WANT TO WIN? CHIME IN!

We are going to give out double the prizes this week! Prizes for last week's chime in and prizes for this weeks.

We need a song about the theme, "God is all about go. Or a song about going." And then another about "Honest ministry helps people. Step into your calling."

Any ideas?

UPDATE

Hi Team!

The mission team has safely returned! I feel like I have been on the other side of the moon, out of technology range. I apologize for not having schedules finished for the rest of March. They are up now. My hesitation was and is because we were/are making so many ongoing changes with the Saturday night worship that I didn't want to keep changing the schedule up.

There has been a men's breakfast scheduled for this Saturday morning. As a result, we will not be having an all-team meeting but WILL be having practice at 6:30 pm (regular time). I would love for our men to be at this breakfast.

I plan on practicing Adonai on Saturday so will be posting the chord chart this week.

I am in the middle of planning Mitosis and have a couple of specific worship sets lined up. The one that takes the most practice will be Thursday's set so we will practice on Wednesday evening. Please check out the schedule. At the bottom of the March schedule is a list of specifics on practices, Mitosis and prayer.

As soon as Saturday evening's begin, we will re-visit practice times. Please post or e-mail me with any questions you have regarding any of these items!

Love you all!

Mitosis...

As a fellow team member, I want to encourage you all to sign up for Mitosis, if you haven't already.

It is going to be an amzing time of impartation, vision, inspiration and growth. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity that you do not want to miss. As it has been stated, this is a year of beginnings and Mitosis is a big part of that.

Plan on being there for all the sessions if you can. And if you can't, be there for some of the sessions. If you are on the fence of indicision, don't think about it...do it:-) If it is an issue of cost for anyone, please see me.

It's a moment- don't miss it! Love you all and hope to see you there.

That All May Know,
NG

SHOUT OUT!

This week's SHOUT OUT goes to Rachel. She leads the BGV's on the team and is an incredible leader. Attitude is like a ripple in the water that will effect the entire pool or a little bit of Koolaid powder that makes the enire jug of water taste like yummy grapes! Rachel is lke that Koolaid. No matter what the situation, circumstance, her amount of sleep or her intake of Mountain Dew, she has a tremendous attitude!

Thank you for your support, Rachel. Thank you for your passion for purity and heart for the vision, God, Jeff and myself. Thank you for loving your kids and husband (he's kinda cool, too!) and sharing your kids! I appreciate you and am confident and excited about all God is doing and will do in and through you! Anyone else want to chime in? I know you do..

WANT TO WIN? CHIME IN!

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you want to go?
What would you take with you?

I would go to Italy...always New York. Oh and rent a house on St. Martin. (I couldn't decide on one!)
I would take my video Ipod because it holds everything including the bible on cd.

FROM PUERTO VALLARTA

Hey Team!

I am really excited for Fuel. I want you to worship God and remember that you are ministering to Him...an audience of One.

Thank you for your dedication and passion. One of the interns said something really great tonight, during our processing. While here, there is a language barrier but we always have a language barrier when sharing Christ. Whether it is religious, social, age, gender or the many others, we have got to ask God to help us break those barriers down. Team, you have what it takes to break down every worship barrier. It starts from you just being an example of worship. Living a life of worship. Through that, it will show on stage and draw all me to Him. Don't try to make it happen, you don't have to. Don't talk to much, you don't have to. DO HAVE A BLAST!!!

Here is a picture of Kat teaching English and one of Terryl feeding in the dump. Go to melindaknight.com for some others. I was thinking I should maybe race the race car after my driving experience here. LOL!

Love you all!

Thou hast rocked!!!

Major props to those who played and mixed this last Sunday and Wednesday!!! Sunday was just plain fun to be a part of. I truly had a blast praisin' with y'all! Wednesday night really offered a time of refreshing for all. You are all truly a blessing, and it's an honor to play on such a great team!

WANT TO WIN? CHIME IN!

I would like to have a get together at our house on March 10th (in place of Saturday's practice), are you available? Would another day of the week work better for you?
At this meeting we will discuss the part or instrument specific questions we have been blogging as well as a topic Nahshon has requested to share.
When I hear back from you, I will make the decision and let you know either way.

CREATIVE CHURCH CONFERENCE

Jeff and I are heading to Grapevine, Texas later in the week to C3. C3 is Fellowship Church's Creative Church Conference. This year's theme is "Turning What If Into What Is." It will be our third year in attendance and have found it to ignite and refuel our passion for creativity.

