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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

  • With One Heart Concert [Grayson, GA 10/23/09]


    This past weekend we had our second With One Heart CD release concert in Grayson, GA. We were very excited to actually have the CDs in hand before the concert started. They turned out really nice we were all very glad to finally have them.


    A few of our friends were able to make it from out of town and take part in the concert with us. Dawn was one of those. We all enjoyed having her on stage with us and worshiping together!


    Kat, a recent attendee of the Proskuneo Worship Institute (PWI), lead us in worship though visual art. As we were worshiping with music, Kat painted. Near the end of our time people in the congregation had the opportunity to participate in a "hands on" response. What a blessing to see one of the body developing their gifts and using them to glorify GOD!


    We had a moment in the concert where we focused on the language and culture of the American Deaf. Karen, one of our staff members, signed a spoken word as it was played. It was a beautiful display of both hearing and deaf worship and was very moving.


    We met some new friends that night and enjoyed spending time with everyone after the concert. Thanks to all of you in the Atlanta area who came out to worship with us. We had a great time!

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

  • With One Heart Concert [Sarasota, FL 10/16/09]

     
    [This was our first CD release concert celebrating the completion of With One Heart our newest worship album!]


    [Our team on this trip was made up of people from 3 states and 2 countries. It was a blessing to be together and worship the King. We sang songs that represented people from all over the globe!]

     
    [We also had live art, thanks to Katie. It was cool to see this take shape throughout the night.]


    [For the first time ever we used art as a response. People in the congregation who wanted to seal what God had done in their hearts that night came up and put their hand print on the painting of the world. It was a powerful moment as about half the congregation came forward to seal what the Lord had done.]


    [That Sunday we had the opportunity to lead a service at Trinity United Methodist Church in North Port. It was a small congregation but many different people groups from all over the globe meet here.]

     
    [Karen had the opportunity to worship in ASL (American Sign Language) and open the people's eyes to another culture that they may not have thought of before.]


    [We gave some of the church members a chance to, "praise God with what he has given," not to compare and dwell on what we don't have and what others do but to rejoice in what He has given and praise Him with all your heart. This came from an experience we had in Cuba where all a church had for instruments were a couple of paint cans.]


    [To close our time time together we invited Trinity's worship pastor, with whom we made a neat connection, to join us in singing With One Heart. We are truly one in Him!]

Sunday, 04 October 2009

  • GLOBAL WORSHIP CONCERT [Chestnut Grove Baptist Church; Sept 27, 2009]

     trilingual open the eyes

    [I am thankful for the leadership of Chestnut Grove Baptist Church and their desire to help their people develop God's heart for the nations. The PROSKUNEO team converged on Sunday night, September 27 to worship across the globe...singing songs in English, Spanish, ASL, Russian, Portuguese, Swahili, French, Chinese, Korean, Hawaiian, Tagalog, Congolese...all in under an hour and a half!)

     

     martha

    [We were able to involve a couple of Chestnut Grove members who come from different countries and backgrounds. Martha (from West Africa) read Psalm 150 in her native tongue and sang a song from her husband's tribal language.]

     

    lee

    [Lee read Psalm 24:1-2 in Korean and led us in prayer.]

     

    mark preparing

    [i love our Proskuneo team! Here is Mark preparing his heart before rehearsal...each one of our amazing team members brings so much of themselves and so much talent and spiritual energy to the ministry!]

     

    neil on with one heart

    [Neil brought his classical guitar, and took a break (only one song!) from playing bass to play an amazing classical guitar solo in "With One Heart." Just adding a classical guitar solo helps the song feel much more latino!]

     

    karen's asl moment

    [Karen led out in an ASL moment...she signed and I voiced for her (always an adventure!)...did you know there are 35 million culturally deaf people world-wide? After Karen's moment on Sunday, everyone knew that...(in fact, Katie even spouted it out 4 days later!)]

     

     joy, ashley v hands

    [Joy and her daughter Ashley led us in worship by dancing to celebrate GOD's goodness...all the time...HE IS GOOD! I love watching a mom and daughter worship and serve the LORD together. PROSKUNEO is not just multicultural, but intergenerational too...as is the Body of Christ!]

     

    debbie solo

    [Debbie's soulful vocals always bless me, and lead my heart to worship our great GOD! And she even sang in Congolese this past week "Malembe malembe tu kwenda na...nzila zulu tu kwenda na" :)]

     

     jhonny, katie hug

    [i love how our team loves each other...we are always the last people to leave...we just have to catch up with each other, and LAUGH together!]

     

    glory glory (ukelele)

    [Francis (far left) busts out with the ukelele (pronounced: "ooh keh leh leh") to help us sing "Glory, Glory Lord" with an island feel...the incorporation of just one unique instrument can really change the feel of any song!]

     

    round the piano

    [you know, southerners have their own culture too...i have my fair share of miscommunications and misunderstandings even though we speak the same language in north and south USA. Here we are gathered around the piano for some southern-style worship...]

     

Monday, 21 September 2009

  • DEAF [did you know?]

    One culturally Deaf person dies every two minutes

    31 culturally Deaf in the world die per hour

    750 culturally Deaf die a day

    274,400 culturally Deaf die each year

    I went to the Georgia Baptist Conference for the Deaf this past weekend. What a tremendous experience! I learned so much. One of my favorite moments was meeting a couple of deaf people originally from Korea. I got to learn their stories as they signed them to me. One of them escaped North Korea with her family! And I was able to really shock them as I said a few phrases in Korean, and they read my lips to know what I was saying! They were so surprised! It was a real proskuneo moment...

Tuesday, 01 September 2009

  • MULTICULTURAL CHURCH CONFERENCE [Winston-Salem, NC]

    I had the privilege of leading worship a couple weekends ago at a Multicultural Church Conference in Winston-Salem, NC. Southern Baptist church leaders from all over the state converged to be inspired and challenged in the area of multi-ethnic ministry. The Multicultural Ministries Team of the North Carolina Convention, led by my friend (and Proskuneo Board Member) Ken Tan hosted this event beautifully!

     

    Josh @ piano (MC conf in NC)

    I was naïve, but I had no idea, before attending this event, that the Southern Baptist Convention was formed originally partially due to the issue of slavery. Since then, the Convention has issued a formal apology and has taken steps to right wrongs. Because of this history, however, this was a ground-breaking event as Southern Baptists from diverse cultures came together to worship in one place.

     

    quiet prayer (MC conf NC)

    Pastor Rodney Woo of Wilcrest Baptist Church in Houston, TX was a keynote speaker on Friday night. I love his definition of a multi-ethnic church:

    "A multi-ethnic church is composed of racially diverse believers, united by their faith in Christ, who make disciples of all nations, in anticipation of the ultimate racial reunion around the throne."

     

    shout screen (MC conf NC)

    We worshiped and prayed together as one...singing songs in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Korean, Arabic, and Creole to name a few languages. 

     

     prayer circle (MC conf NC)

    FUN FACT (I learned at this conference). The  USA is the 3rd largest spanish-speaking country in the world. Can you guess what the first two are?

     

    Josh @ guitar (MC conf NC)

    You are right if you guessed Mexico and Spain.

     

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