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Worship Contest Stories – Issac King

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Blessings in His Name!

1. In This Issue
2. Worship Contest Stories
3. Isaac King, A Life Dedicated to Jesus
4 DVD eBooks Bonus
5. In Closing

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IN THIS ISSUE
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In this issue there are few more stories from the worship contest of last September. The songs are remaining up for your enjoyment through the year. Blessings to you in this season that celebrates the birth of our Savior!

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WORSHIP CONTEST STORIES
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Bethany Worship stories Bethany Waters send
me her picture with the
new guitar and DVDs.
Thought it would be fun
to share with you. God
is so gracious. They only
sent the contest website
to a few friends, but
somehow the email was
circulated and then
someone posted it on
their Homeschool Website.

Bethany was surprised to
receive calls and emails from
people who heard her song.
It was also exciting to hear
that the Women’s Bible Study
at their church decided to use Bethany’s song.
She was 11.

I praise God for all the children that wrote
songs and I just couldn’t take them down.
Those that wanted to stay are still up at –
Kids Worship Contest Sep-2006

The adults are still up too. Many have CD’s and
I’ve made their names clickable so you may
visit their sites and perhaps pick up a CD for
Christmas. –
September 2006-Worship Guitar

Paulie Heath and Richard Paseck both sent me
CD’s and although I don’t usually play CD’s
very often I’ve nearly worn them both out.
Great music!

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ISAAC KING, A LIFE DEDICATED TO JESUS
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isaac-king One of the songs submitted
to the contest was from a
dad whose son, Isaac, just
died in September. Isaac is
20 and I wanted to honor
him and give you a chance
to know him.

We are family and I know
there are a number of you
that know what’s it’s like
to miss your loved one
during the holidays.

My friend, Sherry Conroy,
a professional editor, has
written a beautiful article about Isaac’s extraordinary
walk with Christ. You can read it and hear
Isaac’s song at the blog – jeanwelles.com

Dale King, his Dad, is offering Isaac’s CD for
a donation of any amount and it would be kind
for some of you to express your love for our
brother Dale. His contact email is at the blog.

Read on…

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4 DVD E-BOOKS BONUS
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Am offering a special bonus for any purchase
of all four DVDs. It’s $40 worth of ebooks free.
This bonus is good for purchases at the website
or from any of our stores.
Christian Guitar Lessons

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IN CLOSING
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Worship Him with all of your heart because He

Jesus was born on earth for the sole purpose
of dying at the cross for us. He loves us so
much that he paid the price for all our sins
in that one act.

Now, in Christ, death is swallowed up. Although
it’s hard to lose wonderful people like Isaac
on this side of Heaven, we will soon be
together forever, in new bodies.

You can tell Isaac that you read about him
on Jean’s blog. I’m looking forward to meeting
him, and all of you. Do you suppose we can
do a big group hug in Heaven?

loves you with all of His.

God Bless,
Jean Welles
Christian Guitar Lessons

Guitars

September 8, 2010 By admin 2 Comments

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Kid’s Guitar Lessons DVD…
2. Guitars…
3. Kid’s Lesson…
4. Spanish VHS of Vol 2 & 3 now shipping…
5. In Closing…
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1) Kid’s Guitar Lessons DVD…
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Many of you requested a DVD, or video, of teaching little kids
how to play the guitar. Well, it is now at the site. Please
check out…

worshipguitarclass.com/kidsguitar.html

2) Guitars…
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In January, I participated in a big music trade show called ‘The
NAMM Show.’ A Chinese Guitar Manufacturing Company liked the
store loop I had just made for stores. They approached me about
making them some guitar instructional DVD’s with their
instruments.

We haven’t signed any contracts yet, but I was impressed with
the price and quality of their instruments. I asked them about
offering a couple of their guitars at the site.

Usually I’m not very impressed with Chinese guitars. This
company bought their tooling from Japan, who do make decent
guitars. There are 4 at the site – an inexpensive full size
nylon guitar, a cutaway steel string (I was surprised how easy
it is to play unlike many steel strings I’ve seen), a 3/4 size
kid’s classic guitar and a half-size kid’s classic guitar.

These are just beginner student quality at a low price range. I
don’t recommend just getting any guitar off the Internet. One
of my students, Rhonda, bought a cheap guitar and it buzzed
terrible. These don’t buzz.. I think the best option is going to
a music store and trying out several instruments.

If you can afford more, I really like some of the higher end
Esteve’s for classical or Taylors for acoustic steel strings,
around $900.

There is also a ‘Baby Taylor.’ I think it’s around $850. One of
my students bought one and she just loved it. It’s a smaller
instrument perfect for a shorter adult.

These new guitars at the site are just a real basic decent
student guitar. A good place to start without making a large
investment.

You can see the student guitars here:
http://worshipguitarclass.com/products/guitars.html

3) Kid’s Lesson…
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Do you remember a few months ago I was trying to describe how to
help little kids play the guitar? On the page about the new
DVD’s there’s a 3 minute video showing an excerpt of lesson
one.

I recommend watching it, regardless if you have an interest in
the program. You can get some ideas of how to help little kids
play.

worshipguitarclass.com/kidsguitar.html

4) Spanish VHS of Vol 2 & 3 now shipping….
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Jean Welles Clases para Guitarra de Adoración, Vol. 2 & 3!

These were actually ready many months ago, but I’m pleased to
announce that they are finally shipping and available for your
Spanish friends. The DVD’s are both languages, but not everyone
has a DVD player yet.

(We took these off the website, but still have some. Just contact us directly.)

5) In Closing….
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With Easter, or Resurrection Day as some prefer to call it, just
around the corner, it’s good to remember that the tomb is
EMPTY.

