FCCN Worship Ministry Blog: January 13

Concert for the Principal: Sunday night, April 25 from 6:00-7:30 P.M.!

 

          We’re planning a concert that Sunday night to glorify God and use our talents for Him!  We’ll be taking up an offering at the end of the night, and %100 of the money will go on the principal of the mortgage of the FCCN building.

 

          We’ll have the choir/rhythm section, 541, XP, 1^st-5^th grade choir, Kings Kids and a few other groups too!

 

          If you would like to sing or play for this concert, we’ll be having open tryouts at the end of February.  Be thinking of something you might want to do and be ready to do the song by the end of February.  More details coming soon!

 

Choir and rhythm section begins this Sunday night, January 10 at 6:00 P.M.!

 

          Thanks for a great turnout for our first practice!  Hoping to see many more this Sunday night!

 

          We’ll be practicing “From the Inside Out”  Here’s what the evening will look like:

 

                   6:00-6:15 Opening prayer, value of the month and quick look at the music for January 31.

 

                   6:15-6:35 Sectional practices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, rhythm section)

 

                   6:35-6:55 1^st-5^th grade choir practice in the chapel, adult choir and rhythm section in the worship center

 

                    6:55-7:15 Prayer Groups

 

                   7:15-7:30 Results from the internal and external survey, closing prayer

 

1^st-5^th Grade Choir Practice this Sunday Night!         

 

          Stephanie White will be leading the choir this Spring!  We’ve picked one of the songs: “Glory to God Forever” by Fee.  (Who’s Fee?  Is that a band or just one guy?)

 

          Drop the elementary kids off in the elementary big room  6:00 on Sunday.  They’ll learn about Jesus and grow in their faith, and they’ll practice some music from 6:35-6:55 in the chapel (we’ll have several adult chaperones to take them from the elementary big room to the chapel and back to the elementary big room again).  They’ll be ready to be picked back up at 7:30 that evening.

 

 

Value of the Month: “Integrity”

 

          We define integrity as “doing the right thing, even when it’s difficult.” 

 

          We talked about Joshua last week.  He was a stand up guy.  And he was a talented military general.  He only lost one battle in his entire career, and that loss really wasn’t his fault.  Consider Joshua chapter 7.  Joshua and his men lose a battle (36 men died), and Joshua falls on his face before God, asking why.  This was God’s response:

 

          “The LORD said to Joshua, "Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction” (Joshua 7:10-12).

 

          God was never going to bless Israel unless they obeyed his commands completely.  99% devotion to Him was not enough.  In fact, only one man in the whole nation of Israel chose not to obey God, and all of Israel suffered for it.   How ‘bout that for a reason to live with integrity!

 

Random Blog Thought

 

          We are NOT singing about snow this Sunday. J 

 

                   Phill