YLC 2011 Days 3-5

Day 3: more great talks and workshops. Bryson unpacked Psalm 22 detailing Jesus as the suffering King, Peter Collier covered the gruesome coronation and crucifixion of Jesus (Matthew 27:27-61). Powerful stuff. The workshop on youth ministry gave practical points. In the strand groups we grappled with trying to summarize the passage into one “big idea”, …

HBC Service Redux: 2 January 2011

Here’s a recap of the service and the songs we chose this past weekend (You can find links to the set lists of this church and many other churches each week at  theworshipcommunity.com). Order of Service — 2 January (worship leader: William Chong) 1. O Church Arise – Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. I chose …

Going to YLC 2011 (Youth Leadership Conference) in Christchurch

This time tomorrow we’ll be in Kaiapoi, just north of Christchurch for YLC 2011. For those who haven’t heard of it, it’s a weeklong conference where the majority of the time is spent learning how to study and teach the Bible. Basic concept, but very unique. Both of us will be going, and we plan …

Christmas Weekend Service Redux: 25-26 December 2010

For many people, Christmas Day marked the start of the holidays. But I’m thankful to have been part of a faithful music team that sacrificed some family and present-opening time to serve our church family here at HBC. Since Christmas fell on a Saturday this year, it meant that we ran two consective-day services, and …