Brad,
Of course he's wise.  He married me didn't he?  Groan!
Kathy



At 10:35 PM 4/30/2006, you wrote:
>OK. Now I wish I'd have been there. Awesome to see how things have 
>changed in your church. Greg is a wise man. Or you might say a wiseguy.
>
>Brad
>
>
>on 05:41 PM 4/30/2006, Kathy Du Bois said:
>
>Brad,
>         Oh yah!  there's nothing like it!  Actually, what I get 
> more nervous about is when it comes to the sharing 
> time.  Sometimes, people get a bit inappropriate and I mean by 
> that, off topic and off color.  The holy Spirit called some really 
> wonderful people forward today who had some really wonderful things 
> to share about how God is working in their lives.  Actually, this 
> shows me how some people are growing in Christ because they really 
> have stories to share about how God is working in their lives 
> instead of getting up just to share a funny story about what 
> happened to them last week.  The first few services like this that 
> we had, I was ready to stop them, but Greg cautioned me, saying, 
> "no, it will change as the people grow in Christ and learn what a 
> difference He can make."  Well, Greg was right and I was wrong.  I 
> can say that because he's not here.  GRIN!  Truthfully though, Greg 
> was wise to be patient and to encourage the people to attempt to 
> share.  I wish that he had been here this morning to hear how rich 
> it was.  Saddly, for me at least, only one veteran was there, but 
> the wife of one of the veterans, who was not there, stood up during 
> the service, broke down and said that she really appreciated the 
> encouragement that she had received today.  The main theme that the 
> holy Spirit put together today was basically, God walks with us 
> through everything.  God always seems to have a theme.  It just 
> blows me away what happens when you let God make up the 
> bulletin.  Anyway, this lady's testimony was precious and, I know, 
> very heart felt.  God is good all the time.
>Kathy
>
>
>At 05:51 PM 4/30/2006, you wrote:
>Umm. You take requests on the fly for songs? Is that right? No 
>wonder you were a bit apprehensive. Breaking away from those routine 
>services is really freeing and real isn't it.
>
>Brad
>
>
>on 11:47 AM 4/30/2006, Kathy Du Bois said:
>
>Phil,
>We actually had what we call a Spirit led worship service 
>today.  This is a service where we let the people pick a lot of the 
>music and then they also  share what the Lord has been doing in 
>their lives.  It can get pretty wild, but today was 
>beautiful.  Then, someone requested the song, "Here Am I Lord."  I 
>don't know if you are familiar with it, but the words to the chorus are:
>
>Here am I, Lord.
>Is it I, Lord?
>I have heard you calling in the night.
>I will go, Lord
>if you lead me.
>I will hold your people in my heart."
>
>I lost it.  I just stood there playing the guitar and crying because 
>all I had done was be willing and I knew that He was getting the 
>glory.  You're right.  It's awesome to be used by God.
>Kathy
>
>
>At 12:40 PM 4/30/2006, you wrote:
>Nothing like being used by God for His honor and glory.  I wish I had the
>talent to lead worship.
>
>Phil.