Cries Of The Heart

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Yesterday was a pretty straight-ahead service. Attendance was down again…probably will be until after Labor Day. We displayed the paintings by Mike Lewis from last week…we’ll be putting them away for awhile, and […]

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Amazing.
If there’s any possibility of bringing Mike Lewis (The Jesus Painter) to your church, do it. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do it.
In addition to Mike doing three paintings, the […]

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The first Sunday of a new era at Fellowship Dalton…Jim Suddath preached his first sermon.
And after about 10 months of 230 to 325 in attendance…we had 433 people. The sinful part of me wanted to get on the mic and say “So, where […]

The first Sunday of August. Can’t believe it.
The last Sunday of our SoulFire series, last Sunday for Bobby McGraw as our interim. Exciting and sad at the same time.
Our set list (links to iTunes where available):
Glory (Reuben Morgan)
You Are (Mark Roach)
Break Through (Tommy Walker) - This is a great song to use when you want […]

Interesting day yesterday. We had around a dozen families that went on a camping trip together. There were at least 4 or 5 other families that were out of town for one reason or another. When you’re barely running 300 on a GOOD Sunday, that’s a major hit. I wasn’t sure what the day was […]

We arrived home from Ormond Beach around 7pm or so Saturday night. I came over to the church to get the stage set up and make sure everything was plugged in, so we could be ready to go Sunday morning.
Since we were out of town last week, there was no rehearsal. On weeks like this, […]

We played “unplugged” yesterday…rolled the baby grand onstage, used congas / djembe for percussion, and violin. Not totally unplugged, ’cause we did have synth as well for some audible meat.
Because of the instrumentation, the music had a laid-back feel. Our setlist (links to iTunes where available):
Come, Worship The King (Sonny Lallerstedt) - Recorded by Michael […]

The fifth Sunday of June. Months with five Sundays always feel strange to me by the time the fifth one rolls around.
We used a small vocal ensemble (10 voices) to lead worship today, rather than individuals on microphones. I like the change in energy. Drums, bass, acoustic guitar, and two keyboards rounded out the praise […]