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Come join us this Friday night…

2273SouthView Community Church is hosting our 4th All Worship Night, this Friday night (20th) at 7pm. Childcare is provided and all churches are invited. I’m sure we all can use a touch from God….the best place to get it, is in His presence. I’m really looking forward to this night! Come expecting good things to happen!

M

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What if Church Worship Times were like R&B/HIP HOP concerts?

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-Every worship song would start with the worship leader giving a shout out to himself by mentioning his/her name in the song.

-The drums would be turned up real loud.

-Turntables would be more important than acoustic guitars.

-The worship team would now include backup dancers.

-They would also have a group of people that just stood around and hung out behind the worship leader.

-Every worship song would have a killer hook sung by a woman or sampled from another worship song.

-There would be a lot more guest appearances.

-Worship leaders would be required to wear more “bling” and their wireless mics would have to be chromed or golded out.

-You would now start off your worship service with the Black Eyed Peas song….”I got a feeling…that today’s going to be a good service….”

-Kanye West would interrupt the last worship song and mention that the previous song was truly a better worship song than this one you are currently doing.

-Kanye West would then come up during announcements and apologize for what he said earlier.

-Your production team would now consist of a sound guy, a multimedia guy, a lighting guy and a pyro-technics guy.

-There would definitely be more dancing in church than there is now.

-Either Timbaland, Will-i-am, the Neptunes or P Diddy would be your music director.

-Maybe the congregation would finally show up on time for worship???

M

Some new worship albums I’m totally diggin…

1- Matt Papa – Your Kingdom Come

2- Matt Redman – We Shall Not Be Shaken

3- David Crowder Band – Church Music

4- Jeremy Riddle – The Now and Not Yet

5- Ken Reynolds – One World / One God

6- Jesus Culture – Consumed

7- Fred Hammond – Love Unstoppable (not out yet, but I KNOW I will love it)

8- Alisha Powell – Consider

9- Audra Lynn – Vow

10- Matt Maher – Alive Again

11- Jeff & Suzanne Whatley- Dawn of Zion’s Glory (local worship leaders)

12-  Hillsong – Faith+Hope+Love

13-  HIllsong United - A_CROSS // The _EARTH: Tear Down the Walls

Worship Night.

worship-nightLast night was amazing. Kelli took this photo during practice on her phone, how cool?

God showed up and once again took us on a journey. I’m convinced now that God always shows up when we invite Him (and sometimes He blows our minds). Here’s some thoughts on the night…

1-Never sure who to expect on nights like these. We were lighter than the last time but it didn’t matter. God still rocked the place. Seems like that “two or more are gathered…” scripture is true :)

2-I see that God doesn’t show up the same way twice. Last night was totally different than the last worship night. Different feel and message. I notice our prayer nights are like that as well. God is so diverse and has so many sides to Him. I love that about Him. You never know what you are going to get. That’s the mysterious part.

3-People are crying out for LOVE. That was the theme I felt last night. People will find all their fulfillment in His Love. It’s got it all!

4-The band and singers sounded amazing last night. How can a little church/ministry be so blessed? Seriously. Anointed and talented….wow.

5-I continue to love and appreciate Ps Clint and Jodi Thomas from Slowburn. They are truly my church-crush!

6-Can’t wait to see how God wants to do the next one. I’m really looking to expand this with other churches. Seems like it’s hard to get other churches to come out….maybe they think we are trying to promote SouthView or steal their people. Infact that’s further from the truth. We want to see God glorified in church unity. There’s power in that. Looking for other ways to connect and get them involved.

7-I’m so blessed. Great God, Fantastic Family, Caring Church, Wonderful Worship….it’s all good!

M

Ken Reynold - ONE WORLD/ONE GOD

61cc8nwtpfl_ss500_Integrity Music sent me this new Praise and Worship from Ken Reynolds - 1W/1G. First impression was how great the recording sounds. Then I’m like…wow, the musicianship is on another level. Check it out…he’s not a house hold name like Israel Houghton or Fred Hammond but a very good album none the less.

My dad had this to say about it:

“Mark that CD    1W//1G is very very GOOD!!    Great P&W with outstanding HORNS! (Ken Reynolds 1W/1G)…”

Check it out here.

M