LENT 2011- “Inhale” sermon for 4th Sunday in Lent, Psalm 23 INTRODUCTION God’s life giving breath- creation, valley of dry bones, Jesus with the disciples, day of Pentecost. I Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn […]
recently, i’ve been very inspired and encouraged, and convicted about the cross and resurrection. we talk about it in such small terms. Jesus wasn’t just saving us, as his people, but redeeming ALL CREATION. Beginning the supernatural work of bringing heaven to earth. I was talking with Jon the other day about our Easter series, […]
Just a few notes/thoughts that I’m gathering in preparation for this Sunday’s Psalm (95). Pleeeeeeease feel free to completely disregard….. Jon LENT 2011- “Inhale” sermon for 3rd Sunday in Lent, Psalm 95 Holding your breath, refusing to breathehttp://www.howcast.com/videos/424645-How-to-Hold-Your-Breath-like-David-Blainehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0k-qhM3Eshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ckt9-BgbNg stifling the breath. How do we do it? God’s life giving breath- creation, valley of dry bones, […]
Sermon notes, if you need them. LENT 2011- “Inhale” sermon for 1st Sunday in Lent, Psalm 51 Originally, Lent was the time of preparation for those who were to be baptized, a time of concentrated study and prayer before their baptism at the Easter Vigil, the celebration of the Resurrection of the LORD early on Easter Sunday. But […]
Here are some creative ideas to use in this series. Some things are Lent related, others are about breathing. Could be used as set up. Vigo Mortensen scene when his family finds out about his past and they accept him anyway. (History of Violence) Dead Man Walking scene with parents of deceased girl that Sean […]
(Huffing and puffing and pulling up a chair in front of the computer…) Just finished my morning run, so I’m short of breath and more than a bit sweaty. TMI? I’ve not been a runner for very long; in fact it’s only been a couple of years since I started to take my own health […]
CLICK HERE to see a post with last year’s setlists from Catalyst. Below are a few new songs that are geared toward Lent if your looking to add to the song lists. The difficulty being that the Psalms are a little more hope-filled than other Lenten texts. gungor – beautiful thingsrobbie seay – shine your […]
For those of you that are doing Ash Wednesday, I thought I’d post our service script and order from last year. It’s basically taken from the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) verbatim.Comment if you have any questions.
This Lent, we will be following along with the Psalms. The most interesting thing is that this year (Year A), the Psalms contain a lot of forgiveness language. It’s happy in comparison to last year’s Lenten texts. It is giving us hope that God is there, even in the desert. So if Lent is forgiveness, […]
Here is a list of songs that we put together a while ago to help with Epiphany planning. These are songs that are getting at the heart of the season itself, not necessarily fitting in a certain Sunday’s text or series. David Crowder*Band – Birmingham (We Are Safe)Hillsong – Salvation is HereHillsong – Freedom is HereGungor […]
