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Right out of high school, American Composer, Tim Truman, was accepted into the coveted USC Music Composition Department. From there he began scoring prime-time network television. George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola selected Tim Truman to complete the score to the 70 mm 3D Disneyland feature "Captain EO" starring Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston. Michael Mann hand picked Tim to replace Jan Hammer on his hit show "Miami Vice" scoring the entire fifth season. The Michael Mann directed movie "LA Takedown" was next gathering strong reviews. Director David Anspaugh (Hoosiers, Rudy) was thrilled with Tim's intense and personal score to "Company of Darkness" starring Helen Hunt. Tim then composed the original Main Title Theme to "Melrose Place" going on to score over 120+ episodes of that worldwide hit. Oliver Stone asked Tim to score the controversial film "South Central" with a full orchestra for Warner Brothers. The television and features continued with an EMMY nomination for the Main Title Theme to "Central Park West". The entire debut season of "Charmed" was in Tim's hands as well. Tim has been honored with several ASCAP, Gold and Platinum album and video awards. Tim Truman won an EMMY as a Co-producer on "The Killer Whale People" with Nancy Wilson (Heart). Showtime brought in Tim to score all 35 one hour episodes of "Jeremiah" created by J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5). The pull to tell compelling stories, rather then just support them musically, has become central in the evolving career of Tim Truman.
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Iván M. Lacámara was born in Zaragoza, Spain,
He is a composer, known for Money Heist (2017), Locked up (2015-2018) , "El accidente" (2018) and The Boat (2011).
Ivan started his career at a very young age, studied at the conservatory, later joined the television industry. He has worked for several Spanish commercials and television series. He has enjoyed great success with television series:
El embarcadero, La Casa De Papel and Vis a Vis.
His music is characterized by a very strong and psycho genre combined with a strong presence of electronic sounds.
Huelsbeck's music career started at age 17, when he entered a music competition in the German 64'er magazine, taking first prize with his composition "Shades". He took a job in music production with the company Rainbow Arts.
In 1986, Huelsbeck released the SoundMonitor program for Commodore 64 computer. The program was released as a type-in listing in the German computer magazine 64'er. This program, featuring the idea of notation data rolling from down to up, is assumed[who?] to have a significant influence on Karsten Obarski's Ultimate Soundtracker (1987) which was a starting point for the still continuing tradition of tracker music programs.
Huelsbeck has written soundtracks for more than 70 titles, the latest being Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. Many of his scores for the Commodore 64 are regarded as classics among enthusiasts today, most notably The Great Giana Sisters. He is best known for the soundtracks to the Turrican series of games.
His music from Apidya, Turrican 2, Turrican 3 and The Great Giana Sisters was performed live at the Symphonic Game Music Concert series in Leipzig, Germany between 2003–2007, conducted by Andy Brick. On 23 August 2008 his music was performed at Symphonic Shades, a concert dedicated to his work exclusively. The WDR Radio Orchestra and a choir performed classics such as The Great Giana Sisters, Turrican, R-Type and others in Cologne, Germany conducted by Arnie Roth. On 19 March 2009 it was announced that Arnie Roth will conduct the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the concert Sinfonia Drammatica in the Konserthuset Stockholm. Taking place on 4 August 2009, the concert combined performances of Huelsbeck's Symphonic Shades, with selections from drammatica by Yoko Shimomura.
Born in Terrassa in 1981, Dani studied at the local Conservatory, adding studies of harmony, arrangements and jazz. Since 1996 he works as a music producer for different artists and producers, combining it with teaching activities in different schools and universities.
Currently he composes music, creates sound design, mixes and masters works for advertising, film, television and video games.
His advertising work includes music for brands such as Audi, Toyota, Kia, Renault, Estrella Damm, FC Barcelona, Bankinter, Allianz, Fontvella, Carglass, Bicentury or Turismo Andalucía. In film and TV he has worked on the soundtracks of Litus (Dani de la Orden) or Day Release (Geoffrey Cowper), also making additional music for series such as Desafio Champions Sendokai, Ciega a appointments, La tribes, Corps of Elite or El dia He also has musical productions for Universal, Sony Music, Blanco y Negro, Roster music, Divucsa or AddictedMusic, with artists such as Rozalen, Rebeka Brown, Danny Romero, Henry Mendez and he was also a recording technician in Operación Triunfo from 2017 to 2020.
Javier Márquez is a musician born in Córdoba in 1978. He studied guitar and oboe at the Cordoba Music Conservatory. Attracted by instrumental music and composition, he has been influenced by different styles such as classical music, New Age, folk and certain types of fusion. He composes, arranges and produces his own pieces of music and participates in the recordings of other musicians, providing guitar, oboe, flute, duduk, kaval, soprano sax and percussion.
He has been a member of the folk music group "Aliara", participating in the recording of the double CD entitled "Fahs al-Bellut".
He has taken oboe courses with Miguel Quirós, Vicente Llimerá, Thomas Indermühle, José Manuel González and guitar courses with Antonio Toledo, Horacio Salinas (Inti Illimani), Toquinho, Javier Ruibal and Master Classes with Pat Metheny, Djavan, Ralf Towner (Oregon), Fito Páez and Marcus Miller (bass).
In 2012 he released the album "Si mi niño se durmiera", a compilation of lullabies performed with arrangements in different modern musical styles. This project was financed by the Regional Ministry of Education of the Andalusian Regional Government.
He has been a member of the band of the singer-songwriter Luis Medina since 2006 until now.
He produces the albums of Luis Medina named "Presente Continuo" and "DuDú" with winds, recording, editing and mixing.
He participated in the recording of two songs for Pavel Urkiza's "La ruta de las almas" project and part as a component "La ruta de las almas" Band, and was presented in EXIB music in Bilbao in 2014 and Global Cuba Fest in Miami (USA) in 2016.
He collaborated in the recording of the soundtracks of the composer Pablo Cervantes for the film "Jaulas", "El Prenauta" short film and "Promesas de arena" serie for spanish national TV and Amazon Prime Video.
He participated in the recording of the new album by Pipo Romero entitled "Ideario" under the label Universal Music and is part of the Quintet in live shows. In 2021 coproduced and recorded oboe and whistles in new album "Ikigai" it will be released in 2022.
In 2020 he participated recording one track of last album "ARA" of violinist Ara Malikian, actually released.
In late 2020 he received a Hollywood Music in Media Awards nomination for his song "Around the autumn equinox".
He has recorded Duduk on the Soundtrack of Ivan M. Lacámara for season 5 of "Money Heist" (Netflix).
In May 2021 he releases his album "The shelter point".
WINNER Hollywood Music in Media Award on november, 2021 with his track "The shelter point" in New Age/Ambient category.
Zé Tó Lemos is a Portuguese music composer, he was born in Porto in 1979.
