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2009 is here!!!

2009-01-18T12:18:00.000-08:00

Well, the new year is upon us! In fact, we're already more than HALFWAY through the first month! Time flies!

We had a great VisionCasting meeting last Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come. We'll be emailing everyone a copy of the Participant Requirements and Platform Ministry Covenant just for your reference.

Things to be looking for in 2009-

More involvement from individual CW members in various aspects of ministry
A higher standard of excellence in everything that is done
Greater individual responsibility to encourage worship in service
Responsibility of CW staff to assist me in enhancing the running of our worship ministry and services

I'm really excited about what God is going to do this year! Be prepared! We want to be ready for what God has in store for us...

God bless!
Richie Allen
CoreWorship Pastor

Should Christians Honor Barack Obama?

2008-11-08T21:35:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I'm not really happy about the election results. I'm sure there are a few of you who feel the same way... BUT I've been trying to figure out how I should approach this in my own mind... How do I deal with this and what stance should I take as a Christian?

I just finished reading an article that has a lot of good thoughts in it. I'm not 100% sure I agree with everything, but it does seem like a balanced way of looking at things. So I thought I'd share it with you, dear choir. :)

DISCLAIMER------ This was not written by me and there are some terms/statements I might not use when addressing you as a group. Please don't allow these statements to offend you. Take this as it is... something I read that rang true to me. If you're offended by any of the language in this article (there are no curse words, but a few slang terms), please forgive me.

NOW, I hope you find this article as enjoyable and informational to read as I did.

God bless!

Richie Allen

Read the article HERE.

So I'm not telling you who to vote for, but...

2008-10-31T00:59:00.000-07:00

Next Tuesday is the day we vote for the next President/Vice President of the United States of America. We've got quite a heavy responsibility on our shoulders. We're blessed to live in a land where we have the freedom to vote for who we want to lead our country.

We also have the freedom NOT to vote. But before you decide not to go to the polls on election day, remember the sacrifices of our veterans and those who lost their lives in protecting our freedoms. I personally think it's a travesty if we don't exercise our God-given, military-blood-bought right to vote.

Oh, and take a look at this video. Remember, I'm not telling you who to vote for, but I found this to be particularly moving...

We need to move a little more in service...

2008-09-21T21:06:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gentlemen-

I've decided that we're not really moving with the music as well as I think we should. We all know the importance of using our whole bodies when singing to really connect to the audience.

Here's a perfect example of what we need to strive for.

EDIT: They took it off of YouTube, so I'm attempting to upload it from my own server.

Here's a link to it...

Video

(Now if you don't understand my humor and think I'm being serious, you need your head examined! :) In all reality, I feel like this is disturbing on some deep level. But that's just me...)

New song for Friend Day...

2008-09-19T14:37:00.000-07:00

I would like to introduce you to a new song we're going to do for Friend Day on September 28. It's called "Jesus Is My Friend". Hope you like it!

New choir member...

2008-07-27T21:06:00.000-07:00

I want to introduce all of you to our newest choir member. His name is John Daker and he's amazingly talented. Great to have a new tenor with us.

Here's his audition, just so you all can see what a great talent he has.

Week of Anointing preparations

2008-07-14T00:16:00.000-07:00

It's time to start preparing for Week of Anointing Accelerate 2008! I'm really excited about the conference this year. It's going to be powerful!

The songs are going to be a lot of fun and really not too difficult. Start listening to them now, so you can be comfortable in rehearsal.

Tentative schedule of songs for the next couple of weeks....

Tuesday, July 22
Open Up The Sky
That's Who You Are
Watch Me Praise Him

Tuesday, July 29
Bless the Lord
I Give You Worship
Magnify

LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN!!!!

Love y'all!

Richie

Some absolutely GREAT pictures from Steven Myers...

2008-02-18T13:48:00.000-08:00

Here are some AWESOME galleries of pics that our resident GENIUS PHOTOGRAPHER, Steven Myers, has posted online for us. They are all downloadable and if you had a solo or were in the choir or frontline (or a musician) during these events, it's very likely that there are some good ones of you in one of the galleries, especially the WOA 07 or Christmas 07 galleries.

Check 'em out!

http://gallery.mac.com/stevenmyersphoto#100141&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=136

Site updated for January and February

2008-01-11T23:29:00.000-08:00

The site has been updated with the new songs for the next few months. Be sure to listen as much as possible to make the songs easy in rehearsal.

