Wednesday, October 3, 2007
just got an inspiration
hey guys, got an inspiration from my dreams a few days ago. since our band is like lacking of instruments since i'll just concentrate on my vocals from now on and band organising, we do need someone to help us.
u will see this person on sunday if that someone is willing to help us. was thinking we could use another instrument player. u will see me practising with his particular person even if u all dun come for practice on sunday after service.
as usual, i'll say we're left with abt a month now. i'll work with pple who are sincerely wanting to be involved. no use forcing pple to help if their hearts arent in it. its a natural thing to want to serve God when u love Him. and its a natural thing to come to church and be involved in church stuff, shows ur priorities of things in life and how much u want more of Him in ur life. and its a natural thing for pple to be practising their instruments and devote time to practices when they really want to be part of Serving Him. so i'll just see who comes on sundays after service. if not, as usual, practice still goes on, even if its just me.
and with or without some of u, the worship will still be done. and i have alot of things on my mind, if u think i'm just blindly and stupidly pressurising myself for nth, i can tell u, its because i know i'm not readily prepared yet with what i have in mind. thats why i worry and thats why i keep thinking abt things.
it might seem very unimportant to u guys as something that is just like a performance. but i can tell u, my main purpose is to draw pple to Christ. and my main reason of doing music well is to make the best atmosphere that i can (within my abilities) for the pple that will worship on that day. even if it means just our yf pple. its still for God that we're doing it for.
and if u guys havent started inviting friends, u guys better start. like what meiling chuan dao said when she came back to do a sermon during our yf time last week. "christians dun really believe they are going to heaven and dun believe in heaven and hell, cos if they do, they would be sharing this GOOD NEWS among their friends. even if they had to give up their lives for it". very true. i've given out at least twenty invitation cards that our yf has prepared. and sent at least 30 msgs regarding the camp. its not about how many respond, its about how many have been told. cos its their own hearts and God's will that they will open it and accept the invitations. we just do our best by spreading the word abt it.
until now, only how the songs are roughly gonna be played have been discovered by me,pris and yuqian. marcus and michelle, i'm not sure whether u all are still wanting to be part of this thing. but it will show by whether u turn up for practices and whether u can be accountable for not turning up. so do inform me abt it. i want an "All or nothing" approach. either u give me ur all, or u just give me nothing, its okay.
there's still so much to be done. to actually understand the songs and how we want to broadcast the msg to the pple. prayers in between, msgs in between, to broadcast the msg and reflection upon the song. acapella, drum solos, harmony, guitar intros and now even piano stuff. to make the best music we can give to the ONe who deserves it all.
pris, can u tell me ur schedule and when u have to stop practices for O levels.
mich, i need u here with me to work out the vocal parts. haven touched anything yet other than trying to hit my notes properly.
marcus, we could use with some bass.
yuqian, thanks for being here. pris alike. desperately need support for this. lets work out more drums stuff to liven up the worship.
and its gonna be a mad rush. i need u all to tell me ur schedules on 6th and 7th of November.
7th november is the stayover in the night to prepare our hearts for the camp as a YF. so b4 that, i wish to assemble the band for the last practice. need to book the sanctuary too.
6th november will be my ORD date. will finish at 12th. and michelle, if u didnt break ur promise, u're gonna meet me right? maybe we can work out the vocal parts by ourselves in the afternoon. there's gonna be a BBQ in the night for my ORD and pris' end of O levels. all invited. for the afternoon, do hope those that are available will join me and michelle to discuss about our last arrangement for the worship b4 practising on the 7th.
i believe giving this our best will be the best gift we can give to the pple that will come for the camp. if marcus u still decide on skipping this camp, i guess i have nothing to say. if u say its cos of school, ur not pardoned. cos thursday's a deepavali. can go to sch for fri and come back in the night. but if ur gonna be as inactive as last year for the camp, u can skip it by all means. either "All or nothing" ya?
and for ur information, our worship lead for the camp will be friday(9th nov) night at 7pm. so i expect u all after whatever things u have on friday, to return back to camp by 6. to setup and prepare our hearts.
thats all i have to say for our worship thingy. do continue using this blog. pris and yuqian, work things out, i cant lose u two's cooperation as musicians due to some silly misunderstanding. talk to each other calmly. put down all anger stored up. its been days. we dun bear grudges for so long. especially as christians. take care guys.
pen off.
(frontman, CLiff)
2:03 PM, & i live by faith and not by sight for you
