We all need His strength to meet such a task because this is what God has designed us to do; to love Him and to love others. Oh that we, worship leaders in His Church, would just clothe ourselves with humility, starting with me, and submit ourselves to God and to each other. We are family and we still have this stinkin' sinful nature that wants to pop it's ugly head up, even though we are doing our best to walk in the Spirit. I'm tired of it. I so much want my sinful nature to stay crucified with Christ on the cross. Thank God that He is not finished with any of us yet. We are all works in progress and there will be a day when we will gather around His throne and worship Him unhindered by our sinful nature. Until that day...Let's be the fragrance of Christ to each other, to those who enter the doors of Whipple Creek Church and to the rest of the world on this side of eternity.
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Can I get an amen?!?
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ALSO - This last Sunday there was an announcement about an APEST (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, Teacher) Seminar coming up at Whipple Creek Church on Saturday, November 22nd, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our staff at Whipple took the APEST test over a year ago, I think, and it is a great tool to recognize how God has gifted us for leadership with these positional gifts. Basically, I think it would be a great idea for us as a worship team, to take the test online and go to the seminar if possible. The test costs $10.00 and the seminar costs $30.00. Would you mind taking the APEST test online and then printing out three copies of the results (One for you, one to bring to the seminar if you can make it, and one for me...you can bring it one Sunday if you like)? If money is an issue with any of this stuff, let me know. I don't want money stopping you from either taking the test ($10.00 isn't too much I don't think) and attending the seminar ($30.00 could be a stretch for some of you...we will cover the cost of whatever you cannot). Then we, as a worship team, can look at how God has gifted each one of us...and my hope is that it will help us to get a bigger picture of God's destiny for each one of us individually and also how we can best work together as a team, complimenting one another in our gifts. Whatcha think? Can you let me know if you are in or not by shooting me a quick email? Thanks a billion. Here is the link to the online APEST:
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http://theforgottenways.org/apest/
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You guys are amazing and I am blessed beyond belief being able to work with you all. See you on Sunday.
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Grace and peace,
.
Hope you are having a fantastic week. Lots of crazy things happening in our country. Lots of cool things happening in our church. Once again I want to thank you all for being such an awesome part of our worship team. I thought worship this last Sunday was phenomenal in spite of little glitches during practice and such. For those of you who weren't on the rotation this past Sunday, I would really like us to try as much as possible to be at the church for practice promptly at 8:00 am. I believe that if this happens, any stress due to time restraints will be alleviated. And again, sorry for being too abrasive during practice. I realize that was the case this past week and I want you all to know how much I love you. I also want you to know how difficult it can be to direct a team of 7 musicians and 6 singers while getting into a place of intimate worship of the Father, and then keeping in mind the one hundred people coming in to meet at the feet of Jesus.
.
Phew! Thank God for His strength to be able to meet such a task with the anticipation that His Holy Spirit will reveal Himself in power and that the heavens are going to be opened, and we, as worship leaders and as a congregation, get to lift our voices and the sounds that come from our instruments heavenward before the throne of the very One who fashioned us from nothing. We all need His strength to meet such a task because this is what God has designed us to do; to love Him and to love others. Oh that we, worship leaders in His Church, would just clothe ourselves with humility, starting with me, and submit ourselves to God and to each other. We are family and we still have this stinkin' sinful nature that wants to pop it's ugly head up, even though we are doing our best to walk in the Spirit. I'm tired of it. I so much want my sinful nature to stay crucified with Christ on the cross. Thank God that He is not finished with any of us yet. We are all works in progress and there will be a day when we will gather around His throne and worship Him unhindered by our sinful nature. Until that day...Let's be the fragrance of Christ to each other, to those who enter the doors of Whipple Creek Church and to the rest of the world on this side of eternity.
.
Can I get an amen?!?
.
ALSO - This last Sunday there was an announcement about an APEST (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, Teacher) Seminar coming up at Whipple Creek Church on Saturday, November 22nd, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our staff at Whipple took the APEST test over a year ago, I think, and it is a great tool to recognize how God has gifted us for leadership with these positional gifts. Basically, I think it would be a great idea for us as a worship team, to take the test online and go to the seminar if possible. The test costs $10.00 and the seminar costs $30.00. Would you mind taking the APEST test online and then printing out three copies of the results (One for you, one to bring to the seminar if you can make it, and one for me...you can bring it one Sunday if you like)? If money is an issue with any of this stuff, let me know. I don't want money stopping you from either taking the test ($10.00 isn't too much I don't think) and attending the seminar ($30.00 could be a stretch for some of you...we will cover the cost of whatever you cannot). Then we, as a worship team, can look at how God has gifted each one of us...and my hope is that it will help us to get a bigger picture of God's destiny for each one of us individually and also how we can best work together as a team, complimenting one another in our gifts. Whatcha think? Can you let me know if you are in or not by shooting me a quick email? Thanks a billion. Here is the link to the online APEST:
.
http://theforgottenways.org/apest/
.
You guys are amazing and I am blessed beyond belief being able to work with you all. See you on Sunday.
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Grace and peace,
Christian
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