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The three George Jordan (photo above) original songs performed by the Troubadours tonight are featured on the video further below which you may click to view.
Once on the Internet, click on any photo image to view it enlarged and/or click on the arrow in video icon below to view the video of The Troubadours performing three original songs by George Jordan, the original Tinney Chapel Troubadour: 
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Troubadours Sing From The George Jordan Songbook @ first Praise & Gospel Night Concert:

Let Me Try

Dry River

Let Me Rest In Your Arms For A While  

All three songs listed above, performed by the Tinney Chapel Troubadours, were composed by George Jordan, and are on the video above. 

Labels: Cline Hall, George Jordan, Joe Dan Boyd, Kevin Tinney, Rev. Carl Sterling, Rob Acock, Tinney Chapel Troubadours, Tinney Chapel UMC

Once on the Internet, click on any photo image to enlarge it on your screen and/or click on arrow in video icon to view video of four (4) more songs by the Tinney Chapel Troubadours at our first Praise & Gospel Night Concert.
Once on the Internet, don't miss Kevin Tinney's solo performance as a Troubadour.
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Tinney Chapel Troubadours Pick & Sing:

Hold Fast To The Right

Where Rainbows Never Die (Kevin's solo)

Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life

Jesus Is The Rock
 

Labels: Kevin Tinney, Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel Troubadours, Tinney Chapel UMC

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Tinney Chapel's First Praise & Gospel Night hosts
several pickers, singers and bands 

Expect to hear:

Tinney Chapel Troubadours, host (home church) band
(Brother Carl Sterling, George Jordan, Kevin Tinney, Roger Schneider, Rob Aycock, Cline Hall and Joe Dan Boyd)

Snow Hill, Forestburg, TX

Roy Lee Miller, Ben Franklin, TX

East Texas Singers

..and more...

ADMISSION IS FREE

Join us in our spacious family life center, everyone welcome, bring family and friends.

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 Once on the Internet, you may also click on the arrow in the video icon below to access a video of Brother Carl Sterling's entire sermon, "Drawing Nearer," based on James 3:1-12, at Tinney Chapel, 09-16-12.
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Drawing Nearer preached from James 3:1-12 @ Tinney Chapel by Brother Carl Sterling, 09-16-12

James 3:1-12 (New International Version)

Taming the Tongue

³ When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. ⁴ Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. ⁵ Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. ⁶ The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
⁷ All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, ⁸ but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
⁹ With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. ¹¹ Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? ¹² My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Link to Resource Page above: 
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%203:1-22&version=NIV

 

Labels: James 3:1-12., Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

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This photo is actually two photos combined. Both appeared on Facebook today, Sept. 14, 2012, one by Doc Davis and one by Delene Allen.  See both separate photos below:
This photo, above, is the one made by Doc Davis and tagged to my attention on Facebook. I tweaked it to become the photo below: 
And, below is the photo made by Delene Allen, in which you can actually see Brother Carl's guitar, but not much of the guitar picker: 
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Brother Carl Sterling, Pastor of Tinney Chapel, at Quitman, TX. Bluegrass Jam 09-14-12.

Roger Schneider was almost certainly there, too, but no one sent us a picture of him.

Way to go, Brother Carl: Let's hear that Lester Flatt G-run? 

 

 

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To sample the Tinney Chapel Troubadours, click on the arrow in the video icon below: 

Praise & Gospel Night Slated for Saturday, Sept. 22 @ the quintessential country church (Tinney Chapel UMC, located 2 miles south of Winnsboro, just off FM 312 @ 449 CR 4620)

 

Come join us in our Family Life Center for this FREE event. 

Everyone welcome!

Bring Your family & friends. 

See and hear: 

The Tinney Chapel Troubadours (featured recently in the North Texas Methodist Reporter Newspaper).

Snow Hill (from Forestburg, TX)

Roy Lee Miller (from Ben Franklin, TX)

The East Texas Singers

and more....

   

 

 

 

Labels: Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel Troubadours, Tinney Chapel UMC

Once on the Internet, click on any photo image to view it in larger format and/or click on the arrow in the video icon, below, to view a video of most of Brother Carl Sterling's sermon, "Can You Hear Me Now!," based on Mark 7:31-37. (You may view part 2 of this sermon posted elsewhere on this Weblog for this same date: 09-09-12:
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Can You Hear Me Now!

A sermon preached by Brother Carl Sterling, based on Mark 7:31-37, @ Tinney Chapel UMC.

 

Labels: Mark 7:31-37, Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

Once on the Internet, click on any photo image to view it in larger format and/or click on the arrow in the video icon below to view a video of Brother Carl Sterling's sermon for kids, part 2 of his sermon for adults ("Can You Hear Me Now," based on Mark 7:31-37 and the hymn of invitation and benediction. 

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Kids Time, Part 2 of "Can You Hear Me Now," sermon for adults, hymn of invitation & benediction @ Tinney Chapel, 09-09-12.

Labels: Kids Sermon., Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

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Once on the Internet, click on any photo image, above, to view it in larger format and/or click on the arrow in video icon,  below, to view a video of the music ministry today:
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Tinney Chapel Troubadours perform another George Jordan original song

Today's two-song effort by the Tinney Chapel Troubadours included another original hymn composition by the talented George Jordan, the original Tinney Chapel Troubadour, and a long-time singer and songwriter.

Today's song by George was Let Me Rest In Your Arms, followed by a pastoral favorite, Jesus Is The Rock, both performed with a peppy rhythm. 

The group welcomed a new member of the Troubadours: Cline Hall, a drummer, who added percussion to the performance. 