Looking forward to this coming year! This will be a year of growth and excitement! We're blessed to be a part of this church and blessed to work with all of you.

God bless!
Richie

A Timeless Christmas program...

2007-11-20T02:02:00.000-08:00

Hey, folks!

Just a quick overview of what we're doing for the program this year. By the way, it's December 9 @ 6pm.

Here's the rough order of the entire deal, just FYI.

Trip Harlowe, P.I. Sketch - Scene 1

"Dream Scene" Radio Show
Mele Kalikimaka - "Gordon Sisters" (Natalie)
White Christmas- "Gordon Sisters" (Jennifer)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow - "Kerry Pomo" (William)

Trip Harlowe, P.I. Sketch - Scene 2

KIDS/CHARLIE BROWN VIDEO

Heaven Came Down - Jeremy
Heaven - Angela, Judy, Donna
First Noel/Mary Had a Baby - Hevyn/Interpretive sign team
Shine On - JR & small group
Go Tell - Small group
Nutcracker Suite - Musicians

Choir Set
Still the Lamb - Larry (narration)/Hevyn and Natalie
You Came - Blair and Judy (1st chorus duet only)
A Savior is Born Medley - Hayley and John

Pastor's Comments

Timeless Christmas - Richie and Brittney

That's about how it's looking right now. If anything changes, I will post it and email you, as well.

Be sure to listen to your part tracks A LOT!!! :) We need everything to go smoothly again this Christmas.

Love all of you!

Richie

And the winner is...

2007-11-05T22:44:00.000-08:00

I'm a week or two behind here, but I wanted to make sure everyone knows who took the PRIZE!

And the winner is....

CLIFTON BROWN!!!!

Cliff sold 45 CDs to win the prize. He chose the $200 cash to put toward a brand new iPhone.

Congratulations, Cliff! We're really happy for you.

Thanks to EVERYONE who helped to sell these CDs. We're doing well with sales. KEEP SELLING EVEN THOUGH THE PROMOTION IS OVER! Thanks for all your hard work!

Richie

A friendly competition...

2007-09-06T16:45:00.000-07:00

Okay, folks...

First of all, let me tell you a small fact about myself that some of you already know. I'm a technology GEEK! I try to keep up with EVERYTHING Apple releases (that's a computer company, if you don't know). I hate PCs and love Macs... Sorry! :) That's just the way I am. It's how I roll. (Can you tell I'm in a weird mood?)

Apple just released (yesterday) a brand new version of their iPod Nano. It has a new full-color screen and plays music AND videos. Holds over 2,000 songs (including all your part tracks, I'm sure... HA!!) I've attached a picture of one of them to this email. You can also check out the other colors

HERE

.

Anyway, here's the deal. I want to sell as many CDs of the new "Created to Worship" project as we possibly can. I know several people who could sell 20-40 CDs on their own within the next week or two, if they wanted to do so. SO we're going to have a little competition. Remember, this is a FRIENDLY competition. Let's just have some fun with it, okay?

Here's how it goes-

Whoever sells the most CDs within the next month (the DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 16) will win either:

• a brand new Apple 8GB (gigabyte) iPod Nano (in the color of their choice)

OR

• $200 in cash.

Also, for anyone who sells more than 10 CDs, we'll waive your choir dues for October AND November. If you're behind on your choir dues, for every CD you sell, it will catch you up a month in your late dues. (For example, if you're six months behind on your dues, just sell six CDs and we'll consider you caught up.

Here's the fine print... This is ONLY open to CoreWorship members, but you CAN have your friends and family help you sell the CDs. You have to sell at least 15 CDs to qualify for the prize. If no one (as an individual) sells more than 15 CDs, then the prize won't be given out. But that won't happen, so don't worry about that. In the case of a tie, we'll just split the $200 between the two winners.

We will allow CDs you buy with your own money to be included in the total number of CDs sold. For example, if you sold 15 CDs and needed 5 more to get to your personal goal of 20, you can buy 5 of them yourself. Then you can just give those out as gifts or something.

So, let's see how many we can sell this month!

Richie

The New, Simplified Members-Only Site...

2007-09-05T05:21:00.000-07:00

Well, the new site is up. VERY simplified, but I think that's really what we're needing right now. Should make navigating the site a LOT easier!

I will be adding photo galleries soon, but they're not up yet. Steven Myers shot some GREAT stuff at WOA this year. I'll show you soon.

The calendar should work fine now, as well.

If you have any problems with the site, just leave a comment in this post.

Let me know what you think...