Sunday, June 28th

Love this photo of James and his daughter on the beach last week at our picnic/baptism...

Worship Line Up This Week:
We Declare Your Glory in This Place
Lift Up the Name of Jesus
Hear us From Heaven
You Said

Choir Song: "In all the Earth"

Colors this week: Your choice!!! (In honor of Bonnie coming back from vacation this week!) :) Just make sure your outfit lines up with the modesty guidelines for the worship ministries.

Rehearsal this week at 8 am for band and frontline; 8:30 for choir members.

Don't forget this Sunday night is the youth fine arts dinner and "Night at the Improv". This is a fundraiser for our youth to be able to go to national fine arts. I'm encouraging all of the worship ministries to support this important event.

Be sure to keep the services in special prayer this week, that the Lord would do a great thing among us.

Love and appreciate all of you.

Sunday, June 21 ~ updated!

One of our most fun choir members, at our church beach day this past Sunday. Wasn't it a blast? And we baptized 16 people! Go God!!!

Wow, what a service Sunday! Powerful. The spirit of God is doing great things in our midst. Let's stay in prayer and in tune with Him!

Worship Songs:

God is Moving
Sing to the King
Be Glorified
Let the Veil Down

Choir Song: In That Name (from Obvious)

Colors: Black and Grey or Silver (or solid black if you don't have grey or silver)

This week is Father's Day. We have rehearsal at 8 am for band and frontline, and 8:30 for choir. This Sunday afternoon there is no rehearsal or evening event due to Father's Day. Spend the day with Dad and be blessed.

I love and appreciate you all.

Sunday, June 14

Photo I took of a flower in my backyard this week...
just wanted to share it with you.

Wow, what a great service Sunday and what a great choir practice!!! You are an amazing group of people. I love you all so much and thank God for you DAILY!

Here's the 4-1-1 on what's happening this week. First of all, remember it's the week of the church picnic and beach day at Ft. Desoto. We are dressing down on Sunday however as we talked about on Sunday at rehearsal, modesty guidelines are in place as usual!!! This means (to be specific!) no cleavage, no bare backs, no strapless or thin straps, no see through material, yada yada. You know the guidelines. If you are out of code, your section leader will let you know and you'll have to make a change before service time, so please come dressed within modesty guidelines the first time. Jeans and t-shirts, etc. are encouraged and acceptable for this Sunday morning. Shorts are not. I do realize most all of us are going to change into shorts to go over to Ft. Desoto, and many in the congregation will have them on, but we don't want them on the platform. Thanks for adhering to this. If you have any question about what you want to wear Sunday and it's appropriateness for the platform, give me a holler this week and let me know your plan and I'll let you know if it's alright. There is no color coordination this Sunday, it's just your choice.

Songs for this week are:
Trading My Sorrows
God is Great
Your Name
God of this City

Choir Song: How Precious is the Blood

Last call for background check forms for the prison is this Wednesday night! Thank you!

Prayer requests from this week:

Susan: Stomach issues, family problems
Juleen - back problems
Becky: Russell's job

Bonnie: On vacation this week to see her children in IL. Please pray for safe travel as she drives.
Margaret - wisdom in selecting new school for JT
Jim and Janice - comfort and peace for family after death of her mother; Jim's back
Pastor Deanna - health issues
Healthy and safe summer for all of our children

Love you all!!!

Sunday, June 7

Maddie Shrodes is growing, as you can see...and she is also growing more fond of the Northside choir and worship team daily...our biggest fan. (This is just for you, Joel, if no one else!!! lol)

Hello team! Here we go officially into the summer months and what great ones they are going to be! Get ready, get ready, get ready!!!

Here's what on the agenda for worship and choir Sunday morning:

Worship Set:

We Have Overcome
My Redeemer Lives
Amazing Love ~ You Are My King
Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone

Choir Song: "I Just Want Jesus"

Colors: Black and Green (if you don't have green just do solid black or black and white)

This week is choir lunch and rehearsal. Candy will be contacting you if she has not already about something to bring. Remember to bring your food item and a 2-liter beverage.

Also -- this is the last call -- I'm getting ready to mail in the forms for the prison ministry so this Sunday is the last date. If I don't have it, you will not be able to go at least the first time we go, until you are cleared.

Please be in fervent prayer for our service this Sunday. God is up to big things...so much is going on in the spiritual realm right now -- God has such big plans for us -- and we need your prayer cover for breakthroughs!!!

