October Ministry Update
October 28, 2016 7:07 pm Ministry Journal, Upcoming Events
Impacting the Bay Area
Heartfelt Music is continuing to touch lives throughout the Bay Area. We are leading others toward excellence in artistry and intimacy with God. Explained in more detail below, I have been coaching the children’s ministry at River of Life Christian Church (Santa Clara), teaching guitar at the Korean Emmanuel Presbyterian Church (Milpitas), leading worship at Gilroy Presbyterian Church (Gilroy), teaching private music lessons (San Jose, Los Altos, and Mount Hermon), and continuing to coordinate chapels and lead the worship teams at Valley Christian Schools (San Jose). Please, pray we will be able to have a significant impact on many lives, encouraging them in Christ.
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Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support! You make a big difference.
Valley Christian Worship with 2300 Students
Besides teaching Guitar and Music Technology at Valley Christian Schools, I am the Chapel Coordinator and direct the two high school worship teams and junior high worship team. Last week, the school had a spiritual emphasis week with chapels every day. It was a busy week but filled with spiritual nourishment for the 1700 high school students and the 600 junior high students. Last Wednesday was a Worship Chapel the students designed.
Team Training with River of Life Chinese Church
The children’s ministry of River of Life Church is vibrant and well organized. Desiring to become even more effective in helping their children in worship, they’ve asked me to come train once a month through May. I’m bringing two seniors from Valley Christian High School worship team to help in mentoring the kids. We had such a meaningful time at the first meeting October 2nd. Heartfelt Music is a tremendous resource for ministry development like this.
Interim Worship Dir. with Gilroy Presbyterian Ch.
Gilroy Presbyterian Church is transitioning to fill a full-time Senior Pastoral position and Worship Director position. I will be Interim Worship Director from October through February to help with this transition. They have found a Senior Pastor, Trevor Van Laar, who will be joining them in January. I’ll be leading twice a month and directing their choir once a month. I enjoy working with these precious people who are excited about using their talents in ministry.
Coming Events
November 6 & 20 (Sun)
Leading worship with Gilroy Presbyterian Church, 6000 Miller Ave, Gilroy, CA 95020. The service begins at 10:00am. I will be directing the choir on November 6th.
November 13 (Sun)
Training & mentoring at River of Life Christian Church, with the children’s program, 1177 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Two seniors from my VCS worship team will be coming with me.
November 19 (Sat)
Doing a recital with six students involved in a 12-week guitar class, Korean Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 4435 Fortran Dr, San Jose, CA 95134.