Other Troubadours include Pastor Carl Sterling, Kevin Tinney, another multi-talented singer-songwriter of the Greater Winnsboro area, Roger Schneider and Joe Dan Boyd. 

A special treat today was the trumpet solo by Travessa Tinney Newsome: Nearer My God To Thee, introduced as having been played by the ship's band when the Titanic sank. 

The church choir sang Precious Name today.

Our pianist was Molly Mathis and our song leader was Angela Wylie. Congregational songs included This Is My Father's World and Softly And Tenderly Jesus Is Calling, the latter as the hymn of invitation.  

Labels: Cline Hall, George Jordan, Joe Dan Boyd, Kevin Tinney, Rev. Carl Sterling, Roger Schneider, Tinney Chapel Troubadours, Tinney Chapel UMC, Travessa Newsome

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Once on the Internet, click on any photo image above to view it in larger format and/or click on the arrow in video icon above to view a video of most of Brother Carl's sermon, "Clean Hands," based on Mark 7:1-23:
The video is immediately above for clicking:

"Clean Hands" Preached Here Today.

Our server limits us to a 100 MB video file size per Weblog post, hence the above video is incomplete, but covers most of the message. 

Labels: Mark 7:1-23, Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

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Once on the Internet, click on any photo image, above, to view it in larger format and/or click on the arrow in the video icon, below, to view a video of Part 2 of the "Clean Hands" sermon by Brother Carl Sterling followed by the Service of Holy Communion by Brother Carl: 
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"Clean Hands" Sermon, Part 2 & Service of Holy Communion Video by Brother Carl Sterling, Pastor, Tinney Chapel UMC.


Each local United Methodist church determines how often to serve communion.  Many churches celebrate communion once a month, often on the first Sunday.  Communion is also celebrated on special days of the year, such as Christmas and Easter.  There has gradually been a move toward more frequent celebration of the Lord's Supper.  Some United Methodist churches now celebrate the Lord’s Supper every week.

The pastor will be able to provide information on the worship services and the communion traditions of the local church.


The table of Holy Communion is Christ’s table, not the table of The United Methodist Church or of the local congregation.  The table is open to anyone who seeks to respond to Christ’s love and seeks to lead a new life of peace and love, as the invitation to the table says.

The United Methodist Book of Worship says, “All who intend to lead a Christian life, together with their children, are invited to receive the bread and cup. We have no tradition of refusing any who present themselves desiring to receive” (page 29). This statement means that in practice there are few, if any, circumstances in which a United Methodist pastor would refuse to serve the elements of Holy Communion to a person who comes forward to receive.

By Water and the Spirit affirms: “Because the table at which we gather belongs to the Lord, it should be open to all who respond to Christ’s love, regardless of age or church membership. The Wesleyan tradition has always recognized that Holy Communion may be an occasion for the reception of converting, justifying, and sanctifying grace.”

Link to resource page above: 
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nl/newsletter.asp?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5070513 

Labels: Holy Communion Service, Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

Once on the Internet, click on any photo image above to view it in larger format and/or click on arrow in video icon below to view a video of the hand washing ceremony @ Tinney Chapel under the direction of Brother Carl Sterling, Pastor:
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A Ceremonial Washing Of The Hands @ Tinney Chapel ahead of Pastor Carl Sterling's upcoming sermon, "Clean Hands," based on Mark 7:1-23.

That Which Defiles

⁵ So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
⁶ He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
⁹ And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe^[c] your own traditions! ¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’^[d] and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’^{[e] 11} But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— ¹² then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. ¹³ Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
¹⁴ Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. ¹⁵ Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” ^[16] [f]
17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. ¹⁸ “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? ¹⁹ For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
²⁰ He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. ²¹ For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, ²² adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. ²³ All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
 

Labels: Alicia Banks Moore, Ceremonial Hand Washing, Kevin Tinney, Rev. Carl Sterling, Tinney Chapel UMC

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Once on the Internet, click on any photo image, above, to view it in larger format and/or click on the arrow in video icon below to view a video of the entire Tinney Chapel music ministry for today:

Video is immediately above for clicking:

The Magic Of Music @ The Quintessential Country Church

Music gets us going at Tinney Chapel with the first rattle out of the box: Our Call to Worship, This Is The Day, followed by our opening hymn Leaning On The Everlasting Arms.  

Our animated song leader, Angela Wylie, keeps us excited about our music because she is so obviously caught up in its thrall. Soon, so are we!

When the Tinney Chapel Troubadours take center stage, their first offering is the familiar standard, Hold Fast To The Right, an old chestnut going back at least to the days of the old Vaughn Quartet. Please excuse our filming which missed most of the first two verses, but perhaps the Troubadours' enthusiasm will help to compensate for that. Their second number, Now I Can See, is one of Troubadour George Jordan's many original compositions, this one with a catchy call-and-response technique which often brings the congregation to a hand-clapping mood.

Finally, after the sermon and after the service of Holy Communion, Angela Wylie leads this singing congregation in Brother Carl's Hymn of Invitation, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, as Tinney Chapel's acolyte pauses with him during this stirring finale.

To say that it has been a magical musical tour would be an understatement. All of us are still humming, singing and patting our feet as the memory lingers now and, likely, forever.

Some of us older members think of Gene Autry, America's first singing cowboy star, who famously said: "It's hard to be mean and sing at the same time."

Amen?

Until next week when we will all be Back In
The Saddle Again.

Labels: Angela Wylie, George Jordan, Joe Dan Boyd, Kevin Tinney, Molly Mathis, Rev. Carl Sterling, Roger Schneider, Tinney Chapel Troubadours, Tinney Chapel UMC