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You know it’s a fun Sunday when you get to play the theme music from “Angry Birds”, right?  Read on!

This is a recap of our worship service at SSCC for Sunday, April 17, 2011.  I’m posting this recap as a part of the “Sunday Setlists” event hosted by TheWorshipCommunity.Com.

Yesterday we had our “Church in the Park” service in Neptune Park by the ocean on St. Simons Island, GA.  We could not have asked for a more beautiful day.  There is something incredible about worshiping outdoors with a backdrop of the ocean, sailboats, majestic live oaks, and easily somewhere between 1500-2000 people on blankets, in chairs, and even in trees!

Our Setlist:

1.  G-Blues (the band just played some jazz for about 5 minutes to get things started)
2.  “Our God”
3.  “Hosanna” (Baloche/Brown)
4.  “No Other Name” (Todd Fields)

Announcements/Welcome
It was during this time that we unveiled our new SSCC T-Shirts.  We had one of those huge balloon launchers and decided to launch some rolled up T-Shirts into the crowd as giveaways.  What better music to play than the “Angry Birds” theme music.  I switched to marimba on my Yamaha S80 and had the band vamp on Em.  It was hilarious and I was pleased that so many people instantly recognized the tune.

5.  “Alive Again” (Matt Maher)
6.  “Mighty To Save”
7.  “You Are Everything” (Matthew West – special)

Closer:
8.  “How Great is Our God”

We wanted to do songs that were easy to sing and very familiar.  We did have the lyrics printed in our single-sheet bulletin but hoped most people would connect to these tunes.  Our tech team did an awesome job working with Stage Front, the company from Savannah that was hired to provide our outdoor sound system.

The best part of “Church in the Park”?  All the picnic foods, ball-throwing, and fellowship afterwards!

A huge thanks to my good friend McKendree Augustas for sharing this loop with me and giving me permission to share it with you.  Make sure and stop by his site and checkout his awesome music.

Song:   Christ Is Risen
Key:  F

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Track:  Right

*note:  this loop will fade in slowly prior to click starting.  You won’t start hearing the intro/click until around 12 seconds in.  That is by design, so don’t freak out!

Enjoy!

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Today I am going to confess.  Today I am going to be vulnerable.  What I have to say may come as no shock at all or it may surprise you a bit.

But first, a bit of the back story.

Shortly after attending the re:create conference this past February I published this post entitled “Woe Is Me“.  Even in this post, I came short of telling the whole story.

I almost revealed on a post by my friend Mandy Thompson in her comments …

But, when my friend and mentor Randy Elrod posed the question, “what one word describes you”, one word jumped to the forefront.  I was too afraid to write it down.  What if someone sees it?

Over the past month I’ve seen story after story – blog after blog – post after post … all sounding the same theme – a need for true, authentic community.

Chris talked about it here.
Randy had a  post about it here and here.
Michael nailed me here and here.

Because, believe it or not … the one word that shouted in my inner-being was:

LONELY.  I – am – lonely.

Phew.  There.  I said it.  (rather, I typed it).

How can I even say this?  I’ve got an awesome wife.  I have four wonderful kids.  I work at an incredible church and truly enjoy the fellowship and company of my co-workers.

Yet … at the end of the day, outside of my relationship with my wife … I can’t say that I’m sure I’ve got those deep, firm relationships that weather the storms.

We live in a season of life where we have tons of friend-acquaintances … from the families we hang with at the ball fields to friends from church.  But not the kind of relationships where you intentionally, frequently, sit and share life on a deeper, more intimate level.

Granted, I’ve got a few buddies on IM/Twitter who probably know more about what’s in my heart than ANYONE who lives here.  And there is huge value in that.  But I am ready to invest in a connection where I can truly be myself – be real, and be that for someone back.  And I’d go so far to say it’s not for lack of trying – I’ve definitely reached out, several times, trying to build those relationships that have potential to be the real David/Jonathan … but either life is too busy or perhaps my personality is too freaking strong.  I have to ask the hard questions – what in my personality and persona would cause someone to want to walk the other way, to shy away from a close bond, or to be pushed away?

I don’t share this for sympathy.  I share it because it needs to be said.  I share it because it’s a public confession and the first step in my resolve to proactively build a better, deeper community.  I share it because I suspect someone else feels the same way.

So yes – I’m a guy who is a known “gatherer”.  I’m on stage in front of 1500+ people every week.  I have a blog that reaches thousands and I can always generate a discussion through social media.  I have a big group of Twitter and Facebook followers.

Yet, I’m lonely.

Prepare to be inspired, friends.  If only our hunger for God’s Word here in America was like this!

The Kimyal People of Papua, Indonesia, celebrate the arrival of the New Testament in their own language.

For more information about this ministry and other versions of this video contact Dianne Becker of World Team at dbecker@semo.net

So you’ve just come home from vacation (like us) and you’re ready to import all of your photos and videos from your Motorola Droid or DroidX into your Mac’s iPhoto application.  Unlike plugging in an iPhone, it’s not necessarily that simple.

Prior to December 2010 it seemed you could just plug in the phone and it would do everything you’d expect.  It seems like some operating system update changed this in late 2010, based on discussions in the Android forums.

In case you haven’t figured it out – here’s the short and simple way to make this happen.
(click the image for a larger view)

1. Make sure your DroidX USB settings are set to “USB Mass Storage”.
2. Plugin your DroidX to your Mac via the USB cable.  (this SHOULD mount the device on your desktop and may actually launch iPhoto automatically.  (My phone mounts as “NO NAME”.)
3. If iPhoto did not launch automatically, launch it to open the application.
4. In iPhoto, go to “Import to Library” which brings up a file selection box.
5. Your photos are stored on your data card.  Navigate to the following directory on your phone:
   /dcim/Camera/
6. You should see your timestamped photos and videos in this folder.  Simply click the “Import” button to begin.

That should do it!  Try it and let me know if it worked for you.