January 11, 2010

Good Morning

Cold enough for you? Got enough snow? I thought so... If it is any consolation, our string of 70 degree days is supposed to be broken by rain tomorrow...

There is lots to tell you this week, including a couple of special CLN offers, so let's get started...

• Take our NEW survey this week! This is the first week for the topic: At our church congregational singing is lead by... Please go to our home page and take the survey, and check back at the end of the week to see what the results are.
• Did you hear about the Valentine's Day contest on the Reverence Channel? We want to show you a little love! Starting very soon we will have a Valentine's Day contest atCreator Reverence and the prizes will include lots of things that you might be interested in. Here's just one example of the prizes we'll be giving away: 10 free registrations to the MusiCalifornia Conference April 5-8 at the Hilton Hotel Universal Studios in Los Angeles. We'll have more details next Monday, so stay tuned...
• Here's an EXCLUSIVE CLN offer! If you have been following Hugh Ballou's “Leadership Tools” edition of Monday Morning Email, then you know Hugh is an expert on leadership skills. As a church musician with 40 years of experience, Hugh has practical leadership strategies and tools to share. Hugh’s new program The Transformational Leadership Accelerator: Fast Track to Leadership Excellence provides church musicians with leadership tools to equip for the leading in a difficult and varied arena. His offer to CLN members is great: Sign up for this program and get 3 (yes 3) audio and print programs for free – each worth $30. You get to try Hugh's leadership program for $1 (yes, a lousy buck) to see if you like it. If not, then cancel and keep the $90 worth of programs you received...just go here.
• Are you going to be in the LA area this week? Live There? Do you know what NAMM is? Have we got a deal for you. In co-operation with our friend Bruce Adolph, we want to tell you about some worship oriented sessions at this week'sNAMM conferenc at the Anaheim Convention Center. Here's the deal: free training sessions on site, free admittance into the exclusive NAMM exhibit floor, and a concert ticket for a night of worshp evangelism. Just click here and follow the instructions. Can't get away in the daytime? How about this? A free Night of Worship featuring Paul Baloche, Lincoln Brewster, plus sax legend Kirk Whalum, Gregg Bissonette, and lots of surprise guests! This thursday at 7pm at the Anahem Hilton Pacific Ballroom. NO NAMM BADGE OR TICKET REQUIRED! FREE ADMISSION!
• You need to read my blog this week! I'm in the middle of a 5 part series about valuing IP (Intellectual Property) in a church setting. I think any creative person serving in a church will benefit from reading about ithere. Please tell me what you think by leaving a comment on my blog site. Thanks.
• What's on the Reverence Channel? Here's a thumbnail version of what's on our streaming audio channel this week. Each program runs at in both the AM and PM scheduled time. For a complete and most up-to-date broadcast schedule go here and bookmark the page.

Here are this week's scheduled programs (all times Pacific):

Fred Bock Music Hour - Mondays and Wednesdays at 1 ~ Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 ~ Thursdays at 6
Host Stephen Bock interviews Bryan Jeffrey Leech.

Doug's Master Class - Every day at 2
Doug Lawrence hosts this informative program.

Creator Radio -Every day at 3
This week we highlight the 2007 Honored 10 anthems.

Creator Tech Talk - Mondays Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 ~ Wednesdays at 10 ~ Thursdays at7
NEW PROGRAM STARTS THIS WEEK! Wade Odum tells you the equipment you need when you are doing "Church in a Box," and more...

Notes of Encouragement Featuring the Music of Steve Amerson - Every day at 11
Steve Amerson's voice will just fill your speakers with great music.

The Just Pure Laughs Clean Comedy Show - Every day at 12
Hosted by Dan McGowan, this show features The Heavyweights of Clean Comedy. Its a laugh (or more) a minute.

With Hearts & Hands & Voices - Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 ~ Tuesday at 1 ~ Thursday at 8
This week, host Mark Lawson explores best selling anthems from MorningStar Music.

Let Music Live! The Sacred Sounds Of Shawnee Press - Monday, Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at 6 ~Thursday at 1
Joseph Martin hosts this look at new and best selling materials from Shawnee Press.

Remember...just click the Reverence Channel graphic on the new CLN website to hear the audio stream. Standard reminder about the Reverence Channel player: First, the initial time you use it, you may need to "refresh" (F5 key) once in order to get the audio. You'll know you will get the audio if you see the colored buttons (green for play, red for stop, and brown for mute...plus the two purple buttons which control the volume...). There is no need to hit the play button in most cases, the audio will start automatically once the player completely loads. Second, if you use a mac, you may need to download one or more programs: Silverlight (for the player) and Firefox (the preferred browser). Look for links to download these free programs on the home page and programs page.

In this week's Monday Morning Email...

• Hugh Ballou helps you stay motivated as you start off the new year. You'll want to read this one, so justclick here.

Finally...

This week, find ways to stay motivated to build the Kingdom in the new year and your ministry...and please tell your friends and colleagues about Creatorand MME too

Blessings,

Vern Sanders
Publisher
Creator Magazine

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