Worship Team Members... I found a service that allows us to distribute and share files with ease. Instead of sending files via email and having to deal with file size limits, we can now post them to a private online file share. You will be able to view or download chord charts, scratch tracks and audio samples as needed. It's real easy to use. Click on the "Band Hub" link at the top of this site. You will be directed to a login page where you enter a predetermined password. Once you login you will have access to the shared content. Easy! I will be sending the password to the worship team shortly.

This sunday we'll be playing one of my favorite hymns, "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul". Charles Wesley wrote the lyrics in 1740, while hiding under a hedge from a group of men who had attacked him because they didn't approve of his doctrine. The history is so important because it really puts into context the desperation of the hymn. Wesley feared for his life and his first instinct was to cry out to God. That tone changes, however, by the final verse. It's almost as if, by the time Wesley was ready to write that last verse, God had already given him peace and quieted his heart in the midst of the danger.