Merry Christmas everyone! Here’s a beautiful singer-songwriter style number from worship leader Jamie Brown. It celebrates and marvels at the baby Jesus. But it doesn’t just stop there: he was more than a beautiful baby. He was the perfect Lamb of God who, one day, would be offered as a sacrifice in our place, securing …
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Sanctus Real – “Lead Me”
This is a nice song. The lead singer of Sanctus Real, Matt Hammitt tells the story: “My wife, Sarah, and I once heard that the gap between reality and expectations is disappointment. There was a time when we were living in disappointment with our marriage. Now, we can see that our conflict was the result …
HBC-EFC Combined Service Redux: 12 December 2010
Here’s the weekly recap of the Sunday service at my home church. This week we joined in worship with brothers and sisters from the Evangelical Formosan Church NZ (a Mandarin-speaking congregation) – naturally there was quite a different, yet immensely exciting feel to the day! I led the service, which was ably translated by Paul …
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HBC Service Redux: 31 October 2010
Last week’s Sunday service was definitely something different, for a number of reasons: It was a wonderful baptism service where five people gave testimonies of how God’s turned them from darkness to new life in Jesus Christ. We celebrated Reformation Day, the day when fallible people read the bible for themselves and recovered the gospel …
HBC service redux: 24 October 2010
Just thought it might be helpful to share in a post, a bit of the thinking that goes in the background when planning a Sunday service. Throughout the week, there’s a fair bit of prayer, communication with the preacher, bible reader and the rest of the music team to do our best in leading the …