Gracia Burnham

Hey everyone, hope you all are having a great week so far.

I just wanted to take a quick moment to remind everyone of this Sunday's service at Har-Ber High School's Auditorium. Service starts at 10am and will end around 11:30. In this service you will have the opportunity to listen to the heart of a missionary, Gracia Burnham, who lost her husband while serving the Lord in the Philippines. We will have a great time of worship as well and we hope you all can join us. For more of Gracia's story, click on her name (the title of my post) and it will take you to an online article. Or check out our website @ www.crosspointenwa.com.

On the music front, some of you have inquired about where I find the songs that we sing on Sunday's. So I wanted to share with you what is loaded up in my iPod currently. I have ranked these by the number of times I have listened (courtesy of iPod). This doesn't mean that we will necessarily be doing these on Sunday's but it will give you a good idea of what ministries I find my inspiration from.

Top 20

1) Surrender - by Planetshakers -- this is a song we will be singing this Sunday.
2) Awaken my Heart - by Steven Miller -- worshipped with this one last Sunday.
3) Your Love Never Fails - Chris Quilala -- coming in November
4) Lay 'Em Down - by Needtobreathe
5) Come Holy Spirit - by Planetshakers
6) Glorified - by Jared Anderson (New Life Worship)
7) The Lord Reigns - Christ for the Nations
8) When I Pray - Darrell Evans
9) It's Your Life - Franchesca Battistelli -- very motivating!
10) Solid Rock - New Life Worship
11) Divine Romance - Phil Wickham - beautiful love song to Jesus!
12) Today is the Day - Lincoln Brewster
13) Bless His Name - Jeremy Riddle - moving up fast on my playlist.
14) The New Song We Sing - Meredith Andrews
15) Hallelujah, Jesus - Monk and Neagle
16) None Greater Than You - Salvador
17) Our Great God - Todd Agnew
18) Give it All Away - Aaron Shust
19) Arms Open Wide - Hillsong United
20) Hallelujah - Seven Stories Up

Some of my favorite worship bands/leaders out right now:

1) Michael Gungor - great guitar player/writer..
2) Steven Miller-- read his devotionals with his songs.. great stuff. http://www.stephen-miller.com/songs.php
3) New Life Worship (Ross Parsley, Glenn Packiam, Jon Egan, Jared Anderson)
4) Hillsong (Brooke Fraser, Joel Houston, Marty Samson, Ruben Morgan)
5) Planetshakers
6) Kari Jobe - first sang Revelation Song.
7) Chris Tomlin - a staple.
8) Jeremy Riddle - great up and comer.
9) Gateway Worship
10) Lincoln Brewster

Check these guys out if you get a chance. I hope you find encouragement knowing that they are serving our Lord with us in the world through their ministries.

Can't wait for Sunday.. Can't wait to see everyone together.. Come ready to lay it all down and lift up Christ.

In His Grip,
Mark