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  1. JoeyWhiteshoes

    I don't like Christmas.

    Personally, I like the warm, fuzzy feelings that I get in church on Christmas and I'm usually out freezing on an Easter sunrise service somewhere. I wouldn't miss either one. But I think the most important part of the Easter and Christmas programs is the fact that there are so many unchurched...
  2. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Please Listen!!!!

    I am a songwriter and play music for God, too. I have been doing this for almost 20 years and don't get too many opportunities to play for people to hear, either. I'm leaving it up to God's timing, not mine. In the meantime, I play in several worship teams as a back up musician, mostly on bass...
  3. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Struggling a bit...could use help...

    Bless you. Anything I have to say would be negative regarding your worship leader and that probably won't help but if they don't have time to prepare, they shouldn't be in the leadership position. I feel the same about the musicians/singers/sound tech, too. No time for practice equals no...
  4. JoeyWhiteshoes

    IMPORTANT MESSAGE (ussually when something says this people disregard it) READ NOW!

    ATHEO: "The atheist god. Helps in a lot of stuff if you pray to him. Or not. Whatever. The atheists claim to have no God but if you investigate you'll find they really worship drugs/money/sex/power/sin/are a different sect of Muslims according to the latest researches"... Urban Dictionary I...
  5. JoeyWhiteshoes

    restore old mandoline from ebay ?

    I would say to give it a go. If it is just a $200 mandolin anyway, you got nothing to lose. If it is a vintage instrument and worth some money, that's different story. I would recommend Dan Erlewine's books/videos on instrument repair if you aren't experienced already. This is an interesting...
  6. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Outside the Camp

    This from the link, "We will not fellowship with anyone who we know opposes at least one of the doctrines contained in this Confession." Wow! So much for a church being a place for sinners. Churches need to have a statement of faith and share the same doctrinal views, but this seems pretty...
  7. JoeyWhiteshoes

    True Worship

    I'm going to say the worshipping "in Spirit and Truth" leaves a lot open for interpretation. Joey:waaah:
  8. JoeyWhiteshoes

    I need Help with prayer

    STOP SAYING YOU AREN'T GOOD WITH PUBLIC PRAYER! Right now. Some people are more gifted, sure, but the more you reinforce the negative...the more it gets locked in. Lots of worship songs are actually prayers. "Oh, Lord, how majestic is yor name in all the earth"....and such. They would make...
  9. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Help with Writing songs

    Carry a little notebook everywhere you go. I have gotten songs while driving, pulled over and wrote them down. I have also gotten complete songs in the midle of the night and woke up to write them. Others were just a line or two but it's not too hard to put a line or two together and make a...
  10. JoeyWhiteshoes

    The heart of Christmas

    I don't think any one of us could say it any better. I haven't even begun to get in the "Christmas spirit" yet. Thanks for getting us started off in the right frame of mind. 3rd, 4th and 5th graders may not understand some of the song but the "It's all about you, Jesus (or Christmas)" will...
  11. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Worship Theaters and Worship Temples

    Yeah, they probably said the same thing when "modern" hymns began being sung in the 1800"s. Don't get me wrong here. I'm not goinjg to start an arguement but I do want to express my thoughts on this subject. I remember the severe discussions going on in our church as to whether or not "How...
  12. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Men's Haberdashery in Church

    I guess I'm old fashioned. I can't get used to men wearing hats or caps in church...especially if they are on the worship team. I was brought up to take my hat off when entering a church. Also to remove it when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, saying grace or while sitting down to a meal...
  13. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Worship Theaters and Worship Temples

    I wish you the best as you lead your church in that direction. And dude, you have a couple more surfboards than I do...but mine are way bigger. My shortest is an 8'2". Joey
  14. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Worship Theaters and Worship Temples

    It's too bad that you have to present the CONCEPT and not just go ahead and show them what the Vineyard musical style is all about....by plugging in and letting them have it! Joey
  15. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Worship Theaters and Worship Temples

    Janet842, I totally agree with you. I attended a "worship seminar" yesterday. 1/2 hour of worship service and 4 hours of sit down learning. It should have been the other way around. We don't learn to worship by study. We learn to worship by worshipping. (Music is not the only way we can...
  16. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Any Surfers Out There?

    Very clever. Joey
  17. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Any Surfers Out There?

    What do you ride? Where do you surf? Etc. I'm in So. California. Used to have nine boards but am now down to three. 8'2"-9'6". I surf Topanga and Trestles mostly. Been surfing since the seventies. Probably surfed most spots from San Diego to Ventura at one time or another. Joey
  18. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Favorite Bass Players of all time

    Jack Bruce. Thread over. Joey
  19. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Judas Priest

    You Got Another Thing Comin' is probably the most commercial and thus, the most played through the years. Somehow, I never thought of Priest as being the "guiding light through the hard pavement of life". That is a spot reserved for the Almighty God. Not sure how this thread got posted here...
  20. JoeyWhiteshoes

    Bass Guitar thats hard to find: Warwick Vampyre NT four string bass

    Probably for the best. I have a pointy bass left over from the 80's hair metal days. Sounds great but was always out of place in the church worship service. Had to buy a P-bass to fit in. Eventually, he would have ooutgrown the need for a "pointy" bass and would have needed to buy another bass...