Peter Yock

Thanks for Singing From the Heart

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Dec 222010
 

A special THANKS to everyone for allowing me to teach a bunch of songs written by myself and katharine this year. I’ve always wanted to try writing congregational songs but haven’t known whether it was something I’d be gifted at. And even once you’ve written a song it’s hard to tell whether it works well as a congregational without trying it in church. So I’m very thankful for the opportunity I’ve had to write and teach my songs to the church family this year – it’s been a surprising source of encouragement, and I hope to do more of it in the future.

‘Reckless Love’ was my first congregational and although there is an OK version of it recorded live in church, I’ve never had a particularly good recording. So I thought before my time at SCPC was up it’d be good for katharine and I to put together a better recording – posted below for free download. I hope you’ll download, be encouraged, and continue to sing from the heart.

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Other songs from this year:

- Mercy Today

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- Sons of God

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- Grace Abounds

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- Christ for Me

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…and just for good measure, here’s a special recording of my arrangement of ‘Rock Of Ages’

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 Posted by Peter Yock at 9:17 am

The Prodigal – Animation

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Dec 122010
 

Today in church, while celebrating the Lords Supper, we watched a animation of ‘The Prodigal’ by Sovereign Grace Music. Click here to watch it again on youtube.

Sovereign Grace Music put out excellent Christian music – including many songs we sing together at church (eg. ‘The Glories of Calvary’, ‘I Have A Shelter’, ‘Before The Throne of God Above’, etc). ‘The Prodigal’ is off their album ‘Sons and Daughters’. I highly recommend buying Sovereign Grace Music albums. Listening to good Christian music helps us in our relationship with Jesus – well worth investing in.

- Click here to buy the CD album ‘Sons and Daughters’ from Koorong (currently on sale)

- Click here to buy the digital album ‘Sons and Daughters’ from iTunes

- Click here to buy an mp3 of ‘The Prodigal’ for $0.99

 Posted by Peter Yock at 4:18 pm

some changes ahead for EC

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Nov 232010
 

In case you weren’t at church on Sunday, it was announced that we (Peter Yock and Katharine Crossle) are engaged – news we are excited to share with our church family, and we’d love for you to pray with us as we prepare for marriage.

While it is happy news, it is also news we are sad to be sharing with you, because there are obvious consequences for Katharine’s ministry with the uni students at Evangelical Christians (EC).  Peter has planned for a while now to move to Brisbane in 2011 so he can study at bible college (QTC).  Given that we’re planning to marry, we’ve decided that Katharine will also move to Brisbane in January – so she will finish working with EC at the end of 2010.

This decision has been one which has been very difficult for us – Katharine in particular is grieving over how this changes her relationships with the EC students.  The shape of EC’s ministry with female students on campus will necessarily change in 2011, however we are also certain of God’s sovereignty in all things, knowing that his gospel will be proclaimed on campus and students will continue to grow in him.  There won’t be a new female AFES staffworker to replace Katharine in 2011, but Akos and the students will begin the process of searching for someone to fill this position.

We’d like to now thank all of you at SCPC for your support of EC and Katharine’s ministry with students over the last two years.  Thank you for your prayers and financial support which has made it possible for her to serve on campus.  If you have been financially supporting Katharine through AFES, we’ll contact you shortly to let you know how these changes impact you and how you can continue to support AFES ministry at SCU.

You might also be interested in reading about our engagement and plans for 2011 on peter’s blog.  As we said above, we’d love for you to continue to support us as we move to Brisbane – please contact us if you’d like to receive prayer updates from us.  Additionally, Katharine is exploring some good opportunities for gospel ministry in Brisbane – if you’d like us to keep you posted on Katharine’s ministry in Brisbane please let her know (email katharine at thebibletalks.com).  We will both greatly miss our church family at SCPC and the students of EC.

