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Monday, October 25, 2004

Refreshment

So worship the last several weeks hasn't been such a great thing. I've been to several services and haven't felt at all connected and have only rarely worshipped. In part I feel like I've returned to the desert though only in this one aspect. The Bible study and Coffeehouse for GCF have been really uplifting. Went to a church yesterday that was so not me and I was pretty disappointed when I got home.

Then GCF got together for our evening worship time and it was exactly what I needed. The entire time was praise around some themes in Rev. 4 and 5. Master Weiss led with some guitar and harmonia and I got to play a Djembe for the first time. For those who don't know, a Djembe is a big African drum that allows for tonal variation depending on where the drum head is hit by your hand. I wasn't very good but I actually felt like I got to create in the praise time. I got to interact with a community of worshippers to create a unique expression of my and our devotion to God. We got to offer our praise to God and I felt deeply connected to the other worshippers and to the Lord. It was a really refreshing and connecting experience. Even with the rhythm deficencies I showed at times I just enjoyed what we got to lift to Him.

If you read this and are or have been a part of GCF you should join us on Sunday nights for worship. It's so much better than somuch of what I've "experienced" lately. Instead of sitting in a seat and having worship thrown at me or done for me I get to be part of the entire creation of worship in a very deep way. I haven't felt this good in worship since the trip to Cheaha Mountain many years ago when I sat with abobut 50 other college studnets and worshipped God on the side of the mountain with just the beauty of our voices and the devotion of our hearts. When the cloud descended around us we all felt liek we have recevied the blessing of God through a sort of baptism. Last night was like that. I so much hope that we can do it again.

Thanks for reading.

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