7.26-27

Worship Set
Your Grace is Enough (Maher, Tomlin version)
Holding Onto You (Colman)
*God of this City (Tomiln version)
*Mighty to Save/The Stand/Shout Unto God (Hillsong United)

*performed with a 30 voice choir

Crashing Durango

For the past week, Kim, Jude, and I have been Crashing the Rohlinger Vacation with about 60 high school students and sponsors up in Durango, Colorado. Very, very cool stuff. Here are some highlights:

• We weren’t real sure how Jude would do on a nine hour road trip but he stinkin rocked it! He slept the entire way there and has slept the trip back thus far (I’m bloggin on the road). To top it off, it hasn’t thrown off his nighttime schedule either. These are some rockin stats for any parent!
• The drive up was absolutely beautiful. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone past Flagstaff and I had forgotten how beautiful it is. It’s so sweet to go from desert to pine trees back to desert and then to forests again. Where else in the world can you get that?! Monument Valley is the jam. The drive has motivated Kim and I to plan an Arizona road trip for later this year. We’ve both seen most of the state but haven’t seen much of it together. Any stops you highly recommend?
• Darius and his team did a great job putting together a memorable experience for all of us.
• The students blew us away this week. Over the past year or so, I’ve gotten to know some the students a little. But this week, Kim and I really got to connect with some of them. So many of them are so dedicated in their walks with Christ and it shows once you get to hang with them.
• Late afternoon on Thursday, I got to jam with some the students, singing a ton of their favorite worship tunes. It’s so cool to see them guys connect so personally in worship; you can see it’s a part of who they are, not something they’re a part of. That was easily my favorite moment of the trip.
• The evening worship and talks (Family Meetings… since we were crashing their vacation) were incredible. Most of the students are more accustomed to upbeat worship songs. We did some of those but we also slowed it down a bit for a more intimate, heart felt time of worship to God. These students laid their hearts out for Jesus and it was a blessing of mine to lead them.
• Pastor Greg gave some incredible talks to the students each night (and captured some highlights each day on his blog), even opening up for some Q and A sessions. I love that my pastor is an open book and these kids took advantage of it, asking a ton of insight-seeking questions.
• All in all, Kim and I felt so fortunate to be a part of this week. I hope we are asked back next year!

7.19-20

Worship Set
Love the Lord (Brewster)
Salvation is Here (Hillsong United)
Breathe On Me (listen/buy) (Fields)
All Because of Jesus (Fee)
Should I Tell Them (Shaun Groves)
Tell the World (Hillsong United)

Should I Tell Them is easily my favorite song on evangelism. The openess and authenticity of the song is gripping and relatable. From top to bottom, Invitation to Eavesdrop is a solid record, you should check it out.

Bonus Question: What other song from Shaun Grove's first album have we covered at Palm Valley?

7.12-13

Worship Set
Message in a Bottle (instrumental intro)/Tell the World (The Police/Hillsong United)
Indescribable (Laura Story, Tomlin version)
You Never Let Go (Redman)
Everlasting God (Brown, Brewster version)

7.5-6

Worship Set
God Bless America (original arrangement)
Happy Day (Hughes)
Let Me Sing (listen/watch/buy) (Fields)
God of Wonders (Third Day/Caedmon's Call)
Let the Praises Ring (Brewster)

Early Weekend Getaway

Kim, Jude, and I are up in Sedona with my parents, brother, sister, and their spouses for a little 4th of July getaway. Over the past few years, these trips have become known as our 7th Heaven vacations. I always look forward to them and hate that this year's will be so short. It's getting tougher and tougher to do these with kidos around now but I'm holding out hope that we'll still find a way to get away every now and then.

My dad, Jerrod, and I played 18 holes at a little executive course on the south end of town today. It was the first time the three of us had played golf in at least 10 years. We had an absolute blast! I'm also proud to say that I shot the low round and had the day's only birdie! I also had a couple freak shots... on back to back par threes, my tee shot buried itself on the green. There was absolutely no way I could hit it out, it was buried deep! Crazy stuff! It was crazy enough that my shots actually landed on the green from the tee box but I had never seen a ball bury itself like that before... and it happened on back to back holes!

Well, the steaks are done so it's dinner time! Sweet potatoes too, yum!

Hope to get some pics up soon!