Breaking out the “K” man for this Sunday.  We started our worship with the song “For the Lord is Good”, a song we used to do years ago.  It was so refreshing to play a worship song that has more than 4 chords (not that that’s a bad thing).  And also to be able to play an “Eb13(#11). continue reading »

We start a new teaching series tomorrow morning. “Joy” will be centered around the book of Philippians. This service will make you smile.

To prepare for tomorrow’s worship, take a moment and read Psalm 100. Our worship songs include “Joy” (Tree 63), “Salt & Light” (Jami Smith), “Beautiful One” (various), “Fairest Lord Jesus”, “I Stand Amazed” and “Blessed Be Your Name”.

Looking forward to being with God’s church tomorrow!

There’s a line on Ben Folds/Nick Hornby’s “Lonely Avenue” album that say’s “some guy on the net thinks I suck, and he should know, he’s got his own blog”. In light of that, it really doesn’t matter what I think are  the best albums of the year, but I’ve enjoyed thinking about it and reading other lists (Rolling Stone, NPR-All Things Considered,..).  Below (in no particular order) are my 10 favorites from 2011. continue reading »

It’s that time to do the top ten lists (which reminds me of the movie “High Fidelity”, one of my favorites). I thought it might be fun to look at what I think were probably the top ten new worship songs we sang at River Oaks in 2011.  You can let me know if you agree. continue reading »

Nothing has ever been the same since heaven came to earth.  The birth of Christ “changed everything”!  That was the theme of our Christmas celebration this year. continue reading »

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Our kids from “Kid’s World” will be singing this morning.  Parents, grandparents,…bring your camera.

During our worship time, together we will sing “How Great is Our God”, “O Come All Ye Faithful”, “God With Us”, “What Child is This” and “In Christ Alone”.

This will be such a special morning.  We have over 20 people who will be baptized during our worship services.  Also, together we will take part in holy communion.  Songs for this service include “Rescue”, “Lead Me to the Cross”, “Come Reveal” and “God is Able”.

Even though Thanksgiving was last Thursday, we will continue to be thankful!  With grateful hearts we sang “Arise”, “Beautiful One”, “Almighty God”, “God You Reign” and “Jesus Messiah”.  After Tommy Morelock’s message, we concluded with a song of commitment, “I Give You My Heart”.

Looking forward to “gathering together” this Thanksgiving Sunday.  We have a large vocal ensemble that will lead us this morning, beginning with the hymn “We Gather Together”.  Our worship will celebrate God’s goodness and faithfulness.  continue reading »