FCCN Worship Ministry Blog: October 6

541 Singing at the Mt. Zion Apple Fest this Saturday

The 541 guys group will be singing at the AEP Honey Creek Farm this Saturday from 10:30-11:45. New Country and K-Love music is the name of the game! Arts and crafts from all over the tri-state will be on display along with a variety of food and Indiana’s largest apple pie. They’ll also have antique tractors and gas engines. So pack up the family and drive west on Saturday morning. The Apple Fest is at 231 at County Road 500 North. Shoot me an email if you need more info.

Choir & Rhythm Section Practice This Sunday Night

Here’s what the evening will Look Like:

6:00-6:05 Opening Prayer and Value of the Month

6:05-6:25 Prayer Groups

6:25-6:30 Discuss “Joy to the World” & “O Holy Night”

6:30-7:00 Sectionals: “Joy to the World” & “O Holy Night”

7:00-7:30 Practice “Joy to the World, “O Holy Night” and “God Coming Down” as a full group

Woolly Wednesday Tonight!

We’ll be working on “God Coming Down” and “Joy to the World.” Come on over if you’d like some more practice! 5063 E. Sherwood Dr.

Solo Tryouts

We’ll have tryouts on Sunday night, Oct. 24 at 5:00 P.M. in the dining room. We’ll need a soloist and an understudy for each solo.

Here are the needed solos for each song:

Gloria measures 62-92 male or female. Add a 2^nd singer for a duet at measure 77.

God Coming Down: female or male solo throughout.

O Holy Night: Karen Mooney is already the soloist and Michele Rodriguez is the understudy.

Slow Fade: female or male solo. We can drop the key a bit so a bass or alto can sing it, no big deal

Christmas Shoes: Todd Kuester is singing the solo since he’ll be playing the lead character in the musical.

Jesus Saves: female solo measures 12-52. Male solo with choir like CD starting at measure 56. Although it’s not written, I’d like the male soloist to sing it like the CD.

Value of the Month: Thou Shall Not Covet

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor" (Exodus 20:17)

So I’m commanded by God not to covet my neighbor’s house. That’s ok, I like my house. I’m trying to pay off the house I have anyway. I’m also not to covet my neighbor’s wife. No problem there either: I love my wife and wouldn’t have married anyone else. I’m not to covet my neighbor’s servant, ox or donkey. No biggie, because I don’t know anyone who keeps or a donkey or an ox or a maid servant. Do you? I live in Newburgh. They can keep their donkey. Although with the price of milk nowadays and 3 kids, it might be nice to have a few goats. Goat’s milk isn’t bad.

But notice the last phrase: anything that belongs to your neighbor. Anything? Like my neighbor’s Mustang? (Their car, btw, not the horse or donkey). How 'bout their bank account, or their singing ability? Hmmm, I may have some work to do there…

Random Blog Thought

Speaking of goats: would you trade 2 goats for 2 gas pumps?

We have 2 old time gas pumps for the next sermon series: “Fill’er up.” We borrowed them from a really nice family in Lynnville. They traded 2 goats for 2 gas pumps. These pumps are fully restored and are worth thousands of dollars each. That’s quite a deal!