In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul points out that without the
resurrection, our faith is futile and we would still be in our
sin. Paul goes on to say that He, Jesus, has indeed been
raised from the dead! On one of the Radio Stations I was
listening to yesterday a pastor pointed out that Easter was
actually celebrated every Sunday in the early church, not just
once a year.

HE IS RISEN!

Worship Him with all your heart, because He loves you with all of His!

Blessings in HIM,

Jean Welles

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Olympian Guitarist

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

How To be an Olympian Guitarist
(this was written during the 2004 Olympics in Athens.)

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Burning Desire…
2. Good Training…
3. Practice, Practice, Practice…
4. C Scales
5. Support
6. Compete
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1) Burning Desire…
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Okay, maybe I got a little carried away with the title, ‘How to
be an Olympian Guitarist,’ but help with technique got the
largest response from the survey last month.

I’ve been watching some of the Olympic Games and was
struck by what it takes to be a champion athlete. The first
quality I see is a Burning Desire to be the best.

To be an Olympian Guitarist for Christ you need to have a
strong desire. What are your reasons for playing? Is it to use
the guitar for leading worship in children’s church?…to lead
worship in your church or small home group? Is it because
you love God and want to express that with music?

Without a reason, or strong desire, playing guitar well will
not happen. If you have the desire and make time to play,
you will reap the rewards.

2) Good Training…
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Every Olympic athlete has training. They have coaches,
they study, they watch fellow athletes. I had many private
guitar teachers, participated in many Master’s Classes,
bought every guitar album I could find. I learned something
from each teacher, book, record.

You can seek out good teachers, guitar classes, books,
training DVDs, etc. (I offer a good course for learning
worship guitar on DVD or video and also want to help
you through these Newsletters!)

Good technique will make a big difference in how easy
it is for you play. Look how easy the trained gymnasts,
swimmers, runners, etc., make it look.

3) Practice, Practice, Practice…
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Okay, you have a burning desire and have access to good
training materials. Those Olympic athletes get good because
they practice …a lot.

” I don’t have time to practice!,” said a student in one of my
worship guitar classes. One of the other students answered
him, “Practice? It’s my worship time!”

This woman discovered the joy of making her practice time
a worship time. She told him that her morning worship, with
the guitar, gave her the strength for each day.

So this is where I suggest veering off from the ‘Olympian Model.’
Don’t just practice, practice, practice…but worship. Focus your
heart and worship on Him. Ask Him to help you in your playing.

One way to ‘practice’ in your ‘worship time’ is to isolate any difficult
chord changes and play them at least 20 times. Keep relaxed,
focused and confident that you can get it. For example, change
20 times between D and G, or D and Bm, or whatever.

4) C Scales…
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Since there were so many requests for scales in the survey,
here are a couple C scales that you can practice.

The music is in both musical notes and tab. You can find it here.
Click to download the music

5) Support…
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Listening to the various Olympian athlete’s stories it’s easy
to see that they had support. It was from parents, coaches,
countries, etc. There are two points I’d like to make here.

One, you have the best supportive Father in the Universe.
The One that created it!

Two, think of how you can support the musical efforts of
your kids, friends, etc.

6) Compete…
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Meanwhile, as you get comfortable playing, do play for
others. You can’t put a price on leading others into worship.
And the metals? Only GOLD.

My friend, for all your service to the King, you’ll receive the
Gold Crown of life, also called the crown of glory, or
righteousness. And this one lasts forever!

Praise Him with all your heart, because He loves you with
all of His!

Love & Blessings in the LORD,

Jean Welles

Holy Lord

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Metronome Package…
2. “Holy Lord” arrangements…
3. New Stores…
4. DVD Volume Three…
5. Past Newsletters…
6. In Closing…
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1) Metronome Package…
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Sorry, No longer available

2) “Holy Lord” Arrangements…
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I’m listening. A number of students have
requested the chords for “Holy Lord.” one of my
songs on the ‘Friends of the Heart’ CD. I had
promised to publish it in a Newsletter. You
have my permission to use this song for
personal and public worship in your church.

The video is below. When your cursor
is over the video, you’ll see the play
buttons. Click here to get the music
first. Then put your cursor over the
video below and click the start arrow.

3) New Stores…
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If you haven’t seen the store list recently, you
should check it out. The stores have doubled
since last year. The Worship Guitar Class DVD’s
and Videos are in stores all across the US and
even in Canada and Singapore. Save shipping
costs and buy locally.

I know many of you already have my program, but
you might consider giving a DVD or Video as a
gift to a loved one who has expressed a desire
to play the guitar.

List of Stores:

4) DVD Volume Three...
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DVD Volume Three is finished. We’re just waiting
for the duplicating and assembling. It’s now up
at the site, and should start shipping in about
a week, Lord willing.

5) Past Newsletters…
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It was precious how many of your filled out that
poll a while back. There were areas for
comments and suggestions of what you wanted in
these Newsletters.

Several of the questions had already been
answered in previous Newsletters or on the FAQ
page (Frequently Asked Questions). I’m trying
to compile a bunch of the previous Newsletters
at the site and have just changed the Home Page
to help you access the site easier.

5) In Closing…
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Hibernating bears. Every time I look or think
about God’s creation I marvel at his
creativity. This week I was thinking about
bears. If you were creating a world, would you
have thought about making an animal that weighs
hundreds of pounds, then creating him in such a
way that he can ‘sleep’ for 6 months without
food or water?

How can anyone deny His existence? My prayer
group watched ‘Journey Toward Creation’ by Hugh
Ross. If you haven’t seen this, it’s a
wonderful DVD showing God’s hand in the
creation of the Universe and life on earth. It
will change the way you view this world and
view our Lord!

Worship Him with ALL your heart, because He
loves you with ALL of His!

Love & Blessings in the LORD,

Jean Welles

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