Jason Son of Jerome

Church Planting is one of the hardest and most rewarding things I have ever done in my life. There is no way to prepare for what lies ahead. There is no seminary class for it and you had better be on your A game all the time. I came across this blog earlier today and it really spoke to me and I thought I would share it with our community. Perry Noble is the lead pastor of NewSpring Church located in Anderson South Carolina. And his insights to this are incredible. So read below and be encouraged. One of the most frequent questions I receive is, "If you could tell a church planter one thing, what would it be?" I've thought about that question...and honestly, I can't come up with just one thing because the world of church planting is complex. So, I made a list of several things...so here's what I would say to someone who is considering planting a church... #1 - You are going to have to take huge steps of faith to see the dream God has placed inside of you becom...

Songs: God Is Able (Hillsong) ( @HillsongLive ) Forever Reign (Hillsong) ( @HillsongLive ) God of the Redeemed (Jeremy Riddle) ( @JeremyMRiddle ) *Plus a Michael Jackson Medley Band: BGV: Carly Absher Acoustic & Lead Vocals: (Me), Jason Eaton ( @JasonEatonMusic ) This week we had the privilege to have Dr. Don Wilson (via video) from Christ's Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona to jump into our series call RETRO to talk about Noah. We are taken 7 weeks to look at lives from the Old Testament and dig into them to find the similarities in our life here today. Sometimes when I read the Old Testament I feel like it was written today. Some of the Israelites struggles are still our struggles today. The amazing things about these lives we've looked into is that they are all from the lineage of Jesus. Jesus had a jacked up family tree! I don't think his family could even be a made u...

Songs: Our God (Chris Tomlin) Your Love Never Fails (Chris McClarney) Mighty To Save (Hillsong) Stronger (Hillsong) Band: Drums: Mark Monteiro Bass: Gerald Lay Electric Guitar: Corey WIlkins BGV's: Sarah Hatfield BGV's: Trisha Brock Lead Vocals & Electric Guitar: (Me), Jason Eaton We had a crazy weekend by taking a break from our RETRO series and allowing RSM to completely takeover our weekend worship experience. It was amazing to see what happened and be able to experience a portion at what they experienced at their week of summer camp with CIY (Christ In Youth) Conference. Students took over by picking the songs, reading scripture that we powerful to them during the weekend and sharing and teaching on what they learned each day during the conference. RSM came back changed and fire up for the Lord and it is amazing to see what action steps they are taking in their spiritual growth. They made huge challenging push to our body...

So I'm excited that Jesus Culture is branching out and getting new artists to be apart of their label. This is a great step. I really love this album by Bryan and Katie Torwalt. Bryan and Katie are worship pastors at The River in Fresno . I first heard about them because they lead worship at Jesus Culture's Awakening Conference inChicago this past week. I really love the album a lot. To see a live interview / get to know the artists video click here to see them interviewed by Kim Walker-Smith ( @KimWalkerSmith ). As well as listen to bits of every song on the album. My favorite song hands down and will be a song that we do at Resonate is "Holy Spirit" I love songs that start off slowly and become huge as the song continues. I love the theme of this song. The theme is all about encountering the presence of the Holy Spirit during our times of worship. This theme is an area that God is calling Resonate to grow in and I really think this song could help...

Songs: My Soul Sings (Delirious) ( @Delirious ) Great, Great God (David Moore / Gateway Worship) ( @gatewayworship ) One Thirst and Hunger (Jeremy Riddle) ( @JeremyMRiddle ) Retro Song: Don't Stop Believing (Steve Perry and journey) Band: Drums: Mark Monteiro Bass: Gerald Lay Electric Guitar: Rob Sherrod BGV's: Carly Absher Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals: (Me), Jason Eaton ( @JasonEatonMusic ) This week we studied the story of Rahab. Rahab is truly a rags to riches story and a true Cinderella type of story. The story of Rahab starts off with her as an adult woman who happens to be a prostitute. The sad thing is that we do not know what happened to her to lead her to a place of making that choice. Was she abused? Was it a bad relationship? Were her parents killed at a young age? But we enter into this woman's story not knowing the back ground. But the beautiful thing is that w...

Songs: You Are Good (Brian Johnson) ( @BrianJohnsonM ) Jesus, You Have Won Me (Brian Johnson) ( @BrianJohnsonM ) One Thirst and Hunger (Jeremy Riddle) ( @JeremyMRiddle) Band: Drums: Mark Moneteiro Bass: Gerald Lay Electric Guitar: Rob Sherrod BGV's: Mary Beth Holmes Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals: (Me), Jason Eaton ( @JasonEatonMusic ) This weekend we continued our series RETRO by talking about the Life and Story of David. We are also excited to announce that we have added three more weeks to this series. There are many stories that we think about when we think about David. We think about when God to Samuel to go an anoint this shepherd boy to be the next King of Israel. We think about David and the amazing story where he defeated Goliath. For Worship Pastors like me we tend to think of all the music and lyrics he wrote all through the Psalms. The thing about David that I love and try to immolate in my life is that he was the only person in the entire BIble who was know for...