e.worship.ok (2.0) August 2007 Worship and Music Ministry
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
B. Keith Haygood Jana VanderTook
Worship & Music Ministry Specialist Worship & Music Ministry Assistant
(405) 942-3800 ext. 4647 (405) 942-3800 ext. 4644 khaygood@bgco.orgjvandertook@bgco.org
Welcome to e.worship.ok. This monthly e-newsletter contains updates and information regarding Worship Ministry in Oklahoma and across the SBC. It is our desire to equip you in your ministry at the local church and associational level. Please feel free to call or email us if we can be of service.
A Word from Keith Haygood It’s that time again! Everywhere you look you see advertisements for Back to School sales. Educators are getting geared up and students are enjoying their last few days of summer break. Very soon, moms and dads will be sending their little boys and girls to kindergarten for the first time. Others will be helping their young men and women move into a college dorm for the first time. Whatever the case, this is busy time of transition for many families. I remember how I wanted to soak up every moment of time I could spend with my children before we sent them off to college. Time is a very valuable and irreplaceable commodity.
For all of us in music ministry, it is easy to look at our fall schedules and become overwhelmed. With music ministry enrollment days, children’s and youth choir kick-offs, choir retreats and preparation for holiday music, and we can all get more than a little stressed. How you deal with that stress is very important and will affect the way you minister to your family and your church. In this fast-paced, ever-changing ministry that we carry out be sure and take time to seek God. Giving up time alone with God will not give you more time for your schedule. It will only serve to make your schedule the focal point of what you do, rather than making the glory of God your goal. And when our eyes are taken off our Savior everything else we do is in vain.
Finally, take time to enjoy family. God’s design is that our families be a priority, just below our relationship with Him. Don’t find yourself so busy doing “church work” that you fail to do the “work of the church” and serve God and your family with all that you have.
As we approach this busy time of year, take inventory of your priorities and put them all in the right place!
Upcoming Worship & Music Happenings in a Nutshell: August 17, 18 Oklahoma Baptist Symphony Recording Retreat, OKC, Graceway September 6 Singing Churchmen BAND Retreat, OKC, Quail Springs September 9 Oklahoma Baptist Symphony Concert, OKC, Village September 10, 11 Singing Churchmen Retreat, OBU, Shawnee September 21, 22 Singing ChurchWomen Retreat, OBU, Shawnee Recommended Reading for Worship Leaders In Every Day Deserves a Chance, MaxLucado takes stories from the Bible that give us Jesus’ delightful formula for changing even your very worst days to blue ribbon status: Saturate your day in Jesus’ grace; entrust your day to His oversight; accept His direction. Grace. Oversight. Direction. G-O-D. It’s the perfect prescription for upgrading your day from shame-filled, anxious and purposeless to a day filled with grace and divine power. He concludes each chapter with a reflection on Scripture, and there’s a study guide for individuals and groups.
Oklahoma Baptist All-State Utah 2008 We are now planning the Oklahoma Baptist All-State 2008 tour to Utah. Oklahoma’s finest young people will be working with Southern Baptist associations and congregations to tell the story of Jesus. We will soon be wrapping up all audition opportunities, so please contact the Worship & Music Ministry office as soon as possible to arrange an instrumental or vocal audition.
Audition Opportunities:
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Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma concerts – check website for locations, auditions can be heard from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the concert location
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Make an appointment to audition at the Baptist Building in Oklahoma City. Contact Jana in the Worship & Music Ministry office at jvandertook@bgco.org
for more information.
Smaller In Attendance Churches and Bi-vocational Ministers of Music Recently updated with more music for your choirs! Go to
www.bgco.org
, click on “Resources” then “Worship & Music.” Check out our growing list of orders of worship, articles/devotions, worship planning helps, music and more… and the best part? IT’S ALL FREE!!! Click on the following link for a sample recording of music that is available: http://ds.bgco.org/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-264
On the website NOW:
Suddenly, A Song!
This is the second installment of our seasonal musicals designed for bi-vocational and smaller in attendance churches. Suddenly, A Song! will touch your people in a very personal way as they look at the story of Christ’s birth through the eyes of Mary, the Shepherds, Simeon, and Zechariah. This musical, premiered and released at Church Music Oklahoma – Worship & Arts Expo, is available free of charge at www.bgco.org
. Included in the package is all print music, dramatic monologues, demo recording and accompaniment tracks.
Artists’ Corner: Ryland Russell – Oklahoma recording artist and worship leader – www.rylandrussell.com Forgiven The Southern Gospel Quartet - email: mark.green@forgiven-quartet.com
or www.forgiven-quartet.com Three Nail Turnaround - SSG Wilson, Jeremie; Cell: 580-512-0956
R & K Players -revkellyanderson@yahoo.com Brad and Mary Kay Henderson - brad@hendersongs.com Juniper - www.juniperworship.com Matt Schinske - www.mkprostudio.com Jim Faull – www.jimfaull.com Patti Drennan (Norman) – A vocal solo CD written, arranged and performed by Patti Drennan, entitled "A Shelter in the Time of Storm" will be available for shipping on August 18th. Recorded in Orlando, Florida with Joseph Martin as producer, this CD includes several duets and background vocals by Patti's daughter, Emily. You may go to www.pattidrennan.com
to hear sound clips, listen to other songs in her catalog, or purchase CD's.
Links www.jimfaull.com
– Check out this great resource for the worship leader: The Worship Planner is a vast resource that will save you valuable time in your worship planning. Also available: Music Made Easy – Teach your choir how to read music AND The Modulator – Great key changes in even the most difficult intervals! www.bgco.org
– Online resources available for your church www.benjaminharlan.com
– Online resources for congregational singing www.greatworshipsongs.com
– Downloadable arrangements for a nominal fee. www.g3worship.com
– Worship resources for your church www.multisensoryworship.com www.lifewaystores.com www.lifeway.com www.hendersongs.com
– Great worship music for your church www.sermonspice.com
– Downloadable videos for worship at a nominal fee www.praisecharts.com
– Downloadable music and charts for worship ministry www.christianitytoday.com
– Your site for training church leaders www.youthcue.com
– Information on building and maintaining a strong youth choir ministry www.crosswalk.com
– Online Bible study helps www.heartstogod.com
– Praise and Worship network with hundreds of helps for worship leaders www.hymncharts.com
– Blend hymns and praise songs seamlessly by downloading sheet music www.worshipflow.com
– Learn how to make your worship flow smoothly www.worshiptogether.com
– “Worship resources for your generation” www.sbbma.org
– Southern Baptist Bivocational Ministers Association www.forgiven-quartet.com
– Southern gospel quartet www.worshiptoday.com
– “Worship resources for your church”
