W3 CHIC night!

July 26, 2008 at 10:52 pm (Events)

Need some GAL TIME?  Need a few laughs ….a hug from an old friend….or want to make a New friend?

We’d like to invite you ….and your girl friends….
to join us for DINNER AND A MOVIE ON THURSDAY, JULY 31!
Sound great?  Then, here’s what you need to do….
1) Check with your girlfriends and see if they want to come along…. (I emailed a bunch of Crossroads gals…but don’t know EVERYONE for goodness sake!!)    (And hey, if you know they can’t afford this….consider giving them the gift of this Chic night! )
2) RSVP to my email by July 29th so I know about how many are coming….   mtown@frontiernet.net
3) Put it on the family calendar…Get a babysitter if needed…then pick up your girl friends and laugh all the way to or thru Adrian…  (or turn up the music and sing!)
4) Drive by the Adrian Theater and buy your tickets for the 7 pm showing of Mama Mia! (we wouldn’t want them to be sold out before we all get a seat!)
5a) Come to dinner about 5:30ish…..Just down from the Theater is a little strip mall (on the same side of the road as the theater) where you’ll find Randy’s BBQ. (This is NO time to decide to fast!)  They have awesome BBQ with all the fixins’…and they DO have salad if you must….
5b) If you can’t get there in time to eat, just meet us at the movie!   You can always eat Popcorn for dinner!  ha!
Looking forward to the 31st!!
Your Dancin Queens—- (we can all dream, right?!! )

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Honest Worship

July 13, 2008 at 10:53 pm (Uncategorized) ()

Last week we watched Session one from the Beth Moore Study:Stepping Up, the Psalms of Ascent. It touched on the role of music in worship. About the song our lives sing to the ones we rub elbows with day in, day out.  Are we moved by the music, but does it end there?  How does it become true worship?

Beth spends a good chunk of time reading an excerpt from her book “Get Out of that Pit”, relating a story about a night at the Kennedy Center, taking in a symphony. She decsribed with her characteristic humor how she became Cinderella at the ball–she dressed up, was moved by her surroundings, the music and the atmosphere and enthusiastically took on the role as a patron of the arts for an unforgettable evening.  Once back in her room in her jammies, her old self returned. 

Her point?  To challenge us to think about our own worship experiences; If we are ONLY moved by the music to an emotional experience, but our hearts, our minds and feet are not moved to obedience in response to our encounter with God, it is NOT true worship.  The Psalms, Beth says in this video, are God’s compilation CD to US. 

Have you ever read through them?  They run the gamut in range of human emotions expressed–from fear, to praise, to depression, to anger;  just read through a few and jot down the range of emotions expressed there.  All of the Bible is the inspired Word of God.    Psalm 142 invites us to pour out our complaints and emotions to God.  God knows our hearts. If we are not honest with Him, telling Him only the things we think He wants us to say, it keeps us from moving closer to Him.  We are dressing up for the symphony, but turning back into pumpkins when back in real life.

 During our discussion we touched on the question “how can expressing these emotions become avenues of worship?”   Could pouring out our honest emotions to Him help us?  If obedience is the desired response, how can recognizing and expressing our true feelings and emotions help move us to a response of obedience?   Once we recognize and express them, what is the next step we need to take?   Share your thoughts and post a comment.  Deb

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