 Welcome back everybody. I hope you had a good one. Okay, most of us are back. Okay, let's continue with the lesson. We're in page 49. Okay, page 49. What we've covered so far is from from page 47 we've covered auditions, why we hold auditions and the audition process at APC and the rostering process of the worship team members the message that goes out and then how we expect our worship teams and worship worship team members individually to prepare for the worship service through the week. Okay That's what we learned in the last session and now we continue with what goes on okay So that's three section 3.5. We see reviews and feedback one of the key things that happens after the worship service is evaluating each worship service okay evaluating each worship service. So and most often you would see the worship team members at APC after the service is finished you know, there's a hurdle right on stage you know, and then we ask these questions Okay, this is how we review and give feedback. Okay, we ask these questions Did we encounter God's presence as we played together? Did we learn anything new about the spirit of God? Okay, as he as he leads us. Oh, okay Yeah, yeah, but you all have the notes, right? Here we go So these are the questions that we asked great to for review and feedback Did we encounter God's presence as we played together? Did we learn anything new about the spirit of God, you know, leading us during worship? Did the congregation recognize and encounter God's presence? Did we play well together as a worship team? Where did we not do well and what corrective measures need to be taken to improve? Okay, so all of these questions each of the individuals in the worship team will take time to give their Into voice out their feedback their reviews and then you know, we keep growing Okay, next time we get better if something did not go well something was missing We discuss about that and we make it we make we try to and make sure that doesn't happen again Okay, so this is very essential guys review and feedback asking these questions Now you don't need to have you know, you'd ask the same questions or whatnot But you can if you want to but then what is important is the principle of reviews and feedback Evaluating each worship service is very very essential for us to improve and grow As a worship ministry as a team, okay? The next section is a worship ministry developmental plan Okay, what is the plan to develop the worship ministry at ABC? So the first section is trainings. Okay, we we host training section sessions What do we do and differently in different ways is one we have a worship team retreat? Okay, WTS worship team worship team retreat There will be an annual off-site retreat This will be a time of spiritual refreshing fellowship and training Training sessions that there will also be a regular informal and formal training sessions. There will be a time of games. Just to get you know, together, there will be training sessions like On songwriting and how to play together as a band. What is the role of a guitarist in the worship team and the drama and there will also be Sectional training sessions sectional means all the drummers will go into a one-room and just talk about You know something about drums or learn something all the bass guitarist will go to a different place in the retreat center and then just learn about that About their instrument and same similarly with with all the vocalists. We will either have one of the one a professional vocalist from outside You know who will come and do like a workshop on singing and techniques and etc. etc. Okay, so all of those Make sure it equips the worship team members, you know, that's one of the developmental plan training is very important, right? So the worship team retreats either happens once a year or you know twice a year depending on What the year looks like? Okay, or the calendar looks like? Okay, and then we share the vision of the worship ministry Okay, the vision of APC's worship ministry is to please God's heart in unrestrained worship To encounter his manifest presence and to establish a community of believers who will do the same We keep emphasizing on the vision You cannot communicate this vision enough. There's no way to communicate it. There's no way to communicate it There is no vision enough. There is no too much communication of the vision. You keep communicating. Okay, until it's ingrained because everybody knows that You know, once once that is in line with you, you know, the vision of APC's worship ministry is to and to please God's an unrestrained worship to encounter his manifest presence and Then to establish the community of believers who will do the same Okay, so that is the vision of worship team ministry. That is the developmental plan Our pursuit our goal is to grow APC into a community of passionate worshipers As a worship ministry, our goal is to encounter God's presence Okay, what what we do is not about performance or just excellent music but about encountering the presence of God Excellent music in itself does not have life transforming ability But a moment in God presence can change everything Amen excellent music in itself does not have life transforming ability Okay, that's that's this kind of reflects back to the point where skill does not make your worship Acceptable more acceptable Right, but a moment in God's presence can change everything. So this is our goal. Okay. This is our pursuit This is what we want to go after Okay, our goal is simple. It's to encounter the manifest presence of God It's very simple. That's what we are pursuing together as a team Okay, so as a team pursuing God's presence precedes pursuing excellence in skill Hmm As a team pursuing God's presence precedes that means it takes priority over pursuing excellence in skill Okay, so let's just look at this ladder Right at the very bottom. We see lead congregation in a set of songs Okay, maybe play a set of songs Uh Could have an excellent band highly skilled Focuses on doing the set well and getting people to sing along That's level one. Okay leading congregation in a set of songs. Okay, play a set of songs Play well play excellently in a highly skilled focuses on doing the set really well getting the people to sing along And then you have the next level