WOL Worship

Upland Venue September 6, 2011

Hello friends,

I’m sure most of you have already heard about the new venue we are launching in Upland on September 18th but I wanted to take a second to write you an give you some details on how this will effect our department.  As you all know first hand we do A LOT around here.  Everything from Club 56, to Men’s BBQ’s, to Activate, to Sunday Mornings and on and on.  We calculated it out last year and the worship department lead well over 1000 services and this year I am sure will break last years number.  You all are so faithful and servant hearted and I can’t tell you how privileged we are to have all you working with us.  Now with the launch of Water of Life Upland we will branch out on a new path that some may look at as simply adding more to our plate, but I hope we all can see if as more than that.  A new opportunity to lead people into the presence of a God who heals, transforms and restores people back to him.  I am so privileged to stand next to you week after week and  partner with a living God that is hungry to meet his people.  Upland is simply another opportunity to do that.

All that to say we are adapting, changing and growing and with that comes growing pains for all of us.  The schedule may look different, the people you play with may change from time to time and there may be opportunity for us all to fill in some empty spots on the schedule.  You may get calls to fill in but please remember this DON’T GET BURNT OUT!  Please say no if we ask and you can’t do it or simply need a week off.  You are more important than filling a spot to us and you are people before you are musicians.  I would ask that if you are able and willing to step up for a season and are able to serve more we are more than willing to use you.  As far as the regular schedule goes it is pretty ironed out but there are some holes that we may need filled.   As you have seen September is posted but it will take a few months to work out the kinks to get a regular flow going.  So, if you are planing on taking vacations or needing a week off please let us know in advance; it helps us massively to be able to plan those things out.

Logistics of the Upland Venue

The venue is located on 1020 West 8th Street, Upland CA.  There will be one service at 10:00 am on Sunday Mornings to start with.  We are soft launching (meaning just flying it to the WOL congregation) on Sept 18th and a hard launch (inviting the community) on Oct 2nd.  There will be no rehearsal except on Sunday mornings but there will be a place on the preparations page where you can view the upcoming set just like all the other venues.  Call time will be 8:00 am on Sundays but you should be out by noon so comparatively it will be a shorter easier day.

Again thanks so much for all you do we don’t take it lightly,

Andy & The WOL Worship Staff