Sunday, May 1, 2011

Wow!  People are still talking about what an amazing job you did last Sunday.  It was incredible.  I am so thankful for each one of you and proud of you more than words can say.

Here's what's on tap for this week:


Worship Set:
Sing, Sing, Sing
Say So
Here in Your Presence
Revelation Song

Choir Song:  He Loved Me With a Cross

Dress/Colors:  Your choice - just stay within modesty guidelines.

There is NO choir rehearsal this week!  You have the afternoon off!!  Enjoy it!!  Again, fantastic job on the musical -- could not have gone better.  You rocked it!

Easter Sunday, April 24

Worship Set

Rise and Sing

Celebrate, Jesus Celebrate

Lead Me to the Cross

Mighty to Save

I will do special music during the offering.  This will give opportunity for a brief break for the choir/frontline to go off stage and have some water and sit down (in the choir room).  When you go offstage for the greeting time after greeting our guests just go into the choir room and have a seat until it's time for the musical.  You will come back out after this for the choir musical.   In doing things this way there should be no need to bring water bottles and such on the stage.  (Note:  PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLED WATER, ETC. FOR THE CHOIR ROOM ON SUNDAY.)

Song for altar call:  "Moving Forward"  (will include band, frontline, choir)

We will stay on stage during Pastor Larry's brief mini-message and altar call -- at the conclusion of that we will have another song during a special Easter Offering, we will do, "The Anthem."  This will be done with band, frontline and singers as well.

Band Members - if you have questions about keys of these songs, please see the band books on Wednesday night!

Dress for Sunday Morning: Black pants, pastel dress shirts

Don't forget your food items for the continental breakfast!!

Most of all don't forget to fast and pray for this week's service.  We are expecting amazing things.

Love and appreciate you all 

Sunday Morning, April 17

Pastor Larry and I are on our pastor appreciation cruise to Mexico this week and are greatly enjoying this blessing you have given us.  Thank you, again!  You'll never realize just how much this means to us.  It's the first time we've been away this long, just the two of us, since we've been married.  (24 years)

We WILL be back with you for Sunday!  Can't wait to see what God will do.

This Sunday is Refuge Youth Ministries Day.  Please read the following carefully and completely so there are no misunderstandings.   The youth worship team will be leading.  Only Refuge Youth Ministry Worship Team Members will be needed  at rehearsal this coming Sunday morning at 8 am .  The rest of you have a break from 8:00 am rehearsal but NOT FROM CHRISTIAN EDUCATION HOUR AND CHURCH SERVICE.  Support what God is doing in and through our youth!

THIS NEXT PART IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!  Also remember that we DO have choir rehearsal after service this Sunday at 1:30.  This is our last Sunday afternoon rehearsal before "the big day" -- the Easter Musical!!  Please eat lunch as quickly as possible and get back for practice.  Rehearsal begins at 1:30 sharp.  We have a complete run through of the musical.

Also just a reminder that there IS rehearsal this Wednesday night after the service promptly at 8:30 for all choir members to work on the Easter Musical.  I am out of town on the cruise, however Doug Rice is running this rehearsal.  We can't afford to skip a week, with Easter fast approaching and we need the work.  Just a reminder that we are rehearsing each Wednesday night until Easter and this will go from approximately 8:30 until 9:10.  

Also don't forget, we need Easter Candy ~ wrapped chocolate, for the many guest bags that we need to make for all the new people who are coming.  Thanks for your help.

Love and appreciate you all.

Sunday Morning, April 10

Worship Set:

Freedom

I am Free

Here in Your Presence

At the Cross (I bow my knee)

Communion song:  "Lead Me to the Cross"

Special Music: Freedom Reigns


Colors:  Your choice - platform guidelines apply


Choir members please don't forget we have choir rehearsal after services on Sundays and Wednesdays until Easter!!  We are finishing up the work on the Easter Musical and it's taking extra time.  Thanks for your diligence in making it to rehearsals except in cases of extenuating circumstances.


Also don't forget we need Easter Candy!  Chocolates!!!  Small wrapped items such as Hershey Kisses, etc.  Thanks for your help.

Love you all ~ 
pd

Sunday, April 3

Worship Set:

Again I Say Rejoice

Get Ready for Revival

You Are Near

Here in Your Presence

Choir Song:  "Your Favor"

Colors:  Your choice - stay within modesty guidelines.

You will notice there is a new song, "Here in Your Presence."  Find the lyrics and a video posted below this post.  Please familiarize yourself with this before Sunday!  You will note I have made the rest of the set very familiar so we have most of rehearsal time to work on this song.

Also we have choir rehearsal after church on Sunday, working on the musical.  We will do a COMPLETE RUN THROUGH OF THE EASTER MUSICAL.  I need all of you to come prepared with solos, speaking parts, etc. ready to roll!  This week we need to get started by 1:30 pm if at all possible to give enough time to do this.  Thank you for your diligence.

Also a reminder that we need Easter candy - name brand chocolates that are individual - miniature wrapped things like  Hershey kisses, Hershey bar miniatures, KitKat, Almond Joy, etc.  If you have bags of these please bring them to me asap.

Great job last week - you guys knocked it out of the park.  Things were at fever pitch.  I love you guys, so glad for every single one of you on this amazing team!!

New Song: Here in Your Presence

You can find the video for this song by clicking here. 

Verse 1
Found in Your hands
Fullness of joy
Every fear suddenly wiped away
Here in Your Presence
All of my gains
Now fade away
Every crown no longer on display
Here in Your Presence
(PRE-CHORUS)
Heaven is trembling in awe of Your wonders
The kings and their kingdoms are standing amazed

Chorus 1
Here in Your Presence
We are undone
Here in Your Presence
Heaven and earth become one
Here in Your Presence
All things are new
Here in Your Presence
Ev'rything bows before You

(BRIDGE)
Wonderful beautiful glorious
Matchless in ev'ry way

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Jon Egan
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Sunday, March 27

Worship Set:
I am Free
Say So
Dancing Generation
Our God
Give Me Faith

Offering:  How He Loves

Colors:  Jeans and black dress shirts
Choir ~ we have rehearsal again after service this week for the Easter Musical.  Please keep going in your books to the next song.  This is giving us a great head start into the month of April when we need to wrap everything up.  At rehearsal Sunday detailed instructions were given about clothing and what you need to get for the Easter Musical.  (If you were not at rehearsal you need to receive papers with detailed instructions about this from me on Wednesday night.  Please do not e-mail me about this and ask what is needed...there are papers explaining this in detail but I cannot send these as an attachment to you.  We also selected colors on Sunday at rehearsal and if you did not choose your color on Sunday you will have opportunity to make a selection based upon what is left on the list on Wednesday night.)

Thanks for your dedication to this ministry and to Celebration as a whole.  You are loved and appreciated!

Always,