Vineyard Anaheim has full details on the conference including the speakers, worship leaders, and also the workshops offered over the three day conference.

-Early registration is $75 and runs through June 14th.
-Registration after June 14th is $95.

Get more information about group registration options and the details of the 2010 conference at: www.vineyardanaheim.com.

SPECIAL INVITATION TO VINEYARD WORSHIP LEADERS’ LUNCHEON

The Western Region Worship Taskforce wishes to invite any main-service worship leaders to join us for a luncheon held each year at the conference. This year we will meet during the conference lunch break on Thursday July 15th from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Anaheim Vineyard warehouse.

This yearly get-together is always a fun time time to reunite with fellow worship leaders from the Western Region and around the country. It is also a time to get to know new faces and other worship leaders that we serve with side-by-side in the Kingdom.

Lunch is free, so come enjoy some great food and friendship.

The Foothill Vineyard in San Dimas announces a night of worship on March 20th.  This is an area-wide event that will feature artists and worship leaders from Vineyard churches in the  the San Gabriel and Walnut Valleys.

This is an open, free event, and we would like to encourage everyone from the surrounding churches to come and gather together in one place for this special evening.

More Info:  http://www.foothillvineyard.org

The Glendora Vineyard needs to prepare for the number of attendees, so please RSVP to vccglendora@gmail.com.   The cost of the seminar is very affordable at $10, and that includes lunch.

The day’s events will conclude with a worship celebration at 6:30 p.m.

Date: November 14, 2009
Location: Church of the Bretheren, Caroll Street, Glendora, CA
Seminar Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Worship Celebration: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $10

Click Flyer Below for a PDF full size version

FLYER: Glendora Vineyard-Worship seminar with Eddie Espinoza

“You will weep and mourn,” he said “but your pain will turn to joy.”
John 16:20

It happened right in front of them. They could not believe what they were seeing. The boat carrying four of their children had capsized in the river. The young friend of the family who was steering the boat was frantically trying to find each child. The boat had struck a submerged log in the river. Despite desperate attempts to retrieve all of the children, only two survived the accident. Carol and Lee, my brother and sister, were gone.

Dad was in his first church as senior pastor that summer. How could he go on? How could they go on? This tragedy could have made my mother and father bitter towards God. It could have halted forever my father’s call into ministry. Many years later, I heard statistics on how many marriages end in divorce after the loss of a child (or children). It is staggering. How did my mom and dad keep going?

Pursuing my own healing of the past, I had to ask them that very question. Mom reflected back and said, “…the prayer’s of people we hardly knew, close friends who did not give stupid pat answers but who cried with us and let us mourn, and God’s incredible mercy.” Dad told me that they had to focus on raising the four us who remained–that it actually helped them keep getting up every morning and going on.

One of the songs my parents sang in church back then was called “God Hath Not Promised” which contains a powerful message: God hasn’t promised peace without trouble, joy without sorrow, sun without rain. The chorus tells what he has promised: strength for the journey and that He will never, ever leave us or forsake us. As I look back I realize that Mom and Dad deeply believed the words to that song. They were authentic with God their grief and sorrow. He laid His hands on them and ministered healing to them so that they could continue on. I don’t know where our family would have ended up if Mom and Dad had given up on God.

What are you mourning? Have you lost a close friend on the journey? Has your team sustained some radical changes in personnel? Have you left the comfort and security of your old gig to go with a church plant across town or across the world? Or are you simply in a new season where God is asking you to give up the old, so he can reveal what’s next?

Pour out your heart. Admit to yourself that you are grieving. He is here to listen. “The gospel calls us continually to make Christ the source, the center, and the purpose of our lives. In Him we find our home. In the safety of that place, our sadness can point us to God, even drive us into God’s loving embrace. Here mourning our losses ultimately lets us claim our belovedness. Mourning opens us to a future we could not imagine on our own-one that includes a dance.” These words by Henry Nouwen speak of the kind of radical trust and love I’ve seen in my mom and dad.

My parents have had an eventful life. They have had major ups and downs. They have more than survived ministry. They still dance (maybe a little slower)! Their choice to sing those words, “Yet I Will Praise” has allowed them to live out an authentic life of faith and love, tears and laughter, mourning and dancing that has touched so many other lives. I’m one of those lives.

The aim of this event can be summed up into one word: Community.   Come enjoy a casual time of getting to know other Vineyard worship leaders in the region, and find out who else is out there ‘doing the stuff’ in the Kingdom.

