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Tony Morgan on “The New Traditional Church”

Jason Petermann —  March 2, 2009 — Leave a comment

I love much of what Tony Morgan posts about!  I happen to be reading his book “Killing Cockroaches,” and will post a review of the book here shortly.  Today though, I wanted to share a post that Tony made on his blog last week.  Great insight, and the discussion that follows his post has some great stuff in it as well!  Here is just a bit of what he said:

I’m wondering what would happen if rather than focusing so much on transferring knowledge, we focused on helping people love God, love others and make new disciples. What would happen if we asked people to spend less time at the church and more time in the lives of people who need Jesus? What would happen if we offered fewer gatherings to transfer knowledge and more tools to help people study the Bible on their own? What would happen if there was less emphasis on church activities and more emphasis on reaching the world for Jesus?

You can read the full post here.  It is well worth the time!  Thanks Tony!

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Worship Confessional: February 1, 2009

Jason Petermann —  February 1, 2009 — 3 Comments

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I am actually sad that the day is over!  I LOVE Sundays!  I love gathering with the church in worship… I love seeing lives changed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ! It is what this life is all about!

Today we finished a two week series called “YES/NO,” which dealt with the honesty and avoiding temptation.  Our pastor did a great job with the series, and even used the “F-bomb” today.  Ok, not the actual word, but the phrase “F-bomb.”  It was quite funny!  Anyways, we start a new series next year called “The Love Affair,” which should be quite interesting.

Today was a good day musically.  Our teams did a great job leading our people in worship. We did a couple new ones for our church, which were both very well received.  Here is our order for the day:

  • All Because – Fee (Our people are really liking this one!)
  • Awesome Is The Lord – Tomlin/Reeves/Pierce/Able (This was a new one for us to do. Went pretty well)
  • Famous One – Tomlin/Reeves

I gave a short welcome to people and prayed, then, one of our guys did Casting Crowns “Voice of Truth,” and he did a fantastic job!  We showed a short video clip that was a spoof on the PC Vs. Mac ads (Truth Vs. Deception).  Our pastor then gave his talk for the day about temptation.  He used the story of Joseph and Potiphers wife to illustrate how we need to say no to some things in life in order to experience all that God has for us.

  • Majesty – Smith/Garrard (Probably one of my favorites… love the lyrics of this one!)
  • Hosanna (Hillsongs) – Fraser ( I love this song.  Should have done it a long time ago.  One of our ladies led out on this and she did fantastic!)
  • Beautiful One – Hughes

It is such an awesome feeling to be a part of a church full of people that love God, and that love to worship Him in freedom.  It is awesome to see people love Jesus, and desire to follow Him even when that means making tough changes in their lives.  That is what taking a next step towards Jesus is all about!

This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.

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Worship Confessional: January 11, 2009

Jason Petermann —  January 12, 2009 — 7 Comments

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I know I am taking a risk at sounding like a broken record, but we had probably one of the best services we have had at Glenville since I arrived.  The energy was just overwhelming!  People were singing out their praises to God without any reservation at all!  Our Pastor nailed it (again) with his message!  Everything was just incredible!   Here was the flow:

  • Better Than Life – Houghton/Cruse-Ratcliffe
  • Sing, Sing, Sing – Tomlin/Reeves/Gilder/Carson/Nunn

Our youth pastor welcomed everyone to the services, and gave a brief announcement.  We then showed a video about our Discipleship program, and our Discipleship Pastor  gave a brief announcement about our Connection Lunch next week (a dinner for those interested in membership).  We then went into our next set:

  • Open The Eyes Of My Heart – Baloche
  • All Because – Fee
  • Holy Is The Lord – Tomlin/Giglio

This was our first time doing All Because, and our people absolutely latched on to it!  We actually struggled a bit at the beginning, but it all smoothed out at the chorus and was just great from then on. This was the second week of our series “The Big D” (Delegation).  Our Pastor just nailed it as he talked about everyone finding where they are at in their process of discipleship.  It was more of a message aimed at us individually as far as God’s delegation to us in our spiritual journey.  Next week, we will again focus on the church as a whole, and encourage people to get involved in ministry.

It is so awesome to see God working in the lives of people!

This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.

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Worship Confessional: January 4, 2009

Jason Petermann —  January 4, 2009 — 4 Comments

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January 4, 2009!  Happy New Year everyone!  I love the new year and new beginnings!  I am looking forward to what God has for our church this year.  These are exciting times for our church, and I am so glad that I get to start the new year here at Glenville to see God move and work among our people.  Ok, moving along!

Our day today was really good.  I had the opportunity to speak today, and sometimes it is hard for me to take everything in when my mind is so full of so many things.  The people did seem a little tired, but that could have just been me.  I was so wired that I did get but two hours of sleep last night!  Certainly not what I had planned, but hey, it happens sometimes!

We started out bother services with:

  • Your Grace Is Enough – Maher (I love the energy of this song!  Great opener to get people singing!)
  • Mighty To Save – Fielding, Morgan (Powerful words!  Our people love this song!)

Our pastor welcomed everyone, and took a couple minutes to introduce our new series called, “The Big D.”  Basically it is a series about God delegating to us the responsibility of being the church to this world… the church as it should be… a people that are loving God, loving others and serving both.

We had a special by a few of our teens and the guy that leads them.  It was a song that he wrote called Consuming Fire.  They did a great job!

During the second service, we had another set here…

  • From The Inside Out – Houston (This one is still a little new for us.
  • The Stand – Houston
  • Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) – Tomlin, Giglio, Excell, Rees

Our band then did Give Me Your Eyes (Brandon Heath). Our guys just tore this up!  Awesome job guys!  You sounded great and I had some great comments about the song.

One of my sons friends was here for the weekend.  He is a great lead electric player, and did all the solo work for the Hillsong stuff today, as well as played with the band on Give Me your Eyes.  Great job Timmy!  Thanks for playing with us!  In fact, everyone in my band did an awesome job today!  They are so great to work with!  I have a great team!

I spoke today.  As I mentioned, we started a new series today called, “The Big D.”  I spoke from 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 on how the body is fit together, and that everyone is in the body because God placed us there as he thought best (vs. 18).  I encouraged our people to find where God has gifted them, and the step up and start serving with their gift, that they were a piece of the puzzle here at our church, and that the picture could not be complete without them fitting in where God made them to fit.

I love the church.  I love seeing people fit in to the the church where God has gifted them and then seeing them soar as they serve Him!  Loving God, loving people, and serving both!  That is what it is all about!

How were your services today?  I hope God moved in your church and made Himself BIG!

This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.

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Starbucks like the Church? What if?

Jason Petermann —  December 19, 2008 — Leave a comment

Not sure if you have seen this or not, but this clip is humorous, yet gets it’s point across… Just thought I would share it with you today as some “food for thought!”

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