To Blog or Not to Blog?

So we (Gordon Carpenter & I) decided to create a blog...and we are calling it "The Heart and Art of Worship". There are several reasons we are entering the "blogosphere": 1) To encourage, edify, and (occasionally) provoke those serving on the worship team at Living Word through various musings and insights on worship, 2) To create an online community where we as a "team" can dialogue about life, worship, and current events, 3) To facilitate connectedness through voluntary prayer requests and praises, and last but not least, 4) Blogs are just cool.

Since this blog will feature posts from both Gordon and I you will get to hear both of our voices on matters concerning worship - and we believe this is a good thing! The reason we are calling this blog "The Heart and Art of Worship" is because we want to highlight the importance of both components as lead worshippers. Out of a heart of worship comes a desire to use the artistic gifts God has given us for His glory and church - HE -> ART. As most of you know by now, Gordon's primary focus will on the HEART (spiritual life), whereas my primary focus will on the ART (musical skills) of the worshipper. Together we want to serve you by underscoring the truth that God is re-creating us into WHOLE beings - serving Him with our hearts, minds, soul, gifts, etc.

As you know by now, next week we are beginning our CONNECTIONS process where we'll be spending time with each of you. We are prayerfully looking forward to this time! It will be an opportunity to assess where each of us is at concerning our competency, character and chemistry. Most of all we want you to know how much we value each of you and your servant's hearts as we move forward.