Monthly Archives: December 2008

December 30, 2008

Tell The World Tuesday

By Wayne Thomas

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Does your Worship Ministry have an outreach team?

Since I have been at DBC, we have done some community outreach in various ministries throughout the church. Our Youth Ministry (The Grove) has gone door-to-door handing out flyers and inviting those who live close by to attend our church. Our Seniors Ministry and several of our Sunday School classes have all, at one level or another, made similar outreach efforts. Which has led me to ask the question, why not our Worship Team?

I’m so thankful that the Lord has put this renewed energy in me to reach the lost. It has birthed ideas in me that I know could both reach and change my community. I won’t claim that the ideas are radically original or anything like that, but they could be very effective to reach hurting people.

One of the ideas I am working on is putting a team together to go downtown to the homeless shelter once a month to bring food, bibles, and smiling faces to embrace those who are in need. I even thought I would bring my guitar down with me and we could have some worship time with these folks.

Another idea is to plan a worship concert in a local park. There are several big, sprawling parks in our area. A couple even have stages with power connections and everything! The possibilites with an event like that are awesome to think about! We could even have other ministries join the effort and make it a joint outreach by handing out flyers, serving desserts, hosting games for kids, etc.

My wife and I have been planning a big recruiting push for our Worship Team for the beginning of this year at DBC. But I love how the Lord is redirecting this thing in my mind to be outreach to the lost FIRST. Like I said, I’m just really thankful that God has opened my eyes again to His call on my life… to reach His sheep. And I’m seeing all kinds of possibilities open up in front of me to do that very thing. Praise His Mighty Name!

Those are my thoughts on this, Tell The World Tuesday. What are yours?

For His kingdom,

Wayne Thomas

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December 30, 2008

Sunday Set List – 12/28/08

By Wayne Thomas

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Daybreak Baptist Church

Program Notes & Instructions

12/28/2008 Sunday Morning

Welcome and Announcements

B—“Everlasting God”

Greetings

B—“Everlasting God”

Scripture & Prayer

D—“Here I Am To Worship”

D—“Blessed”

Special Music Paula Almaguer

Hymn Medley - Refrains only

D/E—“Praise To The Lord, The Almighty”

C—“Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing”

Bb/C—“It Is Well”

G—“The Old Rugged Cross”

C/D—“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”

D—“Grace Greater Than Our Sin”

Message

Offertory

A—“I Surrender All”

Closing Song

B—“Everlasting God”

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This Sunday Set List is being blogged in conjunction with theSunday Set List Blog Carnival over at FredMcKinnon.com.

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December 23, 2008

Tell The World Tuesday

By Wayne Thomas

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Are you paying attention?

Since last week when I first felt real conviction about not sharing my faith, I have done a lot of praying and soul-searching. And in that process I have become hyper-aware of my surroundings when I’m out and about in the world. So last week while I was working at my other job a buddy of about five years called me up and wanted me to answer a question about the bible. On the surface, it seemed like I was just settling a debate between my friend and someone he was talking with. What I didn’t realize was that my buddy had struck up a bible conversation out of an intense curiosity and was, in fact, pondering eternity and the after-life!

The next night he called me again. He had another question about the bible! And this time, we stayed on the phone a little longer and I was able to get a little deeper into what was going on inside of him. God was indeed calling this man to salvation, I could feel it! I was so excited for this person that when I got off the phone I immediately began to pray for him and thanked the Lord for including me in such a special thing!

So, the next night he called me AGAIN with, yet another question, and he was wanting to share his feelings on what he had been reading in the bible. He told me he couldn’t put it down, that he just had to keep reading! My friend is truly on the road to eternal life with Jesus!! He hasn’t quite gotten there yet, but he’s close. I praise God for it!