He started his music studies at 11 years old, and in 1994 attended the music school in Gulpilhares, where he studied classic piano, alongside studies in Musical Education and IT. Throughout his career, Zé Tó has credits as a producer, musician, and composer across a wide variety of projects, and is currently endorsed by Yamaha Music - Europe.
Currently, Zé Tó is an in-demand producer and composer for media.
Sense of Peace is Zé Tó Lemos' debut album, launched on the 5th of March 2021.
The album reached no.1 on iTunes Chart (Portugal).
Jimena Contreras (CDMX 1986)
Composer and music producer graduated from FaM, UNAM and NYU Steinhardt. She is the founder of Archway Studios where she specializes in the composition and production of music for film, television and video games.
Her compositions have been presented at national and international music festivals, as well as on the radio. Her film music is also available on the YouTube Audio Library platform. She is also a producer and songwriter for the heavy metal bands Herenwen and Ferox.
The most recent works of her writing for video games are "Mechawaiis" developed in Mexico by the Big Monster studio and "Mayhem Masters" developed in Sweden by the Digital Ballista studio available on the Steam platform and on Nintendo Switch.
In the field of film and television, she has made original music for short films, feature films and documentaries in collaboration with different film production houses. She has also written music for cultural television and currently writes music for Televisión Metropolitana (Channel 22) in Mexico. She has also worked with independent producers and directors such as Licano's Films, Cámara Carnal Films, Darkuss Films, Element Productions and Rayuela Digital, among others. Many film productions with her original music have been in the Official Selection and have been awarded at various Film Festivals in Mexico and around the world.
Currently she is also part of the group of composers and performers "Las Montoneras", where she composes and produces concert music, as well as conducting the radio program "Nada Clásicas" on Opus 94, a station of the IMER (Mexican Institute of the Radio).
Oscar Jasso composes music for film.
His film scores provide momentum and texture, adding a dramatic dimension which completes the story.
Since childhood, Oscar has loved films. Growing up playing piano, he began composing early on, but it was a bit later that he began to truly focus on composition.
At sixteen, he began his undergraduate studies at the Conservatorio De Las Rosas in the city of Morelia, Michoacan (Mexico). Three years later, he continued his studies at Escuela Nacional De Musica in Mexico City. There he studied piano with Luis Mayagoitia and Ramon Mier.
In 1994, he was awarded a scholarship to study with the Italian composer Franco Donatoni. Meanwhile, Oscar performed throughout Mexico, arranging Mexican folk songs for choirs from Casas De Cultura, which he accompanied.
In 1997, Oscar returned to the United States and settled in Chicago, IL. There he studied piano with Dr. Bruce Berr, composition with Robert Lombardo, Ilya Levinson, and electronic composition with Don Malone at Roosevelt University (Chicago). In 2001, Oscar studied film scoring at Columbia College (Chicago).
Oscar has been on the Piano Faculty of the Old Town School of Folk Music since 2001, and is an active composer producing music for film and other media.
At 16 he received his first electric guitar as a gift. Influenced by grunge and rock, he learns to play covers by Nirvana, The Doors, Jeff Buckley, through the musicality of Rhapsody and Stratovarius, immersing himself in the notes of Steve Vai. Later he founded the Dream Theater cover band, "Empyema". Later he devoted himself to the Ethnic / Folk music of Eugenio Bennato, Nccp, Avitabile taking a step towards new musical experiences that give life to the "Resonanze" group with the production of unpublished writings, accompanied by acoustic guitars, wind instruments, strings and percussion.
His passion for music reaches new horizons, taking an interest in Hollywood composers such as Danny Elfman, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer and other esteemed authors, absolutely not neglecting the true pioneers of the classic, such as the great geniuses Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi . From there, the long journey to learn how to play instruments of all kinds, glockenspiel, flute, bass, drums, violin, mandolin, swing guitar, piano, ukulele, classical guitar & acoustic guitar, keyboards, synths.
He manages to recreate a small fame so much that in his hometown, Naples, of which he is very attached, he is awarded a Recognition Award by the Municipality, for his dedication and passion for music. Later he receives the "Humanitars Award" as a Musician / Composer. In 2016 he won the "Chandler Internatinal Film Festival" in Arizona as the Best Soundtrack of the film "The Loot", also in 2016 he won the Best Music Score at the "Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival" and an Honorable Mention at the "Hollywood Music in Media Awards "for the musical composition" Lilith's Song "Again in 2016, again for the soundtrack of the film" The Loot "he won the" Best Music Score (Feature) "award in the Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival. He currently wins "The Akademia Music Awards" in Los Angeles as "Best Album".
As a composer and musician from the Netherlands Vincent Zaalberg currently writes and produces orchestral scores and contemporary music for artists, projects, commercials or picture.
Graduating at the Conservatory of Amsterdam in 2009 Vincent focussed on playing with live bands and working as a session musician. Finding success with rockband The Last Element signing with Universal and playing on hundreds of studio sessions on an array of instruments.
After a decade of professional musicianship emphasis shifted towards engineering, mixing and composing. Which always were a big passion behind the scene. Turning to producing library music fairly recently Vincent is now making ripples as a composer. With many projects rolled out at the moment the first collaborting publishers include BMG and EMM.
I am a simple singer songwriter with a passion for lyrics and i write almost everyday even if its just a single word ! I love a story and all my songs have a start, middle and end ...I have decided to bring what I write out of the pad and give them life. (Source: Steve Larkin Project)
Fabian is a composer who creates ambient music and soundtracks.
His style recalls the ethereal, a true emerging talent in the international music scene. His young career promises great successes.
Named from zymotic (of or causing fermentation), the band formed as a project of Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1983, before moving to Amsterdam and joining Pieter Nooten (Moorings' Nijmegen flat-mate) and Frank Weyzig, who added their own contributions, Assuming the name "Xymox", the group released a five-track EP entitled, Subsequent Pleasures, in 1983. They were invited by Brendan Perry to support Dead Can Dance on a UK tour and were signed to the indie label 4AD, which released their eponymous debut album in 1985. The track 7th Time, with Anka Wolbert on lead vocals, was picked up by John Peel, leading to the band recording two of the Peel Sessions at the BBC, in June and November 1985. Peel referred to the band's dark and melancholic sound as "darkwave". (Source: Wikipedia)
Hes style, originally based on darkly sinuous and disturbing sounds, is characterized by very dark and disturbing atmospheres, with a strong inclination towards the occult.
Mizadeth's music tends to evoke a feeling of horror, loneliness, melancholy, seclusion and isolation.
Fabian began his professional game music career at age 16. After sending a demo tape to Chris Hülsbeck, Fabian became a freelancing composer, arranger and sound designer at Chris' company Synsoniq Records for computer and video games.
