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Overcome: A Night of Worship & Hope

A Night of Worship and Hope

Come join us on October 10 at 6:00 p.m. here at North Side Baptist.  This will be a time of worship through music, prayer, and testimony.  Come and find out what it means to Overcome!

This night of worship will help people who need hope find the next step.  We are inviting all types of ministries to be present to help people in need.  For those who need a night of encouragement, hope, worship, prayer, we want to see you there!

North Side Worship’s “Overcome” release will also happen this night and proceeds of the album will go to help those who need to overcome (you see a theme, yet?).

The event is free.  Doors will open at 5:30.

Contact jessica@northsidebc.org for more information.

Help us get the word out on Facebook.

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A Week With North Side Worship

As a part of the training I provided at the Worship Summit this weekend, I put together this video from my phone to show what a week looks like as I prepare a bunch of musicians, vocalists, and technicians to prepare to lead worship.

Watch the behind the scenes footage of how North Side Worship gets ready to lead each week.  http://northsideworship.com

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Worship Summit Recap

We had an absolute blast at the Worship Summit this weekend.  I am still processing all that took place.  Our team, North Side Worship, got to lead worship 4 times for a training event for worship leaders all over the state.  I then taught 4 sessions (5 Things That Will Kill Your Worship Team, The Big Idea, Cookie Cutter Worship, and Guitar/Bass Master Class), and the rest of the team helped teach master classes in voice, keys, and drums.

Mark Powers, the director of worship for the South Carolina Baptist Convention, told me that people were going out of their way to share encouraging words about our group.  I must say I have never been prouder to be on this team!  I never doubted how they were going to bring it, but people’s comments to me reminded me how blessed we are as a church to have this crew.

These were some of the comments I received there, through email, etc.:

  • “Your group sounded powerful on stage, but off-stage they were even more powerful.  So relational and helpful.”
  • “Enjoyed you and your praise team this weekend ministering to us at the White Oak Worship Summit.  I did not get to attend any of the sessions your group did but others from my church and my daughter did.  They were really over joyed with the passion that was demonstrated through your love for Christ and in with working with one another.”
  • “I’ve never been led by such humble and passionate people.”
  • “Can your group come to my church?”
  • “Part of your team invited me to eat lunch with them and that meant so much to me.”
  • “How did you assemble so many quality people?”
  • And much more.

I am so very proud of them and honored to lead worship alongside them.  Due to questions about the notes from the class, scheduling times for part of our group to come to other churches, or other great questions, I am listing a bunch of resources that hopefully should help you.  I have pdf versions of the main 3 sessions and also our application packet.  Also, I have some links of some upcoming events and way to get more resources from us on the regular.  It’s all free – enjoy!  Make it better, make it your own,  Just equip your team!

I also wanted to tell you about a few opportunities that I have had some emails concerning since I got back this week.

  1. Overcome: A Night of Worship & Hope - 10.10.10 – At 6 PM that Sunday night, we are going to have a worship concert coinciding with the release of the new worship album.  These songs are the storytellers songs I was telling you guys about this weekend.  The event is free, we would love to have your whole teams come out, just contact us with any questions.  More info here.  Or get info on Facebook.
  2. Lift: Worship Workshop – 1.29.11 – An all-day Saturday free worship workshop held at North Side Baptist in Greenwood, SC.  Bring your whole team and get equipped on how you can lift your worship, your team expectations, and your team’s abilities.  Tracks in musicians, vocalists, technicians, host teams, etc.  More info soon.
  3. Consultations/Worship Leading – I talked with a few of you about coming by myself or with a team to your church to either help do some training or worship leading.  We would love to help.  If you want more info on that, click here.
  4. Onsites – I was also asked if your team could ever come on a Sunday or a Wednesday practice to just hang out with us as we prepare and lead, and that is a definite yes.  You just need to contact jessica@northsidebc.org and setup a time and we would love to have you join alongside us!

Feel free to contact me and I would love to help out in anyway possible.  We were so humbled to walk beside you and serve you this weekend!  Pray we can continue our partnerships to leading our congregations to the throne of Jesus!

Make sure to check back here at my blog or at northsideworship.com for updated resources to help equip you lead worship!

Resources

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Leaving for the Worship Summit

Gear is packed, presentations ready, and our team is rowdy as we leave for the Worship Summit this afternoon.

I was honored and humbled when our group was asked to lead worship and I was asked to do the training at a worship training event for the South Carolina Baptist Convention.  Today and tomorrow, our North Side Worship group will be pouring ourselves out.  If you only knew the humility and the dedication of this group.  They are not going in a spirit of showing off their best chops.  They are going to minister to fellow worship leaders.

I would love your prayers!  Here’s what we are doing:

  • Leading worship 4 times to a group of worship leaders from around the state – pray that they are refreshed and they actually get to worship instead of trying to evaluate
  • Teaching 3 Large Group Sessions – I’m teaching on 5 Things That Will Kill Your Worship Team, The Big Idea: Moving Beyond “Special Music,” and Cookie-Cutter Worship.  Pray that God uses me to help these teams lead worship more effectively.
  • Master Classes – We are responsible for instrument master classes as well on drums (Jamie), keys (Woody), guitar (me, Eric, and Cory), and vocalists (Amanda, John, Angela, Amy, Peggy, Richenda, Jodie, & Nancy).
  • Encouragement Times – Pray that we build relationships and encourage this crew rather than just lead from the stage.

We appreciate your prayers and can’t wait to tell you how it all goes down!

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Storytellers – The Cross of Calvary

Last Sunday, we led with a new song entitled “The Cross of Calvary.”  After writing a modern-day hymn for our upcoming CD, “Overcome,” Amy Cromer’s voice was just made for this song.  Her rendition of it on Sunday and on the recording just blew me away.  What I love about her connection to this song is that she lives this everyday!  I am always in awe of how she continues to serve and continues to be thankful to Jesus for his commitment to us on the cross.

Hear the story below in the video (if you are viewing this on Facebook and can’t see the video, click here).  We will be singing this song again this coming Sunday, so get your pipes ready!

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