Alright, time to get back to updating you on all the band's happenings. I know, I know, Christa always bugs me about me adding too many posts (lol, :])... but. God is moving, I can feel it!
So much has happened, once again, and it is awesome to watch God at work. First off, I am finally getting around to doing worship team for our church (youth sunday, whoohoo!!). This of course, led to me asking the inevitable question as soon as I could talk to our church's music director (who plays guitar) and our church's drummer (who is awesome on the drums!!!). That being: "Hey can you guys try a song with me???" Well, they said yes, and after a quick briefing on the chords and such, before I knew it I was belting out my song (Free Fall) above the noise of drums and crazy guitar playing w/ petal and effects. Surprisingly enough, I wasn't the least bit nervous, even when the other kids decided to hang around and listen (and even more exciting, they LOVED it!!!!) and I managed to hit the right notes, blah blah blah.... lol :]
and then our youth group leader was like.... "Wow, can you do that song at church sometime?"
Jesus always takes me by surprise. Always!!! Well, Christa and Zoe weren't there to hear it (sadly... :'( cause it was amazing..) but I told them about it and next sunday, maybe they will get to hear! Yay!
So we (er... I) heard the most professional sounding version of our song so far. And what a beautiful gift from God it was!!! Can't wait to share it with you friends... I'm guessing we will open at EBC (in Laconia) sometime in July....
But that's my plan. God may have something different... you never know!!!
Have a good day, and never forget....
even when you don't understand, trust God. He knows more than you! :]
bethie!!!
XOXOXOXOX
p.s. Wow, this is the 1st post I have put up so far that is all capitalized, and in a readable font size!!! Hee hee!!!! :]
Friday, May 8, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
summers on its way...
well... once again it's been too long...
yeah. gotta love the joy of school daze. :)
how have you all been? summer is coming and we are anxiously anticipating more band get2gethers...
free time is such a beautiful thing, anybody who plays sports, or does any extra activity after school
knows what i mean... :) btw, in case any of you haven't figured out what 1tim41516 means (check our blog name)
it stands for 1 Timothy 4:15-16, which says, "Remember these things and think about them, so everyone can see how well you are doing. Be careful about the way you live and about what you teach. Keep on doing this, and you will save not only yourself, but the people who hear you."
this is our hope, that we will only sing what God has told us to, to convince others just how big God is and how important this spiritual battle is... its alot more dangerous than we think sometimes. there is a war for each soul, and we want to be sending the message God wants us to.
i won't ramble on anymore. :D i have to finish a history paper,
then i'm gonna watch Prince Caspian w/ my little sis.
LUV NARNIA!!!!! :D
i kno my bandmates agree.... those movies are awesome! ;)
today is soooo beautiful out! may God touch you through his creation....
luv the guitar girl,
bethie!!!
xoxoxoxox
yeah. gotta love the joy of school daze. :)
how have you all been? summer is coming and we are anxiously anticipating more band get2gethers...
free time is such a beautiful thing, anybody who plays sports, or does any extra activity after school
knows what i mean... :) btw, in case any of you haven't figured out what 1tim41516 means (check our blog name)
it stands for 1 Timothy 4:15-16, which says, "Remember these things and think about them, so everyone can see how well you are doing. Be careful about the way you live and about what you teach. Keep on doing this, and you will save not only yourself, but the people who hear you."
this is our hope, that we will only sing what God has told us to, to convince others just how big God is and how important this spiritual battle is... its alot more dangerous than we think sometimes. there is a war for each soul, and we want to be sending the message God wants us to.
i won't ramble on anymore. :D i have to finish a history paper,
then i'm gonna watch Prince Caspian w/ my little sis.
