No Words

Here's the new commercial for the Stanley Cup Finals. Awesome. Also great to see Ray Bourque in there after winning with Colorado.

New Arcade Fire single

I'm not the biggest Arcade Fire fan, but I do like them, and certainly like them more when I'm in certain moods.

Here is the new single, I really really like it! (And the spinning record thing is awesome)

Song List - May 23, 2010

O Worship The King - Chris Tomlin version
Shine In Me - Caleb Clements
Awakening - Chris Tomlin and Reuben Morgan
Everything - Tim Hughes
You Hold Me Now - Hillsong United

Teacher Appreciation Sunday

Here is the video I put together using two different videos (and some editing of words) for our Teacher Appreciation Sunday we had this past Sunday.

Teacher Appreciation Sunday Video from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Swagger Wagon

I love this video - still have never owned a mini-van, but I have driven one and like them! But since we're a family of three, I don't see us ever getting one. But if we do, I'll be rapping away like this family.

How Great Is Our God done with iPhones

I thought this video was absolutely amazing. Using technology to create art is cool.

Law Enforcement Recognition Sunday videos

Here are two videos I put together for the Law Enforcement Recognition we did this past Sunday. I hope that the officers were touched by the videos, the words of appreciation and the prayer at the end for them.

Law Enforcement Recognition Sunday Video #1 from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Law Enforcement Recognition Sunday Video #2 from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Song List - May 16, 2010

Sing Sing Sing - Chris Tomlin (I got to play electric guitar, hooray!)
Love The Lord - Lincoln Brewster
You Alone - David Crowder Band
Lead Me To The Cross - Brooke Fraser

I also led the classic service, and we did:

Come Now Is The Time To Worship
Be Thou My Vision
Fairest Lord Jesus
Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King
It Is Well (new version)
Joyous Light
I Stand Amazed

2010 VBS Promo Video

It was fun putting this promo video together! (And certainly not as time-intensive as last year's video!)

2010 MCC VBS Promo Video from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

The Greatest Leadership Lesson

The greatest leadership lesson is not learned from a book.

It's not learned from an instructional video.

It's not learned from a peer.

It's not learned by watching TED videos.

It's not learned by sitting at John Maxwell's feet.







It's learned from a shirtless dancing doofus.

Mother's Day Videos

For Mother's Day at MCC, we showed a video that was broken down into three sections. It was neat to hear messages to moms not only from kids, but also from adults.

In case you missed them, here they are:

Mother's Day Video #1 from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Mother's Day Video #2 from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Mothers' Day Video #3 from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Song List - May 9, 2010

I Am Free - Desperation Band
All We Need - Charlie Hall
Hallelujah (Your Love Is Amazing) - Brenton Brown
I Will Sing - Matt Boswell
Only You - David Crowder Band

Help For Haiti

Next Saturday, Miamisburg Christian Church is hosting a Haiti Relief Tour. This is a community event to bag food for Haiti. Invite your family, your friends, neighbors to work a two-hour shift bagging nutritious meals to help hurting people. The cost per person is $40 which pays for all the food, shipping it to Haiti and a cool t-shirt!

You can register by going here. For more details, contact the church office or see our website.

Help For Haiti Video from Miamisburg Christian Church on Vimeo.

Contemporvant

The below video is so awesome, I'm still laughing at it. Unfortunately, it's also true for a lot of churches. It reminds me of the foundation graphics that I posted in my blog a few years ago about how most churches focus on Sunday morning so much that it becomes the foundation of their church and everything that happens during the week is geared towards the Sunday morning services. If that's our focus, if that's our foundation, then the video is basically what happens. Sunday morning becomes a well-designed show that is all about having people come to church on Sunday morning.

However, if our focus is on the mission that God has called us to, then Sunday morning is important, but it's not the most important thing.

So check out the video - you'll laugh, probably painfully, because you know it's true.

(I've also included the graphics from my past post.)

"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

The Prayer of St. Fursey

The arms of God be around my shoulders,
The touch of the Holy Spirit upon my head,
The sign of Christ's cross upon my forehead,
The sound of the Holy Spirit in my ears,
The fragrance of the Holy Spirit in my nostrils,
The vision of heaven's company in my eyes,
The conversation of heaven's company on my lips,
The work of God's church in my hands,
The service of God and the neighbor in my feet,
A home for God in my heart,
And to God, the father of all, my entire being.
Amen.

Song List - May 2, 2010

Song Of Hope - Robbie Seay Band
Salvation Is Here - Hillsong United
Glory To God Forever - Steve Fee
Jesus Lord Of Heaven - Phil Wickham
Only You - David Crowder Band