 Posted by Peter Yock at 2:36 pm

A Weekend in Sydney with Sam Herd

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Nov 172010
 

Late last month Sam Herd and I went to Sydney for the weekend to check out Twist Music Conference and Kirkplace Presbyterian Church – as well as one other special pit-stop. Sam’s still in Sydney for his final Year 13 intensive but he stepped outside the party to answer some questions for us…

PY: first things first – would you describe Sydney as more like  ‘The Glory of Australia’, or more like spending a day in the carpark under Woolworths at Lismore Central?
SH: It looks great from on top of the AMP building but sadly its more like a woolies carpark in the thick of it.
PY: what’s the go with Twist Conference – what is it and who is it for?
SH: TWIST stands for The Word In Song Together.  So its a conference focussed on equipping people to serve their church effectively in Music Ministry.
PY: talk us through your day at Twist
SH: After running around the city breathing in an ungodly amount of thick petrol fumes we were warmly welcomed by polite year13 students at the door.  We started the day by singing a number of popular evangelical church songs together and then learned a number of new ones.  Scattered through out the time we spent together were liturgical readings from the psalms (where we would all read a psalm together at the same time, as a congregation) which was different and enjoyable.  After morning tea the TWIST band ran a ‘band master class’  which involved being talked through what all the different instruments were doing at the same time and before we broke up to go to different seminars Ray Galea gave us a talk based on the psalms.  Seminars were run on subjects like song leading, radical worship, guitar, bass and drum wrkshops, sound, song writing and a number of others.  Then we gathered together one last time to sing.
PY: was the singing good?
SH: The singing was fantastic.  The venue was particularly designed to get a ‘great sound’ which I thought was really helpful and everyone seemed to be sing really loudly.
PY: what were some things you found helpful?
SH: I went to a seminar lead by Jodie McNeil that was focussed on ‘radical worship’.  For a GREAT hour and a half Jodie guided us through a Biblical theology of ‘worship’; worship being the giving of our WHOLE LIVES rather than a few songs on a Sunday.  It was good to be reminded of many of the things he spoke about as well as to learn a number of new things.
PY: was there anything you didn’t find helpful?
SH: I thought the stained glass windows looked great in the building but the fact that I made note of how they were nice to look at means they were distracting from the words of the songs I was singing.  I think it’s really important to have no distractions from God’s word as we hear it, sing and live it.
PY: can you summarise in one word what it was like visiting Ryan Dehnert in Chappo House?
SH: serenity.
PY: what was it like visiting Kirkplace Presbyterian the next day?
SH: I thought Kirkplace was a great church to visit to see some new inovative ideas put into practice.  I thought their service was great and it was a pretty ‘trendy’ place to meet together.  It was good to see how Trev Hodge leads music at his church.
PY: was there anything about the way they do church that you reckon we can learn from at SCPC?
SH: I’ve been to four different churches including kirk place, colin buchanan’s church at engadine, Hillsongand Menai Anglican while I’ve been down here and I really think that the way we do church at SCPC is just as well done or better than the way church is done in these churches.  That said, each church here seems to have its own unique goodness that would’t be the same anywhere else.  I liked how they could control the sound from the drum kit at kirkplace by having an enclosed clear room for it.  They also had a number of LCD TV screens connected together to display the words of the songs and the bible readings which was helpful.
PY:  how can we pray for you while you finish your final block at Year 13?
SH: Well I’ve just finished my exams and assessments so all I have left is a camp with some rowdy year 10 kids and then my graduation.  Could you pray that I’ll be a good model and witness of Christ at the camp, that I’d be able to give a reason for the hope I have in Christ with my words and deeds and that I’d make the most of my last week at college?
PY: and finally, can you confirm whether or not Tim McDonald is behaving himself down there?
SH: It really depends on what you call ‘behaving’.  If behaving is doing his assignments at the healthy time of 1am in the morning, doing one load of washing the whole time we’re here, looking for a wife, making intersting comments on facebook etc then he’s behaving himself really well.
PY: thanks Sambo

 Posted by Peter Yock at 3:01 pm

Hold On – Lifetone (Studio Version)

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Nov 072010
 

At church today while celebrating the Lord’s Supper we listened to ‘Hold On’ by Lifetone (otherwise known as Wade Iedema’s band). Have a listen and read on to find out Wade’s thoughts behind the song. Click here to download the ‘Hold On’ mp3 for free from Lifetone’s official website

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From Wade…

“Unfortunately I’ve seen too many Christians fail to grasp the enormity of the hope they have in Jesus.  When things turned a bit sour in life, instead of clinging to the hope they had in Jesus, they let go and turned to the world for answers. Don’t get me wrong, life can be tough; for some people it’s enormously painful.  But we need to hold on to the real hope found in Jesus Christ rather than sell out for short term and ultimately futile solutions offered by the world.  Jesus’ death and resurrection provides the only satisfactory answer to the suffering and hopelessness of our world.”

