Monday, October 25, 2004
More Sunday Night
Let me add to what Kathy said. What an incredible experience! It's hard to put into words but to spend the entire evening praising God through song centered around the description of worship found in Rev. 4 &5 was unbelievable. We all created it together. No one told us how to worship or babbed on about the scripture or made a bunch of announcements or anything. It was just praise and prayer created by a community of believers who all love the Lord and wanted to lift up their voices to lift Him up. Having the scripture read to music and then sung by the group afterwards was really, really meaningful.
To me, the big thing is that we all came together to create our worship. Jeff led but we all contributed what we had, almost like a musical praise potluck. It's the closest thing I've had to true worship in a long time and I'd really like to thank Jeff for leading us and allowing it to happen.
Next time someone else can do the Djembe if it's availible and I'll be happy just to sing and read and lift up praise to the Lord. Please come join us and bring something to create with...your heart, your voice, your love, an instrument, whatever you can offer. Bring it and offer it up on the altar we all build to honor and glorify Him.
In Him.
Let me add to what Kathy said. What an incredible experience! It's hard to put into words but to spend the entire evening praising God through song centered around the description of worship found in Rev. 4 &5 was unbelievable. We all created it together. No one told us how to worship or babbed on about the scripture or made a bunch of announcements or anything. It was just praise and prayer created by a community of believers who all love the Lord and wanted to lift up their voices to lift Him up. Having the scripture read to music and then sung by the group afterwards was really, really meaningful.
To me, the big thing is that we all came together to create our worship. Jeff led but we all contributed what we had, almost like a musical praise potluck. It's the closest thing I've had to true worship in a long time and I'd really like to thank Jeff for leading us and allowing it to happen.
Next time someone else can do the Djembe if it's availible and I'll be happy just to sing and read and lift up praise to the Lord. Please come join us and bring something to create with...your heart, your voice, your love, an instrument, whatever you can offer. Bring it and offer it up on the altar we all build to honor and glorify Him.
In Him.
Sunday Night Worship
As most of you know, Jeff Weiss leads a worship 'service' at his home on Sunday evenings from 8:00-9:00. Chad and I try to attend every week and have really enjoyed it. Every week is a little different, ranging from mostly singing and prayer to talking about what God is teaching us or a discussion on something one of us has on our hearts to impromptu, improvisasional music.
Worship last night was wonderful! Jeff got out a borrowed a jimbay (a cool African drum played with the hands) which Chad immediately took over, the rainstick, which Danielle is mastering and an Eggz shaker, which we pass around to whomever wants it. Jeff, of course, played his acoustic guitar and the improv was amazing. We're not all musicians, but most of us can usually keep a beat well enough for the percusion instruments that were available. We all added our own vocals where ever they seemed appropriate (even if they weren't! At least I sing softly, so now one noticed!)
Lots of praising God and laughter and sharing. It was a great time. Come by next week. If you're not ready to add to the music, there is plenty of singing and prayer!
