BHBC Music Notes

MUSIC NOTES: 8.25.15

THIS SUNDAY, 8/30
Choir: How Great Is Our God
Preacher: Jason Atchley

THE NEXT BIG THING:  “Missions Celebration” – 8.30.15

This Sunday, August 30 at 5pm
Location: Family Life Center
BBQ dinner will be served-donations appreciated.
Childcare available by request. Contact Janyth Brannon.

Hear reports from summer missions, hear about new opportunities to be involved, and participate in a baptism service for Community Heights church-our partners in ministry right here in 414!

***NEW “START BACK” DATE FOR ADULT CHOIR REHEARSALS

Due to a church-wide event being held in the BHBC Worship Center on 9/2, we will not resume mid-week rehearsals until Wed. evening, 9/9, at 7:15pm.

FALL REHEARSAL INFO

Praise Team: 6pm, Wed; Worship Center

Adult Choir will resume mid-week rehearsals on Wed. night, Sep. 9th. 7:15pm; Choir Room

JUBILATE WOMEN’S CHOIR REHEARSALS BEGIN:  Tuesday evening, 9/1

WED. NIGHT SCHEDULE BEGINNING SEP 9th

5:30pm – Meal
6pm – Praise Team Rehearsal
6:30pm – Adult Discipleship/Jason teaches in FLC
7:15pm – Adult Choir Rehearsal

AND ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT THE “DARK AGES” WERE “DARK”. BOY, WAS I WRONG…

I’ve been reading “The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution” by James Hannam, Ph.D. in physics & history, Oxford & Cambridge Universities.

I’ve always been under the impression that the Middle Ages were “Dark”. Hence, the phrase “Dark Ages.” But would you believe that’s a misnomer?

The Middle Ages Were Certainly Not “Dark”. Read on….

Dr. Hannam writes, “If you were taught that the Middle Ages were a time of intellectual stagnation, superstition, and ignorance, you were taught a myth that has been utterly refuted by modern scholarship. Without the scholarship of the Middle Ages, modern science would not exist.

“The Middle Ages were a time of one intellectual triumph after another. The people of medieval Europe invented spectacles, the mechanical clock, the windmill, and the blast furnace by themselves. Lenses and cameras, almost all kinds of machinery, and the industrial revolution itself all owe their origins to the forgotten inventors of the Middle Ages.”

THREE GUYS SIT DOWN AT A PIANO – AND MAGIC HAPPENS…

QUOTE(s) of the WEEK

“A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question.” – Physicist (and atheist) Sir Fred Hoyle

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE:

GRACE NOTES: “Finding God in the Storm” (Guest Post)

http://nickwattssoulfood.com/2015/08/24/finding-god-in-the-storm-guest-post/

Soli Deo Gloria, Nick

MUSIC NOTES: 8.18.15

THIS SUNDAY, 8/23
Choir: Shout to the Lord
Preacher: Jason Atchley

THE NEXT BIG THING (TOMORROW EVENING)

August 19th; (Wed. evening) – Prayer-Walk at Williams &/or Wester Elementary Schools; School supplies are being collected thru Sunday School classes for underprivileged students at these two schools. 7pm – Take supplies to campuses & prayer-walk campuses. 8pm – BHBC FLC – Root beer floats.

FALL REHEARSAL INFO

Praise Team: 6pm, Wed (8/19); Worship Center

Adult Choir: The Fall Wed. night schedule does not officially kick off until Sep. 9th. Adult Choir, however, will resume mid-week rehearsals one week earlier on Wed. night, Sep. 2nd. 7:15pm; Choir Room

FALL WED. NIGHT SCHEDULE BEGINNING SEP 9th

5:30pm – Meal
6pm – Praise Team Rehearsal
6:30pm – Adult Discipleship/Jason teaches in FLC
7:15pm – Adult Choir Rehearsal

QUOTE(s) of the WEEK

Mouthwash for the Imagination

“C.S. Lewis once referred to certain kinds of books as ‘mouthwash for the imagination.’ This is what he attempted to provide in the Narnia stories: an unfamiliar world in which we could rediscover what it might mean to meet the Holy without the staleness of religious preconceptions as they appear in our culture. The point of Narnia is to help us rinse out what is stale in our thinking about Christianity – which is almost everything.” – (Rowan Williams – “The Lion’s World: A Journey Into the Heart of Narnia”)

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE:

“Did I Read that Sign Correctly??” (Part 4)

Message on a leaflet: IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS.