I haven’t heard from him in a few days. And I’m sure it’s because of the holiday hustle and bustle. But in the time since I last spoke with him I have had some pretty sad questions in my mind. How many of my friends and buddies have been deeply curious about Jesus over the last few years that I never cared enough about to pay attention to when they exhibited signs of that very thing? How many encounters has the Holy Spirit set up for me to share my faith with someone where I failed to capitalize on His supernatural influence in my circumstances? More conviction.

So I encourage you all to ask yourself this question…  Am I really paying attention to the people around me? Because I can promise you this; if you are a born-again Christian, the Lord is putting people in your path.

That’s my Tell The World Tuesday story. What’s yours?

In His Service,

Wayne

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December 23, 2008

Sunday Set List – 12/21/08

By Wayne Thomas

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Daybreak Baptist Church

Program Notes & Instructions

12/21/2008 Sunday Morning
Welcome and Announcements

D—“New Doxology”

Greetings

D—“Hark The Herald Angels Sing”

Scripture Reading & Prayer

Choir   CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Message

C—“Near To The Heart Of God”

C—“Surely The Presence”

Closing Song 

G—“Birthday Of A King”

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This Sunday Set List is blogged in conjunction with the
Sunday Set List Blog Carnival over at FredMcKinnon.com.

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December 16, 2008

Tell The World Tuesday

By Wayne Thomas

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How do you share your faith?

I must admit that I can look back over the last several years and see that I have not been “telling the world the good news”. I have been living my busy life, serving the Lord in other ways, but not answering the call of Jesus in Matthew 28:19, 20…

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

It’s really convicting me lately. I can remember a time in my life, shortly after being born again, where I was shameless and bold! I would go to the mall with my best friend and we would pray over the crowd and select individuals that we felt the Lord was guiding us to talk to. It was intense! And it paid off! I remember sharing the gospel with a co-worker with such unashamed abandon that she grabbed on and never let go. She is a sister-in-Christ now and I cherish that memory and knowledge.

So I find myself looking in the mirror this morning. I’m asking myself the tough questions. Why have I stopped? Where is my faith? What is driving my daily decisions?

In that spirit I am starting a new weekly blog, “Tell The World Tuesday”. When is the last time you shared your faith? How did it happen? What did you say? I would love to hear your stories! Along with being grounded in the Word of God, I believe this could be a great way to build one another up and help equip each other with the courage, and creativeness to “Go and make disciples of all nations…”!

In His Grip!

Wayne

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December 15, 2008

Sunday Set List – 12/14/08

By Wayne Thomas

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Daybreak Baptist Church

Program Notes & Instructions

12/14/2008 Sunday Morning

Welcome and Announcements

B—“Hear Our Praises”

Greetings

B/C—“Hear Our Praises”

Scripture Reading & Prayer

Celebration Choir “One Small Child”

Christmas Medley

Dm/Em—“What Child Is This”

E—“Away In A Manger”

Em—“What Child Is This”


E—“Hosanna” (Hillsong)

Message

Song of Invitation

D—“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”

Special Music—Children’s Choir (2) songs

Closing Song

C—“Hear Our Praises”

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This Sunday Set List is being blogged in conjunction with the
Sunday Set List Blog Carnival over at FredMcKinnon.com.

I will say this, it’s a very sweet, and special thing to hear children singing Christmas carols! Oh how INFECTIOUS the Christmas spirit was at our church this Sunday!

Is your church in the full swing of the Christmas season?? Let me know! And God bless you guys! Merry Christmas!

Wayne

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December 13, 2008

Hillsong United set for ’09 U.S. Tour!

By Wayne Thomas

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Hillsong United, one of the world’s most popular worship bands, will
“encounter” the United States in 2009 during their most extensive
visit to America to date.

Their American journey starts with the 2009 Hillsong United Encounter
event April 17-18 in Miami and will also include a worship tour in May
and June and a final Encounter event in Los Angeles in August.

Produced by Integrity Live Events, Hillsong United Encounter will be
held April 17-18 – at the Miami Bank United Center on the University
of Miami campus in Coral Cables, Fla. The event features two days of
speaker presentations, teaching and concerts. The conference will
focus on the subjects of worship and justice and equipping young
people to bring both to their local communities.

