COMMENT I JUST RECEIVED

Hi Pastor Melinda ~

I have been meaning to send you a note about this for a couple months… I just wanted to say that I think worship has been absolutely phenomenal lately! (not that it hasn’t always been phenomenalJ) I really feel like it has stepped up a few levels, and just when I think it can’t get any better, it does! I really appreciate all the hard work that I know you and the whole team put into the excellence that is happening every single week. I know that you are all putting in hours every week and each person’s dedication has paid off in the form of an unbeatable worship experience. Thank you to the whole team for your obedience and sacrifice.

TONIGHT

Great job tonight, team! I really thought we all pulled together after last night and were not going to allow a feeling or lack thereof to dictate how our night went. That showed a great amount of maturity for which I am very proud of each of you.

Great sensitivity and teamwork. Every heart on the stage wanted to do the right thing, desired to flow as a team and really worshipped God. That is a huge win in my book!

Thank you for your loyalty and dedication!

As an aside, make sure to limit your extra curricular activities so as to not be too drained for service in God's house and on this team! You are all important and it's just not as fun without ya!

SHOUT OUT!

This week's shout out goes to Dan Warren. He is an energetic and passionate bgv. He continuously alters his work schedule so he can give of his time for the team. He will be leading our first Jr. High worship time.

Dan, you are an absolute blast to lead with. You jump, laugh and go out of your way to express your worship. Thank you for your loyalty and your heart for the vision and God's people.

BAND CAMP

I have been praying about doing a BAND CAMP this summer. it would probably be a few hours a day for a week. Instruments and vocalists. The logo would be retro-type.

It's about multiplication, baby!

Be praying about this. Thanks!

Saturday Nights

Hey there,
so for the record this is my first blog ever other than myspace (which really doesnt count). so yay. I am mass excited for the worship team to be leading worship for youth on saturday nights. Bringing this element in is really going to raise the level of worship in our youth! All you guys( and girls) who are doing both saturday and sunday I just want to commend you! The Fray's how to save a life will be really powerful, I am so excited to practice it tomorrow....I know it will pretty much be twice as cool as the original version cuz you guys rock.

Thats about it! in the words of Kipland Ronald Dynamite - Peace Out...

SNEAK PEEK AT SERVICES LEADING TO EASTER...

Here's a sneak peek at the services leading up to Easter. We just had a staff meeting and discussed the next three weekends.

GET EXCITED!!!

This weekend, we are doing "How to Save a Life" by The Fray.
Next weekend is an acoustic service. The stage will be mostly clear to aid in the effort of the total stage redesign happening for Easter.
Easter weekend we are going to have a full sound check on Friday evening at 7pm (tentative). Because the stage will have been torn up, we'll need one!
There is an Easter Eggstravaganza for the kids in the afternoon. We are purchasing glow sticks to pass out during the last song of the set. It will be sooooo cool!

Choir practice is at 4:30 pm each Saturday. The final one being a run-through of the Easter service.

Our Easter service times are: 9, 10:30 am and 12:00 pm. THREE. It will be off the hook.

As of right now, we are shortening our Easter service so we won't be doing a cover song. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR DYNAMIC DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING. WE WILL BE DOING COVER SONGS!!!

BEAR WITH ME AS YOU MAY BE CALLED UPON TO SING OR PLAY WITH LITTLE NOTICE.
Questions? Post 'em.

OPEN FOR NEW SONGS

This is a post for new songs. If you have a suggestion, put it here!

WEEKEND SERVICES...DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU BELONG?

I want to give an update on our weekend services and how our team fits.

Practices will be held at 6:30 pm for the services.
If you are on the schedule for a particular Sundaym you will be ministering on the Saturday night as well (unless otherwise notified or listed).
Jr. High services with live worship begin next weekend...April 1st. BGV's, you will be notified of the weekend you are leading. Yeah! How exciting is that?

Post or let me know if you have questions or something is unclear!

SHOUT OUT!

This week's SHOUT OUT goes to the Nashman! He plays keys, strategically creates great brainstorming sessions as well as gives his lovely wife to minister!

Nahshon, congratulations to you on your graduation from the Art Institute of Seattle! Wow. Thank you for giving endless hours to your passions and not forsaking the ministry or the giving of your time on the music team. It is an honor to serve with you. You provide wonderful and valued input.

Congrats to you!

ok...a joke

What do you call a cow without any legs?



GROUND BEEF

Song Submission

Hey I think it would be cool if we had a little area where we could submit new songs that we think would be cool to do. I know that everyone out there has different styles and tastes so I'm sure we would have a huge lists of suggestions. Just an idea to get the creative juices flowing and for you all to be looking, or should i say listening, for cool new songs.

WANT TO WIN? CHIME IN!

What do you think could make the backstage "green room area" a better place?

Also, is there anything you would want to contribute to back there?

If we did something fun as a team, what would it be?

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

SHOUT OUT!

This week's shout out goes to Zach T! He is a phenominal BGV team member. He pulls the songs for our practices and services and duplicates our songs. He and Terryl recorded our Easter cd's for the choir. This will make practices go so smooooooth and the choir will feel confident coming to practice.

Zach, thank you for your hard work and excellence! Thank you for allowing me to be picky...and for posting on my blog!

My computer is not allowing me to post pictures on this blog.

CHOIR AND BGV'S

Hello BGV's!

Easter choir is beginning this Saturday! We have passed out a cd of the songs to the crew and we will have 12 kids joining us!

We are a lot more prepared this time than we were for the Christmas choir...being there weren't major unforseen changes this time. We are all appreciative of that, I am sure.

We will be splitting the children off and I will need some of you to help with them. (-: They will be singing for two of our 3 choir songs. They will need to be very energetic and know the songs well. Maybe even some choreography!

Please be at practice at 4:30 pm this Saturday. I am going to need you to help lead the crew.

Love you all!

MITOSIS WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Hello Team!

Here is the schedule for Mitosis:

Wednesday
Practice at 6:30 pm. We will go over the songs for Thursday and "Grace Like Rain" for Friday

Thursday
Sound check: 5:45-6:15 pm (We MUST begin right at 5:45pm as we don't have extra time)
Worship will be after Leeland (approx. at 7:10 pm)

Friday
Sound check: 6:00 pm (Again, we MUST begin right at 6 pm)
Worship will begin with the Drum Line at approx 6:38 pm (-:
Reminder: Come and Listen is only Rachel and myself.

This conference has already begun to exceed our expectations so I cannot even imagine what is going to happen once it actually commences!!!

Thank you for your hard work and dedication!!!