The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Ray Damaso talks about working together under pastoral authority and in humility in order to experience God’s grace in your music ministry.

Session 4: Experiencing God’s Grace in Ministry from Stonebrook Church on Vimeo.

The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Brad Meyer shares thoughts on what the content of our songs should be.

Session 3: What Shall We Sing About? from Stonebrook Church on Vimeo.

The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Dave Bovenmyer and Brad Meyer discuss the history of music ministry at Stonebrook Church, and what we’ve learned along the way. Panel moderated by Matt Heerema

Session 2: History of Stonebrook Church Music from Stonebrook Church on Vimeo.

Matt appeared on Mac’s World Live on Monday, November 14, to discuss “Worship In All of Life”. It was a fun discussion. You can stream the video below.

The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Matt Heerema Shares with us what the scriptures say we ought to be doing when we gather as a church for corporate worship. Below the video are his speaker’s notes.

How do we know what we are supposed to do

This question has been answered many ways by different groups over the centuries. You have the Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox who adhere to traditional church practices that have been handed down to them through the centuries. You have the Anglican, Methodist, and Lutheran churches (and many contemporary churches) who adhere to what is called the normative principle which says you can do anything not explicitly forbidden by scripture you have the more traditional reformed and anabaptist movements who adhere to the regulative principle, which says that you should only do those things explicitly commanded in scripture. And these days you have sort of a mindlessness conformity to the latest fad in church-growth or “relevant” way of “doing church”.

Certainly I’d hope we’d all agree that we should do the things scripture commands, and avoid the things it prohibits. But still, how much thought do we give our weekly church service or other large, group gatherings?

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