New Song: We Will Remember

Hey guys, I know we just learned "Jesus Messiah" a couple of weeks ago, but there is a song I want to teach you that will work so well with the sermon text this Sunday!

Pastor Todd is in Joshua 4 this week, in which Joshua has each tribe take a big ol' rock from the bed of the Jordan River, over which they've just passed. He mentions a number of times that these stones are to be a memorial to God's great work:

And [Joshua] said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in times to come, 'What do these stones mean?' then you shall let your children know 'Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.' For the Lord your God dried up the waters of teh Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up for us until we passed over, so that all the peoples of the earth my know that the hand of the Lord is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever." (Joshua 4:21-24)

The song is called "We Will Remember" by Tommy Walker, and here is a video with the music and the lyrics so you can learn how it goes! This song has been a favorite of mine for a long time (kind of a newer "Great is Thy Faithfulness"), and I'm excited to share it with you!

Preparing For Worship: June 14th, 2009

This weekend I will be away at the Resolved Conference helping to lead worship with the Resolved band: Enfield. For more info on the Resolved Conference, CLICK HERE.

My brother Donny will be leading worship for me this weekend while I'm gone. Pastor Todd will be preaching out of Joshua 2, and you'll get to hear from Peter and Heather Malakar who are missionaries in India!

The worship team will lead the morning off with the songs Enough and Good To Me. Then Pastor Todd will come and welcome everyone with a greeting time, after which he'll interview Peter and Heather, and talk a little bit about Crossroads' short term missions trip to India next summer, during which we'll be working closely with the Malakars.

The worship team will lead in For You Are The Lord, and From The Inside Out before Pastor Todd comes and continues our series in Joshua, this week teaching from chapter two where the Isrealite spies hide out with Rahab the prostitute! It's an action packed chapter, so be sure to read it before Sunday. CLICK HERE to read it online!

The worship team will close the service with Jesus Paid It All.

I'll miss being with you this weekend, but look forward to being back for Father's Day weekend!

Happy Prepping!

Preparing For Worship: June 7th, 2009

This week we embark on our study of the book of Joshua entitled "No Fear." It's going to be an action packed series, as Joshua narrates an overview of Israel's conquest of the Promised Land. The purpose of the book goes far beyond an exciting story however, as the name "No Fear" suggests, the book is intended to teach us how to live our lives trusting fully in God's promises. The Israelites were up against some pretty formidable foes, but they trusted God, and followed him boldly, and he proved himself faithful. We are going to learn how to live boldly in our world, and to radically follow Christ as we live without fear!

We're jumping right in to chapter 1, so read it over so you're familiar with the territory! CLICK HERE TO READ JOSHUA 1.

Here's what we'll be singing:

We'll start out with "I Have a Hope" and then remember the morning that that hope was put in place with "See What a Morning."

After Pastor Todd does the prayer/welcome/greeting thing, we'll sing about God's great strength and how he is our shelter and salvation in "Psalm 62" and then flash forward to how he used that great strength to conquer sin on the cross through his son's sacrificial death: "Stronger."

Pastor Todd will come and teach us, and then lead us in a time of communion as we learn a new song that reflects on Jesus' work for us on the cross: "Jesus Messiah." I'll teach it to everyone, but why not take a listen so you can pick it up easier??? It just makes sense.

We'll end with "Once Again" which is a great way close our communion time, and the whole service as we go out as lights in our dark world.

Any questions?? I didn't think so. That's what's happening; happy prepping!