Category Archives: Worship

New Music: Pure Desire iMix!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by bornfun

This iMix accompanies our new sermon series (Fall, ’08) called, “Pure Desire – Moral Sanity in a Sex-saturated Culture.” These songs celebrate all that God has made good – the beauty of restoration, healing and transformation that result when our lives are defined … Continue reading →

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A glimpse into the Staff/Elders & Spouses Retreat

Posted on September 24, 2008 by bornfun

I just returned from Trinity’s annual Staff/Elder and Spouse retreat. What goes on at this short retreat is not a secret, and I think that our church family will find it highly encouraging to know what their leadership team did. This is my seventh … Continue reading →

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Better Worshipers

Posted on July 30, 2008 by bornfun

I had the privilege of spending an extended lunch hour yesterday with a friend’s father, and a life-long worship leader and professor of worship leaders, Dr. Bruce Leafblad. It was one of those moments of imagining what might be that left me deep … Continue reading →

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145 Worship

Posted on July 2, 2008 by bornfun

July 2, 2008 10:15 AM Today I am enjoying some time up in our mountains in my tent trailer.  I just spent the last hour lying in a hammock reading Psalm 145 and praying through each verse.  I admit that … Continue reading →

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Leading the Army

Posted on May 14, 2008 by bornfun

May 14, 2008 7:59 AM This morning I want to think about worship leading, and an insight that I received this week. I went to a meeting in a colleague’s office last week.  I was discouraged and it had to … Continue reading →

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Are Announcements Worship?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by bornfun

April 9, 2008 7:33 AM I am going to spend a brief time on a worship issue this morning.  Okay, it’s not that exciting – it’s the place and purpose of the announcements.  Maybe that’s part of the problem.  It … Continue reading →

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Affirmation #6 – Our Mission

Posted on March 26, 2008 by bornfun

March 26, 2008 6:37 AM God is alive and active at Trinity Church!  We celebrated this with great fervor on Easter Sunday as we pulled out all the stops to declare in worship that “Christ is risen!”  The climax for … Continue reading →

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On The Passion Week & Prayer

Posted on March 19, 2008 by bornfun

This week is the Passion Week.  On Good Friday, we will center in on Christ and the cross and spend some extended time there in worship.  I’m so excited about our service that I found myself tingling with anticipation and … Continue reading →

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Affirmation #5 – Ministry Lifestyle

Posted on February 27, 2008 by bornfun

February 27, 2008 7:13 AM After a break last week to celebrate Maria’s adoption, I’m jumping back into Trinity Church’s Philosophy of Ministry and its implications for Worship Ministries.  The 5th affirmation is stated as follows: 5. Our conviction is … Continue reading →

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Affirmation #1 – The Glory of God

Posted on January 23, 2008 by bornfun

January 23, 2008 7:17 AM I am challenging my worship ministries teams to mainly one area of growth this year.  Of course there are other needs for growth, but they our dwarfed by our need for this, and they will … Continue reading →

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