A Busy Week Musically

Last Sunday I had the opportunity to lead worship for a small church in Auburn, Ca.  The church leaders decided that every summer they would give their worship leaders the time off to rest and actually have a sabbath.  Replacing those leaders they bring in a new guest group every Sunday.  The entire congregation was excited to have us there and hopefully they had a great time of worship.  As a side note, one of the pastors was from England and sounded very much like Turkish from Snatch.  The deal was sealed when he said, “boxer.”

On Monday, with the same group from Sunday, I lead worship for The Gathering Inn, a homeless ministry that provides homeless people with dinner and a place to sleep.  Churches in the area partner with The Gathering Inn and provide the organization with funds to keep the operation going as well as once a month they host the homeless shelter.  It is a great way for a Churches to come together and provide for the homeless in the area.  Along with dinner and a bed the people are led in a time of worship, given a brief devotional, watch movies, receive gift cards, plus whatever else the church wishes to provide.  These people are truly appreciative that we came and gave of our time to lead this in a time of worship.  Some people I could tell truly loved the Lord and it was a blessing to be there with them.

I will also be on the worship team at Bridgeway Christian Church this weekend which meant practice last night (Thursday), Saturday service, and Sunday service.  It is a large time commitment but I know it is more of a commitment from Colette than me.  I love this opportunity and would do it every week.  I am especially excited about this week as I am playing with a small group (five) of guys who are extremely gifted and all around awesome.  Five may not seem small but the team consists of Lead guitar/vocals, 2 percussionist, bass, and electric guitar/keys/vocals.  Musically it will be awesome, hopefully the worship will be just as good.

And Lastly, tonight (friday) I am going to see Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips and The Music Room.  There will be a post about this later because I think it is awesome what my friends are doing.  All three groups/artists are amazing and this show promises to be a great time.