we spent the weekend in seattle with our church’s worship team at the christian musician’s seminar, and it was awesome! along with the many workshops offered for worship musicians, techies and vocalists there were also the main sessions when all 3,000 attendees came together for worship and teaching.

paul baloche leading worship on the first day. he wrote songs like open the eyes, god of wonders, above all, etc.

one of the drum workshops i attended was the electronic drums session with carl albrecht (ron kenoly, don moen, darrell evans, etc. etc.). i don’t miss my old electric drums at all, but some of these newer models are pretty nice, i have to say.

the 400+ drummers at the conference were treated to some world-class talent, like a session with vinnie colaiuta, who shared his testimony about becoming a Christian in 1998. later on the first night we were treated to a concert with phil keaggy, abe laboriel and some of the other amazing talent that was there.

i had never seen phil keaggy play live before, and it was crazy… that dude can play, and left the audience speechless! very inspiring to know that there are Christians out there in the professional music scene who do their thing well.

almost all of our LHF worship team made it down for the conference, and it was just really good to be able to experience all that we did together. mike was a little sleepy though. let’s play and be our best for His glory!

the highlight of the weekend had to be the chris tomlin concert on saturday night, with 5,000 in attendance! along with matt redman and speaker louie giglio, they lead us through an indescribable time of worship! this is what church should be like all the time, i kept thinking!

louie giglio gave an amazing message on “astronomical grace/indescribable” that is available online. scroll down to his name to watch… highly recommended!

matt redman leading us in singing, “blessed be the name.”

this was my second time to see a chris tomlin concert, and i have to say, i can never see properly at his concerts, mostly because every song just leads you to tears…