lead congregation to sing To the Lord Okay lead congregation to sing to the Lord. So you here we play a set of songs encourage congregation to sing to the Lord Focus is still on good performance. Although heart is to sing to the Lord Okay Pay attention here is focus is still on good performance. Although heart is to sing to the Lord Nice The third level here is lead congregation to worship the Lord Here the goal is to do a set of songs well with excellence so that people can offer it as worship unto God Here the focus is changing a little bit focus is on offering something to God Okay, and then we have the fourth level where occasional experiences of God's presence Occasional experiences of God's presence every once in a while. We have God's manifest presence We sense his spirit leading in spontaneous prophetic worship We then are able to soak in his presence. So now we've moved on from just playing music wanting to play music well and singing good songs Singing to God But the focus is still on music And then level three we see that we are ministering unto the Lord Focus our focus is on you know offering something to God and that eventually leads to this level four Where we see we start encountering his manifest presence We become more sensitive to the leading of his voice to the leading of his spirit Okay, and then that doesn't stop there And what happens once you've gotten the taste of that is you go to level five there. You see regular experiences of God's presence We regularly experience God's manifest presence. It doesn't become a one-time thing Or once in a blue moon is like, you know some six months ago This happened, you know and whatnot. So we regularly experience God's manifest presence We flow in prophetic soak in his presence Unexpected and unusual things happen healings and counters deliverance Becomes a very regular thing at this point And then from there it still doesn't stop there Is we lead the congregation into the throne room? Now we are, you know go moving in from the gates to the outer courts to the inner courts You know from from just doing we are now going into the throne room Okay, we are able to step into the throne room. We are overwhelmed by his presence and glory We are lost in awe and wonder Okay, we this not much happening is we are just standing in awe right If you remember the song I can only imagine I Such a beautiful song by by mercy by a band called mercy me The chorus goes like Surrounded by your glory. What will my heart feel? Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still? Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall? Or will I sing hallelujah? Or will I be able to sing at all? Uh, you know such so beautifully written, isn't it? So it is at this point We are just standing in awe. We are lost in the wonder Of his grace and of his power and of his mercy and of his goodness We are just in awe And then finally become a habitation of god His dwelling throne room is where we dwell Or more correctly god is dwelling amongst us Whenever we wherever we worship we are overwhelmed by god's manifest presence Okay, so To get to this point You see From all the way from point one to the top here and this Can happen with only one thing And that's with the heart of humility and the heart that wants to Pursue god want more of him All right, um I just want to read a couple of two scriptures. I'll please turn with me if you will please to exodus chapter 33 Exodus chapter 33 and then uh on the other hand, uh Turn to Isaiah chapter 57 Okay, Isaiah chapter 57 Actually, I might also want to read another scripture Exodus 33 and if you can uh with one of the fingers Keep numbers chapter 12 also ready Okay numbers chapter 12 ready. So first one is exodus 33 Then we will go to numbers chapter 12 And then we go to Isaiah chapter 57. Okay Uh, if you're if you're ready just uh type an amen in the chat Or I say yes Or should I say turn in your iPhones to this? Okay, here we go Exodus chapter 33 verse 7 onwards. Okay Verse 7 exodus 33 verse 7 It says now Moses used to take a tent And pitch it outside the camp Some distance away calling it the tent of meeting Anyone inquiring of the lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp So moses would often Disconnect disconnect to connect with the lord That's why it says outside the camp he was not in the camp He was not in the camp with all the people surrounding him No, he would disconnect from all the people he would go far away at some distance away as it says And he would pitch the tent and call it the tent of meeting Verse 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent All the people rose and stood at the entrances of their tents Watching moses until he entered the tent As moses went in to the tent. Okay, listen to this verse 9 As moses went into the tent The pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance Where the lord spoke with moses Okay It's two ways to look at it. It's not moses speaking with the lord. Yes, that also happens But it says the lord spoke with moses The lord came down he made his dwelling There in the tent of meeting he established his throne in the tent of meeting Whenever the people saw the pillar of clouds standing at the entrance of the tent they all stood and worshiped Each at the entrance of his tent. So what is happening here is every time the people of israel Saw the cloud coming down to the tent They worshiped the lord So one of the key things to notice here is Because moses went in as a leader moses was their leader, isn't it? You know in our context, we are learning about worship leadership worship ministry and leadership So if a leader as an example He sets his heart on you know encountering this god He makes that he proactively takes the first step Then the congregation will see that god's manifest presence and they will respond in worship That's what's happening here. Isn't it whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tent entrance of the tent They all stood and worshiped Verse 11 pay attention The lord would speak to moses face to face As a man speaks with his friend I cannot tell you how many times that that that has wrecked my heart every time I read that He would speak with him face to face As a man speaks with his friend Okay, why? What what was so unique about