We had Worship Pastor Micah Klutinoty as our guest in Oakville this weekend. Micah is young, passionate and gifted to lead God's people into His presence. We hung out for the entire weekend, even wrote a new song together and got to know what God is doing in both Granger, IN and Oakville. I was so blessed to have Micah join us and I know from the feedback this weekend that our people were too!
From the Left: Steve Tombs (London), Chris Sommers (York Region), Me,
We are really excited to have Micah Klutinoty as our guest this coming weekend at HBC. I have never met Micah in person but have shared ideas, songs and stories back and forth through our blogs and email. He left a big impact on me when I saw how dedicated he was to song writing and his desire for humility through it all. Micah is the worship pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Granger, IN. I always joked that a HBC in Granger would be the ToMAto to the ToMAYto GCC, my old home church. Both doing great things for the the Kingdom of God in the city if Granger, IN. Here is a little write up about Micah.
Our goal is to get to know one another, share thoughts and ideas on worship and our God, eat a lot of food, and hopefully write a song together AND expose him to the awesome crowd at Harvest in Oakville."Micah joined the staff at Harvest Bible Chapel Granger in March, 2009, after graduating from Liberty University and serving as the part time Worship Director at Grace Baptist Church in Lynchburg, VA. Leading worship and writing music has been a passion of his since high school. Micah has a heart for the church and a desire to lead people to the feet of Jesus in Christ-centered worship.
Micah and his wife, Nicole, were married in July, 2007, and together they accepted the call to full-time ministry. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, they are huge Steeler fans and enjoy spending time with family.
Humbled by the call to serve in the ministry, Micah strives to walk worthy of his calling and longs to see the church produce passionate worshippers of Christ. He is excited to be a part of all that God is doing and will do at Harvest Bible Chapel Granger."
It has been a big dream and desire of mine to see the worship leaders God is raising up through the ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel's to come together somehow to love on, and encourage one another. To get together with some other people that "better understand" how your artsy brain works and why you get so excited about creativity and music and gear and stuff.
I have learned so much in the past 4 years of full-time ministry and I am positive that the other guys have too. Different things, that if given a platform to share them, would bless and sharpen the rest of us. Something informal yet purposeful is what we are shooting for, and I'm really looking at our first get together as a cool way to discuss how to make these retreats the most effective for our time away from our churches.
We have set a date and are excited to host the first Worship Leader day-retreat for the Canadian worship leaders of the Harvest Bible Chapel's. I have been so blessed to have come under the wing of Andi and the guys in Chicago and in the short time I've spent with them, have learned so much and new ways to make the most out of multi-volunteer ministries. They have always "made time" for me and it is because of that I believe God has given me a bigger picture and greater understanding of what the church, as a whole is to be to one another.
Our heart in Oakville is to do our best to humbly pour into our brother and sister churches and encourage and partner with them at making our worship ministries the most effective for the Kingdom of God. I'll post how it goes next week.
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