Lunch will be served, and it costs you nothing!  Come enjoy free lunch, fellowship, and even a time of worship and reflection.  It’s going to be great, some come on out!

Need directions?  VCC La Habra has directions on their website at http://www.vineyardlahabra.org/directions.html.

Casey Corum sat down with Terry to discuss life, ministry, his time with the band One Truth and the new song.    As a bonus, you also get a listen to the One Truth CCM classic “Reason to Rejoice”.  Don’t miss this one!

Listen here—-> INSIDE WORSHIP PODCAST 18

For more PodCasts visit the Inside Worship Blog at http://www.vineyardmusic.com/vm/blog/3

Note: This event was originally announced as taking place in October, but it is actually scheduled for September 18th-20th.

Location:
Ventura Vineyard - Ventura, CA
Event Dates:
9/18/2009 - 9/20/2009  (Corrected dated)

We are hosting a church planter’s boot camp September 18-20 at the Ventura Vineyard Christian Fellowship

1956 Palma Dr
Ventura, CA 93003-6432
(805)650-2510

If you have any planters serious about planting this year, we would like to get all assessments done and coaches assigned by our boot camp.

This will be led by our most creative planters and Church Planting Coordinators. It promises to be the most helpful training we have provided to date on planting. Please let your areas know and contact Randy Knutson at (760) 272 6071 if you have planters who are interested.

Save the date! More info coming soon here and at http://www.vineyardusa.org/site/event/church-planting-boot-camp.

If you haven’t checked out the Inside Worship podcast put out by Vineyard Music, you are missing out on some great songs, song stories, and encouragement in your journey as a worship leader.  Recent songs that have been featured by Inside Worship are “Christ Is Risen” by Jeremy Riddle, “Brighter Day” by Chris Lizotte, and “Sing Your Praise” by Sheri Carr.

From Vineyard Music:

The Inside Worship Podcast focuses on emerging songs and song stories “from the Church, for the Church”. Each podcast features a new song, an exclusive interview with the songwriter and a downloadable .pdf chord sheet of the featured song. In addition to the song and song story highlight, each podcast will address various issues in our modern worship culture - from the very practical to the deeper issues of the heart, as well astheological discussions and a bit of humor thrown in from time to time.

Check it out!

iTunes Podcast: Inside Worship from Vineyard Music

Riddle’s celebrated 2007 album Full Attention introduced the world to this new voice, and included the #1 hit “Sweetly Broken”. Now Riddle has crafted a follow-up that is equally rich in its organic synthesis of powerful lyrics and driving rhythms.

The Now and Not Yet was produced by Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Jeremy Camp, Sixpence None the Richer) and is poised to make another remarkable impact on the Church. Click through and listen; you won’t be disappointed

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“THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY COME”
worship weekend/March 6th & 7th/Terry, Randy & Carrie Butler hosting
(other Butlers will be involved who have names too! It’s actually a Butler reunion with a worship weekend thrown in!)

* extended times of worship
* practical/theological/encouraging/challenging main sessions (3)
* workshops that matter!

Examples:

- going to the next level on acoustic guitar/ keyboard stuff - inversions/pads/getting the right gear/rhythm patterns (done with live video so keys and hands are up on the screen - you’ll actually see what the teacher is doing!)/help! I’m burnt out!/getting started as a worship leader/bang the drum! (percussion/drums)/learning how to hear & sing parts/basic bass/advanced bass/bass fishing (just kidding!)/creative worship sets - “six songs and out gets boring sometimes!” (using scripture, responsive readings,written prayers, and graphics in congregational worship/tips for frustrated songwriters/there are others workshops that we’ll list as soon as we get our act together (don’t hold your breath!)

* Healing Prayer available all weekend! (teams of three praying for you for a half hour!
* Saturday night worship/celebration open to the public
* a MIGHTY breakfast (more than continental!!!) with really good coffee!!!!

* a teeny price - $35 bucks!

Includes refreshments/breakfast/materials/bass, lead guitar and drummerjokes!/resource table (free articles on worship, etc…)/professional gear & audio folks to talk to/drastically reduced prices on old Randy and Terry worship CD’s (OK, just kidding - we are actually selling them for $25 a pop!)/free Kleenex during ministry times
* some free lodging is available (first come, first served) and a list of hotels is forthcoming

http://www.vineyardpomona.org