My wife Ivalene and I had fun working together with the choir for Easter! A very active Holy Week concluded with three packed out Resurrection Sunday services at Hendersonville First United Methodist church. It was the first service back in the beautiful renovated sanctuary, after an 8 week restoration project. I’ve accepted the [...]
Seasons of transition, (and everybody is in some kind of transition), are opportunities to re-access why we do what we do. Three ideas propel the direction I want to head personally and organizationally. They describe what I desire to become and what I aspire to do. 1. Wholehearted. Wholehearted encompasses many ideas. This includes being [...]
A very busy Palm Sunday at Hendersonville First United Methodist church. The children processing in with palm branches was a highlight. Great energy at both services. Sunday’s Setlist (Contemporary Service) Lift Up Your Heads (Psalm 24) Hosanna Rock featuring the children ! Mathew 21:8 Reading Our God One Thing Remains Message: Jesus (Don Hutchison) Alas [...]
What an amazing time in history to be a follower of Jesus Christ, pursuing the Great Commission – to go into all the world and make disciples. Through the amazing technology of the world wide web, it’s never been easier for believers from all over the world to discover and build relationships with like minded [...]
Praise Team 3-17-13 at HFUMC We’ve entered into an interesting season at HFUMC and I’m learning a lot. This was my second Sunday leading the choir for the Traditional service as well as the praise team for the Contemporary service. More about that in Shop Talk. […]
“A New Anointing” as performed by Zoe Group [Video] [tentblogger-youtube bT5bkjHaJzQ] This post features a song I wrote that we’re working up for Easter. I’m excited to direct our church choir on this acapella arrangement of “A New Anointing / This Is The Day”, as recorded by the wonderful Zoe Group. This will be the first [...]
SUNDAY SETLIST!   Pic from our Facebook page  http://www.facebook.com/HfumcContemporaryService A day of transitions and firsts this past Sunday for the worship services at Hendersonville First United Methodist  church. Your humble, lovable worship dude made his debut directing the adult choir for the 8:15 Traditional Service. The hymns included: To God Be The [...]
Smoking awesome Sunday at Hendersonville First United Methodist contemporary service. You had to be there I guess. Also, looks like I’m gonna start leading the choir at the traditional service staring next Sunday. Good times. […]
"Lift Up Your Heads": Psalm 24 Scripture Song [tentblogger-youtube XhzHlzbinyA] This is a live worship video of "Lift Up Your Heads"combined with the song "King of Kings". I've used it frequently as a processional song for Palm Sunday. "Lift Up" is straight ahead antiphonal singing the NIV translation of Psalm 24 verses 7-10. "King of [...]
