Hello Everyone!

I’m bringing back “FreePlay Friday” – I’m still going strong on the “Fitness” area, but miss the casual Friday where we talk about anything.  Lots is happening, so check it out:

1. Start getting ready for the big ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival on Sunday, Aug 2.  We will have prizes.  Oh yeah.
2. I’m headed out to the National Worship Leader Conference in Kansas City next week.  Will be live blogging and tweeting for the conference and teaching the “Worship + Web 2.0″ class, as well as being on a discussion panel for the “New Media Maze:  Worship and the Mobile Church” sessions.
3. Please keep praying for Kate McRae.

Lastly, I posted this to my Twitter and FaceBook friends:

"B'fast with family at Sweet Mamas, and heard John Denver's "Country Roads" on the way home. It's gonna be a gr8 day!"

It made me think of all the fun songs I heard growing up.  I grew up in a musical family and was exposed to some great music.  Not many people my age would consider these songs and artists to be great.  I’m definitely in the minority.  But that’s because I grew up with these songs.  I sung these songs as an 8-year old.  They mean something to me.

Songs like:
“Thank God I’m a Country Boy” (John Denver)
“The Ring of Fire” (Johnny Cash)
“Sweet Caroline” (Neil Diamond)
“Country Roads” (John Denver)
“Song Sung Blue” (Neil Diamond)
“Eating Goober Peas” (Kingston Trio)
“Gentle on My Mind” (Merle Haggard)
“Jail House Rock” (Elvis)

etc etc.

So for our weekend discussion – tell me about special songs, events, memories, those things that are down inside you deep – the reservoir … recall some of those memories … and share them this weekend!

(this FreePlay Friday logo designed by Russ Hutto)

Hey everybody,

IT’s FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

During my time of mentoring this week with Randy Elrod, this simple question kept coming up … and I realized, it’s not necessarily the easiest question to answer.

So I ask you,

“what gets you up in the morning”?

(and no, I don’t mean your alarm clock).

Passion – Drive – Purpose?

FreePlay Friday Logo for FredMcKinnon.Com by RussHutto.Com

Hey Gang – it’s FRIDAY!  Let me hear it now, let me hear it now, it’s FRIDAY!
This is “Freeplay Friday” – I typically use this day to bypass the normal conversations on worship, church, leadership, etc., and just talk about family, life, or whatever comes to mind.

We’re taking some time together as a family for Spring Break.  I’m taking the two older boys (Jon Michael and Will) to see the Atlanta Braves play the Detroit Tigers tonight … I can’t wait.  We’ve got some incredible seats over the Braves’ dugout on the 1st baseline.  (Thank you God, for American Express Membership Rewards points).

For today’s FreePlay Friday I thought I’d share a video that was forwarded to me from my pastor (who now joined twitter @dysscc!) … so enjoy!

Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

So what’s your WEEKEND look like?  How many of you are starting Spring Break?

Hey Everyone -

Can you say “It’s Friday”!?????   Woo-Hoo!  FreePlay Friday is a fun day for me and you – we talk about whatever we want here on Friday, and break the routine of discussions on faith, church, worship, worship leadership, music, etc.

The last few days of this week have been me sneezing, itching, coughing, dripping, blowing (ok, I’ll stop).  Spring time and pollen counts seem higher than ever before.  The normal cocktail of allergy meds for me aren’t doing it this week.  NyQuil was my friend last night.

Here Goes the Randomness

• I can hardly type, I’m bobbing my head so hard … side-to-side … rock … back and forth … that’s because I’m listening to the brand new Israel Houghton CD, “The Power of One“.  Holy smokes.  Groove galore.
• Rebekah’s birthday is this weekend.  Family coming to town, “Marriage Live Beach Bash” tonight at church, soccer games in the AM on Jekyll Island, and then Bekah’s birthday party.  Hope it doesn’t rain.
• Twitter … it’s definitely here to stay for a while folks.  I’m taking over social media and networking “officially” for our church . We already have a twitter account for the church @sscc … but just got a new one going for our missions team in Kenya @sscckenya.  Way cool, they are sending live twitter updates “from the field” in Kenya.
• FREE GIVEAWAY:
  March is almost over, which means it’s time to have the monthly FREE GIVEAWAY drawing over at HighestPraise.Com.  This month’s freebie is Lincoln Brewster’s “Today is the Day” CD and WorshipToolBox resource (DVD with instructional videos, chord charts, lyrics, sheet music, etc).  All you have to do is signup for the E-News from HighestPraise.Com.  You can expect maybe 3-5 emails per month, usually announcements about worship-related resources and new songs from HPP and some of our friends.

Wassup for your weekend?  Back to the Twitter thing … do you use it?  Does your church?  How is your church, ministry, or business using Twitter or other social media?

BRING IT ON.

Hey Gang,

It’s “FreePlay Friday”.  This is the day when I break away from worship leadership, church ministry, etc., and make it “free” – I can talk about life, family, politics, fishing, playing, or whatever … and so can you.

So today … I have nothing really to share!

(how pathetic is that!)

Seriously, I’m not much in the mood to “blog” about anything today.  So, feel free to share your thoughts.  I’ll be back Sunday for “Sunday Setlists” … probably.