At the conference I attended last Saturday, Joe Horness was teaching the main session and told a story about the famous painter Gustav Dore, who received a painting of Jesus from one of his students for him to critique. After a couple of moments searching for the right words, Dore remarked “If you loved [...]

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This week at Grace we were finishing up our two week series called Text What’s Next. Al and Derek were preaching based on questions that our church had texted in during last week’s service. The topics ranged from why there are different denominations and how do I find a healthy church home to [...]

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Session two is on here at ReFocus, and Joe Horness is about to take the stage again. The last session was on values that every ministry team should have as they approach corporate worship. This time Joe is going to go into some practical steps we can use. This is a brand [...]

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I spent the first part of Saturday at ReFocus Conference out at McLane Church. I’m teaching a breakout session later on songwriting, but to start things off Joe Horness is up teaching the first of two main sessions. Joe spent 25 years as a worship leader at Willow Creek, and is currently serving [...]

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Last week I wrote about the dangers of giving Jesus “lip service”.  If you haven’t read, go back and give it a go.  It’s short.
One of the dangers I didn’t talk about is our natural reaction to that conviction.  I witnessed it during the last song two weeks ago.  Coming out of Derek’s sermon, we [...]

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Hey all,
I’m back after a week off. Last week was pretty crazy, and I led worship at our Senior High youth retreat. This week we had our Easter services. Usually we have a separate band lead at Saturday night, but because we couldn’t rehearse on Thursday due to Good Friday rehearsal, we [...]

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The sermon this last Sunday was one the best messages on Palm Sunday I have ever heard. One of the things that Derek pointed out was that the same crowd that ushered Jesus into Jerusalem with shouts of adulation also abandoned him and even cried out for him to be crucified five days later. [...]

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This week is Palm Sunday, and pastor Derek Sanford is going to preaching. I’m heading to the Senior High Youth retreat for Friday and Saturday, and so I won’t be at the Saturday night service. Bill Mason and Nancy Clark are leading there. However, I will be back leading worship on Sunday [...]

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As a part of Lent, the staff at Grace have been submitting a blog post each day for reflection and meditation on the church website. I volunteered to take every Tuesday, and so for my part, I’ve been posting a video blog of a different cross-themed song each week.
This week things got away from me, [...]

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