My Eyes Look to the Hills
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Nov 17, 2009

For days now I have been in shock over the events happening in our country and the impending decisions that our President must make. I too have thought of the lost lives, the children without parents, what will happen in the days ahead and the countless jobs that have been affected by the terrorists acts upon our country. I wanted to write about it, but my words fail. Having knowledge of these events while leading worship can make our jobs as worship leaders very difficult. I feel it necessary to refer you to a situation in the Old Testament that should give us...read more

It's Not About Us
By Darlene Thorne - Women in Worship - Nov 12, 2009

It was an unusual Sunday morning. My husband was traveling out of town that morning and we (our two young ones 5 and 7 years old) had to get him to the airport by 6:30 am. It seemed like it was going downhill from there. We had a hard time during breakfast because we are very close and it was a little difficult for them being away from their father. Upon arrival at church, I find out one of the praise team members was not going to be there. One of the musicians was having a rough time and was unable to play, so there I was. I was becoming frustrated ...read more

A Servant's Call to Worship
By Donna Patrick - Women in Worship - Nov 09, 2009

Traditionally, we have used the phrase “go to church” rather loosely; as we have the phrase “morning worship”. What do those phrases mean anyway? The Word of God says that we are the temple of the Holy Ghost (I Corinthians 6:19). The church lies within each of us by reason of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; not within our structures made of bricks and concrete. Without getting into a broad theological discussion about the inner workings of the church body, when we speak of the church worship service, I am reminded of three things...read more

A Strange Fire
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Nov 05, 2009

“And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord, as He had not commanded them. And there can forth fire from before the Lord and killed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord meant when He said, I (and My will, not their own) will be acknowledged as hallowed by those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be honored. And Aaron said nothing.” (Lev.10: 1-3 Amp) “For everything that was written in the pas...read more

Hidden Opportunities
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Nov 01, 2009

I often get offended when people ask me what I do full-time as a Worship Leader. For some reason, I get offended more than I care to think about. Don’t ask me why - in my mind they should have at least a hint - “Worship Leader.” I didn’t realize that I got so offended until an associate of mine questioned my area of study. He said that his Bible College did not have a degree program in the area of Worship only Music. So did that mean that I had a bogus degree or what? (What’s up with that?) Is it me or does anyone else have this rub going on in their life? Anyway I ...read more

Keeping the Flame Burning!
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Oct 27, 2009

Walking into my office recently I found a message taped to my computer that said, “I’m having a garage sale this Saturday - Mom has a lot of song books I think you should look at - come early.” I went quickly to the office of the author, Pastor Bruce, and asked, “How early?” to which he replied, “ 6:00 am.” Needless to say, I never made it to his house the next morning. Instead, I host to a slumber party of four little girls, ages 3-12, and was kept me up all night. I slept in the next morning until 10:30 as the girls watched the same video over and over. I fo...read more

Dorcas
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Oct 23, 2009

Occasionally I sit in on one of our Women's Ministry Bible Studies. Currently they are involved in a study of the Women in the Bible. I would like to share a story with you, and the insight that God gave to me as a"Woman in Ministry" through this time of fellowship. It’s a story of a woman who was a believer just like us, and she served the body of Christ that she was involved in. (Note the meaning of her name in Aramaic and Greek means "gazelle") Acts 9:36-42 " There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas). She was always doing kind ...read more

Renew Your Passion
By Darlene Thorne - Women in Worship - Oct 19, 2009

I recently went to see the movie, The Passion of the Christ.” This movie was indeed violent, full of blood and gore. It was hard to look at, but, yet I found myself drawn into the realness of the film. This was a reenactment of Jesus’ death. It was reminding us of what He did on the cross over 2000 years ago. I felt my body cringe when they whipped Jesus and my hands felt weak and a sort of pain when the soldiers pierced His hand. It was a horrific sight! After I left the theatre, I found I could not verbally express how I felt about the movie. It wasn’t u...read more

Consistency Please – Part 2
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Oct 13, 2009

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose” – Roman 8:28 (NLT) It’s been almost a year since I wrote Consistency Please. I must admit that my journey for consistency in Him has taken me on yet another journey down a different road. Since last speaking with you, about Consistency Please, I have turned a year older, the new car that I owned was totaled in a flood; I resigned my position as Worship Pastor at my church; and moved from Northern. California to Southern Ne...read more

Bloom
By Debbi Barnett - Women in Worship - Oct 11, 2009

As a new worship leader, I felt an unusual call to remain at my church for about two years and not visit other churches as some of my friends were doing at the time. It seemed as though every weekend someone was telling me of a place to go to hear this worship minister or that worship minister, to hear this choir or that singer, or to see how they worshiped over here at this church. I would hear constantly how the Spirit of God was moving at the church across town. God was moving at our church, but somehow I wanted more for our congregation. Sometimes I would f...read more

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