Merry Christmas! Hope you’re planning to check out one of our Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day services! We’ve got a great setlist planned, and we’re trying some new cool stuff with Environmental Projection. It’ll be a great time to celebrate our Saviors’ birth, and also the perfect opportunity to bring friends and family. Click here [...]
Devotionals
Piano Devotions Christmas!
November 10th, 2011 | Posted in Christmas, Devotionals
Our Piano Devotions Christmas CD is the perfect gift for anyone you know! Pastor Clay has taken 10 timeless Christmas songs, and classically arranged them into one completely instrumental album. With this wordless collection, you’ll find yourself entering a time of worship. Click here to hear a sample of each songs and purchase it at [...]
Gratitude
August 11th, 2011 | Posted in Articles, Clay's Corner, Devotionals
I had the opportunity and privilege to teach several classes at the National Worship Leaders Conference in Kansas in July, and other than the 102 degree heat, it was a great time.
Unselfish Friendship
May 6th, 2011 | Posted in Articles, Clay's Corner, Devotionals
Proverbs 18:1 An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends: he defies all sound judgment. As I read this I was reminded of several times in my life where I felt the need and personally challenged myself to be more “friendly”. Then I wondered, is it being more friendly that makes me less selfish, or is it [...]
Abraham’s Adoration
April 18th, 2011 | Posted in Devotionals
And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” Genesis 22:5 (NKJV) The first time that the word “worship” shows up in Scripture is here in Genesis 22:5. What I find amazing is that it comes [...]
What Stirs You?
April 4th, 2011 | Posted in Clay's Corner, Devotionals
They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” He replied, “You are right in saying I am.” Luke 22:70 (NIV) When Jesus was asked about His relationship with God, He replied that He was indeed the Son of God. This seemingly simple answer sent the crowd into a frenzy and eventually created a [...]
Respectful and Reckless
March 21st, 2011 | Posted in Devotionals
“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) What does it look like to love God with all your heart, soul, and strength? It should look like worship, because loving God is the essence of worship. But what does this [...]
Why Worship?
March 7th, 2011 | Posted in Devotionals
We love Him because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19 (NKJV) As the worship leader for a high school youth group, I am often confronted with the question, “How do you get students to engage in worship?” This is a question that will eventually be asked by the leadership of any church worship service, [...]
Remember This!
February 21st, 2011 | Posted in Devotionals
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4 (NKJV) It’s Sunday morning. You wake up, grab some coffee, and you’re getting ready for church when something happens. Maybe it’s an argument with a spouse or maybe you receive a stressful work [...]
Balance
February 7th, 2011 | Posted in Devotionals
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Colossians 3:16 (NKJV) A while ago I was discussing music styles with a friend, and the friend asked how hymns got the [...]