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November 2016 Worship

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Church Family,

It’s cold!  Being from Alabama and Mississippi, I am constantly looking for my jacket.  And I hear from most of you that it’s not even “cold” yet.  The coming winter months frighten me because of the weather, however the coming months are exciting to me because of the great things happening throughout our Church.

During our next installment of The Growth Initiative, one of our focus areas will be on worship and theology.  Amongst other areas, I am excited to dive into this topic together as we see through scripture that Gospel-Worship happens when our worship is
Gospel-Centered.  In the Church, our worship is formed by our theology.  What we think about God determines the manner in which we worship. And we want to do our best to know the Word of God the best that we can so that we can worship with Jesus at the center.  Every song we sing and every word we sing, comes from the Gospel-truth of what God has done for us through His son Jesus.  Our aim is not to sing and worship about what we will do for God, but it is a response to what God has done for us.  Our worship will only have value when Jesus is at the center.  Sound theology fuels our doxology.  And proper doxology only comes from sound theology.

So let’s all strive to know the Word of God better every day, so that when we come together to worship on Sunday’s, we can be truly informed by the truth we are singing about, which is that Jesus came to save sinners like us.  This is why we sing.  And when we are truly informed of this truth, we can become transformed by this truth.  I am looking forward to diving into this truth more together at our next Growth Initiative.  I would invite you to make every effort to be there, I promise it will be worth your time!

Lastly, the Christmas season is quickly approaching and I could not be more excited.  Our Christmas Program will be Sunday night, December 18th.  Our Choir, Band, and Drama team have already been rehearsing for weeks and we are so excited to share this experience with you.  Plan to be there, and invite a friend!  I love worshiping with you all and I am so thankful to be your worship pastor.


In Christ,

Jared

 

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Worship October 2016

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Church Family,

I pray and hope you and yours have had an incredible start to the Fall Season, as I know God has been moving in mighty ways throughout our Church.  Last month was a busy month with many highlights throughout, but I want to mention a few:

We had our Kids Praise Choir help lead in worship and it was an unbelievable time of worship led by them.  Our desire here at Oakhill is to not only have a children’s choir to sing for us on Sunday, but we want to raise up Worship Leaders in our Church starting with our youngest!  This was a huge step in accomplishing that and I cannot wait to
continue to have them lead us in worship in the months to come.  I want to thank Tanya Thornton.  She has done an incredible job leading our children through the music and we could not do it without her.  I am so thankful for her leadership and her desire to partner together to raise up worship leaders in our Church!  Our children will have many more opportunities to lead worship in the coming months, so please consider having your children be a part!

We also had our first Church-Wide Night of Worship and it was a great experience.  As a church with 3 separate worship services, there aren’t many times that we all get to worship together in the same room, but our Night of Worship was one of those nights.  The presence of God was felt in mighty ways that night.  I’m thankful for so many great people in our music ministry who put in a lot of time and effort to make that night happen.  Be sure to be on the lookout in the future because we will be doing it again!  When we do, I ask you to make an effort to be there with your family, it will be a time you will not want to miss!  Many things are coming up throughout our Church, and
especially our music ministry.  We want you to be involved!  There is a place for you.  So whether it’s choir, praise band, praise team, or media team, if you are interested in being involved, let us know!  There is always room for more, and there is room for you!


I am so thankful to be your worship pastor.  I love you all!

 

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