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Recording Sessions Praise & Harmony
Monday, June 27th, 2011

We ask you to pray specifically for the Praise & Harmony recording that will be taking place this week. The fifth Praise & Harmony CD is tentatively entitled, “Reigning God.” The recording will be comprised of quartets from across the nation who have been rehearsing for many weeks with their respective SATB groups. All the [...]
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Praise & Harmony Workshops
Monday, June 20th, 2011

In our first bi-lingual Praise & Harmony Workshop, Atsushi (minister of the Mito Church) served as an outstanding interpreter. Mike McLain served as the primary coordinator for the details, including prepping us for the trip and teaching us songs in Japanese.
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Praise & Harmony Workshops
Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Photo by Myron Harper – My daily class topic at Pepperdine for the Praise & Harmony sessions were entitled, “Making your entire church the choir.” If you have attended any of my workshops around the world, you’ll know that I always begin with my most important point: We need to encourage 100% participation in the [...]
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Praise & Harmony Workshops
Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Photo by Myron Harper – The singing was simply amazing at the Laurel Church of Christ on Saturday evening. It was obvious how well they had done their homework, as they were well prepared for an evening of praise, featuring the songs from “Only God.” This church has grown tremendously since our original workshop with [...]
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Worship Leading
Friday, April 29th, 2011

Photo by Randy Lamp – There are times when Booker leads singing that I believe he, and perhaps the entire congregation, is about to “fly away.” He possesses a contagious energy that drives his leading and inspires others to “join in a song with sweet accord.”
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Praise & Harmony Workshops, Worship Leading
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Pictured: Minister, Michael Ray with Laurel song leaders. – Sharon and I have been blessed to work with the Laurel Church of Christ on three occasions. One of the visits was solely to work with their song leaders. We are excited to be able to work with this growing congregation. Recently, they have shifted to [...]
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Praise & Harmony Workshops
Sunday, April 10th, 2011

The Tammany Oaks Church, in Mandeville, LA. hosted the Praise & Harmony Workshop this weekend. We enjoyed a time of refreshing with this congregation and with the visitors who joined us for the weekend. Stan Helton is doing a fabulous job in serving this congregation, which has gone through quite a number of experiences lately [...]
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Spiritual Topics & Discussion, Worship Message: "Poured Out" by Dayrl Hayes
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Discussion Questions: Why are many Christians prone to object to the worship of others when it is “different” than their own, even if God is pleased? What should our reaction be when our pure, heart-felt worship offends others?
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Worship Message: "Poured Out" by Dayrl Hayes
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Sermon Lesson #5: Worship is a natural reaction to being in God’s presence. Mary could not be contained. The people on the side of the road could not be contained or the rocks would cry out. Is our worship a check list “routine,” or is it a natural outpouring of our hearts in the presence [...]
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Worship Message: "Poured Out" by Dayrl Hayes
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Sermon Lesson #4: Worship is a pouring out of the heart. Which is why worship cannot be held back!