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All About Worship Podcast: Interview with Christy Nockels

This episode of the All About Worship Podcast was sponsored by Integrity Music.  Be sure to check out the Integrity Music Podcast for additional worship leading encouragement.  Visit them at IntegrityMusic.Com Huge thanks to Integrity for being a part of making this podcast happen!  Go visit them and support them!  Follow them on Twitter right here and thank them for sponsoring the podcast!

Our featured interview this month is with worship leader/songwriter Christy Nockels.  You’ll hear about her journey in becoming a worship leader and songwriter. She also shares her passion for helping other worship leaders.  We also ask about her big decision back in 2006 to break away from Watermark for a season to pursue her role as a mother.  You won’t want to miss this interview!

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• All About Worship Facebook Fan Page. Join the page and be a part of getting some exclusive giveaways here.
• Christy Nockels. Check out band’s official Christy’s website here and their latest album here:
  Also, since we recorded this interview, Christy joined Twitter here. Toolbox. Our featured tools this month are DVD’s produced by Musicademy.  “Beginners Worship Keyboards” and “Intermediate Worship Keyboards“.
• Free Song of the Month. Email your song to [email protected] and we just might make it available to our listeners.
• Glenn Packiam. Join us next month for an interview with author/songwriter/worship leader, Glenn Packiam. Check out his site here.
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Israel: A Moment with my Pops

On day one of our trip to Israel, we had the privilege of visiting the spot where my Dad's book opens up.  One of the fiercest battles in Israeli-Palestinian fighting.  Check out the video below:

 

14 Years Ago Today

Today I celebrate 14 years of marriage with my best friend and love of my life.  Not many people can say they have what we've been blessed to have.  We've been together since 1990. We've celebrated two proms, graduations, marriage, the birth of three kids and so many ups and a few downs that I can't even count.  And the most amazing thing is that Addie helped lead me to Christ in 1993.  Looking forward to the next 14 and beyond darling!

Worship Recap 8/23/09

This week we pulled out the acoustic guitars, a bass guitar, keyboards and one dobro.  I really dig the acoustic sets.  This week we did two new tunes by Al Gordon and Carl Cartee.  Here's the worship order from Planning Center.  Check out other worship recaps from around the world on Fred's site here.

Don't forget, you can purchase on iTunes by clicking the titles.

• Happy Day by Tim Hughes
• Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin
• Worship the Lord by Al Gordon
• Revelation Song by Riddle, Jennie Lee
• Everything You Do by Carl Cartee

All About Worship Podcast: Yoshi Doesn't Play Violin

It has been brought to my attention that on the July 29 All About Worship podcast, I (Ben) stated that on my recent family vacation to Branson, MO, you could see YOSHI perform on the violin. While this would be an amazing thing to witness in person, sadly, it isn't so. You can however see Shoji play violin in Branson, MO. Let me be clear...there are absolutely no similarities between Yoshi and Shoji. The only thing remotely similar is that they both originated from Japan. Thank you all for your patience and understanding of my ignorance of Super Mario characters and Japanese immigrant violinists.  I'm sure both are extremely talented at what they do.  Yoshi = amazing dragoneering and Shoji = amazing violinist.

Sincerest apologies to Yoshi fans and Shoji fans everywhere.

Thank you,
Ben Abu Saada

All About Worship: Matt Redman's New Album Giveaway

Check out the info below for a great opportunity for you to get Matt Redman's newest album. Go to the All About Worship website here to register.

We are very excited to partner with Matt Redman’s record label in giving away three free copies of Matt’s new album, WE SHALL NOT BE SHAKEN, available in stores on August 25th.

We will be giving away one copy at AllAboutWorship.com and two copies through our podcast. To enter your name into this drawing, leave a comment on this post. (To win the giveaway on the podcast,  listen to our August episode coming later this month.)

We will pick one random winner from the comments and announce the winner on AllAboutWorship.com. (It will be the responsibility of the winner to email us their mailing address within 3 days. If we do not hear from the winner within that time, we will select a new winner.)

Deadline for this drawing is: Friday, August 14th at 9pm Central.

Here’s Matt’s new single “This is How We Know”. You can purchase it on iTunes right now!

Worship Leading Lesson #7: Remember the Dream

"When your memories exceed your dreams...the end is near." Andy Stanley

How often do we let success or momentum overshadow vision?  Keeping busy with the things that support the vision oftentimes leaves us forgetting the original dream we began pursuing in the first place.  A principle I heard communicated on a recent edition of The Leadership Podcast with Andy Stanley. 

Recently within worship ministry, I'm finding myself asking the question "How can I ensure vision is clear in myself and the team of people who lead worship onstage? How can keep from losing ourselves in the processes and techniques of delivery?" It goes beyond the vision of bringing great music on Sundays. It's the church-wide vision of connecting people to the heart of God while leading them in worship on and off the stage.

This week the worship team at Grace Church began an online study together.  We are reading through the book "Pure Praise" by Dwayne Moore.  The desired outcome of this study is to recast the vision to our worship team, knit our hearts closer and to inspire us to do more than "perform" each weekend before our church body.  Those serving on Sunday will participate in a brief group discussion on the book.  I'm already thrilled to see the participation from the team.

As for the memories...it's okay to celebrate and remember the past. It's okay to remember where God's hand was at in your ministry in times past....but it must never stamp out the dream God gave in the first place.

Where there is no vision, the people will perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
-Proverbs 29:18