Steve Jobs resigned today as CEO of Apple. Wow.
The end of an era. What an accomplished career.
Thanks for all the wonderful toys to help people connect and make the world a better place.
In honor of today and since I haven’t done one of these in a while:
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This is beautiful.
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This is one of my proudest moments as a worship leader, leading with my team at my home church.
We just finished our one-year commitment a week ago, leading people to God through music.
We killed our last set.
It definitely wasn’t easy getting to this point since September.
Some services went well and some really didn’t.
But these guys (& gal) brought it every single time and OWNED these songs. Well done, friends.
How do I feel?
Fun/challenged/humbled/blessed/grateful are just some of words coming to mind.
But the last one sticks out to me the most because it was serving God the way I desired to bring Him glory.
The way He has blessed me and in the way I enjoyed serving Him.
What a freeing thing to have.
Take a risk and live out your passion. Use your gifting. Finish well.
For His glory that is not ours,
Albert
So my team and I led worship this morning for our youth at my home church.
We practiced well yesterday, felt really good about these songs of faith, and were ready to bring praise to God with music.
We weren’t interested in people getting into songs or our performance or anything like that. We were wholeheartedly looking to serve God and our people well, and let God’s presence fill people with music. Cut and dry.
When we wrapped up today, the feeling was almost laughable – never had there been a disastrous time.
No, it wasn’t bad enough that people wanted to leave the room. But I wanted to bounce. I wanted to cry.
After lunch and some downtime, I wrote this email to my team:
Hey everyone,
First and foremost, I want to say a big thank you for staying with it today in worship — [I address each team member by name here].
Yes, the sound system and cables failed us. Yes, the mix was horrible. Yes, we missed cues that we got down during our rehearsal yesterday (no doubt in my mind at all, that we prepared great). We could have quit in our set and left with our heads down.
But you guys showed up anyway….and we did our best. So when I went home today, I have only thankfulness for God and each of you in my heart.
What I learned in worship over the last years is this: we can’t look at it as a success or failure….we see it as a learning curve. When things go well, there are still more things to learn. When things aren’t so great, then there’s even MORE things to learn for all of us! We shouldn’t be afraid or shamed at all…our God is for us…
Having said that, M helped test the monitor cables after service, and found 3 of the 4 we used were not working. There we go…part of the problem solved! J said he will help order more cables.
If you ask me what I personally felt…if the sound system was working well and setup was good…I wouldn’t change a thing from how we prepared in our songs. I would do it again in a heartbeat. 
Hope this encourages you guys in some way. I look forward to the next leading and for what lessons can come when we serve others in worship. You’re great ppl to serve alongside.
Have a great week!
I do believe what doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger.
We only get better by learning and living and believing in Jesus.
