Well as I figure out what I want to do the Orchard Rewinds, I wanted to keep you all up to date on what’s been happening on the Arts side at the Orchard the last several weeks.
We’ve been in a series called Rockin’ The Orchard 2, where we take 6 weeks to journey through 6 decades of rock ‘n’ roll. Each song is the catalyst for the message each of those weeks and is chosen by the speaker. This has been a great opportunity to bring in other speakers to give Scott (our lead pastor) a break.
Here are the setlists from the last few weeks.
07.15.07 Setlist – Rockin’ The Orchard (70’s)
Medley – “Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynard Skynard),
“China Grove” (Doobie Brothers), and
“Taking Care of Business” (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)… Ken sang this one.
Tell The World – Hillsong United
Everyday – Lincoln Brewster
I will Survive – Gloria Gaynor (Joni sang this one and rocked the house)
Once Again – Matt Redman
07.22.07 Setlist – Rockin’ The Orchard (80’s)
Medley – “For Those About To Rock” (ACDC),
“Jump” (Van Halen),
“One Way To Rock” (Sammy Hagar),
“We Will Rock You” (Queen), and
“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Joan Jett and the Black Hearts)
Everybody Praise The Lord – Lincoln Brewster
Awesome Is The Lord Most High – Chris Tomlin
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
Everlasting God – Lincoln Brewster
Please understand, this series is a fun summer series we have done for two summers now and people are really inviting their friends to be a part of it. People actually come early to hear what the walk-in medley is going to be each week because they know their friends will know the music. It totally brings down defenses and people are responding to the messages in a very positive way.
I actually have a rewind filmed this week with my family while we were away the first part of this week, so stay tuned!
Peace.
One of my most favorite movies of all time is the movie Better Off Dead, starring John Cusak when he was basically a kid. I can’t really explain it except that it takes me back to when I first saw the movie.
If you’ve never seen this movie, you’re totally missing out on the 80’s music and movie sequences. It’s hilarious! Anyway, I digress…
Here’s the premise for those who haven’t seen it:
Lane Meyer (Cusak) is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with his crazy family, Lane finds a new love in French exchange student Monique Junot. Meanwhile, he must beat Roy on the slopes to regain his honor.
The idea is that Lane thinks he would be better off dead than to live without his now ex-girlfriend, when in reality he learns the opposite is true. I was watching this movie again the other night for the millionth time and noticed something key that Monique confronts Lane with… his failures stem from his attitude and his view of himself. “I can’t” is his middle name.
One of the things my wife and I have always tried to instill in our kids is “if you say you can’t, you won’t be able to”. If you tell yourself that you can’t do something you’ve already set yourself up to fail – you’ve already determined the outcome before you’ve even tried. There may very well be things that are beyond your capabilities, at least for the moment. But our words can be very powerful, even to ourselves and can affect our attitude and outlook.
Just take can’t out of your vocabulary for a month and see what happens. What could you accomplish? What have you been called to do that you haven’t even attempted because of that word?
Oh, and “I want my two-dollars!”
(See the movie and you’ll know what this means).
Peace.
Tonight my wife and I were joined by The Orchard staff and more than 100 volunteers at the Kane County Cougars stadium. We enjoyed great food, a great game (the Cougars won of course), and great fellowship!
We have got to have the coolest volunteers around! Our volunteers are friendly, faithful and just down-right fun to be around! What was really cool is that there were many of them that I see every week but never get to spend time talking to because we’re all busy doing what we’re called to do on the weekends. We have a diverse group of people from all different backgrounds and it was great to hear some of their stories tonight.
We laughed a lot. We ate a lot. Then we wrapped up the night with an excellent display of fireworks right over our heads in center field – it was fantastic!
To all of you Orchard volunteers – thank you! The Orchard would not be effective at leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ without all of you doing what you do every week! Talking with you I can hear how God is moving and doing great things in your lives and in the lives of those you invite to be a part of the Orchard community.
We love you and appreciate you – our faithful volunteers!
Peace.
How I lead today will not be effective tomorrow.
Powerful statement.
If this is true,
how do I prepare today
to be an effective leader tomorrow?
Peace.
The games this weekend… Skipbo and Euchre. I have maintained the existing scores (obviously added the new wins) but please the previous post for the real score 
Guys – 7
Girls – 4
Who else plays cards out there? What’s your game?
Come on – I know there are some competitive bloggers out there!
Peace.