LUV NARNIA!!!!! :D
i kno my bandmates agree.... those movies are awesome! ;)
today is soooo beautiful out! may God touch you through his creation....
luv the guitar girl,
bethie!!!
xoxoxoxox
Friday, March 20, 2009
Prayers Answered
heyy! its been awhile, sorry...
beth here. and i just had to share my incredible story of prayer.
ok, so last saturday when we finally got to meet ethan (i am SERIOUSLY jealous of his guitar!!)
he tells me that he is going to give me his old electric guitar. amp and all. i have been praying about this soo much, you could never know.
i was just stunned into silence, but in my head all i could think was
THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING AMAZING!!!
i was too excited to say anything.... and i still cant quite put to words the feeling i still feel.
how can God be so amazing to us, when we dont deserve it?
it amazes me, always.... :D
and musical background... christa was explaining...
i really didnt find my passion for music until i was about 7 years old and i preformed in a childrens theater group (done by one voice, for those of you who know me!!!)
after that i took off. i couldnt get enough music. i've been doing 1 voice since 2004, and i've been taking voice lessons since 2005. i started guitar summer 2006/2007ish... its kinda fuzzy..
but writing songs was something i started when i was about 12.
i didnt tell anyone, i was too afraid somebody would laugh at me if i let anyone know what i was scribbling in various notebooks in my upstairs bedroom. but after a year of pouring out my heart on paper, i really felt like God was pushing me to tell someone. that someone(s) would be zoe and christa, my future bandmates. i have to say, at first it wasnt anything great, but God worked with me through it. and now, 3 years later, i feel so much more connected to God through what he's given me. it started really as a small thing. but thats how God works, right??? :D
sorry, was that a novel i just wrote?? lol
alright, have a good sunny day friends!!!
enjoy the sun. :)
beth xoxoxox
beth here. and i just had to share my incredible story of prayer.
ok, so last saturday when we finally got to meet ethan (i am SERIOUSLY jealous of his guitar!!)
he tells me that he is going to give me his old electric guitar. amp and all. i have been praying about this soo much, you could never know.
i was just stunned into silence, but in my head all i could think was
THANK YOU JESUS FOR BEING AMAZING!!!
i was too excited to say anything.... and i still cant quite put to words the feeling i still feel.
how can God be so amazing to us, when we dont deserve it?
it amazes me, always.... :D
and musical background... christa was explaining...
i really didnt find my passion for music until i was about 7 years old and i preformed in a childrens theater group (done by one voice, for those of you who know me!!!)
after that i took off. i couldnt get enough music. i've been doing 1 voice since 2004, and i've been taking voice lessons since 2005. i started guitar summer 2006/2007ish... its kinda fuzzy..
but writing songs was something i started when i was about 12.
i didnt tell anyone, i was too afraid somebody would laugh at me if i let anyone know what i was scribbling in various notebooks in my upstairs bedroom. but after a year of pouring out my heart on paper, i really felt like God was pushing me to tell someone. that someone(s) would be zoe and christa, my future bandmates. i have to say, at first it wasnt anything great, but God worked with me through it. and now, 3 years later, i feel so much more connected to God through what he's given me. it started really as a small thing. but thats how God works, right??? :D
sorry, was that a novel i just wrote?? lol
alright, have a good sunny day friends!!!
enjoy the sun. :)
beth xoxoxox
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Musical Background
alrighhht im finally writing a new post. its christa here! i know i havent written in a while and i feel bad...but zoe ahs me in total wonderment. her? writing a SONG?? wow. the last song of hers that i read was....okay i wont embarrass her. but anyways, saturday is our next "big get together" yay!!!! we're meeting ethan! and i know that im excited to meet him, after all zoe's told us! and i know that beth is excited to meet his guitar. (yeah, you guessed it-its electric. and we know that beth will give ANYTHING to get her hands on one of those..) so.....its all going to be awesome. except we only have like two hours together. but whatever. we'll take what we get. but yeah, i'm extremely excited to hear zoe's new song. i mean, beth's songs are great, but im really excited to hear something different! no offense to beth or anything.
well, i guess im the only one to attack the tedious job of writing a song. huh. i have never seriously tried to write a song, because i know from past experiences that i'm terrible at poetry. its like my worst enemy. i dont know, maybe it'll be different. i know that before, though, when i tried to write songs, my faith was not well. maybe now it will be different. hey ^that could be a lyric! haha...not sure how well that'll go over. so, anyways...i thought that now would be a good time to write about our musical backgrounds.
