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This Sunday is July 5.  As Worship Leaders, we often struggle with how to manage this holiday in our corporate worship services.

Do you sing a patriotic song?  What’s the balance between recognizing the birthday of our nation’s independence, yet at the same time, maximizing the limited amount of time we have in our corporate gatherings to sing praises to Christ?

How about you?
Do you sing patriotic songs in church – especially on the weekend around July 4?
Why or Why Not?
If you do, how do they fit into the flow of your service?  Which songs do you use?

Let the discussion begin.

Hey Gang,

Today’s “Monday Muse” has to do with “Twitter”.  At this point, I don’t feel like I need to explain what Twitter.Com is all about – you’ve already heard it everywhere.  (By the way, if you aren’t following my tweets, now is a good time to start!  @fmckinnon from me, @theworshipcomm for TheWorshipCommunity.Com and @ebusinessonline for the E-BusinessOnline.Com forum)

My question is this:

“What is your Twitter Follow Strategy”?

Do you follow everyone who follows you?
Do you only follow a select few people?
If you don’t follow everyone, how do you determine who you DO follow?

I’ve been on the “auto-follow” everyone but I have to confess, I’m seriously reconsidering this strategy.  Although I’ve found some cool people in my timeline talking about worship and leadership, I’ve also found “followers” who had obsene profiles, pornographic material, and other junk that I could care less about.  Not to mention I don’t like getting their “thanks for following me, check my site for the best deals on mortgage loans” direct messages.

So, what’s your strategy?

Hey Everybody,

Welcome to the 49th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists” – the blog carnival where we share our worship service recaps with one another.

For more details on the “Sunday Setlists” program, click here.
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Here’s a recap on how to participate: Read more »

Hey Everyone,

So – I’ll still give you a “Fitness Friday” update (part of Bryan Patrick’s Fitness Fridays blog carnival) …. but I’m bringing back FreePlay Friday today as well!

Fitness Friday:
I renewed my commitment to our “Island Regimen” program here with Eric Taylor.  We just completed Week 1 of a new, 12-week session.  It’s harder because it’s nearly 85-90 degrees and 100% humidity, even though it’s only 6:00 AM.  I find it harder Read more »

Dear God,

I know I have a seat forever, at Your table.

But …

I don’t know Your Presence as I once did.

Do you ever feel that way?