moses? Right, um, let's go to numbers chapter 12 now Numbers chapter 12 Okay, just the very next book. Are you there numbers chapter 12? Okay. I hope you are there Uh, let me read it for us From verse one It says Miriam Who's the sister of moses and arin? Who's the brother of moses began to talk against moses Because of his kushite wife For he had married a kushite Has the lord spoken only through moses they asked Hasn't he also spoken through us? What is that? Isn't that other that's Those are the statement of arrogance and pride. Isn't it? Isn't it guys? Yeah, that's just that those are the statement of arrogance and pride Has he or spoken only through moses? Hasn't he not spoken through us? See what it says there and the lord heard this Danger danger danger Danger danger danger It's like when you're having this fight with your siblings at home And you think your parents are not around and then you realize that your parents heard this Oh, we are in trouble Then we have a therapy session You guys know what i'm talking about right the lord heard this Boy, are they in trouble verse three Now Moses was a very humble man More humble than anyone else on the face of the earth verse four At once the lord said to moses aron and miriam Come out to the tent of meeting all three of you He sounds like a proper dad. Isn't it or the principal of a college or something, you know All three of you come to my office now It's an amazing scene that's happening here Okay, at once the lord said to moses aron and miriam come out to the tent of meeting all three of you So the three of them came out Then the lord came down in a pillar of cloud He stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned aron and miriam He's asking aron and miriam come forward When both of them stepped forward He said the lord said listen to my words When a prophet of the lord is among you i reveal myself to him in visions I speak to him in dreams But this is not true of my servant moses He is faithful in all my house With him I speak face to face Clearly not in riddles He sees the form of the lord Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant moses? Isn't that powerful guys right Um, can I ask this question? Have you ever had a friend? Who defends you on your behalf who has defended you on your behalf? Have you ever had a friend, uh, you know who stood on your behalf who defended you? Against other people or anything? Yes, no, maybe And how does that make you feel When someone else defends you, you know If you're falsely accused by something, you know by someone, you know for something that you did not do And then says like no, no, no, you know, I know siddharth, you know I know who he is he would he would not have done that and I can vouch for him I know who he is and he does not lie And that should do something to you isn't it that that makes you feel good and so many things at the same time, isn't it guys? Here the lord god He is defending moses He is defending moses This whole section starts off by saying moses was a very humble man More humble than anyone else on the face of the earth And then we read the whole section of how god testifies and defends moses that I speak with him face to face And he sees my form And that is what all this that the seventh point is all about isn't it Becoming a habitation of god his dwelling Now let's just quickly look go to isaiya 57 Okay isaiya chapter 57 Verse 15 isaiya chapter 57 verse 15 This is what it says right for this is what the high and lofty one says He who lives forever whose name is holy Whose name is holy I live in a high and holy place What is it saying I live that means I dwell In a high and holy place But also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit That means I also dwell with him who is humble To revive the spirit of the lowly to revive the heart of the contrite Okay, this verse tells something That god has two dwelling places One is thrown in heaven surrounded by the royal diadem of heaven It's just humble in other words for our humility siddharth Okay, let me get the Very meaning for you So I just put it over here It says feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done something wrong Okay, the realization of that, uh, you know For example isaiya's, uh, you know encounter in isaiya chapter six He encounters gods in a garden is in his holiness and then what is isaiya's response Is woe unto me for I am a man of unclean lips Right, so that's a contrite heart Uh, a sign of an expression of humility recognizing that, you know, uh That god is holy and I am not Right, um So as I was saying god has two dwelling places one is thrown in heaven and the other one is a humble heart As he says in isaiya s 57 15 And this is one last scriptures guys. Can we just go to isaiya chapter 66 in the same book isaiya chapter 66 verse two, okay isaiya 66 verse two The second half of the verse actually The first half it starts off by saying has not my hand made all these things So they came into being declares the lord The second half of verse two says This is the one I esteem. This is god talking. This is the one I esteem He who is humble and contrite in spirit And trembles at my word There's another translation that I like it says, uh, this is the one who I look upon with favor Okay, this is he is the one who look up whom I look upon with favor the one who is humble and contrite And the very fact that number chapter 12 says that Moses was humble At the most humble than anyone on the face of the earth Explains his encounters with the lord Explains his face to face encounters with the lord Are you guys with me? So that is what has happened. That is what happens at this The seventh level so to speak is that we when we become a habitation of god when he dwells with us We are having a face to face encounter with the lord In his throne room Amen So, uh, this is a pursuit as a worship ministry is that Is that we would have a humble and a contrite heart We will look beyond just the songs or just the music or just a 45 minutes of worship set So to speak But we would move from there level one to all the way here is that we will that we will encounter him in his throne room And have the face to face encounter. It's it's almost like a progression of Of the tabernacle of moses Right, if you remember there is six