okay, i'll start with me, i guess. well, both of my parents are very musical: my mom sings and plays piano wonderfully. my dad sings; his voice is great, he played trumpet in the army band and i think that he played flute for a while, too. he still plays trumpet. but i guess that i inherited musical ability from them. i have known music since i was little. i was in small musicals as a kid, most memorable to me the "We Like Sheep" musical, which was the first time that i met beth and zoe. although i did not become friends with either of them until i joined One Voice Ministries. my mother and i joined in the year of 2002, and zoe joined a year after. im not sure when beth joined. i was in band at school, playing the flute, since fifth grade. the middle of the year, my freshman year, i started homeschooling, so now i only get to go to band two times a week. anyways, im sidetracking. so, since 2002 i have only missed one one voice season. i also kinda know how to play piano, but definitely not as well as zoe can.
anyways, thats me. so, i will attempt to give the others' brief backgrounds. i dont really know so much about eithers' but i will try. i know that zoe started one voice in 2003 and she has a great voice. she takes piano lessons from dona lynn-the musical director for one voice and of Calvary Bible Church. zoe also has a good ear for rhythm and i think that she will do well on the drums. zoe-feel free to elaborate on that.
beth has a good voice, too and an ability to think up of songs and create chord progressions and all that good stuff. she is in one voice, and takes voice lessons from dona lynn. she is now also taking guitar lessons at Laconia High every morning. feel free to elaborate on that, beth, as well.
alright, that's all i got to say now, other than: pics are on the way! i just need to find time to finish editing them. :/
<33christa>
well, i guess im the only one to attack the tedious job of writing a song. huh. i have never seriously tried to write a song, because i know from past experiences that i'm terrible at poetry. its like my worst enemy. i dont know, maybe it'll be different. i know that before, though, when i tried to write songs, my faith was not well. maybe now it will be different. hey ^that could be a lyric! haha...not sure how well that'll go over. so, anyways...i thought that now would be a good time to write about our musical backgrounds.
okay, i'll start with me, i guess. well, both of my parents are very musical: my mom sings and plays piano wonderfully. my dad sings; his voice is great, he played trumpet in the army band and i think that he played flute for a while, too. he still plays trumpet. but i guess that i inherited musical ability from them. i have known music since i was little. i was in small musicals as a kid, most memorable to me the "We Like Sheep" musical, which was the first time that i met beth and zoe. although i did not become friends with either of them until i joined One Voice Ministries. my mother and i joined in the year of 2002, and zoe joined a year after. im not sure when beth joined. i was in band at school, playing the flute, since fifth grade. the middle of the year, my freshman year, i started homeschooling, so now i only get to go to band two times a week. anyways, im sidetracking. so, since 2002 i have only missed one one voice season. i also kinda know how to play piano, but definitely not as well as zoe can.
anyways, thats me. so, i will attempt to give the others' brief backgrounds. i dont really know so much about eithers' but i will try. i know that zoe started one voice in 2003 and she has a great voice. she takes piano lessons from dona lynn-the musical director for one voice and of Calvary Bible Church. zoe also has a good ear for rhythm and i think that she will do well on the drums. zoe-feel free to elaborate on that.
beth has a good voice, too and an ability to think up of songs and create chord progressions and all that good stuff. she is in one voice, and takes voice lessons from dona lynn. she is now also taking guitar lessons at Laconia High every morning. feel free to elaborate on that, beth, as well.
alright, that's all i got to say now, other than: pics are on the way! i just need to find time to finish editing them. :/
<33christa>
Miracles
Hey everyone, it's Zoe here, just wanted to say, that I have written a song well kind of song. I have written songs before but I really like this one. I am not sure if it will be approved by the other band members but, it is worth a shot right?