When we heard God speak about satellite campuses, it was our first year at C3. We have made connections with many creative and great people from all over the nation. I have been praying that I am receptive to all God wants to show me. You know when you can just feel something big is about to happen? That's how I feel tonight.

Please keep us in your prayers for safety, creative planning as well as divine connections.

We serve a Mighty God who equips the called and gives grace to the humble. No matter the path before you, God have given you everything you need for today and will continue to equip you for tomorrow. Enjoy the journey!

SHOUT OUT!

This week's shout out goes to Emily Tjaarda and Kyle Davis. They were at the church Saturday to help with all our needs at practice and turn the knobs to perfection! They tore down equipment and loaded it up early this morning. At 6:55 am, they along with other musicians headed out to Lynnwood where we ministered through worship.

Upon arriving to the venue, it turned out they didn't have an audio technician. Wow! Emily and Kyle worked wonders. They overcame many barriers to finally have everything working 1 hour and 45 minutes later (15 minutes prior to service but we weren't sweatin' it. We have the best team in the world!). Kyle went to the store and purchased the entire team water.

For all who weren't there, the service went awesome. There was weeping and a definite change in the atmosphere of worship. Thank you to all of you who stayed home and made today's service fantastic! Rachel, beautiful job directing the stage. Terryl, Zach and Robin...great job! BGV's...great job expressing yourselves (Dan, great facial expressions (-: ). Chris and Nash, you were solid and appreciated!

So Emily and Kyle, thank you for your tireless and selfless service. I honor you today. I know I can always count on you. You are now more than ever a part of the worship team, vital to the message and Life coming across the stage!

WEIGH IN...

Come March, we are going to have to shuffle around practice time. With part of the team leading on Saturday evening, they will begin practice/sound check at 6:45-7pm. With prayer from 5:30-6:30 pm on the first and third Saturdays, these are our options...
4:00pm or morning...10 or 10:30 am.

Thoughts? Thank you for your comments.

EASTER CHOIR UPDATE

I wanted to let you all know we had choir auditions for our Easter Choir. They went well. Two additonl men! Yeah. That is exciting. I am also enlisting kids and teens. As many as I can! Let them know they just need to sign up...no auditions for them. We will contact them with the practice schedule (4 practices).

Like I said in a previous post, I am attempting to get a small string quartet for Easter. Who knows if it will work but sure would be cool!

As of right now, we are selecting songs for Easter and will hope to have them on cd (with parts) prior to the first practice so everyone can practice them. We have a simplified version of "God, Great God" that I still am hanging on to and hope to do. (-:

I would like all BGV's to be involved in the choir practices. I want to keep you leading and in front of the choir. It is not only great experience training your parts but also adds to the validity of what these people are doing. I appreciate your hard work! All the practices will be planned out and with the cd of the parts, it should be very smooth!

Please keep the planning and carrying out of this season in your prayers.

MOMENTUM IS HAPPENING!!!

NEW SONG

Nice job with the new song. To those of you who listened to and practiced the song beforehand, you made practice go very smooth.

Audio technicians, your team paid special attention to the details which paid off. Aaron, thank you for your wisdom on sound, second service. Emily said your advice and tips were great. Audio techs, thank you for being so passionate to grow and excel. You truly allow God's word and song to be heard.

BGV's, thank you for your exhaustive study of the parts. Rachel, you were a huge help to all!

Musicians, way to worship on a new song. Although a simple song, I personally found it a bit difficult to stay in the pocket. (-: Pastor Jeff said Terryl and my keyboard were beautiful together in the beginning and end of the song.

I appreciate you all! Enjoying the journey with you.

WANT TO WIN? CHIME IN!

Okay, you have some questions from last week. Next Saturday, we are going to briefly discuss some of them. I have a number in mind. (-: Whoever is the ___ person to chime in with either a topic to discuss next week, feedback on "Jesus Is" or "Adonai" or in response to the previous questions asked in your section, you will win.

LOT'S TO CHOOSE FROM!

SHOUT OUT!

This week's shout out goes to Travis. Travis plays acoustic and sings melody.

This week, Travis was asked on short notice, to sing "Broken Road." He took it home on Saturday evening, practiced and came to church making a sound check happen. Nice job!

Travis, thank you for your hard work. You willingly make corrections, as needed. You are constantly desiring to learn. Aside from the ocassional...okay often distraction (-: (that was supposed to be funny), you are a huge support to whomever is leading. You are always willing to give feedback as well as jump in and tackle whatever outlandish thing I ask! Thank you.

His wife Gia is amazing so we know he is doing something right!!!