Interesting! Do you know a Richard Padfield from Springfield? Your dad married him to Caroline in like 1997. I spoke to him several times during that time frame. It was early in our time here in KC...

<QUOTE author="HelenaZF">HelenaZF Wrote:heh heh...been there!  I just make them sing it until they get it!  When it really takes hold, though....look out....I have so many thoughts about making ...

This issue is very difficult, and doesn't go away. It's special when a pastor "gets it" and quits barking about overweight or underweight issues, and begins to speak about how anointed, how powerful, ...

For those in that movement, the term means coming out of the traditional understanding of church, emerging from the traditional. As was heavily discussed on the Worship Discussion list, Emergent Ch...

<QUOTE author="HelenaZF,Oct 13 2006, 08:52 PM">HelenaZF,Oct 13 2006, 08:52 PM Wrote:Personally I don't like it when the christmas pageantry includes the passion/resurrection message. It's jus...

On the way home from church today, Helena and I talked almost the whole way home about this discussion and its ramifications for artists and other ministries within the context of a congregation and b...

<QUOTE author="flaglady,Oct 16 2006, 03:55 PM">flaglady,Oct 16 2006, 03:55 PM Wrote:Still would love to think that Mr and Mrs Pastor at the very least, had just an insight!One way to find out is...

<COLOR color="navy">I think I knew about it, but didn't pay much attention as we could not get there. Prayed for success and life and left it.</COLOR>

On one of the major projects, the cord used to outline significant portions of the letters and features was a particularly difficult choice to work with. It was dubbed "character building cord" by tho...

Thanks for the info and the howdy from Diane. If you have her email addy, would you provide it to me in a PM, please? I'd LOVE to invite her to come join us here.

It's not a real easy job, defining the differences! :) Both believe in the modern expressions of the Spirit through believers, especially within the context of the body. Both believe that those exp...

This is a great source of wisdom from folks literally around the world in the worship arts and what is sometimes called extravagant worship. It's also a welcome oasis for many who find like minds or l...

I have to smile at this thread. Capricious is such an interesting word. I think of the many choreographies that I've seen where the fabric danced a prominent role, usually by design, but not alway...

Hey Dailey, Glad to have you here. One of the areas that we've really been wanting to see some participation from is the youth and youth leaders. They are a special group whose worship appetites ar...

<QUOTE author="flaglady,Nov 30 2006, 08:33 AM">flaglady,Nov 30 2006, 08:33 AM Wrote:- 8 ozs caster sugarOkay, trans-oceanic translation needed here. Icing sugar, I'm guessing, is what we on t...

AHA! Another British term identified and demystified! And what seems to be a pretty good site for cookery type stuff in ochef.com

<QUOTE author="Dailey,Nov 30 2006, 07:42 PM">Dailey,Nov 30 2006, 07:42 PM Wrote:A verse that is readable in my Testemony on DGH: “Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, m...

Hi folks. Wanted to put forth some pix of what's been consuming a LOT of my time over the last several weeks. Hours and hours worth. And clean-up starts today. :D We had a smaller Advent Wreath ...

Thanks to one and all for your interest and your kind comments. Yes, Etherea, the holly is indeed symbolic, both in leaf and in berry. It's an English custom to decorate the Advent wreath and indee...

And Merry Christmas to you as well. Did you ever hear anything back from our friend Dave??

Preach it honey!!!

Welcome aboard!!! Yes, as Helena said, you are indeed among friends. I'm glad to see you here, too, and hope that you'll jump in with both feet. Questions, answers, thoughts, opinions, rants, gi...

We're in a situation where when we lead worship musically, we usually do get the notes of what he's going to teach on, as well as whatever the changes to scheduled scripture readings are. And we often...

Leading anything when you feel bad is difficult. And leading worship as the team leader or even just as a team member gets tricky. We had an interim pastor once whose most memorable words were, "It...

Part of what Fuscia Pickett said had escaped me until Father brought it back to me just now. Thought it worth sharing. She also talked very directly to our worship team folks on her visit to our ch...