Noteworthy things for Sunday, March 2

Worship line up is as follows:

God is Moving
Days of Elijah
Better is One Day

Shout to the Lord

Offertory: "Jesus, We're Depending on You"

Special Music for Communion: "Oh How Precious is the Blood"

We had planned to do "Love of My Life" this weekend but it simply is not ready so we'll hold off for one more week.

Colors this weekend are black and white.

Band and frontline - 8 am sharp; Choir is due in at 8:30 am sharp.

If you are not going to be there this weekend, please e-mail or call ASAP.

Most of all...be faithful in prayer this week. Believe God for miracles!

Line up for Sunday, February 24

Okay everybody, here's what's happening for Sunday:

Choir Opener: Jesus We're Depending on You

Praise & Worship:

Blessed be Your Name (you give & take away...)
God is Great
How Great is Our God/How Great Thou Art
Give Us Clean Hands

Choir Songs:

It's in Jesus
How Precious is the Blood

Sunday is ROBE SUNDAY!

Frontline and band: 8 am sharp!

Choir: 8:30 am sharp!

Be there! Be prayed up! Be ready for God to do something significant!

2/17 Rehearsal Update

Great rehearsal tonight! Please keep the following things in prayer that were shared:

• Cathy Torres - steady finances in new marriage/mortgage payments coming up



• Allergy/voice problems - Mallory, Cathy, James and Ruth



• Donna's migraines



• Dawn P - unexpected financial obligation - needs God to intervene



• Mallory - scheduled to preach at school tomorrow and has laryngitis



• Susan - stomach sonogram scheduled for issues she is having



• Pastor Lindsay - safe travel home - rest, renewal

Also, don't forget upcoming rehearsals on:

Sunday night, March 2 at 6 pm

Sunday night, March 16 at 6 pm

Only 5 more Sundays until Easter!

Things to note for Sunday, February 17

Colors for this Sunday are: black and red

Worship line up for this Sunday is:
Ancient of Days
Beautiful One
Holy is the Lord (The earth is filled with His glory)
Pour my Love on You

Mallory Brown will be leading. (Go, Mal!)

Choir song for this Sunday is: Jesus, We're Depending On You

We will also be rehearsing, "How Precious is the Blood" on Sunday morning. So please be ready! You never know, we might pull this one on Sunday too.

Make every effort to be on time for rehearsal - band and frontline at 8 am and choir at 8:30.

Sunday night is rehearsal at 6 pm. Please rehearse the song Obvious in preparation for our time together. You need to come to practice with a good working knowledge of this song as well as Love of My Life, which we learned last week. Please have Love of My Life MEMORIZED.

Above all, don't forget to pray and fast! Believe God for something great!

EXPECTANCY IS THE BREEDING GROUND FOR A MIRACLE!

Memorized by Sunday February 17

Choir members - if you were absent at last rehearsal, please be aware of what you have missed. You need to have these words memorized by Sunday morning. Thanks!

OH THE BLOOD, REDEEMING BLOOD

JESUS BLOOD SHED FOR ME

OH THE BLOOD, CLEANSING BLOOD

SAVING BLOOD FROM CALVARY

OH OH LAMB OF GOD, CRUCIFIED

FOR MY SINS HE BLED AND DIED AND

OH HOW PRECIOUS IS THE BLOOD

We'll teach you the part Sunday morning at rehearsal, please have words memorized upon arrival. Thanks.

Update from tonight's rehearsal

Good choir practice tonight!

As a reminder, song line up will be posted after Wednesday night this week. Please check back here on the blog to see what's happening.

As a reminder in our prayer requests shared tonight, let's lift up the following this week:

Charles - Mom passed away

Carlos - broken thumb

Eddie Rivera and family upon the loss of his Dad this past week

Donna's daughter

All those who are traveling out of town this coming week -- several from choir will be gone this upcoming week

Dawn - financial need

Joel Powell - continued recovery from operation

Don't forget to set some time aside this coming week for PRAYER AND FASTING.

Thirst

"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?" Psalm 42:1

Well, I know this photo isn't of a deer. It's a giraffe. But I took the photo myself and I love it so I'm using it! When I was in Africa I saw this giraffe bending down to drink and hopped up on the seat of my missionary friend, Barb Kuert's Land Rover, stuck my head through the top and snapped this photo before the giraffe stood up. Cool, huh?

Tomorrow morning in service, Pastor and I are going to be bringing a tag team message and within that message I'm going to talk about a thirst for God.

I want to ask you as worshippers to prepare your hearts to meet with God tomorrow, as we lead His people into His presence. There is nothing, nothing, nothing like the presence of the Lord. The presence of the Lord can do in 5 seconds what none of us could do in 5 years!

People everywhere are looking for other things, other loves, other pursuits, to satisfy their parched souls. Nothing else will do - because until you stay filled up on God you'll always be thirsty, hungry and longing.

Please spend time in prayer tonight, for tomorrow's service. Expect great things from God. As we pray for Him to show up, and we praise Him - when his presence does come, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Quotable Quote

After I finished watching American Idol after church tonight and seeing the above clip, I got the following message on e-mail from Joel Powell, Northside worship team and choir member:

"By the way...after seeing American Idol tonight I feel it would be a good idea to add to the prereqisite that if anyone tries out for American Idol they are not allowed to mention they sing in the church choir or that their voice is a gift from God."

LOL...I agree wholeheartedly, Joel. :-)

Exceeding Joy

I've been asked about the song "Exceeding Joy" that we're doing on Sunday. (Yes, we'll do this for the first time at our church Sunday although, it is not a "brand new" song to the world at large - it was released on Hillsong's "Hope" project a few years ago. Many of you probably already know it. But it is such a favorite of mine and we have not done it yet at Northside. Why, I don't know since I have only listened to it on repeat sometimes 10 times a day...ever since the Hope CD first came out. (SMILE)

I do love this song immensely...

I hope you all find it as beautiful as I do. Take a listen and be ready for Sunday, if you don't already know it.

Things to note for Sunday, February 10

Worship line up for this Sunday includes:

You, You Are God (You are all I'm living for...)

God is Great

Exceeding Joy

I Give You My Heart

Choir specials for this week include:

You Are

We Declare

Colors for this week are: Browns, Tans and Beiges

Band and frontline are needed at 8 am, choir is needed at 8:30 sharp!

Choir don't forget, we also have rehearsal at 6 pm on Sunday night. Please come prepared with a good working knowledge of the song, "Love of My Life."

The Story of a Successful Team of Artists

Today I'd like to give you an excerpt from the book, The Heart of the Artist, by Rory Noland. Consider this as we pray and prepare for Sunday morning:

THE STORY OF A SUCCESSFUL TEAM OF ARTISTS

"I want to conclude by telling a story from the Bible about a group of artists who did something great for God. In Exodus 35 Moses rallied the people of Israel together to build the tabernacle. The people got so excited about the opportunity to do something great for God and donated so much money and material that Moses had to tell them to stop. Then Moses called the gifted artists together, divided them into teams, and gave them their assignments. There was great attention to detail; the Bible devotes four chapters to describing the artistry that went into the building of the tabernacle; When it was all done, a cloud representing God's majesty rested over them, and His glory filled the tabernacle. (Exodus 40:34) Can you imagine how those artists felt? They had worked together as a team and had accomplished something great for God, and He had blessed their work. God's glory shone through their art. God had anointed their efforts. What more could you ask for as an artist? They had come together as artists to do what no one of them could do alone, and God had blessed it!"

p.s. by the way, there are some more great changes to the choir room! Can't wait for you to check it out on Sunday!