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Focus Worship Conference this Saturday 9-4 at Cedarhome!

Fellow worship musicians and technicians… the time is almost here!  $30 for adults, $20 for students and groups of 5 or more.
If you are coming, please register ASAP so we can make sure and have enough food and instructors for you!
We’ve got a great lineup of some of the best of the best local trainers, and even just getting to meet and jam with others local players like you should be lots of fun!
We want to see everyone have a local mentor/teacher/rabbi and a local disciple/student/apprentice in their area of service.  Do you have someone local to look up to as a bass player/sound tech/guitar player/worship leader/ … and do you have someone that you are training, praying for and investing in?
Come join us as we follow Jesus and his directions to “Go into all the world and make disciples!!!”
How can you help?  3 easy steps
1) Pray that God’s will would be done and his Kingdom would come through this event!
2) Join the event on facebook and then invite your friends too!

3) Register officially on our eventbrite site.  If you are pretty confident you’ll have a group of 5 but don’t have it all figured out yet, go ahead and register at the $20 price.  We trust you, and we’d rather be better prepared in advance than have 10 extra groups of 5 register on the last day.
I am confident that great things will happen this Saturday!  Looking forward to see you all there!
By the way, I’ve had a few questions on age, and I would say that 12 and under should get special approval to come, but anyone over that should be just fine. :)
-jason

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Sunday Worship Music January 29, 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Jason Chollar and Cedarhome’s worship band lead the congregation in singing with the following songs:

  • Shout it out (G)
  • Furious (C)
  • Lord, reign in me (C)
  • Wonderful Maker (G)
  • O come let us adore Him (G)

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You can right click the links and choose “save (link/target) as …” to download to your own computer in order to listen to later, to put on your iPod or burn your own CD.  In fact,  you can access our entire library of audio files at www.cedarhome.org/mp3/. All the chordcharts are available at www.cedarhome.org/chordcharts.  Help us support the artist by buying the original tracks on iTunes!  Thanks!

JAM and Worship Practice Canceled due to Snow

Wednesday, January 18 2012

JAM and Worship Practice are canceled today due to snow.  Stay safe and warm!

Sunday, January 8th Message “Riding out the Storm” Mark 6:45-62

Sunday, January 8th

Pastor Mitch brings us a message called “Riding out the Storm” from Mark 6:45-62.

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http://cedarhome.org/mp3/2012/010812message.mp3

You can right click the links and choose “save (link/target) as …” to download to your own computer in order to listen to later, to put on your iPod or burn your own CD.  In fact,  you can access our entire library of audio files at www.cedarhome.org/mp3/

Sunday, January 1st 2012 “Trusting God for What’s Ahead”

Sunday, January 1st 2012

Cedarhome starts the year off right with looking at a whole bunch of verses and reasons for “Trusting God for What’s Ahead”.   Listen as Pastor Mitch brings it!

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http://cedarhome.org/mp3/2012/010112message.mp3

You can right click the links and choose “save (link/target) as …” to download to your own computer in order to listen to later, to put on your iPod or burn your own CD.  In fact,  you can access our entire library of audio files at www.cedarhome.org/mp3/

Sunday, January 1st 2012 Worship Music

Jason Chollar and the band take us through a few songs full of rich meaning, prayers of love and praise to our wonderful Savior.  Listen and sing along!

1. Yes to You (D) by Jason Chollar
2. Your voice (Awesome God) by Vicky Beeching (G)
3. How he loves (C) by John Mark McMillan
4. Jesus loves me (C)

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http://cedarhome.org/mp3/2012/010112music.mp3

You can right click the links and choose “save (link/target) as …” to download to your own computer in order to listen to later, to put on your iPod or burn your own CD.  In fact,  you can access our entire library of audio files at www.cedarhome.org/mp3/.All the chordcharts are available at www.cedarhome.org/chordcharts.  Help us support the artist by buying the original tracks on iTunes!  Thanks!

No JAM, Worship Team Practice on Wednesday, December 28th 2011

I hope you all had a great Christmas. Thanks to all of you who worked so hard to make Christmas services happen.

I have decided it would be good for all of us to take a break for a week, so no JAM, Dinner or Worship Practice tomorrow, Wednesday Dec 28th 2011.

Also, remember that we have just 1 service on Sunday, so you get to sleep in for an hour! If you are requested to come, just come on down at 8:30 for soundcheck and final run through. It will be cool to have everyone mixing from both services!

May God’s blessings be upon you!

Thanks,

Jason Chollar
Cedarhome Baptist Church

Obstacles Cause Creativity!

If you are having trouble being creative, try challenging yourself with some limitations.  Write a song with only 4 notes.  Or do an arrangement with just violin and cajon.  Often we think that creativity is spurred on by having all the possibilities at our disposal, but science has shown the opposite to be true.

Read this fascinating article:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/need-to-create-get-a-constraint/

How does this apply in church?  Write an amazing song that is actually singable by the congregation!  Work within your budget!  Write your own songs instead of learning others.  Make your own charts instead of buying them.  Make your own artwork from inexpensive supplies.  Challenge yourself! Who knows what you may come up with!

 

 

Making Your Room Work for congregational singing!

Are you fighting the room you are worshipping in?  I think of the room I am in as one of the instruments.

You can see a great TED talk about how architecture effects music:

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve.html

I have a friend who says they removed some panels which really helped the congregation hear themselves sing … and it’s made a big difference.   I know the room we used to meet in was better for congregation because they could hear themselves.  Many rooms are very difficult to do loud rock music in, … drums are loud in and of themselves … especially if you want the congregation to be able to hear themselves.

We are currently meeting in a temporary space that will eventually become the lobby … so there’s only so much we can do now… At first I was worried about it being too reverberant, too live … but now I see that I wish it was MORE live.  I’m trying to brainstorm to see if there’s anything inexpensive that I can do about it… and even more importantly, what I can do once we build out the new room.  I am thinking of possibly a clamshell front wall that reflects the sound of the congregation singing back at them. …. It’ll be a multipurpose room that will function as a basketball court too.  Can that work?

What do you say?  What spaces have you been in that were ideal for congregational singing with a modern rock band?  How did they achieve that?

Give me some feedback with some pictures!

Here’s a picture of our current sanctuary…

November 6, 2011 Worship

We were lead by the worship team in the

There’s no One like our God (G) Vicky Beeching
Furious (AJeremy Riddle
You Love Me (C) Cedarhome Worship Team
Jesus Loves Me (C) Kids Song

 

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http://cedarhome.org/mp3/2011/110611Music.mp3

You can right click the links and choose “save (link/target) as …” to download to your own computer in order to listen to later, to put on your iPod or burn your own CD.  In fact,  you can access our entire library of audio files at www.cedarhome.org/mp3/.All the chordcharts are available at www.cedarhome.org/chordcharts.  Help us support the artist by clicking on their names and buying the original tracks on iTunes!  Thanks!