Living and Leading Worship by Brent Minter
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A few weeks ago we did Cardboard testimonies at NorthWood. The impact was massive for the congregation and those who gave their testimonies on cardboard.
God is Good!
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony… Rev 12:11
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The Crates have arrived, and so have our our friends, who happen to be very respected Vietnamese artist. Mihn Son and Mahn Duc.
Through Glocal Ventures, our church’s NGO, we bring in Vietnamese artist to exhibit in the US every year. By coming to the US, the get exposure outside of their own county. Trust me, their work is so good, we are lucky to get exposed to their work. We are excited for these guys. You can find out more details about the art show they will be exhibiting at here.
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This is my Pastor, Bro. James Croswell. From the time I can remember to my mid teens, he was my pastor.
It was under his ministry that I was saved and baptized. His son Josh was my best friend. He took us to church camp every year. He woke me up every morning at church camp singing “I love you Brent, oh yes I do…..” He drove me and Josh around when we had our lawn mowing business. He taught us how to do a job right when we were lazy. I still can remember a sermon he preached when I was a punk kid on Psalm 139. He was full of passion when he quoted the scripture, “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Bro. Croswell lost his battle with cancer and went home to be with Jesus this past Thursday.
As I have thought about him over the past few days, here are some lessons I have learned from his life.
I am humbled and honored that I get to be a part of such a great man’s memorial service tomorrow.
Pray for the Croswell Family. This is their second loss in a year. They are hurting, but comforted in the grace of a redeeming God.
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A couple of weeks ago I showed you a picture of my office during a shoot for an upcoming bump. Here is the final product we are using for a series on marriage. The series is called “The Marriage Portrait.”
Marriage Portrait Bump from Chris Johns on Vimeo.
I am becoming quite the hand model. You can see these digits in action here too. I didn’t know my hands were that attractive…. Oh wait they are not, I am just the sorry sucker that is around when they need a picture or video!
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So yesterday while I was in our strategic planning meeting, Chris, our video/lighting guru turned my office into a production room to make a video bump for the series we are launching this weekend. I had no clue he was doing it, so I was a bit surprised when I walked in and and saw my office look like this. 1 Camera, 2 light kits, 2 mics, and a reflector.
Chris builds all of our bumps and does all the editing for our videos. He is incredible. God check out some of his work on his vimeo channel.
I will post the bump when it gets done.
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So we are going to sing “What Child is This” this weekend at NorthWood. Here is the start of the 2nd verse.
Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
During rehearsals last night I realized that anyone under 40 is going to snicker when we sing it. So we went on a quest to find a one syllable animal that would have been at the manger. We came up with sheep.
So the question is, do we sing ass and let everyone try to hide their laughter, or do we change the words and sing sheep?
So this may be the only time you have permission to use what can be offensive language in the comments.
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In my opinion we have excellent worship services at NorthWood (exhibit a). Clearly, this is important to me since I am the Worship Pastor, but lots of churches have great worship service. I don’t know of another church who focuses on impacting the world as much as NorthWood.
Here is a short about how we started working around the world.
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During the Home Makeover service tonight, I snuck out my phone right before the prayer time and took this pic. I love it. I love it because at NorthWood, what we do on the stage will never be considered “church.” Our definition of “church” is when we get outside of our walls. This weekend we will get outside all walls and continue to do all we can to see the Kingdom of God advanced in Haltom City.
I had a blast worshiping with you tonight NorthWood. And can’t wait to serve with you this weekend.
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This is Derek Reed.
Tomorrow he will board a plane at 7am to move to New York to go to school. He will be attending The King’s College in Manhattan. The school is actually in the Empire State Building… how cool is that.
When I came to NorthWood he was a 14 year-old emo kid who played a little bass. He is now a pro-level bass player with more potential than you can shake a stick at.
He loves God, can lay down a serious bass groove, and is disciplined enough to overcome any obstacle in his way. I can’t wait to see how God is going to use him.
Have a blast in New York. We are proud of you.
If you know Derek, give him a shout out.
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I am pumped up for our new series starting this weekend called Broke. With all the economic down-turn, everyone is scared they are going broke…. but maybe God is just breaking us of all our idols? If you are going to be around the DFW area, you should definitely stop by.
Here is the pdf of the mailer we sent out.
And yes, I can now put “hand model” on my resume. The hand pulling out the empty pocket is mine…. If only it were not true to life!
What sermon series are you doing?
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My name is Brent Minter. I am a follower of Christ, husband, father, and a Worship Pastor. My life’s pursuit is to lead others in worship, not just from the stage, but in their personal lives as well. This starts with my smoking-hot wife Kari, and our 3 kids. Then it moves to NorthWood Church in Keller, TX, a truly remarkable place, where I design and lead worship services/experiences. I love the interwebs, any music that has soul, theology, hunting, learning, being the only worship pastor in America who still uses a PC I gave in, and scooters. Those who ...