In the same year while still 16, Fabian experienced his breakthrough as a professional composer. He made music for his first computer game soundtrack which was over 60 minutes of CD audio- and MIDI music for Blue Byte's Extreme Assault, a first-person shooter/helicopter action game for PC DOS / Windows platforms. Fabian produced the biggest part of the soundtrack in co-operation with Chris Huelsbeck. Being one of the most well-known computer games 1997 in Europe, it gained positive reviews in printmags, with high music ratings too, which gave Fabian further motivation to pursue his career.
Since 2006, Fabian has also worked with Dynamedion, Germany's biggest game music label, as a composer and sound designer for handheld video games.
Sebastian Lis is movie, game, and commercial music composer.
His musical genre can be defined as romantic and melancholic.
Sebastian is an excellent musician who has worked on several documentaries, commercials and short films.
I've been playing rock music in a live band - Moore and More - a tribute to Gary Moore - for ages now - and I've been writing my own music for the same time but never had the opportunity to record it.Due to the Covid lockdowns now the moment had come to get back into the studio and do what has been waiting for years: lay down the ideas, find some fellow musicians and record.Personally I'm deep ito Prog Rock but when I started recording, I found that my tracks more and more became cinematic - and now they are real epics, just like the impressions they describe. (Source: Redlloyd)
My name is Alan Špiljak, I'm a 26 year old IT engineer from Croatia who has a big passion for multimedia and composing music. Composing is one of my favorite ways to express myself and I use it as a way to reach out to people, since words are much more limited compared to music.
Playing piano has been my hobby since elementary school at which time I've learned the basic skills which helped me to transfer all my thoughts to melody.
Looking back and seeing all the process, all those melodies, I think I've finally found my path in this world. At this point I have few movies behind me that were shown in cinemas all around the world. I've recorded some soundtracks for short films and my music was featured in the Asian museum, UN podcast, and much more.
My way of composing is oriented towards ambient cinematic music and I'm a big fan of Olafur Arnalds, Snorri Hallgrímsson, Max Richter, and Thomas Newman type of music. (Source: Official Website)
Im a music producer. I record all kinds of music and work with many singers and artists. This has been my passion since i was a young lad.
I use the names "WORLDS APART PRODUCTIONS" as my hub title but i am also know as Dave "MEZZER" Meredith
I am a keen runner and soccer player... I have been a jogger for 20 years and played football (soccer) since boys.
I also follow the video game scene very close and have been a gamer for 30 years. Its a major passion of mine.. Nothing can reach into the soul like a good video game and take the player to a created world of vision and sound and characters like a good video game..
I have my various music and collab projects at various websites online. I have been lucky to work with some truly great people and friends from all over the world .. Its something i really appreciate and enjoy.. Its my gift back to the world.. Pretty much all my work is free download. Never deny your passion!! (Source: Facebook)
Asaf Peres holds a PhD in music theory and a DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in music composition, both from the University of Michigan. He also holds a master's degree in composition from Rice University. Since 2011, Dr. Peres has used his extensive formal training as a composer, music theorist, and guitarist to develop a new perspective on his passion—pop music.
Through extensive analyses of hundreds of pop songs, conversations with dozens of songwriters and producers, and connecting traditional music theory concepts with trends in pop and EDM sound production, Dr. Peres has developed a comprehensive approach to understanding pop music and what makes it work.
Dr. Peres has presented his work at conferences in the U.S. and around the world, and has given guest lectures at top universities. By founding Top40 Theory, he hopes his research can help songwriters and producers on their path to their next Top 40 hit.
Born in Argentina 1975 as Cristian Castillo and began to study music at the age of 19, in 1993 I studied Music at the National School of Music De Rosario received me from National Master of Music, his career lasted seven years I did complete courses of Functional Harmony, musical analysis, he has also studied 2 more years at the Provincial Music Teacher "Carlos Gustavino" I was a Piano Student of the concert performer Stella Savoini and the virtuoso Alexander Panizza, he has also studied Modern Harmony with the Jazzist Juan Carlos Silvera, he has dedicated 15 years teaching but currently living from music as a teacher and Film Scoring, he has worked on the film score of a Web series called "#Caso 13" and a film that will soon be available to the public.
He is a Music Teacher, Pianist, Composer, Music Producer, Film Scoring, Session Arranger and I also do sound reinforcement in movies.


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It looks that finally spring is getting closer, and what's better for these sunny, warm days than putting back in the closet all our dark clothes and start wearing something more colorful? Having a look around, from runways to the latest streetstyle shots, we can notice an invasion of pastel garments, soft pink sweaters, light yellow coats and baby blue dresses: do you enjoy this candy-trend? Have a look at the images for some inspiration!
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26 February, 2014
Creamy Potato and Ham Soup
Serves: 4-6
2 cups chicken stock
4-5 large red potatoes, cubed
1 medium Vidalia onion, chopped
½ pound carrots, diced (or about 2 cups)
2 ribs celery, sliced across the grain
1 cup diced ham (or a leftover ham bone with some meat left on)
½ teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon ground thyme
1 can cream of chicken soup with herbs
3 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled, for garnish
Place all ingredients except the cream of chicken soup and bacon into a crock pot. Cook on high for 4-6 hours.
Stir in the cream of chicken soup and continue cooking for 1-2 hours.
Sprinkle bacon crumbles on top just before serving.
The type of ham used makes a huge difference in the flavor of this soup. This is great for using up leftover ham from holiday dinners but tends to be too sweet if you don't wash or cut off any of the candied skin. Also great with pre-cubed and packaged ham, country ham (such as Smithfield or Clifty Farms) pieces or a ham steak cut into small pieces.
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Durga Puja is one of the foremost famous and significant festivals for Hindu. This festival is widely known in September or October. Durga Pooja festival symbolizes the Mother Goddess and thus the victory of the warrior Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon Mahisasura, which was a victory over evil. Durga Puja is additionally mentioned as Durgoutsav. The festival represents female power as 'Shakti' or 'Universal Energy'.
This is often a festival of Hindu religion and culture which takes place in Ashwin month. The states like West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Tripura, Manipur, Jharkhand i.e Hindi, and other Malay Archipelago states are famous for celebrating Durga Puja. It is a festival of fantastic over Evil or light over darkness. Durga Pooja is one of the simplest festivals in India. Also, it is a festival for the Hindus. We wear new clothes and do pandals, it is also time for a reunion of family and friends to celebrate puja with joy and a ceremony of cultural values and customs.
Durga Puja could also be a religious festival, during which Goddess Durga is worshiped. It is a crucial festival of India, it is a standard opportunity, which strengthens people in Indian culture and practice. Various customs, like fasting, feast, worship, etc., are done during the festival of the whole ten days. People worship idols and daughters within the last four days, mentioned as Saptami, Ashtami, Ninth, and Vijayadashami. The celebration takes place for ten days by tradition. The last four days of the festival are celebrated with great enthusiasm and belief. People worship with ten weapons, enthusiasm, happiness, and devotion for Lord Riding on the lion.