I think this is just something worth sharing, if we don't put forth an effort to have a relationship with God, he will probably only move in our lives that much. We need to stay focused on him so that he will make himself known to us and we will have more joy and reassurance in our lives. That is kind of what the song I wrote is about. From personal experience, there was a time in my life when I had completely lost sight of God and I felt alone all the time, and empty, but something has changed and I have been bettering my relationship with God and I am happier. God can work miracles and although he may do little things in our lives at one point, that doesn't mean that he won't work bigger miracles later. Always remember that and never loose hope.
Peace Out
I think this is just something worth sharing, if we don't put forth an effort to have a relationship with God, he will probably only move in our lives that much. We need to stay focused on him so that he will make himself known to us and we will have more joy and reassurance in our lives. That is kind of what the song I wrote is about. From personal experience, there was a time in my life when I had completely lost sight of God and I felt alone all the time, and empty, but something has changed and I have been bettering my relationship with God and I am happier. God can work miracles and although he may do little things in our lives at one point, that doesn't mean that he won't work bigger miracles later. Always remember that and never loose hope.
Peace Out
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
What is the answer?
hi, its beth again!
ok, so saturday went really well and we got ALOT done!!! thats always exciting to me.
im working on a new song... and its really been a struggle for me. i've been pressing into God, trying to see what He wants me to write, and just when i felt like giving up, *ta da!!!* he placed something on my heart.
isnt it so true, that our scientists and researchers are constantly trying to figure out why we exist, why we are breathing? but how can they be so blind??? the answer is Jesus, and He is RIGHT in front of us!! but still we try to ignore Him, cover up His name and try to take His place in society.
i was so suddenly swept away. HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO OBLIVIOUS???? i just felt this wave of frustration and confusion as to why we as humans can forget the very thing that keeps us breathing. but then of course, i realized this is why i have felt called to the music ministry. we who know the truth HAVE TO SPEAK!!! we cant be afraid of what they may think, but we must use the voices God has given us.
im still working on the chords..... i called christa and tried to play it for her...... but i dont think its going to be ready for our next get2gether this saturday...
i just have to take it as it comes!! :)
but be praying for us as we continue to struggle with the ups and downs, and our needs as a band. we appreciate it!!! :D
have a great day friends!
beth xoxoxoxox
ok, so saturday went really well and we got ALOT done!!! thats always exciting to me.
im working on a new song... and its really been a struggle for me. i've been pressing into God, trying to see what He wants me to write, and just when i felt like giving up, *ta da!!!* he placed something on my heart.
isnt it so true, that our scientists and researchers are constantly trying to figure out why we exist, why we are breathing? but how can they be so blind??? the answer is Jesus, and He is RIGHT in front of us!! but still we try to ignore Him, cover up His name and try to take His place in society.
i was so suddenly swept away. HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO OBLIVIOUS???? i just felt this wave of frustration and confusion as to why we as humans can forget the very thing that keeps us breathing. but then of course, i realized this is why i have felt called to the music ministry. we who know the truth HAVE TO SPEAK!!! we cant be afraid of what they may think, but we must use the voices God has given us.
im still working on the chords..... i called christa and tried to play it for her...... but i dont think its going to be ready for our next get2gether this saturday...
i just have to take it as it comes!! :)
but be praying for us as we continue to struggle with the ups and downs, and our needs as a band. we appreciate it!!! :D
have a great day friends!
beth xoxoxoxox
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Hey everyone, this is Zoe here. In my school today, I was asked to create a brochure and because I do not know how to work the computer very well, I didn't know how to create it, so I was searching through all the Microsoft stuff and what not and I came across and sound recorder. I had so much fun playing with it, and I was actually thinking, "how can I use this?" Next thing I know, Beth was calling me and she was saying, if only we could record the songs so that everyone could have a recording, that way we can practice when we aren't together. Then the idea of this sound recorder popped into my head. I think this is just another God thing. He puts things into our lives that we have no clue might help us later on. I just thought I should mention that because it was just a reassuring thing that we are going the right thing in God's eyes. It is always good to do what God wants us to do instead of what we want to do.
Peace Out
Peace Out
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