developing lifestyle worshipers

North Side’s senior pastor, Jeff Lethco, does a lot of things well.  Recently, he added authoring to his credits as he finished his first book, Before You Change a Thing.

Book description:

Church leaders today are being bombarded by a growing number of voices about how to lead effectively. Unfortunately, some things that need to be said aren’t being said at all. And if they are, they aren’t being said loudly enough. This books examines eight truths that can empower any church leader in any church setting to succeed in their calling while remaining true to themselves, true to their church, and most importantly, true to God and His principles for spiritual leadership.

North Side made a bunch of transitions.  We still are.  Yet, due to God’s grace and a great leader, we have maintained who we are while changing some of what we do.  Hard balance to make.

I write this today when our Southern Baptist Convention is having their annual meeting.  Jeff is in attendance and there is much disagreement over certain actions the convention should take.  In a time when the harvest is ripe, we need leaders who aren’t ashamed of moving forward if there is legitimate reason to do so.  I see so many church leaders try to be edgy (and I said “try” on purpose) for no reason at all.  The desire is to be different or hip without purpose of transforming lives.  I also see church leaders stuck in their ways so much that they will disagree with anything that disrupts tradition.

Brothers and sisters, we must start living and leading in such a way that allow the methods to change while keeping the message intact.  I am so thankful to follow a pastor who exemplifies this.  If you haven’t picked up your copy of Jeff’s book yet, you can do so at Amazon or at North Side’s bookstore.  Great read that will challenge and equip any church leader or volunteer who wants to improve their church without losing everybody.

Today is the day!  ”Coming Home” is available for your listening pleasure.  We are so pleased with how this project came out, and we pray that this CD will be a blessing to you.  We pray that it will call you closer in worship, encourage you to say “yes” to God’s call, and think seriously about your role concerning the 143 million orphans in the world.

The proceeds of this album go to help our adoption fund for bringing Eli home from Ethiopia.  So just by downloading one track, you are a part of him coming home – thanks!

The easiest way for me to release the album is through Bandcamp.  It is a secure site in which you can download one track, an album, or a bunch of albums.

Here’s the rundown:

• Name Your Price - Through Bandcamp, you can name your price for the music.  While there is a minimum of $10 to pay for the CD, you can purchase it for $186,532 if you like to help the cause (you’d be my best friend by the way).
• Complete Previews – You can listen to every song all the way through and not just a snippet to see if you really like it.
• Secure Checkout - It uses Paypal, but if you don’t have it, you can still pay with a debit or credit card.
• iTunes Integration - Upon payment, you can download the music at high quality files, and then drag them into iTunes with the artwork and all the goodies.
• Share the Love – Through Bandcamp’s easy tools, you can post your favorite track on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, etc. and help get the word out about the album.
• Other Surprises – In addition to this album, I have some extra musical goodies from previous years at some cheap prices.
• Chord Charts – If you want to learn how to play these songs or use them in your church, I now have all the chord charts and info on the songs on my new music page.
• CD?  Amazon?  Etc. – I may post this album on other avenues later, but for right now, this is the easiest and fastest way to get the music out there.  If you want a CD, the best option will be to download the songs and burn them to disc.  If you want in iTunes, download it and drag it into your library.  I hope to have other options one day, but this site makes it so easy and you can upload huge files with massive sound quality unlike other options.

I think that is it.  You can listen to the tracks below and download them from this page.  If you want more music, go to the music page at the top or go to travisagnew.bandcamp.com.

I would love to hear your feedback!  Tell me what your favorite track is!  Thanks for listening.