W.O.W!
That’s all I can say. My head is still spinning. I am currently down at Harvest’s Annual ministry school “Harvest University.” This is my first one ever (i’ve always had exams in the way). This year I came down half way through (conference was Monday-
SLEEP
4am – Woke Up
5am – Left for the Airport
7am – Flight for Chi-town took off
7:15am – Arrived in Chi-town (yes for time changes! Picked up an extra hour)
8am – Arrived at Harvest Rolling Meadows
9am-5pm – Harvest University
5pm – Dinner at the best restaurant in the world….Magiano’s
7pm and onwards….TBD
In the short time i’ve been here I have already learned a lot. The session that has stuck out so far was the one on song writing for the local church. Andi Rozier, Josh Caterer and Steve Busch lead it, and it was fantastic. Here are a few points I pulled from what Josh said.
5 Principles for Great Song Writing
1)Stick to the Scripture
a.Write with your Bible open
2)Aim for the Bull’s-eye
a.What is this song about?
b.Pick a specific part of scripture
3)Don’t Dumb it Down
a.Importance of thinking things out
b.Don’t settle for the ‘off-the-cuff lyric
c.Writing good songs take purpose-filled time
d.That said, don’t be ‘unnecessarily flashy’
4)Study the Classics
a.Important in all forms of song-writing
5)Depend on the Spirit
a.No matter how good of a song writer you are, without the Spirit you got nothing
Confident that the next 25 hours will be filled with continued growth!
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