what to you think about this...

this sunday at CC we will begin our advent journey. i will be kicking of the sermon series with a conversation on what it means to [worship fully]. i'd love your thoughts on a couple of questions and what comes to your mind when you watch this clip.

Here are some of the questions...
* What is worship? How would you define it?
* How do you worship? What does it look like?
* When do you worship?

And below is the video... UPDATE: [please note in showing this video i'm not implying that i think what is says is right or wrong, or that this is what i'm going to teach. i simply want to know what comes to mind when you see it. thanks all]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and engaging in all of this!

hope | sojourn music | advent

just in case you didn't know the advent season is close at hand. being a music lover i'm always interested in some new tunes to help me focus. friends at Church of the Beloved have a new album that you can get for free and it is awesome - click here for more details.

i came across sojourn.music the other day and have been really enjoying there stuff. you can get last years advent album for free|pay what you want and it's worth it. they have a bunch of other albums that i have enjoyed as well and they provide sheet|chords for them as well! double bonus in my book.

check out the tunes below...

remembering the joy...

so i had the privilege of working at a church that is now over 100 years old. one of the best parts about this church community was a group called the "JOY FELLOWSHIP" they were a group of the seniors 60+ in age and some were really old. in fact, the first time i preached to the adult congregation there was a couple celebrating there 75th wedding anniversary! the thing that I loved about them most was that they were still on there faith journey. they had not learned it all and they were true servants. they engaged our culture with there history and faith, and man could they pray! anyways, the church I currently serve at is much younger and sometimes i find myself really missing this group.

this video below is NOT the joy fellowship crew and they probably wouldn't actually do this, but it brought a wonderful smile to my face and made me laugh.

think hip hop meets old school church choir...

enjoy!

advent.conspiracy.2008

this year my faith community [CC] is going to go about the christmas season differently. we are going to be apart of an advent conspiracy and i'm very excited about it. the video below is just one of many that are out there to help you learn about this project. i'd like to encourage you to check it out. so watch the video and if you are interested in learning more click here --> AC

it's about time...

hi all,

many have asked me to post some new pictures so here you go.

life at the sclafani house is good and we feel blessed!

enjoy the pictures!