On a repair shop door: WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. ( PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR – THE BELL DOESN’T WORK. )

GRACE NOTES: “In the Absolute Worst of Circumstances – He is There”

http://nickwattssoulfood.com/2015/08/17/in-the-absolute-worst-of-circumstances-he-is-there/

Soli Deo Gloria, Nick

MUSIC NOTES: 8.13.15

THIS SUNDAY, 8/16
Choir: He Touched Me
Preacher: Jason Atchley

THE NEXT BIG THING

August 19th; (Wed. evening) – Prayer-Walk at Williams & Wester Elementary Schools; School supplies are being collected thru Sunday School classes for underprivileged students at these two schools. 7pm – Take supplies to campuses & prayer-walk campuses. 8pm – BHBC – Root beer floats.

FALL REHEARSAL INFO

Praise Team: 6pm, Wed (8/19); Worship Center

Adult Choir: The Wed. night schedule does not officially kick off until Sep. 9th. Adult Choir, however, will resume mid-week rehearsals one week earlier on Wed. night, Sep. 2nd. 7:15pm; Choir Room

WED. NIGHT SCHEDULE BEGINNING SEP 9th

5:30pm – Meal
6pm – Praise Team Rehearsal
6:30pm – Adult Discipleship/Jason teaches in FLC
7:15pm – Adult Choir Rehearsal

QUOTE(s) of the WEEK

From C.S. Lewis’ ‘Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian’:

“Aslan,” said Lucy, “you’re bigger.”
“That is because you are older, little one,” answered Aslan.
“Not because you are?”
“I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.”

What Lewis is portraying here is the direct correlation between one’s spiritual growth and one’s view of God.  As author/theologian, Rowan Williams, comments, “The more [Lucy] develops [her faith in Aslan], the more there is to see and know of Aslan.”  Translation: as we grow in our Christian faith, we see Truth more clearly; our view of God deepens as much as it widens.

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE:

“Did I Read that Sign Correctly??” (Part 3)

Notice in health food shop window: CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS.

Spotted in a safari park: ELEPHANTS, PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR.

Seen during a conference: FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN’T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR.

GRACE NOTES: “How Critical Thinking Saves Faith”

http://nickwattssoulfood.com/2015/07/29/how-critical-thinking-saves-faith/

Soli Deo Gloria, Nick

MUSIC NOTES: 8.4.15

THIS SUNDAY, 8/9
Choir: We Believe
Preacher: Jason Atchley

THE NEXT BIG THING

August 19th; (Wed. evening) – Prayer-Walk at Williams & Wester; School supplies are being collected thru Sunday School classes for underprivileged students attending these two schools. 7pm – Take supplies to campuses & prayer-walk campuses. 8pm – Fellowship & Root beer floats back at BHBC.

ADAM’S ROAD:  THANK YOU!!

The worship center was almost filled to capacity this past Sunday evening as three former Mormon Missionaries shared their stories of coming to faith in the Jesus Christ.  Thank you for supporting this event.  NOTE:  we know for certain two Mormon Missionaries were in attendance.  Who knows what God will do with the testimonies of Adam’s Road in the lives of those two missionaries. 

FALL REHEARSAL INFO

Praise Team: 6pm, Wed (8/5); Worship Center

Adult Choir: The Wed. night schedule does not officially kick off until Sep. 9th. Adult Choir, however, will resume mid-week rehearsals one week earlier on Wed. night, Sep. 2nd. 7:15pm; Choir Room

QUOTE(s) of the WEEK

“Miracles are always examples of God communicating with us in some fashion…But they aren’t just communications. There is a particular intimacy to them, as though God wants more than anything to let us know he is with us.” (Eric Metaxas, “Miracles”)

“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe – a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” – Albert Einstein

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE:

“Did I Read that Sign Correctly??” (Part 2)

In a London department store: BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS.

In an office: AFTER TEA BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD.

Outside a secondhand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING – BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

GRACE NOTES: “Where is Christ in the Old Testament? (Everywhere)”

http://nickwattssoulfood.com/2015/06/24/where-is-christ-in-the-old-testament-everywhere/

Soli Deo Gloria, Nick