It is documented that India could also be a really large country. It is also said that people of varied religions, cultures, and beliefs sleep during this country. They celebrate their customs, festivals, festivals, and rituals together from time to time and derive joy and joy from them. They emphasize their need and utility to make their lives happy and prosperous. The entire nation becomes more colorful and celebrates the actual fact of good's convert evil.
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Maa Durga has different reincarnations. She was the daughter of the mighty Himalaya and Menka, the prime 'apsara' of Indralok or Heaven. Later, after getting married to Lord Shiva the Goddess became "Sati". It is also depicted that Lord Rama was worshipping Goddess Durga to become powerful. It had been Lord Rama who started the ritual of Durga Puja to earmark his victory over Ravana within the Satya Yuga. He pleased Maa Durga and wanted her to bless him with powers.
Durga Puja (दुर्गा पूजा) celebrations vary relying on the place, customs, and beliefs. This festival is widely known in some ways in several places in India. It teaches people to fight with evil and are available forward with the important victory in life.
People begin this festival by installing many handiwork goddess Durga idols in various pandals ( temporary structures made from bamboo, cloth, etc are the center of attraction during Durga Puja. Pandals of varied shapes and sizes are erected around every corner or dead end. Beautifully decorated statue of Goddess Durga is kept within the pandals.). Goddess Durga idols hold various weapons in ten hands and sit over the Lion. She got victory over Mahishasura for weakening the evil. In Durga puja, people visit the decorated pandals and pray to the goddess. At this festival, people enjoy decorated stages, dance programs, a selection of foods, and games.
People here do puja, Akhand recitation, and mantra-chanting with great faith. And determination throughout the night in memory of Mother Durga. Till the time of Navratri, the divine and divine idol of Goddess Durga is kept in those people's homes with great reverence, devotion, and loyalty.
Different types of these sculptures are also extracted. Bhajan-kirtan and devotional expressions are displayed with them. After this, on the day of Dashami i.e. Dussehra, those idols are immersed within the Ganges.
The festival of Durga-puja is wonderful. Until now, people keep it up experiencing the sattvic emotions with a neurite within them. A bit like the elderly, children also appear happier after experiencing this new life.


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Continuing the big previews for the #Disneyland60, Disney debuted the DISNEYLAND FOREVER fireworks spectacular tonight during an early preview for media and invited fans and guests. The new pyrotecnic spectacle is unlike anything Disney has mounted before in the parks. This is an absolute must see.
Apart from the trademark pyro in the sky and around the park, the new show utilizes an intricate system of digital mapping in Main Street that transports you IN TO the show; soaring over London, under the sea, and everywhere inbetween.
There's also two new original songs used in the show The catchy "Live the Magic" main theme and the touchy-feely "Kiss Goodnight" closing song that was written by Disney Legend Richard Sherman.


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I am confused over the whole issue of copyrights. As the worship leader at our church, what do I need to know about copyrights and the songs we use?
The easiest rule of thumb to remember is this: no copy of copyrighted song may be made without permission from the copyright holder. The song itself should be thought of as a piece of property belonging to the copyright holder. Permission must be obtained to duplicated the song in any form (i.e. handwritten, photocopy, recording, etc.). To duplicate the song without permission is a violation of the law.
Copyright laws protect the rights of songwriters. These laws help assure songwriters that they will receive fair compensation for their works by those using them.
From your perspective, you need to be concerned about copyrights for the sake of your church. Making copies of songs, or even just lyrics (i.e. saved in video projection format, song sheets for your musicians or congregation, etc.) without permission, could potentially cause legal problems for your church. Technically, these copies would be illegal and a lawsuit could be brought by the copyright holder. This is not a pleasant thought, but nevertheless, a real possibility.
Even beyond the legal aspect, we as Christians should also be concerned about the moral aspect. We should never want to take advantage of or steal from others. But that's what happens if we ignore copyrights.
Individually researching the copyrights of all the songs used by your congregation each year could be a project of staggering proportions. Beyond this, paying each individual copyright holder an average of $20 or more per song can be far too costly for most churches.
Fortunately, there is an organization, Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI), that can help with copyrights and song usage. For one annual fee based on the size of your congregation, CCLI will allow you non-commercial use of the songs (within certain guidelines) for the period of one year. The annual fee is relatively inexpensive considering the number of songs and usage freedom received.
Avoiding copyright legal problems by joining CCLI is important. However, for me the real issue is one of integrity. I must not break the law and take advantage of songwriters while at the same time leading people in worship. To do so would be a complete lack of concern for my brothers and sisters in Christ.


text: Savannah, not surprisingly, has its share of highly opinionated party experts. Johnathon Barrett is a native Georgian and an accountant who, with his partner, Tom White, has for more than 20 years been throwing about nine parties a year, from Christmas teas to ten-course feasts. Come spring, he occasionally hosts parties for the city's newest debutantes—effectively the hostesses of tomorrow—and he likes to offer the girls some practical advice: "If you've got a choice between cheap food and cheap liquor, go for the cheap food; people will say, 'She doesn't know any better.' With cheap liquor, they'll say, 'Her husband is cheap.'" Barrett also insists that one should never reply to invitations by phone or, worse, by e-mail. Another maven, Savannah's top caterer, Susan Mason, works by the motto "Never economize on luxury". She believes that party givers should serve several high-end signature dishes at all their events. Her lamb chops, hot crab dip, fried oysters, and crab cakes are perennial best-sellers—but Mason, who notes that she has catered weddings for the same three brides twice each, isn't one to rest on her laurels. She recently constructed five-foot-high strawberry "trees" to use as table centerpieces. "People take their parties seriously in Savannah," she says.


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At the recent Enabling Church Conference, I was asked if I had any thoughts or recommendations regarding the issue of disability and leadership. From my understanding the question was posed both in terms of being about how best to encourage disabled people to best participate to the fullness of their potential in Church leadership as they are called and equipped, and also regarding how a leader who might be considered "abled" might go about leading those who are disabled within their faith community.
I don't have a straightforward easy answer, and I haven't seen much in the literature on disability and Church/theology regarding this issue. It is approached in Tony Phelps-Jones's excellent book, "Making Church Accessible to All" ( a good starting point of thinking about varius aspects of working with and for disabled people in Church life), in which he and others strongly contend for an honest seeking of true, every-member, ministry. This is ministry where the gifts and callings of each person (for of course, first every person must be seen as exactly that, a person, beloved and cherished of God and whom we too are called to love) are encouraged to flourish. It might seem that the ministry of people who are weaker, or less able can only be managed, or facilitated by those who are more able, but in fact this would raise a key question for me: on whose terms is ministry in Church, and participation in Church life, being undertaken? If it is on our terms then the first issue that we have to address, I would suggest, is whether thsoe terms themselves need to change, whether our vision of what it is to be a part of the body of Christ, a leader in it to whatever extent, is too small.
