St. John Praise Team

The St. John praise time was comprised of several musicians at St. John Lutheran Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Together we made the music happen. Sometimes the music was an individual effort, but our key goal was to provide a worshipful experience, and that usually involves teamwork.

While I may have moved away, the music at St. John has continued... The faces change, but the message remains.

When Jesus gathered his disciples, he organized his first evangelism team, each with their own gifts to bring to the group. That's the idea of the praise team, we all do our thing, but in doing our things together we bring Jesus with us.

Early on, we had to gear our focus, and we decided that we were not a "cover band." Sure, the music happens - because that is a gift we bring. But, we were not trying to sound like the Christian musical artist of the month that is being played on the local stations. We may use their words in worship, but it is the message that the words impart that we wished to share, not the sound that conveys them.

That sort of freedom allows us to find "contemporary" music everywhere, even in the hymnal... heh. You can still hear us as we were on the CD, Playing in the Water.

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