I’ve been pretty busy administrating our Worship Department by making sure the song lists are prepared, the musicians and vocalists are scheduled to play at each service, and that my meetings with Pastor are productive - and so on and so on. My “to do list” gets longer and longer and things always come up that I can’t get to right away. I don’t even have time for myself these days. What’s a girl to do! I like getting my hair, nails and feet done, but I want to be the first one in and I want to be out of there in an hour. They say “your hairdresser knows all,” but m...read more
Sometimes we need to be reminded that God really loves us. The Bible tells us that we are “loved with an everlasting love…” (Jeremiah 31:3) There are times we face moments when we are alone and feeling like an outsider. Being a worship leader is a position of leadership and people may at times treat you a little different. They may not know what to say. It may appear that you might be unapproachable when that is not the case. When in preparation for going to the platform you may be in deep concentration or you may be praying and it is vital not to have many di...read more
For days now I have been in shock over the events happening in our country and the impending decisions that our President must make. I too have thought of the lost lives, the children without parents, what will happen in the days ahead and the countless jobs that have been affected by the terrorists acts upon our country. I wanted to write about it, but my words fail.
Having knowledge of these events while leading worship can make our jobs as worship leaders very difficult. I feel it necessary to refer you to a situation in the Old Testament that should give us...read more
Quiet time could refer to those precious moments after the kids are in bed, but for Christians, a quiet time is more than that. Quiet time, or devotion time refers to our daily appointment with God, when we shut out as much outside interference as possible. During our quiet time, we may sing praise songs, pray, read scripture or some devotional book, meditate on a particular passage of scripture or just be still and allow yourself to listen. Now let me say this making the appointment is one thing, but keeping it is something totally different! We face a couple of ch...read more
Traditionally, we have used the phrase “go to church” rather loosely; as we have the phrase “morning worship”. What do those phrases mean anyway? The Word of God says that we are the temple of the Holy Ghost (I Corinthians 6:19). The church lies within each of us by reason of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; not within our structures made of bricks and concrete.
Without getting into a broad theological discussion about the inner workings of the church body, when we speak of the church worship service, I am reminded of three things...read more
“And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord, as He had not commanded them. And there can forth fire from before the Lord and killed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord meant when He said, I (and My will, not their own) will be acknowledged as hallowed by those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be honored. And Aaron said nothing.” (Lev.10: 1-3 Amp) “For everything that was written in the pas...read more
Walking into my office recently I found a message taped to my computer that said, “I’m having a garage sale this Saturday - Mom has a lot of song books I think you should look at - come early.” I went quickly to the office of the author, Pastor Bruce, and asked, “How early?” to which he replied, “ 6:00 am.”
Needless to say, I never made it to his house the next morning. Instead, I host to a slumber party of four little girls, ages 3-12, and was kept me up all night. I slept in the next morning until 10:30 as the girls watched the same video over and over. I fo...read more
It was an unusual Sunday morning. My husband was traveling out of town that morning and we (our two young ones 5 and 7 years old) had to get him to the airport by 6:30 am. It seemed like it was going downhill from there. We had a hard time during breakfast because we are very close and it was a little difficult for them being away from their father.
Upon arrival at church, I find out one of the praise team members was not going to be there. One of the musicians was having a rough time and was unable to play, so there I was. I was becoming frustrated ...read more
I often get offended when people ask me what I do full-time as a Worship Leader. For some reason, I get offended more than I care to think about. Don’t ask me why - in my mind they should have at least a hint - “Worship Leader.” I didn’t realize that I got so offended until an associate of mine questioned my area of study. He said that his Bible College did not have a degree program in the area of Worship only Music. So did that mean that I had a bogus degree or what? (What’s up with that?) Is it me or does anyone else have this rub going on in their life? Anyway I ...read more
Occasionally I sit in on one of our Women's Ministry Bible Studies. Currently they are involved in a study of the Women in the Bible. I would like to share a story with you, and the insight that God gave to me as a"Woman in Ministry" through this time of fellowship. It’s a story of a woman who was a believer just like us, and she served the body of Christ that she was involved in. (Note the meaning of her name in Aramaic and Greek means "gazelle")
Acts 9:36-42 " There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas). She was always doing kind th...read more
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