steps even before you know from the gate to the to the brazen altar labor to the altar of bread and the Of the golden lampstand. There's the altar of incense and the seventh place is The most holy place the holy of holies So this is almost like a progression. We there's an invitation come deeper. Don't just stay on the outer courts Don't just stay here. Come deeper come deeper come past the brazen Labor come past the brazen altar come past the altar of bread come past the altar of the golden lampstand Come past the altar of incense come all the way to where I dwell in the most holy of holies Okay, so that is our pursuit As as a worship ministry You know of of apc. We want to encourage our team members to come all the way So we can serve the congregation. We can drag bring our congregation along with us Right, it's like that old saying Uh, it says you cannot take someone Somewhere to a place where you have not been Okay, can I say that again? You cannot take someone Somewhere to a place where you have not been you can only take someone somewhere where you have been isn't it And so if you've been here in god's dwelling place It becomes very easy for you to take another individual there to lead another individual there Right. Are you guys with me? Any questions any thoughts that you want to add Anything. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay All right. Okay, Aaron. Uh, all okay. Yeah, okay thomas all good nila prince. Okay All right, so we we move on from page 50 now to the next section Uh, so now we just you know looked at our pursuit as a team as a ministry goal is to grow apc into a community of passionate worshipers And and that is by and that happens by encountering his presence Which leads us all the way to his throne room right here And then we see So at present we may typically be at level three and occasionally visit level four But our goal is to progress to higher levels in worship We want our worship on earth to be as it is in heaven We want our worship to be on earth as it is in heaven Okay, and the second point is we serve to establish god's blueprint for apc as a local church Okay, we serve to establish god's blueprint for apc as a local church So as a worship ministry, we are aligned and are working towards establishing god's blueprint in our lives And in the lives of his people in our local church We understand that the local church must be developed in all areas according to god's blueprint And we work towards making this happen Okay, we understand that the local church must be developed in all areas According to god's blueprint and we work towards making this happen Okay, so what is god's blueprint for the local church? Right, so we have the early church a prototype to follow and suck and exceed So here we have the body of christ We represent him and carry out his purposes as a body of christ. We represent jesus and carry out his will And as the bride of christ, we are in love with our bridegroom. We are called to be in love with our bridegroom As the family of god, we live as his family. You're here on earth as a in one fellowship and community And as a house of prayer and worship, we continually offer worship and prayer And as the pillar of truth, we uphold truth in this world And as the temple of god God dwelling among us and his glory revealed through us. We work towards him dwelling in us And then as god's chosen people, we demonstrate kingdom culture and values And has his vine and the branch We we showcase intimacy that births fruitfulness Okay, we become the imitators of christ as as paul says in efficiency chapter five verse one The imitators of christ, he says right so And being the vine and the branch is just that it's just a fruit of being intimate with the lord As an army, we overthrow the works and the powers of darkness And his lamp as his lamp stand are standing before him makes us the light in a dark world Okay, so this is god's blueprint for the local church and we work on all of this areas Okay And worship team has a huge role To play play in this development All right, let this just sink in okay We serve the worship ministry Serves to establish god's blueprint as a local church And we we all have to be aware of this truth Okay, that is the second section. Okay guys. Are you sure you guys any no questions? What's ever All right. What I'd like to do is I pause here. I just stop presenting Okay, I feel like there's been a lot of information a download of information today We resume the following content in the next class. That's from page 52 We resume from next class. Okay But anything that you want to share So so from this two sessions that we covered What was your key takeaway if you I mean if each of you don't mind sharing what your key takeaway was That would be helpful for all of us in the class And also for students will be listening later So, uh, yeah without taking much time just go ahead and share what was your key takeaways, uh from from the two sessions today I don't want you to start off Yeah Sorry, Aaron. Could not hear you. Uh, we're seeing Okay, anybody else wants to go ahead and share it's a darth For me, sir, I think it's something about uh, you said like god's throne First is god's throne in heaven and second one. It looks in our hearts a humble heart Where you can stay with us. So I think that really, you know, I mean trust me like you know, I just thought about it You know the next place where god wants us to stay is in a humble heart Yeah, thank you so that thank you for sharing Yeah anybody else Dave our our our purpose and pursuit uh to worship the address to uh, it should always be guiding people towards god And sometimes we are carried away Sometimes we are we do what they feel the important thing is to to bring god's presence and to To clear the environment will where god's god would dwell like in the temple in the days of old testament See god's presence Like like god would have it taken the the tabernacle So, yeah, what are the worst things to be for me Yeah, thanks Dave. Thanks for sharing Right, um, okay one more person and we'll close anybody else friends Thomas curan Canon Okay, guys. Anyways, uh, I mean I guess nobody wants to share us It's fine. Uh, all right. Let's stop the recording here We'll we'll resume uh from next next session. All right