{"id":5269,"date":"2009-06-29T13:42:09","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/06\/lets-give-it-up-for.html"},"modified":"2009-06-29T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T13:42:09","slug":"lets-give-it-up-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/06\/lets-give-it-up-for.html","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s give it up for &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ToddFields.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/ToddFields.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px;float: right\" height=\"303\" width=\"377\" \/><\/span>Let&#8217;s give it up for our local worship bands and leaders. Followers of Jesus love to sing and love to bring both their worship and their message into song &#8230; and our worship bands are often the leaders in guiding us in our gatherings into those songs. This morning I listened to the excellent CD of <a href=\"http:\/\/toddfields.com\/\">Todd Fields<\/a>, worship leader at North Point Community Church. We&#8217;ve participated in a number of services when Todd was leader, and so we&#8217;re grateful to have his new CD. Kris and I have an advantage in traveling: we get to experience worship leaders and bands all over the place. But I&#8217;ve got a suggestion today:<\/p>\n<p><b>I&#8217;d like to hear you express your appreciation for worship leaders and bands. What would you like them to know?<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s give it up for our local worship bands and leaders. 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