If you want to encourage every-member ministry, I think it should be feasible to make it happen, on the provisio that:
- You have good relationships with those who you are leading and they are keen to be led by you, or by your team
- Out of those good relationships, you are able to discern, with each other and with God, what that person is called to be and to do. This might require some humility all round. It might require the leader or leadership team to let go of an aspect of community life, so that someone else is able to flourish. As James Lawrence suggests in "Growing Leaders", we are all leaders, because we lead our own lives, if nothing else, and most of us actually lead more than jsut our own lives if we stop and think. It semes to be human nature to make things hierarchical and to submit to authority. Even people who say they don't submit are instinctively aware of where power and influence lie and react against it.
- The last key aspect of this part of things, I would contend, is to have a wide enough vision of what a person offers. Many people who don't have the ability to communicate, or have the potential for self-awareness, or self-determination are able to lead people into the very throne room of God, simply through even a smile or a joyful glance. If only we'd let them. As we live in, to coin John Swinton's phrase, "a hyper-cognitive age" so I think we run the risk of rendring the whole concept of Christian community and life together a pipedream by living as if only certain people, or types of people, are capable of offering us anything which speaks of God. In practice, this might prove difficult, as we are built to expect Church and Church life to look, sound and feel a particular way. But what if God, in forcing us to embrace the diversity of the hear and now, the joys, sorrows, hopes and dreams, suffering and everything else that we see before us, is actually challenging us as a body of Christ not just to be more inclusive and participatorily open, but to have our visions of who He is blown wide open.
If we are committed to every-member ministry, the flourishing of the ministry of disabled people will follow. Each person seen, as they are through the eyes of God, can be encouraged in the direction which best suits them, and the needs of the people. God did it with Moses, with Nicodemus, with Mephibosheth and others throughout Scripture and Church history. He can do it with us and the people that he has called us to lead. I say again, I don't actually think it is an issue of , necessarily, building a programme, or a plan for the "integration" of disabled people into leadership, or such as this, as much as it is about being willing for God to challenge our views of what Church is, who He is, and what the purposes of our communities of faith are.
I realise this isn't very practical. If you're looking for practical stuff, here're a few quick thoughts.
Most practical considerations can be overcome with some willingness, careful consideration and forward planning. Think ahead and communicate well.
Seeing a "weak" person involved in public leadership is a powerful signal for a community, particularly those who don't consider themselves disabled. If a Church never receives ministry from a person who they know to be impaired this may well have subconscious effects that we would not seek, such as Christians growing in to the belief that only the strong can lead. Again we only need to look at Moses to see that people who had profound difficulties as far as the world was concerned were able to accomplish much when submitted to The Lord. Churches need to be given the opportunity to grow in their awareness of the vitality of the breadth of creation, and, perhaps controversially, to prepare for the time when they themselves might struggle and suffer. Seeing the presence and blessing of God in those who are disabled could be argued to be an important step in the growth of Christian maturity. We as a Church, exist to glorify God in the world and to prepare for the return of Christ, the Disabled God, to complete the glorious task set before Him by the Father, as the Kingdom is finally and ultimately victorious. In order to get to this point, Jesus made Himself ultimately weak for us. Even if He knew exactly what He was doing and was going to win all along in the resurrection and ascension, the weakness was real, and is something of the patten of how we are to live as His followers. Not necessarily to the ultimate extent of death or martyrdom, but we are to be ready to lose face, wealth, honour or whatever, to consider all of this and more foolishness in the face of the grace of Christ. We are to know Jesus, and in whatever way, to know the fellowship of His sufferings. Too many of us aren't willing to do this. We want a nice, polished, comfortable, financially viable faith. Hardly anyone in the New Testament got this, so it seems odd that we should expect it, and live like that is our aim.
So how can we see more disabled people in Church leadership? I have no idea. But God calls and He equips. It's for us to hear and put His call into action, not place barriers in the way of what He is already doing. Affirm the disabled people you already know as beloved, cherished, welcome, crucial to the life of your Churches. Let them minister to you simply by their presence. If they are to take on more formal roles of leadership, or to be trained for "professional" ministry, remove all the physical and attitudinal barriers you can, and encourage every step of the way. A Church in which disabled people are either not present or in which they are only ministered to, is impoverished. Play a part in bringing about the nourishing and flourishing of the Church. It's what we're all called to do.
Throughout society, we are seeing that, if a disabled person has the aptitude, the determination and the supportive environment necessary, there is absolutely no reason why anything which is sought cannot be achieved. How much more should this be the case in the Church, called as it is to proclaim the coming of The Lord? I have said time and time again that the Church has the imperative to be a primary actor in the cause of social change in this country, showing the way in welcome and full participation for all. Our vision of victory cannot and must not reach only as far as middle class suburban comfort and being "real" men and women of strength and success. Jesus inaugurated a new way of life, one whose economy requires that the first end up last and the last first. Let's build Churches which live out this principle, where we don't seek strength and flee from anything which looks weak, different or scares us, but instead rejoices in the gifts and offerings of all, whatever they are.
These are extremely embryonic thoughts. I don't even really think I've answered the question I was posed. I'm still thinking about it! Please do come back to me for more, for clarification, or just to start a conversation!


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Title: Interview with Streeter Blair for the "Art scene" radio series
Date: 1962 August 31
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Description: Recorded at KPFK in Los Angeles, California, and first broadcast January 6, 1963.
Creator: Blair, Streeter, 1888-1966
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May 10, 2016 ∙ by vmbernard ∙ in This Month's Issue
Read the May 2016 Visitor
Read the 2016 May Visitor feature articles and the entire PDF here.
- Editorial: Tethered Together
- Feature: All in a Day's Work
- Underscore: Extreme Weather Conditions: What Can Your Church do to Help Those Affected?
- How to Make Your Church a Comfort Care Center
- Ways to Build Community Relationships
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Fun Ways By Which You Can Say No To Drinking At A Party
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Believe it or not, sometimes saying 'No' actually works! Especially in situations where you need to drive back to your home sweet home after a stellar drinking session. Learning when to stop is the key here because even a single drop more, and you could go back to the pavilion with a duck on your head, if you know what I mean. Funny how euphemisms work, isn't it?
Well, drinking isn't bad, never did we claim that. Drinking if done responsibly is far away from being hazardous. Obviously, that comes with a clause, a clause which shouldn't be broken.
So now you've reached your friend's bachelor party and you're going to party like there's no tomorrow unless all you lot are geeks and only mathematic floats your boat. After being a few shots down, you realize you need to drive back home. Let the resistance kick in and to avoid an awkward moment with friends, opt for a funny story why you can't drink more. For sure, they're going to take the mickey out of you anyways, but at least you'd have a reason they'd believe:
1. I Have A Bad Stomach:
Just make some weird hand gestures by touching your stomach and tell them what you have. Even if they don't believe you, they'll at least be grossed out, grossed out enough to let you go responsibly rather than playing beer pong with your forehead.
