Sound Technician Volunteers
April 9, 2009 by admin
Filed under Serving Opportunities
If you have an ear for music and are interested in being a sound technician at one of our services, please fill out the Response Card and drop it in the offering. Willing to train. No experience necessary. Questions? Contact Roy Hamada at 220-1570 or htm1600@yahoo.com
God of This City - By Junyah Quemado
April 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under Junyah Quemado
4.1.2009 - I check out YouTube a lot for videos of my favorite worship songs and maybe funny videos that make the time go by quick when I’m bored. I came across this video and story that blew my mind and sparked something in my faith and me. There was a song on Chris Tomlin’s new album “Hello Love” called “God of this City” that I recently heard.
At first I thought that song was a really good song to personally listen to on my iPod. Then I decided to just look and see if there were any live performances of this song on YouTube. So when I looked it up I found that a band called BlueTree from Ireland originally did the song. Even more amazing was the story behind how the song was written. This band was in Thailand for a mission’s trip in a city called Pattaya. This city is known for its bars, brothels and legalized prostitution. Some how they were asked by a bar owner if they would play in the bar that night. Seeing this as an opportunity to be a light, they said sure. So, in a bar filled with dancers, drinkers and every other kind of people and things you would find in a bar in Thailand, they began to sing Worship songs and speak blessing over the people in there. And during one of the interludes, the lead singer just looked out into the sea of people and the words came from God telling him to say that I Am the God of this city. So he began to just sing that and speak it and it eventually turned into a song that people all around the world now proclaim of their own cities.
Here are the lyrics:
“You’re God of this city, you’re the King of these people, you’re the Lord of this nation, you are…
You’re the Light in this darkness, you’re the Hope to the hopeless, you’re the Peace to the restless, you are…
For there is no one like our God, there is no one like You, God!
Greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done in this city!
Greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done here.
You’re the Lord of creation, The creator of all things you’re the King above all kings, you are…
You’re the Strength in the weakness, You are Love to the broken, You’re the Joy in the sadness, you are…
For there is no one like our God, there is no one like you, God!
Greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done in this city!
Where glory shines from hearts alive with praise for You and love for You in this city.”
What speaks volumes is that if we look at Kapolei, great things have happened in Kapolei, but greater things are yet to come when the Church shows and expresses the love of Christ. We have to get out here and live our faith and show in action that what we believe we will do. From a Worship leaders perspective, my prayer every week is that we Worship with a passion that overflows into action towards our city.
I pray that we as a church would really grasp and embody the last line of this song:
“Where glory shines from hearts alive with praise for You and love for You in this city.”
Links to the YouTube videos: