Just a Heads up!
My family will be gone from July 03 through July 10 to enjoy the July 4th Holiday in Petoskey, MI. This Sunday, July 05, I will not be leading worship. The musical point person will be Mike Hall for NW and Diane Kroll for FW. While I am away, the Network will be worked on. I have loaded the services for the next two weeks on a jump drive. Please run the service scripts through this mode of operation. George Hamilton will be the point person for this. If you run into any snags, please go to him. (248) 431-2300. He will be the most knowledgeable on the subject. I do not anticipate any issues running the service this way, but ya never know with WCC tech stuff. I will keep you in prayer throughout this weekend. Thank you for allowing us to get a much needed resp it. Although, I will miss you. Seriously, I miss not being here and leading worship with my friends! I will bring you before Jesus and pray for your heart and your relationship with with Him to thrive and grow, as always. Please remember to be vulnerable before Him and to present yourself blameless before His presence with exceeding joy. Taking time to renew your mind before leading God's people into His presence is HUGE! Take the time, no matter how rushed you might feel. take the time to give Him your heart... a fresh and new. I love you guys. You are not only amazing musicians, but amazing people!
Mark Your Calendars:
There will be NO Band rehearsal on Wednesday, July 08.
Sunday, July 12, Mike and Jamie will be gone and Linds and I will be leading.
Regular practices resume on Wednesday, July 15.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
"Perfectionism"
Excellence's opposite extreme is perfectionism. I believe this is an unhealthy obsession that crushes the spirit and rob people of joy. In my early years as a christian artist, I struggled with this a great deal! I criticized not only myself but all those around me in my heart every Sunday morning and went home in the afternoon and ripped the service apart as well. I replayed and agonized over every moment. The tempo was too slow on this tune, the drama fell flat, the announcements were too long the lights were not up on time blah blah blah!
My guess is, I'm not alone in this journey. Our pursuit of perfectionism often leads to excessive work hours, and distance from those around us. We reason that just little more time will help us achieve our goal to have every thing JUST RIGHT. Many of us end up being unbalanced in our relationships with our family, friends and neighbors. Whenever I would sing a song, instead of valuing the words or lyrical flow, I would tear apart the way I sang it and my vocal technique. I concentrated on the flaws. This spilled over into my home life as well. I would try to teach my kids to play the piano and we would both end up in tears. ugh! When would I learn? It wasn't until my kids were old enough to lead for themselves that I realized they were doing the same thing. Perfectionism is an infectious horrible bacterial bug that spreads to our offspring! I realized as I sat back and listened with intent to words my kids were singing and that it was from their soul that I was truly humbled by this disease of perfectionism. They sing from their heart... innocent and unmoved by the flaws. It is precious. It is amazing to listen and stand in awe. I have come a long way on this journey to health. God has graciously cooperated with my efforts to root out this misguided understanding of excellence. If we hope to move away from mediocrity or perfectionism... we need to remember that we have a magnificent Creator Who loves us and desires us to come before Him with pure and clean heart. He takes care of the rest. Integrity and quality can be balanced. Excellence and permeate the hearts of the people in our church with balance. At WCC it has become a way of life. It honors God and inspires people. Now, it is a very freeing experience to worship unencumbered by perfectionism.
Perfectionism? no room for it here anymore!
Excellence's opposite extreme is perfectionism. I believe this is an unhealthy obsession that crushes the spirit and rob people of joy. In my early years as a christian artist, I struggled with this a great deal! I criticized not only myself but all those around me in my heart every Sunday morning and went home in the afternoon and ripped the service apart as well. I replayed and agonized over every moment. The tempo was too slow on this tune, the drama fell flat, the announcements were too long the lights were not up on time blah blah blah!
My guess is, I'm not alone in this journey. Our pursuit of perfectionism often leads to excessive work hours, and distance from those around us. We reason that just little more time will help us achieve our goal to have every thing JUST RIGHT. Many of us end up being unbalanced in our relationships with our family, friends and neighbors. Whenever I would sing a song, instead of valuing the words or lyrical flow, I would tear apart the way I sang it and my vocal technique. I concentrated on the flaws. This spilled over into my home life as well. I would try to teach my kids to play the piano and we would both end up in tears. ugh! When would I learn? It wasn't until my kids were old enough to lead for themselves that I realized they were doing the same thing. Perfectionism is an infectious horrible bacterial bug that spreads to our offspring! I realized as I sat back and listened with intent to words my kids were singing and that it was from their soul that I was truly humbled by this disease of perfectionism. They sing from their heart... innocent and unmoved by the flaws. It is precious. It is amazing to listen and stand in awe. I have come a long way on this journey to health. God has graciously cooperated with my efforts to root out this misguided understanding of excellence. If we hope to move away from mediocrity or perfectionism... we need to remember that we have a magnificent Creator Who loves us and desires us to come before Him with pure and clean heart. He takes care of the rest. Integrity and quality can be balanced. Excellence and permeate the hearts of the people in our church with balance. At WCC it has become a way of life. It honors God and inspires people. Now, it is a very freeing experience to worship unencumbered by perfectionism.
Perfectionism? no room for it here anymore!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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