2. Breaking News People:
Just claim that you've had an emergency and make the most serious and terrified expression that you can conjure. Let your forehead wrinkles do the magic and your friends will definitely believe you. Some might even offer you help and that's another puzzle you'd have to solve. Don't go on telling more lies though for karma might come get you then.
3. My Wife/Husband Is Alone At Home:
Just tell them that your better is alone at home and you need to tend to them as soon as possible. Now comes the awkward bit when your friends will realize how stupid you were not to bring them with you. Then move forward and tell them that they're sick with fever. Ever got out of going to your Maths Tuition on a Sunday because Manchester United was on? You get the gist!
4. Burp Out Loud!
You heard it! Burp out loud and tell them that you've eaten the world alive and you can't take anymore. If you do, you'll vomit all over the party. Still, if some of your friends insist, ask them to stay close and fake a few vomit sounds in their ears and they'll back out and let you leave in a matter of seconds.
5. I'm On Meds! Do You Want To Kill Me?
Just give a fancy medical made up name and tell them you can't mix it with alcohol for it can kill you or you can have a reaction. Personally, this is the safest bet unless one of your close friends' is a know-it-all-doctor who might bust your facade. Now that we've helped out, we sincerely hope you take a note of some of these reasons that will actually work and do the magic for you. At the end of the day, all we want is for you to drink responsibly and get home safely.


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Conflict of Beliefs
Aliw: Hi everyone! It's Aliw. We wanted to bring back an episode that hit a chord with so many of you. In case you haven't heard this conversation between Felix and Robert, this is a must listen. It's a deeply personal conversation between two men who went against all family traditions and the courage it took for them to stand up for what they believed in.
Felix: My question, Robert, was…like how would you still be able to talk to them—even if—when they still denied your invitations?
Robert: Well, when you're inviting them to come to a Bible study or join worship service, or you know, to come and listen, and you're noticing that that's a point of tension, right? Because then all of a sudden, the conversation doesn't go quite the way that you wanted it to. And you have to be able to create this balance when you're with them, right? Be present, as the son, as a brother, as you know, as the nephew, or whoever the relatives are, that are there.
Felix, you're not alone. There are stories like this, all throughout the church in every country. It's a problem that a lot of members deal with. And it makes them stronger.
Aliw: From INC Media Audio, this is Making Changes, a podcast about the changes we go through and the life lessons we learn along the way…always with God by our side. I'm your host, Aliw Garcia Pablo.
Today's episode is about making big life changes – big enough that it affects your relationship with your family. Meet Felix, a listener who we met on Instagram. He recently found the truth in the Church Of Christ but is having challenges in his relationships with his family. Felix will be talking to Robert who joined the Church Of Christ over 20 years ago, who also experienced his own set of challenges with his family but have now found peace with them.
Let's listen in.
Robert: Hey, Felix, how are you?
Felix: I'm doing good, Robert. How about you?
Robert: Oh, well, it's good. It's always good to be able to meet and talk to, you know, other members, even though you cross the country? You know, we're also tightly knit.
Felix: Yeah, so basically, my questions were, you know, now that I'm a member of the Church, you know, even though when I was going through Bible studies, I was always, I was still facing persecution. Basically, it was last year where most of the time of 2021, it was very, very heartbreaking because of being persecuted by my own, even by my own loved ones. So my question is to you, you know, being persecuted at home, how did you still continue to communicate with your family?
Robert: Well, it's—how long have you been in the Church, Felix?
Felix: I've been in the Church for seven months?
Robert: Seven months? Well, that's, it's a wonderful blessing. You know, persecution is a hard word. It's a tough word. Because often, it comes from a place where people think that it's, it's coming from a place of being mean, right? And a lot of times what it is, it's just confusion or lack of understanding, you know, about what's going on. And then, you know, of course, when they don't understand and it comes across, in a way that you know, you might be feeling like persecution. And I'll just share a little bit about, you know, my background, right? I'm the only member in my family, that's a member of the Church. I was baptized back in 1989.
Aliw: This is when Robert opens up to Felix about his past. Robert begins to share how being raised Catholic, being an altar boy and doing all the rituals, suddenly didn't feel right for him. As a young adult, he began church hopping from the Baptist church, then Pentecostal, then explored Evangelical Christianity, then became a born again Christian.
Robert: But you know, as most people find out, there was just a lot of ad libbing that was going on. And it wasn't really as scripturally-based than what I was needing in my life. So I finally found the Church Of Christ, you know, and I was introduced to it and went through all the Bible studies, and I asked a ton of questions to the Minister that was giving me my Bible studies. And a lot of it is because I'd spent the last—at the time, I was only 24—24 years of my life in one religion. And when you spend that much time, and you've accumulated that much experience in history in that one religion, you're going to have a lot of questions. So I asked a lot of questions. And really, everything that was given back to me came straight from the Bible, it was exactly what I was looking for. Then, you know, they didn't try to interpret anything they didn't try to, you know, cover everything up as a mystery. It was exactly from the Scripture. So when I obviously became a member coming from a family that was devout Catholics, it wasn't something that was looked upon very favorably. Right? Leaving the church. And when that happened, a lot of what you're probably describing as persecution was happening to me. They didn't understand, you know, why I would leave the religion that I was in for 24 years at the time. It was hard for them to understand why this transition, and all of the different things were changing about me, you know. I was living a different life, so we didn't celebrate a lot of the holidays that the Catholics would celebrate, right? So, I wouldn't be involved in those and I think that that's where some of that comes from, right? Because they just they don't understand,
And a lot of people are afraid of things that they don't understand. And that's what turns into what we perceive to be persecution.
And what I found is that through that whole point, there was a point where almost up to two years, we didn't talk. For two years. That's a long time.
Felix: You and your family?
Robert: Yeah. And I lived in New York, they lived in California, And the one thing that I did is I just never gave up trying to show that, you know, that I'm still reaching out that I still want to communicate, that, you know, because I'm in this religion, now, it doesn't mean that I don't love you. That you know, your family, you know, you're still my family.
Aliw: Two years. Robert spent two whole years reaching out to his family and getting very little in return. I heard shock… and maybe even fear, in Felix's voice. As if he's picturing what might happen to him. But then, Robert tells Felix when his family finally reached back out to him.
Robert: And it took just never stopping and reaching out in what finally turned the table when my mom got really sick. And they, you know, my brothers and sisters reached out to me, because, you know, at that point, we didn't know what's going to happen. And, you know, thank God, she was okay, she recovered. But that really is what sort of started the communication over again.
