Generosity and Recording

Sunday's Generosity event was great! It was wonderful to see so many going home with things that they really needed. Among the items that changed hands were a cellphone and a CD player. There are a few things left which will still be available this Sunday for those who missed out. After this we will be selling what is left and giving away the proceeds.

So far Richard has recorded his two songs and we are waiting in anticipation of the CD with them on. Piet has decided to delay recording his songs for now, so we will have to wait a while longer for his. We will have some clips of Richard's songs up on the website as soon as we have them.


Please note the worship event scheduled for this weekend has been postponed. I will post the new date as soon as it is confirmed. We will have church as usual on Sunday.

Posted by Ryan @ 12:52 pm
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Demo recording tonight

Piet and Richard are beginning the process of recording some of their own songs tonight. The idea is to produce a demo quality recording for submission to Vineyard Music. We have sung Richard's songs in church, and Piet has some good Afrikaans worship songs. Richard has co-writing credits with Stewart West on one of the songs, "This is Your Song", on Vineyard Music's CD, "Wonderful Mercy". Piet has also been involved in producing an instrumental piano recording, which has been quite successful.

They will using Richard's 4 track tape recorder. Please be praying for them as they record.

Posted by Ryan @ 10:38 am
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Giving it away

When Dave Pederson was here some time back, he shared about how at Fountain Vineyard they schedule times where they just give stuff away to one another. He recounted a specific incident where someone who was really in need went home with a car! This is taking community to a whole new level!

Ros was really inspired, and thought that we should do the same thing. So she is co-ordinating what we are doing this Sunday. Bring anything that you don't want or need or feel led by God to give away. Anyone in the church can then take it home if they want to. Obviously it is "first come first serve". Anything left over at the end will be given to a worthy charity/ministry. The only stipulation that I have is don't bring broken junk- make it worthwhile. Our hope is that this will be a start of a greater level of sharing and giving to one another.

The whole congregation of believers was united as one - one heart, one mind! They didn't even claim ownership of their own possessions. No one said, "That's mine; you can't have it." They shared everything. [ Acts 4:32 The Message ]

Posted by Ryan @ 10:09 am
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