US Holiday/WorshipGod 11 - train, jam, steak

It’s been a real joy to stay with the Giglio family. They’re also hosting two other conference attendees all the way from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales – Fran and Matt Richley (father and son). Matt Richley is a fellow worship leader, and recently completed a 9 month internship at Sovereign Grace Ministries under the mentorship of [...]

US Holiday/WorshipGod 11 - fly, land, drive

Reflections on our trip so far – exhausting and exhilarating! And the conference hasn’t even started yet!

Fly

Flying in basically seemed like an extra long day (since we crossed the dateline)… it’s the furthest from home both of us have ever been. We flew on Virgin Airways, which was the cheapest option. It also meant three [...]

Off to WorshipGod 11 Conference in the USA

Tomorrow, both of us will be flying off to the States for the very first time in our lives! We will be attending WorshipGod 11, a worship music conference hosted by Sovereign Grace Ministries in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Hope to share more about our travels soon!

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Update: here’s the full series of our time in the USA.
Part 1: [...]

Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs - STAND 2011 set list

(Here’s a recap of the service and the songs we chose over the past weekends at Howick Baptist Church. You can find links to the set lists of this church and many other churches each week at theworshipcommunity.com. You can also read through previous HBC service recaps here.)

I’ve spent the past weekend being involved in leading the music [...]

Miscellaneous updates on life

Just a quick update on our life:

- We’re moving house in less than a week: no white picket fence (it’s brown) but still a massive blessing from God to be able to call a place our home!
- Marriage is still fun and so awesome. So glad to be with Cheryl for however long we get [...]

HBC service recaps: 22 and 29 May 2011

(Here’s a recap of the service and the songs we chose over the past weekends at Howick Baptist Church. You can find links to the set lists of this church and many other churches each week at theworshipcommunity.com. You can also read through previous HBC service recaps here.)

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Order of Service AM (22 May 2011)

(leader: Craig [...]

HBC service recaps: 1-15 May 2011

(Here’s a recap of the service and the songs we chose over the past weekends at Howick Baptist Church. You can find links to the set lists of this church and many other churches each week at theworshipcommunity.com. You can also read through previous HBC service recaps here.)

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Order of Service AM (1 May 2011)

(leader: Joe [...]

On improving your web browsing productivity

Here’s a stat I read recently: one-third of women between 18-34 years of age check Facebook when they first wake up (before even getting up for the bathroom). I cringe because I find myself doing the same thing often. And then when I eventually get to my computer, I would be loathe to count how [...]

A word about Powerpoint in church

Here’s a thought-provoking quote from Tim Challies’s book “The Next Story”:

“It is usually only after a new technology is invented that we use our creativity and ingenuity to find ways of integrating it into our lives. This exacerbates its unintended consequences. If a technology was created specifically for business application and we adapt it to [...]

Why people sing in church

Thought I’d share a quote from a conversation between DA Carson and Tony Payne. Here, Carson suggests what he’d say during a church gathering/service to explain why there’s singing.

“Historically Christians are a singing people because we have so much to sing about. In this church, we sing songs from centuries past, and songs that have been [...]