And it's just, it's difficult, but they're gonna say things that may not sit well with you. And you just have to remember that it's not—they're your family, they love you. And all of that they're just coming from a place of not understanding and not knowing, so they might say things that hurt, but just you know, remember you're still going to continue to love them
Felix: I'll be honest with you because, I would tell my little brother I'm trying not to remember all the negative things that they said about me because, trust me, it was really hard.
Robert: I know.
Felix: Like I said, I'm just trying to stay strong and continue on putting them in my prayers. Because when I was at home, every day, me and my little brothers, we would just look at each other, we wouldn't talk. Me and my mom, we would have arguments, you know, like, whoa, why did you join this church and then my dad after, when he came back…He told me straight up to my face, like, I don't want to join your religion, put that in your head. And you know that every time at the worship services, it's always giving me signs of me, wanting them to invite them, but when I have a chance to invite them I feel everything, you know, falls apart. So you know, that's, that's what I'm trying to do is just trying to be more positive.
Robert: Well, that's the right attitude to be positive. Because, you know, I'll tell you, right now, Felix, I'm still the only member of my family that's a member of the Church. This is 32 years, right? And, but I will tell you that when we first started, I was much like, in the same situation where they didn't want to hear anything about the Church, and it's because they didn't understand.
You know, you have all these feelings, like you're, you're doubting yourself, like, you know, why is this happening now? And, you know, why are they so angry? And why is it that they can't understand. And that takes time, right? You have to know how to create a balance, right? Because you want to spend time with them. But you don't want the time that you spend with them to always be awkward, right? So if I know I'm going to spend the afternoon with you, and if I know that the minute I walk in the door, the first thing I'm going to talk about is how they need to leave their church and join my church, that's going to create kind of an awkward space, right? So you, you have to kind of create this balance where they know that when you're there, you're still present, you're still Felix, I'm still your son, I'm still your brother. And then when the opportunities come up, when you start to see opportunities, and God's gonna show you when those opportunities come up. That's when you can talk about, you know, hey, you know, we've got this activity we've got, an activity that you know, that they'd enjoy, you know, something, something that's maybe less formal, because it took almost two and a half years, I think, before, I was actually able to get my mom to come to a Bible study, which finally came, and then when she comes to visit us when we're living in Atlanta, and even here, she joins us in the worship service. Because now we're at a point where she respects my faith, because it's the faith that's raising her grandchildren.
So she respects it. In the end, I leave up to God, because now you know, as members of the Church, our job is just to invite, right? We're not the ones that are going to convert anybody, all we can do is introduce them. And if we introduce them to the Church, and we pray, it's God who's going to call them.
Aliw: As Felix listened, there was one thing that he needed help in dealing with that frankly, is a challenge for everyone….rejection.
Felix: My next question Robert was like, how would you still be able to talk to them, even if, when they still denied your invitations or talked down on you?
Robert: Well, when you're inviting them to come to a Bible study or join worship service, or you know, to come and listen, and you're noticing that that's a point of tension, right? Because then all of a sudden, the conversation doesn't go quite the way that you wanted it to. And you have to be able to create this balance when you're with them, right? Because when you're with them, and you want to spend time with them, be present. And, you know, provided that the gathering isn't like a celebration or something that you know is against the doctrines, you can be there and be present, you don't have to, to always be trying to get them to come to an activity or listen to the Bible study all the time, because that's where a lot of the tension comes from.
The thing that really made the biggest difference was when they started to see how my life changed. Because I was a member of the Church. My outlook on life was a lot more positive, you know, it was a lot more optimistic. I, you know, didn't cuss, I didn't do a lot of the things that I used to do when I was younger, and they started to slowly see that change. And that's really where I think they started to understand that, you know, being a member of the Church, even though they didn't understand the doctrines or hear anything, yet. They knew it was good for me. It was a good influence. And it was even more so after we had our first child and my mom and my relatives saw how they were being raised in the Church. Respectful, industrious. They were, you know, always willing to help, it doesn't have to be you always trying to, you know, I need you to come to Bible study tonight, I need you to come to Bible study. And, try to do that. So that way they can at least see that being a member of the Church was actually a good influence. And it's affected your life in a positive way.
Felix: I remember telling my mom that every time I'm at the Church, I'm always happy.
But when I'm at home, I'm not happy. Because I told her that at the Church, I always see love all the time. I would go to work. And then if there's an evangelical mission or worship service, I would always go, you know, I would always, I would always come back home with a smile. But then every single day, I was in a very bad mental state because there was no love in the house, you know what I mean? So, my question is, how can you bring that love that you have at Church at your house? You know what I'm trying to say?
Robert: Yeah, you know, what, you're already doing it, Felix. When you go home, you go home, with a smile on your face. And, you feel—if I'm guessing, you feel like, you know, when you leave the evangelical mission is that your life has purpose, and that no matter what you're going through, you know that there's a solution, right, you know, that God has your back, no matter what. And when you go home, you're bringing that love and that feeling already that optimism and the positivity, what you have to try to avoid is, you know, engaging in, you know, discussions that if you know that when you start to talk about it, it starts to escalate, right, and things start to get heated, you have to try to avoid that. Because when emotions once emotions get involved, especially when it comes to religion, it's sometimes difficult to dial it back down.
Felix: Yeah.
Robert: And you sometimes have to remember, you know, how humble our Lord Jesus Christ was. Imagine that, right? With everything he was able to do, how humble he was.
And, you know, redirect them if you can, because you can't forcibly change how someone feels sometimes, as much as you want to. You sometimes just have to wait and pray. Because God can do things that you and I could never imagine would have happened. Yeah. Right. You have to believe that if you pray hard enough, and you really pour your heart out in your prayers. And you show God how much you really want this, that you just continue to just, you know, be who you are.
Felix: Yeah, that's, that's one thing I've always been reminded of at the worship service is to renew our lives and to live the way He wants us to live.
Robert: Yeah, I mean, you have to really be just so, you know, so many years after my baptism, but I realized, like, how I lived my life before I was baptized, and then how God out of the millions of people chose me.
Felix: Yeah.
Robert: Gave me this chance, right. It's like, the ultimate job that you've always wanted, that you didn't know you could interview for. And, you know, all of a sudden, here you are in the Church. And you and I recalled, you know, when we were in our early 20s, against all odds, right? Because our families weren't supporting it. They're not supportive of it. But yet, we're here. And, you know, we made the choice, because it's the right choice and we never have any regrets. Never have any doubts, and just keep living your life, the way that God means for you to live it.
Felix: Yeah, exactly. And that's, it's like, when I hear it's like, it's always refreshing, you know, I love to hear that.
Aliw: Then, Felix brings up the topic that's been the most difficult for many new members of the Church to deal with… with their families – the annual holidays.
