Music team to the next level

A lot of things happened yesterday- we had the sunday service in the morning, and i led the praise and worship. I was supposed to go on duty in the afternoon but i decided to take a leave to be able to attend our music ministry general meeting at 5 pm...and since i had a lot of free time, i also attended our monthly inter-church youth gathering from 2-4:30 pm, this time hosted by the church in casiaman.i don't know why the others do not enjoy it, but for me, our interchurch youth gatherings always give me a light, happy feeling, especially when i get to bond with our fellow youth from other bacnotan churches. while it's true that most parts of the service were delivered in ilocano which i don't really understand that well, i still enjoy just being there in the spirit of fellowship, no pressures attached, as if we were just a group of young people who decided to gather together that sunday, to praise God, and to learn more about Him. A bible study with all the parts of a service would probably be an adequate description for it:). But now as i think about it, maybe the others who do not enjoy attending aren't pleased with the informality of the gathering, or with the format of the service, since it is similar with our individual sunday services in our respective churches. But on second thought, it won't probably be as fun if it wasn't informal, although we should still strive for excellence in anything and everything we do for God. The bottomline is those who really want to take part could and would always find a reason to attend, and the otherwise goes for those who aren't really interested.

Back to my itinerary for yesterday, the highlight of the whole day was our general meeting, which was the main reason why i went on leave. The service was of course, great, but our meeting has been highly anticipated for weeks so it's really my favorite part. Pastora Belinda facilitated the meeting and she checked on the status of each of the subministries under music- Tambourinees, JAM (instrumentalists), and VIA (worship leaders/back-up) in which i am a part of. A lot of things were clarified- our individual status as members, the commitment of present and absent members, work discipline, punctuality on practices and call-times, and so much more. The breakthrough among all those we've discussed was kuya erick's idea to create a gmail account where we could post the monthly line-up of songs and music teams, schedules and concerns of anyone, new songs-lyrics, chords, and mp3s, etc. for everyone's convenience. All of us agreed and i am personally excited about it. May God bless this project so that we could all successfully use it for His greater glory:). We will also set a schedule for our monthly devotion where we could be renewed and filled with the spirit by sharing the word of God and praying for one another.

I am really so excited for the church! i don't know what plans God has for me with regards to my employment opportunities but i'm happy to see all these and be a part of this great beginning for all of us. and i'd just do whatever i can at the moment. thank you Lord! unto You be all the glory!