deconstruct

In order to clean you have to take things out, deconstruct.

As I took dishes from my cabinets today to clean and to eliminate unused dishes, I thought back over the last few weekends' teachings from Ephesians. The teachings were powerful words from God.

Deconstruction/Reconstruction.

First you empty it all out and clean it, then you fill it back up...with the right stuff, only with the necessary things.

Much like my house, my life is sometimes full of too much stuff. This does not allow enough room for the right things. How sad it must make my God when there is no room for him in my days full of stuff... I will continue my cleaning in more ways than one.

weekend report

So - simple is SOOOOO good. It was good to be in the house of the Lord with my brothers and sisters!

Setlist:
Smooth
Announcements - Bill Hill
I Surrender
What A Friend - Baloche
Be Glorified - acoustic version instrumentally
I will Boast
Silent Responsive Reading
Be Glorified - full band version
I Will Boast
Message: Ephesians Pt. 6
I Will Boast

To see what other ministries used in their setlists this weekend go to theworshipcommunity.

To watch the services at Crossroads go to www.crossroadswired.com on Monday.

our speak

How do you speak? Are you sarcastic, rude, loud, crude?

Some of my friends went out tonight to eat and were discussing Pastor Tim's Ephesians series and specifically his teaching on little white lies (there is no such thing) and sarcasm, how we speak.

We discussed how difficult it is to just talk without entering into talk unacceptable for a Christ follower. Not in horrible foul language or anything that extreme, but just sarcastic teasing or slighting embellishing the truth.

I highly doubt if there is anyone who likes to tease and taunt as much as I do! So to take a step away from this and really examine the way I speak is daunting and quite a challenge. There is nothing I won't attempt for the Lord - so here I go...if my speech can be more pleasing to Him then I will try my very best with His help to change!

Do you have trouble with exaggeration or stretching the truth? Do you think the way your speak is pleasing to the Lord?

weekend report

We always love it when baptism is a part of our service. Because we have 3 weekend services, one of which is Saturday night, we use a combination of video from the previous services and live baptisms. That way our whole congregation gets to watch everyone except the Saturday night people! Very moving.

I also love having extra people with our team to spend the weekend 'backstage' with us! The picture here on the left shows the 3 people preparing to be baptized! The team was large this weekend and it was such a blessing!

Our setlist:

Instrumental: Brandy
announcements: Bill Hill
Praise: Beautiful Day
Praise: How Great Thou Art - Baloche
Worship: For All You've Done
message: Deconstruction/Reconstruction; Ephesians Pt. 3
Worship during baptism: Revelation Song - Gateway

To see what other ministries used in their worship this weekend go to theworshipcommunity.com

To watch our services on Monday go to www.crossroadswired.com

weekend report

If I could describe this weekend in one word it would be - community! When you struggle to get all the details ready for each service and hit rough spots - you can either blow it (which I certainly have at times) or you can use it to minister to those struggling - which I saw numerous times in different situations this weekend. I really believe God was honored by all who served and perhaps our congregation was blessed because those serving ministered and held one another up! It was good.

We have never used such a large memorized portion of scripture before (almost 2 full chapters of Ephesians). Quoted scripture is POWERFUL!!! Our drama team is AMAZING!

Our setlist:

Instrumental: Lady Madonna
Original Praise: Free Indeed (our worship guy Milo Sgambellone wrote this)
Praise: For Who You Are - Hillsong
Worship: God You Reign - Brewster
Worship: Give Us Clean Hands
Scripture Drama: Ephesians 1 - Ephesians 2: 27
Message: Deconstruction and Reconstruction - Pt. 2
Announcements: Bill Hill
Exit Song: Lady Madonna

See what other ministries have done around the country go to theworshipcommunity.com

To watch our services go to www.crossroadswired.com