The Christmas Music Of Mannheim Steamroller – OCPAC

Video Intro/Announcement by Chip Davis saying due to recent neck surgery he can’t play for a while (and in which he stomps fake snow off of his pristine white sneakers) Act 1: Hallelujah Band Introductions by Ron Cooley Feliz Navidad Deck The Halls We Three Kings Catching Snowflakes On Your Tongue Messengers Of Christmas Away In A Manager Faeries Good King Wenceslas White Christmas Act 2 – This is where the fun really started – the video screen stayed lowered and they played a Renaissance Christmas feast on the upper portion while you could see the band through the bottom half of the scrim: Gagliarda In Dulci Jublio Wassail, Wassail (which is a hot mulled cider) Carol Of The Birds (projected images of large flocks of birds) I Saw Three Ships Video cast member shouts out, “Hey Chip! How about something we can dance to?!” God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (You are holy) Jon Genesis 21:1-7 Key – 6 Made her laughter something redemptive Gen 12 bless nations of the world Messiah will fix it all God gives a promise, but not a deadline Life keeps ticking away Abe hits 100 Gen 17:17 – God reassures him and Abe is incredulous Scoffing laughter, sarcasm Sarah hears, Gen 18:12, and is sarchastic Lost belief in supernatural God As we get older, faith gets harder Intellectually skeptical Afraid to hope – males us vulnerable…don’t want to get hurt… We love control, we hate disappointment Afraid of boredom…don’t want to wait Start to close our hearts…get jaded Laughter of addiction and fixation Gen 21:8-10 Celebrations full of laughter Cast out Hagar and son, they can’t laugh Ishmael laughing AT Isaac? Laughter turns to anger Something wrong with this laughter…displaces God from the throne of our hearts, fromour center If anything disappoints us, … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Children’s Program I want to know the true meaning of Christmas! Me too! We’re too busy! This year in children’s ministry: the Messiah David v. Goliath Isaiah Winter: the Beattitudes Easter: washing the disciples feet Walk to Ammaus The early church Summer: memorize the books of the Bible Presentation by John Mullens: board representative Prayer for the staff (Jon, Lori, Paul, Matt) Christmas Eve – communion service only