If you would like to read the rest of this article, please follow the link below.
Spiritweet.

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December 9, 2008

Culture of Crucial: Now Is Not Normal

By Wayne Thomas

baseball-290x232What do Major League farm systems and worship ministries have in common? For both to be successful over an extended period of time they have to be future minded.

Creating a Culture of Crucial means putting people first. Of course we should always be aware of positions and roles that need to be fulfilled, but we should never see people as a set of skills. People are PEOPLE!

Another way that we can create a culture where people are truly valued is to make every effort to combat the “Now is Normal” mentality.

Many of us who are worship leaders or pastors know that it’s very easy to slide into the status quo. We get into a place where there are plenty of musicians and singers on the team and we have our pick to choose from. On the outside it looks like we don’t need any more, because we have a jam-packed stage.

Whether you work with volunteer musicians, singers, children’s workers, parking lot attendants, youth workers, etc., we all face the temptation to kick it into cruise control and to see our present situation as the norm. We let it become the status quo. We should be careful to always be looking forward. We should be future minded, while leading intentionally in the present…

Please follow the link below to read the rest of this fantastic article over at theworshipcommunity.com!

Culture of Crucial: Now Is Not Normal

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December 8, 2008

Sunday Set List – 12/07/08

By Wayne Thomas

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Daybreak Baptist Church
Program Notes & Instructions
12/07/2008     Sunday Morning

Welcome and Announcements

CHOIR  – “We Have Come To Worship”

D—“Joy To The World”
Greetings
F—“Angels We Have Heard On High”
F—“Hark The Herald Angels Sing”

Scripture Reading

Prayer

Special Music—Wayne Thomas “Offering” by Paul Baloche

E/F—“Wonderful Name”
F/G—“Crown Him King of Kings”
G—“Wonderful Name” (Reprise)

Message

(Invitation)F—“Come Just As You Are”

Offertory—CHILDREN’S CHOIR

(Closing Song)G—“Wonderful Name”

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This Sunday Set List is being posted in conjunction with the Sunday Set List Blog Carnival over at FredMcKinnon.com.
Today our church kicked of the Christmas season! It was a ton of fun and the mood over our church was very warm and sentimental, along with being very worshipful. It was a tremendous day, no doubt about it!
Please leave a comment and let me know what music your church worshiped with today!

Blessings!

Wayne

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December 6, 2008

Worship Leader or Worship Pastor?

By Wayne Thomas

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Worship Leader or Worship Pastor?

Just because we lead people in worship doesn’t mean that we are fulfilling the role of a Worship Pastor. Anybody with a guitar, a tour bus and a good song can lead people in worship, but when the bus pulls out of town all you’re left with is a great experience. God certainly uses these experiences, but the challenge of authentic transformation happens in the trenches of weekly coaching, encouraging, and serving the people in your own local church family. This is the value of a Worship Pastor.

Heart or Skill?

Psalm 78:72 describes David as a man who led Israel with integrity of heart and with skillful hands. Heart and skill are two primary issues that every Worship Pastor wrestles with, not just for themselves but for the people they lead. Both are biblical mandates that take a central role in the job description of a Worship Pastor (Ps. 33:3; Pr. 4:23; Mt. 6:21).

Unfortunately, many of our worship ministries are obsessed only with skill. We practice and practice, running the song list over and over at a Thursday night rehearsal and then play it again on Sunday hoping that something different will happen. Most worship leaders in America hold a part time or volunteer position and lead a team of volunteer musicians, so it’s no wonder that we tend to overemphasize excellence and give more time to developing skills than to healing hearts.

But a Worship Pastor is one who is not willing to focus on skill at the expense of people’s hearts. He knows both must be addressed but also realizes that worship is fundamentally a function of the heart, and that when a heart is transformed in worship, everything else follows.

If you would like to read the rest of this article, please follow this link to the original article on
rossparsley.com.

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