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Encourage Young Musicians

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In talking with Alice Adams the other day it got me thinking about my own musical journey and how special it is to both worship everyday and also to play for others. Alice shared with me how much they they are benefiting from the Worship Guitar Class program.

What caught my attention was when she mentioned that her kids play once a month with a Christian bluegrass group. I remembered that as a young player I used to play once a month at hootenannies. These were casual musical evenings in private homes.

Some of you are Pastors or lead Home Groups. Keep your eyes open for opportunities to invite younger musicians to lead worship. If you are a worship leaders, why not ask less experienced players to join you?
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Plek Station at Westwood Music

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I recently talked to Fred Walecki, the owner of Westwood Music, and he showed me an incredible machine that can dress your frets with perfect precision. They have a Plek Machine in the store. I played some of the guitars that had been adjusted by the machine and actually purchased one too.

This fixes your current guitar so it has a low action with no buzzes and plays perfectly in tune. Fred told me it works with both steel string and classical guitars. His store, Westwood Music is on Westwood Blvd. in West Los Angeles.

You can read more about this machine at their website,
http://www.westwoodmusic.com/plek.html

If you are any where near LA, I recommend bringing your guitar in to have this machine adjust and fix it. It will be easier to play and be in tune too. Tell him I sent you. He’s also a wonderful brother in Christ.

His Thoughts Outnumber The Sand

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Picture of the sand at the beachIn the last Worship Guitar Class Newsletter I mentioned my thoughts on Psalm 139:16-17:

“How precious are Your thoughts towards me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand”

Cheryl Perry sent me this photo and message:

Dear Jean,

I have received your email for a few years now and want to say how much I enjoy the scripture you included today with your mini testament. I too love the beach and have a great appreciation for it. Being a sister in Christ also,  I am part of a women’s group that shares what God has done for us and ways we can serve Him better.

I have made a ministry of using personal photos that I have taken and placing scripture with them. Here is the one that I used for today along with the scripture that you have brought to light. This photo however is of me at Wilmington Beach, NC taken by my husband.

God bless you and your ministry.
Cheryl D. Perry

Tami sent this fascinating email with the actual sand count in a teaspoon and an excellent gift idea:

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Joe Deblasi – Guitar Christmas CD

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It was fun recently reconnecting with an old friend, Joe Deblasi. Joe, John Doan and I were guitar majors together years ago. Joe went into studio work after college. He’s been featured in lots of movies, recordings, etc. Joe is a very fine musician and is also quite involved with worship music. He plays on the worship team most Sunday Mornings.

I wanted to let you know about his new Christmas CD. I think you’ll really enjoy his music. You can hear some of it on his Myspace page –
http://www.Myspace.Com/Joediblasi

If you would like to get his wonderful CD, it’s available from http://cdbaby.com/cd/joediblasi I’ve been enjoying his CD.