Songs of Redemption…Almost Finished

The recording for the Songs of Redemption project is almost finished! A big “Thanks!” goes out to the team…Jarred Bridges (drums), Mike Jones (bass, electric guitar, background vocals), Karl Anderson (producer, keys, background vocals), and Dustin Burnett (sound engineer, electric guitar). The songs sound fantastic thanks to these guys!
I can’t wait to share these songs [...]

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Songs of Redemption Project

Dear WBC Family,
I have some exciting news I want to share with you! Months ago a friend of mine offered to sponsor a recording project for me.  After being blown away by his generosity, we continued with lots of discussion, planning, and prayer. The good news is that I will be recording at Halo Studios [...]

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Music Recommendation: “By Thy Mercy” by Indelible Grace

One of my favorite sources of music for not only gathered worship but also driving down the road is Indelible Grace. And the cool news is that they just released a new, acoustic CD, “By Thy Mercy”! The men and women of Indelible Grace take old, forgotten and oft times neglected hymns and write new [...]

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New Song “We Are Listening”

We desire to be a community that is ready to hear and understand God’s Word. Have you noticed part our gathered worship is called “Listen and Respond to God’s Word”? Every week we emphasize both the public reading of God’s Word and the preaching of God’s Word. Whenever Scripture is read we relentlessly believe those [...]

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Listen to WBC Songs Online

Have you ever wanted to listen to some of the songs we sing in gathered worship at home or at work?  Now you can! Check back regularly as we’ll be posting new songs and familiar songs in the WBC Songs Box in upper right hand column of the blog. What a great way to prepare [...]

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“Jesus, Teach Us To Pray! Please.”

This Sunday is another opportunity to gather together to learn about all that Jesus taught…so that we can obey him (don’t forget Matthew 28:18-20 is a lifelong process!).
We’ll be looking at Luke 11:1-13 when Jesus’ disciples asked him to teach them how to pray…and he did. Here we find what we normally call “The Lord’s [...]

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Why Do We Sing?

Sometimes we just need a good reminder…

“I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted.” Exodus 15:1
Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 1 Chronicles 16:9
Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day. 1 Chronicles 16:23
But let all who take [...]

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Free Andrew Peterson Concert in Portland

Andrew Peterson is a terrific singer-storyteller-songwriter. The gospel permeates his music, leading us to wonder, rejoice, weep, confess, repent and find hope in the death and resurrection of Christ.  He reminds us that faith in the promises of God sustains us through the hurt, temptation, and discouragement that comes from living in our broken world.
If [...]

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Spurgeon Sabbatical 09

Hello Church,
One of the things of love most about WBC is the passion and commitment to be generous towards the Kingdom of God, all around the world, locally and globally. Not just when it’s convenient but whenever God calls and enables us to.
Well, I want to thank you ahead of time for being generous to [...]

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Re:Sound “Rain City Hymnal” Free for Download

Re:Sound, the music side of the Resurgence family has officially launched. And for a limited time they’re offering their first album, “Rain City Hymnal”, for FREE download!  “Rain City Hymnal” is a collection of 12 newly-arranged, God-centered hymns. Their mission is to provide theologically unified, stylistically diverse, musically excellent songs for the church. This first [...]

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