Worship and Music Ministry
News and Information from Hilldale Baptist Church, Clarksville, TN
* Rev. R. Lyndel Littleton - Worship Pastor
* Dr. Larry D. Robertson - Senior Pastor
Photo from BGR blog. Pray for the people of Haiti.
There are many great organizations that will be helping the people of Haiti: the Red Cross and Compassion International are two that quickly come to mind. They need our support.
Here's another organization that will spend your money wisely - (and all donations go directly to helping people - not to overhead or salaries) - Baptist Global Response.
Southern Baptist are always some of the first responders in after tragedy strikes. We were some of the first in China after the earthquake, in Indonesia after the tsunami, in Louisiana after the hurricanes. Southern Baptist support the BGR through cooperative program dollars so donations made to disasters goes directly there with no overhead costs taken out. And as Southern Baptists we not only try to meet physical needs, but we address spiritual needs as well.
I end up counting the amount of time to an event by how many Wednesdays we have before the particular event takes place. I usually start a big Christmas tree countdown with a picture of a big tree ten weeks before "the Tree." I'll have ten ornaments on the tree with the dates of the Wednesdays on each ornament and then each week take off or cross out one of the ornaments so we can see how close we are getting. Ten weeks out seems like a very short time before the tree.
Passion Play 2008
WELL GUESS WHAT ?!?!?!
Passion Play 2008
We only have ten Wednesdays before The Passion Play. Well, actually ten Wednesday rehearsals. We miss a Wednesday or two because of some church-wide events.
We may check on having the choir excused from one of these. Ten weeks is short for the time before "the Tree" and it is very short before "The Passion Play."
So...
Passion Play 2008
if you are in the choir at Hilldale Baptist Church in Clarksville, TN (or want to start getting involved) NOW IS THE TIME to be in rehearsal. We'll sing some of the Passion Play music tonight.
Rehearsals start at 6:30. I'll be looking for you tonight!
Yesterday - in his sermon - my Sr. Pastor, Dr. Larry D. Robertson, mentioned that in 2010 he wants to spend more time in the Word. He was talking about knowing God's will and how you must spend time int eh Word to know what God's will is. He then shared some great scriptures that talk about what God's will is.
This got me to thinking about two different things.
1. I thought of one of my favorite verses that talks about what God requires (which I think would qualify as His will).
Micah 6:8. He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God
I'll do a little mini sermon about it in a moment. I also like it because it has been set to music at least two times that I can think of. John Ness Beck's setting is sooooo beautiful! Here's a youtube video of the ending of it done very well. I found a couple others that had the entire song but they really weren't very good.
Anyway... 2. the other thing I thought of is how every year I tell myself that I want to be more intentional in my scripture memory and then I thought how it would be easier if others were memorizing scripture with me so I thought of "Memory Mondays."
For the next year (keep me to this) I'm going to post a verse or two that I am going to work on memorizing that week. I want to challenge you all to join me. It will be easy the first month, but I figure by June when we have 20+ verses memorized it may be a little harder to remember all of them. Leave a comment here or on facebook that you are memorizing with me.
The first verse will be Micah 6:8
Micah 6:8. He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God(NASB) New American Standard Bible
These three things that God requires in this verse are legs of a stool. You must have all three equally for it to stand well. If you "do justice" but don't love kindness and don't walk humbly with God you very easily become a tyrant. If you "love kindness" (translated "mercy" in many translations) but don't do justice you won't hold anyone accountable for their actions and the world will become like "Lord of the Flies" or like the time of the judges in the Old Testament where everyone did what was right in their own eyes. If you don't "walk humbly" with God then you become proud and holier-than-thou and aren't much help to anyone.
The verses before this the prophet asks the question of what he can bring before the Lord - burnt offerings, thousands of rams, an oil offering, would even his first-born be enough to pay the Lord? Micah 6:8 is the response. This is what God requires.
Micah 6:8. He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God
Will you memorize this verse with me? and more importantly, will you try to live this way? I guess that's another sermon...
So are you saying "twenty-ten" or "two-thousand-ten?" I'll put a poll up over there ◄ for you to vote.
Here's the order of worship for Sunday. If you are in my choir and missed rehearsal last night you can still sing with us because we are singing one of our favorites "Let the Worshippers Arise."
January 10, 2010 AM
To God Be the Glory Everlasting God
Choir anthem – Let the Worshippers Arise
Welcome song – You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)
When the Roll Is Called up Yonder When We All Get to Heaven I Will Rise
and at the end of the post I asked if you could tell the differences between these two pictures.
Some of you played along and sent in your guesses about how these two pictures are different, but most of you just read it and answered to yourself. So you may be wondering if you guessed correctly.
The most obvious difference to me is that in the first picture I am wearing a top hat and in the second one I'm not. The lighting is different. Someone guessed correctly - I think it was Alyssa - that the microphones are different. In the second one I'm standing in front of "the Tree."
Aunt Di Di in her guess mentioned that the little boy was cute and stole the show, (and of course I think she is correct) but she also knows the difference is that the first picture here is of me and Gibson at FBC, Joelton and the second one is six years later and is of me and Beau. And believe it or not, I could have taken the same picture 30 years earlier with their dad and it would look like the same little boy! (I think I have aged at least a little bit in 30 years. Hahaha!)
That means it's the first choir rehearsal of the new year. ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫
That means it's the PERFECT time to join a choir!! ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫
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If you live in Clarksville and you aren't already active in another local church come by Hilldale tonight and check out our choir.
FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Do I have to audition to be in choir?
NO! Never! Maybe for a solo, but not for singing in choir.
Where do you meet?
The choir room is located directly behind the Sanctuary. There are doors on both sides of the stage area that open to a long hall that takes you back to the choir room.
What time do you meet?
6:30-7:30 (longer times when it is close to Christmas or Easter)
We have a great time in choir. We laugh, we sing, we pray together... it's a fantastic pick-me-up for the middle of the week.
