Planning for Next Family and Church Vacation

After the nice vacation of the whole church in the coolest place in the country we all want to plan again for next year’s activities. We do this kind of vacation every two years to save enough but now we’re thinking if we can do it again next year or next summer. The weather, the fresh environment, good food and nice sharing at the park has made our vacation fulfilling that we all want to go back and do it again next December. We’re planning to have more time on bible study and word sharing as the place is so perfect for that. If we can bring some musical instruments and accessories we plan on having small fellowship service. 

Now we’re listing all musical instruments and accessories we have at the church and maybe buy some replacement for the old ones. I would love to buy some Squier Bullet Stratocasters at Musicians Friend if I have enough funds but for now we’ll buy at our present suppliers where we can get discounts also. For some of the instruments that needs little repairs only we will only send them to our technician who always fixes the instruments for us. On first Sunday of the coming year we’ll plan our church activities as early as possible to be able to save enough for all of our incoming expenses.

Read more...

Youth Participating in Music Ministry

Our church ministers and youth involved in the music ministry will have their practice on Sunday afternoon and it will also include training our young members who are interested in music particularly those who wants to play musical instruments. Well my kids are all interested but the most enthusiastic one is my daughter Gen who plays both keyboard and guitar. 

Our head minister in-charge in the music ministry told her to concentrate more on playing piano or keyboard because there’s no one in the youth who is interested in that particular musical instrument and being a lady it’s best for her to play the piano. Well my two other kids would also want to play piano and drums but it will take some time to train them. 

Our music ministry is also doing some inventory on needed instruments, accessories or repair replacement for the existing musical instruments. They’re also looking into a drum pad from musicians friend if we could afford it. Since it’s crucial to have instruments in perfect working condition during our praising song it’s always a must to check their condition if they’re still good or need some repair or replacement. We’re glad that the music ministry head is always doing some inspection together with his co-instrumentalist.

Read more...

Musical Instruments’ Inventory

Our music ministry in our church is currently having an inventory of all our musical instruments and noting some instruments that need repairs, replacement and proper maintenance. To avoid further damage to some instruments little kids were not allowed to play them during break time as sometimes they sneak in and play on drums and microphones. Last month we bought some accessories and replacements for drum sets and we’re happy with the results because it sounds new again. 

Musical instruments should really be maintained properly in order to perform well and to last longer. Well upon complete inventory they found out that we still need additional acoustic guitar so we can carry it for outdoor services and a new amplifier to replace the old one. We all know that it’s a bit expensive to buy a new one so we’re still canvassing on prices. It’s good to buy high quality classic fender excelsior but we still have to save some money for that kind. When we buy instruments for the church they usually meet and plan first, ask the opinion of others then proceed with canvassing and purchasing.

Read more...

Piano Lessons and Training for Church Musicians

Since we’ve decided to buy a new drum set in the church through our meeting yesterday we also talked about disposing and selling some of our excess amplifiers and speakers. We’re going to sell items we’re not using anymore to add to our funds for the new drum set and possibly bass combo amp from gallien krueger if we can raise enough funds. I hope that in the next years to come we could also add piano or organ in our list since my kids are studying piano lessons now and in a matter of few years they want to play piano in the church. As of now we don’t have pianist because the one who knows how to play also handles the guitar. Actually he’s the one who told me to train and have my kids schooled for piano lessons so they can include one of them in the row of their musicians. Hope it will be soon.

Read more...

Proper Maintenance of Musical Instruments

We had a general meeting yesterday at the church and our agenda includes our next December camp fellowship in Baguio and the condition of our musical instruments. We’ve discussed the options we will have to take if our Baguio plans will not push through. Next we’ve talked about and exchanged ideas on whether we will have the drum set repaired or replaced with a new one. The drumset is rather old which is a gift to church by my own brother 16 years ago and we’re having it auctioned at very low price to church mates so we can use the fund for new drum set.

I didn’t noticed that we also need a stand or mount for our manual projector we used in praising. Maybe a nice projector premier mount would handle it safely and would add an extra look to the projector. We’ve discussed everything from good deal purchase up to inventory and taking care of the instruments. It should be properly monitored by one of the ministers who play the instruments to track updates on malfunctioning instruments and to have it repaired immediately. It’s good to have a proper maintenance and monitoring of all our instruments and things so we could lengthen their life span and extend their durability.

Read more...

:WW - Josh Overlooking Taal Lake

It's his first time to see Taal Lake this close. The last time he was there was when he was just one year old so this is an exciting day for him. He enjoyed the whole day even if it rained most of the day as you can see from the pictures that it's a little blurry. We're there for his Daddy's Discipleship Training. I assisted some of my sister brethren in cooking food for the ministers.

Happy ww even though I'm not wordless :-) Click the badge for more WW entries!

Read more...

Backup Essentials in our Camp Meeting

Just got back from a fulfilling four-day vacation fellowship in the province away from the bustling city of Metro and up to now I can still remember the cold weather we left there in Indang, Cavite. We brought everything from basic essentials like food, clothing, medicines, staples, car repair kits, some electrical supplies for emergency needs and rechargeable lights just in case we encountered power failure. Anyway everything went well and we consumed our four days without sickness, accidents and emergency cases. We had our best fellowship ever with our renewed relationship with our brethren.

Read more...