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Posted by Elgin on May 18, 2012

One Hundred and Three…

103…pounds. That’s how much I’ve lost in the last 3 years. I went from 275 to 172. Mostpeople ask me how I did it, to which I give them the short and sweet, but truthful answer, “Eating healthy and exercising daily.” And that’s it, in a nutshell. But since you’re reading my blog, and I can afford to ramble a bit without it coming across as bragging (hopefully,...

Posted by Elgin on Jan 26, 2012

New Songs…

There’s an art to introducing new songs in worship. There has to be. I don’t really have an answer, just a question. How do you (or how does your worship band) introduce new songs to a congregation? Do you sing it several weeks in a row? Do you “teach” it as you sing it the first time? Or do you just go for it? Also, how many new songs is too many? 1 per month? It’s...

Posted by Elgin on Jan 21, 2012

The transition.

I’m the host at a funeral today. Don’t know the family, or the deceased. As I helped them set up their memorial of posters, pictures, flowers, slideshow, and the urn – it made me think… …everybody dies. That’s one of the few things we all have in common. We’re all born. We all live some sort of life – short or long as it may be, and we all die. We all...

Posted by Elgin on Dec 29, 2011

Christmas Music Recap

We had a blast with music at The Fields Church this past December. We did some modern songs, traditional songs, and a 50′s rock tune. We added a jazz guitarist, and tubular bells. We had a great Christmas season and as worn out as I am to be on this side of it all, I am looking forward to next year already. Here’s a recap of the setlists this year’s Christmas music: Week 1 Joy...

Posted by Elgin on Dec 9, 2011

Christmas Music 2011: update #1

We are one week into our Christmas series. Last week’s setlist was as follows: Joy To The World/Unspeakable Joy (Tomlin) Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms) O Come All Ye Faithful (Third Day) Glory To God Forever (Fee/Beeching) Glory In The Highest (Tomlin) It went great. This month, we’ve got guitarist Michael Berry sitting in with us who is a jazz guitar major at EIU. He’s fantastic....