re.telling a story...

as a pastor who is teaching every week i find myself always looking for creative ways of re.telling the biblical narrative in ways that help people "get it." i'm trying to find ways to help people connect the biblical text with life and the here and now...

here is a cool re.telling of the woman at the well...

totally random...

here is the new worship song i'm hoping to do at CC, tell me what you think! be warned, it rocks and you won't be able to stop dancing!



jk...

Jack Pasquale Sclafani 3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Pasquale Sclafani 2.0

Here are some more pictures thanks to our friends the Segars! Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Introducing Jack Pasquale Sclafani

Born Saturday August 16, 2008 at 9:07pm

6lbs 13.5oz and 19inches long

Mommy and baby are doing wonderfully!

We can't wait for you all to meet him! Thanks for all of your prayers and support and we will try to keep the pictures coming! Love you all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

getting stoned...

so the next time i'm preaching at CC will be on the 17th of august and i'm going to be looking at the story of stephen from acts6-8v1. this will be the longest grouping of scripture i've been given to preach on before. the cool thing about it is that it is a story and it is worth the read. than post the full text here i'm just going to give you a link to it. i'd love to know what you think of this story, what you know beyond him getting stoned, what hits you and moves you, what frustrates you, what questions you have, etc. and i'd love you to tell me your thoughts on this video that i might use for it.

here is the link to the text: acts6-8v1

summer wedding fest...

sorry for the blog silence, but it has been a busy season. i have done a wedding the last 3 saturdays and have another one next saturday and two more after that! i will say that it is a total blast and a honor to be a part of a couples wedding day. i'm working on a new website for my wedding stuff. it is slow in development, but if you know anyone interested in a wedding officiant/pastor/counselor you can point them in my direction...

here is the link... WWW.SEATTLEWEDDINGPASTOR.COM

u2 re.mastered....

so if you didn't know u2 is re.releasing re.mastered versions of WAR, BOY, & OCTOBER.

if you want to hear all the re.mastered goodies and lots of the extras

brace yourself for the joy and click here...

u2.re.mastered

if you need a sample here's one to enjoy!

free coldplay...

for any of you that like coldplay like me, you may be excited to know that there is a free "non album" song download available.

you know you want it...

click here to get it...deathwillneverconquer

enjoy!

miracle.proclaim.repent.bless.[repeat]

So a couple of posts ago I shared the text that I was going to be teaching at CC. I know I have been slow, but I finally got around to getting you all the link to it. This was a very interesting text for me to teach. If you listen you'll hear the story of how this sermon came about.

I'd love any thoughts on the sermon if you have any...

here is the link to the sermon - acts3v11-26

here is the link to the handout - acts3v11-26

And thanks to Christine Canty for the honest/real words that helped form my thoughts!

thanks for reading everyone/anyone!

worship thoughts..

today as i'm preparing for leading worship this week i got this email from one of my best friends who is an incredible worship leader and he shared about an experiment he did at his church last week that i thought was interesting.

i comes from 1.peter2v9

[the message]

But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.

[niv]

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

here is the portion of the email he sent...

Last Sunday we did an “All request hour”, where the congregation shouted out 7 songs for us to lead and then we just went for it after a few minutes of organizing. I used it to serve as a reminder that we are all meant to be priests (I Peter 2:9) – worship leaders before God; and that a worship service isn’t a time for the congregation to be serviced, but a time to offer a service of worship together to God! People got right into it and owned the priesthood.

so this week as i am preparing for leading worship the idea that will be in dialog will be that of power - satan's, man's, and of course God's. i'd love it if you had any song ideas/requests, scriptures, pictures, etc. that you thought might help in the planning of this set. and i'd also love your thoughts on 1peter2v9 and my friends sunday service experiment.

grace and peace

r

think about it...

and now for something completely different...

after a long week, holiday happenings, and sunday sermons i can always use some laughter. thanks for your prayers and for stopping by to read/comment.

enjoy...