You are all loved and appreciated.

Sunday, May 31

Wow ~ dynamic service on Sunday...terrific job in worship, gifts of the spirit were moving...God did great things. Just a reminder...have you prayed for the person whose card you took this week during the altar time?

I'm a little later than usual getting this up on the web -- apologies. My computer had a crash yesterday and it has put me behind with everything but things are back on track now thanks to my dear husband who fixed it.

This week we are going on to greater heights with Pentecost Sunday! We will also have a very special guest with us this week...they will be joining us and ministering in my Sunday School class at 9:30. Don't miss it!!!

Worship Songs:
Freedom
Blessed Be Your Name
Freedom Reigns
You Are Near

We will have two choir songs this week: "Rain Down On Us" and "We Lift You Up", both from the Give Him the Praise collection.

What to wear? Ahhhhhh...Black and white!

Kudos to Candy for organizing last week's choir luncheon. It was truly outstanding!!! Just as a reminder ~ the next choir luncheon and rehearsal is approaching on June 7. Please be ready to sign up for a food dish. Candy will be approaching you and if she hasn't yet, you approach her and sign up. Remember, your 2-liter beverage is always a given to bring.

Remember also, if you have not gotten your papers in for the prison ministry, please do so by this Sunday. Thanks and love you all...

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Yum! Look at those cuban sandwiches!
Don't miss this week...we're going to have some!

Great job this past week! Right up front let me say that we need to pray for all of the choir members for HEALTH. Many in the choir have the flu right now and some even had to go home after rehearsal when becoming suddenly ill on Sunday. I have heard reports about various ones struggling with the flu this week. Let's lift up all of our choir/worship team in prayer this week as well as the whole Northside family. We are believing for great things this coming Sunday and the enemy would love to sidetrack us with sickness before it even starts!

Here's what's on the worship schedule for Sunday:

I Know Who I Am
All about You
Your Name
At the Cross (I bow my knee, where your blood was shed...)

Choir Song: "Give Him the Praise"

Colors: Browns

This weekend is also choir lunch and rehearsal. The theme is Spanish/Cuban. Candy Rivera is in charge of this week's luncheon. If you have not already signed up for an item to bring for lunch, please contact Candy NOW at candy33615@hotmail.com

This weekend we have a lot of important things to go over, as always! We will finish learning the song, "I Just Want Jesus" as well as brushing up on some music for Pentecost Sunday and beyond.

Also everyone should receive a letter that was sent by snail mail concerning things that we went over at last rehearsal concerning section leaders, platform dress updates, etc. Please give attention to this and if for some reason you did not receive it, call Cathy at the church office: (813) 961-0910.

In other news, if you didn't get your forms in to myself or Cathy concerning the background check for ministry at the prison, please do so THIS WEEK!!! Thanks! Also, I hope to have some other exciting news for you this week at practice about something else...pray, pray, pray that God brings a breakthrough in another thing that is on the line for us/the church. We've just got to push through in prayer for our next level.

Love all of you...let's storm the gates in prayer and see God move mountains this week!!!

Sunday May 17

Hello beautiful people! Great job Sunday. Front end of the service could not have been better. Excellent job! We are going onward and upward this week as we continue in the "Refreshed" series and what God is doing in our church. Take note we are doing a new song this week...please come with a basic knowledge of it to rehearsal. Frontliners, it's especially important you do this...I don't want your heads in the stands. :)

Colors for Sunday morning are: Black and pink. Guys, if you aren't a pink wearing man you can wear all black or black with a white shirt.

Choir Song: "We Lift You Up" (....and worship you Lord...)

Please be in much prayer about Sunday. I am fasting and praying and believing for something great! Join me as we believe God for greater things that He promised to do in these last days.

Sunday Morning Worship Set:

Sing to the King
The Name of the Lord is a Strong Tower/Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Mighty to Save
Your Name

Your Name is new to our repertoire, although I'm certain some of you know it already. I have posted a video here to familiarize you with the song. Lyrics are on the video but I have posted them below for those of you who would rather have them that way.

Verse 1:
As morning dawns and evening fades
You inspire songs of praise
That rise from earth to touch Your heart and glorify Your Name

CHORUS
Your Name is a strong and mighty tower
Your Name is a shelter like no other
Your Name, let the nations sing it louder
'Cause nothing has the power to save
But Your Name

Verse 2:

Jesus, in Your Name we pray
Come and fill our hearts today
Lord, give us strength to live for You and glorify Your Name