Felix: And when it comes to light with holidays, such as Christmas, I think it was last year, I told the one of the brethren like, Hey, is it okay if I can, night guard at the at the church because I don't want to, be I don't want to be at the house celebrating Christmas with my family, because I might be, I might be tempted or you know, because usually, it's always drinking or partying to like, three in the morning, right?
I ended up going back home, but spending time alone in my room while the others were celebrating and doing things downstairs.
Robert: I've been there. I've been there, Felix, I, you know, it's when you're when you're the only member in your family, it's hard. It is. It's not easy. It's a test. It's a test of your faith because you're surrounded by that, right?
And it's a tough thing for them to understand. But eventually they will, that it's got nothing to do with you not wanting to be a part of the family. But they have to respect and that's all, you know, it's gonna get to a point where you're not asking to convert them, you're not wanting them to become members necessarily, but you want them to at least respect your faith. The same way that you respect theirs. But you want them to respect your faith and respect the choices that you make as a result of it.
Felix: I've been through so much last year with persecution, I know, we have to face more, all of us, we all face it. You know, the person who faced it even more was our Lord Jesus Christ, you know, he, even he's been, he's been hated by almost the whole world. So we have to face it too. But you know…
Robert: And imagine the choices He had to make…He made some difficult choices. And the choices we make pale in comparison to that. But you know it to us our choices, and our persecutions, and our trials are just, you know, there's something we have to deal with,
Right now is a very difficult time when you're a new member. But just don't give up. You know, just be patient, keep praying, and, you know, God's gonna be the one to call them. You have to believe that.
When you're inviting people for missionary work, everybody has a number. And what I mean by that is that sometimes people have to be invited five times, sometimes they need to be invited three times, sometimes they have to be invited 100 times. We don't know what that number is. The only thing that we can do is keep inviting. Because imagine if that person's number was 100 and you stopped at 99, because you said I don't want to do this anymore. I don't want to invite them anymore. But their number was 100. And you were only one number away, one invitation away for them to come and listen.
But you know, just don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing, you're doing exactly what you need to do, which is just to invite and when you invite and if they say no, what you should be feeling is good that you still had that love for them to want to invite them. It's when you don't want to invite them anymore and you're like, nah, nevermind, that's when you should start worrying.
Felix: Okay, yeah, yes. That's what I that's what I feel because every time I invite my dad—with my dad I either watch INC posts on the on the app or invite him to the Evangelical Mission or it can either be an excuse or he doesn't want to but you know, like I said—
Robert: There's so much content INC Media. I always dig through the libraries to find something that I know is going to mean something to them.
It doesn't always have to be about trying to convert them or trying to get them into a Bible study. You just want them to become familiar, because remember, the way that you feel that they're treating you it's just because they don't know. And our job is to educate them, and to let them know what the Church is all about.
Felix: Thank you so much, Robert, for, you know, being in this podcast with me, you know, like I say, you know, I just met you just know, I feel like, I can say if I'm in the future, I can go back and be like, Okay, now, I'm a very strong man, strong man with a very strong faith as well.
Robert: It was great meeting you, Felix.
Aliw Pablo: So Felix, how does it feel to be able to hear from someone who has been in your shoes?
Felix: Makes me feel like, you know, I'm not the only one out there, you know, so I'm really happy that he shared what he's been through. And the advice that he gave me.
Robert: 100% Felix, you're not alone. You are not alone. There are stories like this, the stories about people like you and I, all throughout the Church, in every country. So believe me, this is not just a me problem. It's a problem that a lot of members deal with. And it makes them stronger.
Aliw Pablo: And, Robert, if there was one piece of advice that you could say was the ultimate game changer, that you could really see the change in your family in the way they started to treat you, speak with you, when you invited them or when you even talked about religion, what would it be?
Robert: Just one: it's when they realized that my being a member of the Church of Christ didn't mean that I didn't love them anymore, that I didn't still count them as my family.
And it was that love that I have. That makes me want to continue trying to invite them. And I needed them to see that. It took time for them to finally realize that, you know, I'm still Robert, I still love you. You're my mom, you're my brothers, you're my sisters. But this is my life in the Church, and I want you to be a part of it. And I'm not going to stop inviting you.
Aliw Pablo: Do you think it's possible to to stay true to your spiritual identity and still be able to, you know, still maintain really strong family connections? Is it possible?
Robert: It's, it's possible. And it's not something that is very easy in the beginning. But because your spiritual identity is something that when you're a new member of the Church, you're still trying to form, you're still developing it, right? And your identity builds. The longer you are in the Church, the more active you are in the Church. You know, you stay active, you attend the Bible studies, you listen intently in the worship services. And you consume as much education as you can, you know, and that's how you start to really build and reinforce that spiritual identity. But you've got to be able to create that balance that says But when I'm with my family, and we're making connections—You're not prohibited from doing that. Just because you're a member of the Church Of Christ doesn't mean that you all of a sudden have to cut all ties with your family. Because that's not what God wants. Right? He wants us to be the reason that your family is attracted to the church because they say, wow, look at the difference it made.
Felix: And we still love them no matter what. My prayer is just to love more because like I said, even in the scriptures, it says, you know, even your own loved ones would even hate you. But you know, all we got to do is just love him. Pray for them. So, like you said, so you know, we're members, and I'm still your son, I'm still your brother and will always love you no matter what.
Robert: Yes. And don't—you know, in your mind, no matter what's going on in the moment, just make sure that's what's sitting in your mind is that you know, 'Mom, I'm talking to you, we are having a tough conversation, but I love you.' And sometimes it's a hard thing to say. But you know, you want them to know that that's how you feel.
Aliw Pablo: Thank you both. Thank you both for a really enlightening conversation. And thank you for sharing your heart and the life lessons, Robert and Felix, we hope that what you heard from Robert today is going to help you in your own spiritual journey.
Felix: That's what I'm trying to do is just be more positive. You know, just keep inviting them if you never know when God will call them to the church. So you know, it really helped me out.
Robert: It was a really, really great meeting . You know, I feel like I'm meeting myself 30 years ago, 20 years ago, maybe just 20 years ago. I don't want to be that old.
Felix: I feel like when I'm his age, I'll be in his shoes, giving the same advice to someone who is in my shoes, at my age.
Aliw Pablo: That's right. And it's the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you both so much. Thank you so much. And we know that just from this one conversation, you're going to help so many people who are going through the same things you're going through Felix who may be quietly struggling, and we hope that this conversation has given them hope, has given them inspiration…to just keep loving, keep trying and to just never giving up. So thank you both so much.
Robert: It was great meeting you, Felix. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Aliw, for having us.
Aliw: Special Thanks to Felix and Robert for taking the time to share their journeys and life lessons with us. Now if you know someone who may be going through what Felix is going through, please share this episode with them to give them courage and find peace during what could be the best change in their life but also a very difficult transition in their lives.
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