WILDSIDE AND REFUGE

Hey Bands,

First I will give you guys in Wildside the schedule of who is singing for the month of October. Then I will give Refuge their Worship Exercise for the week.

Thursdays this month will look like this:

10/6
Vocals - Aubrey, Macey
Drums - Matt
Bass - Isaac

10/13
Vocals - Nikki, Ciara
Drums - Matt
Bass - Isaac

10/20
Vocals - Aubrey, Macey
Drums - Matt
Bass - Isaac

10/27
Costume Party (special music)
Vocals - Aubrey, Ciara

Drums - Matt
Bass - Isaac

This schedule, as always, is subject to change depending on what may occur throughout the month, but this is what is expected to happen.

REFUGE BAND
This part is for you. As you all should know by now, attendance of the Band meetings is a significant part of being in the band. If you are not attending the meetings, you are not acting as if you are a part of the Band. Again, I remind you that if you absolutely must miss a Band meeting you need to notify me (through text, phone call, email, Facebook, this blog, through Isaac, through somebody else, some sort of way) BEFORE the meeting starts at 5pm. These meetings are designed for us to grow closer to God and to each other, and to broaden our understanding of worship. It is not a punishment, but a blessing that you are expected to be present at all meetings.

Keeping that in mind, you all should have turned in our first Worship Exercise last night. If you failed to turn it in, you have been told of the consequences and will be held to them. Those of you who missed last night's meeting or need a reminder of what this week's Exercise is, here are the directions:

Look up Psalm 146. Rewrite, word for word, the entire psalm (it is only 10 verses) in whichever version of the Bible you feel most comfortable using. Please write at the top which version you used. Once you have handwritten the psalm word for word, you may either type or write out the psalm using your own words. This is what you feel the main points of the psalm are. I should be able to see each element of the original psalm in the psalm. Feel free to use multiple versions of the Bible (I suggest NIV, TNIV, ESV, NASB, NLT, and NET). I suggest that you copy the psalm in one version, then read the psalm in other versions and take notes of the differences before you rewrite it in your own words. This will give you a greater understanding of the intended meaning of the psalm, but no, it is not required that you do that. In short, you are required to:
1. Copy Psalm 146, word for word, handwritten (write down which version you use).
2. Rewrite the psalm in your own words (you may do this longhand or typewritten).

Thank you all for the effort you put into this band. You are all doing important work for God, and I am thoroughly appreciative for each and every one of you. I look forward to seeing what God has in store for us as we continue worshiping Him with all that we are.

-Jordan