In the coming months, Lifetone plan to release an EP for digital download only. Stay tuned for more details.

Lyrics…

Life took your dreams
Then kicked you down
Said, “This is it
What goes around”

So they tell you,
“One thing is sure
This is all there is
There is no more”

This life is but a night
A day will come to light

Hold on
To this hope
Don’t give in
Don’t sell out


Hold on
To the One
Who gives hope
Hold On

So they tell you,
“Live for today
Forget tomorrow
These things wont change

Cause this is it
What goes around
Grab what you can
While it all goes down”

This life is but a night
A day will come to light

Hold on
To this hope
Don’t give in
Don’t sell out

Hold on
To the One
Who gives hope
Hold on

Hold on
To this hope
Hold on
To the One

But there is One
Who gave his breath
Who took the curse
Who has beaten death

And there is One
Who brought us life
Beyond our dreams
He reigns on high

Hold on
To this hope
Don’t give in
Don’t sell out

Hold on
To the one
Who brings hope
Hold on

Hold on
To this hope
Hold on
To the one

Hold on
To this hope
Hold on
To the one

click here to visit the Lifetone website and download your own free copy of ‘Hold on’

click here to hear a live acoustic version of ‘Hold On’ at SCPC

 Posted by Peter Yock at 2:20 pm

new song: Christ for me (by katharine crossle & peter yock)

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Oct 302010
 

“In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who as able to save him from death… we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 5:7, 4:15-16)

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my God ever faithful
when i am but faithless
helping my weakness
pleading for me

in all his perfection
his glory crowned suffering
temptation to throne
when Christ was for me

I cry to my saviour
his tears gone before me
casting all hope
in my greatest of need

a confident sinner
eternally holy
approaching his throne
where Christ is for me

how endless a comfort
in all of my weakness
what joyous relief
in Christ’s sympathy

now singing victorious
in Christ my redeemer
pardoned, restored
for Christ is for me

inspired by Hebrews 4:14-5:10. words and music by katharine crossle and peter yock

 Posted by Peter Yock at 5:31 pm

new song: grace abounds (by peter yock & katharine crossle)

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Sep 062010
 

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved – and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness to toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:4-7)

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oh the riches of your mercy
and the greatness of your love
lovingkindness overflowing
at the cost of Jesus blood

oh the wonder of salvation
and the weight of anchored hope
grace abounds to me, a sinner
at the cost of Jesus blood

alive, lifted up from the grave
released, freed from the grip of death
raised with Christ, with him upon his throne
perfect life, gifted beyond all hope

oh the riches of your mercy
and the greatness of your love
lovingkindness overflowing
at the cost of Jesus blood

oh the wonder of salvation
and the weight of anchored hope
grace abounds to me, a sinner
at the cost of Jesus blood

your grace, eases my brokenness
your love, pours into my despair
warming light, brightens my blackest day
ceaseless hope, strengthens me for today

oh the riches of your mercy
and the greatness of your love
lovingkindness overflowing
at the cost of Jesus blood

oh the wonder of salvation
and the weight of anchored hope
grace abounds to me, a sinner
at the cost of Jesus blood

my heart, longs for the day we’ll see
Jesus, reigning eternally
glorious joy, salvation of my soul
endless life, heaven and Christ my home

oh the riches of your mercy
and the greatness of your love
lovingkindness overflowing
at the cost of Jesus blood

oh the wonder of salvation
and the weight of anchored hope
grace abounds to me, a sinner
at the cost of Jesus blood

music & words by peter yock & katharine crossle. inspired by the first couple of chapters of Ephesians, especially 2:1-10, and written for Celebration Sunday 2010.

 Posted by Peter Yock at 6:53 pm

Sons of God – Theme Song for Safari 2010

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Jul 182010
 

“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:26)

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Before you came, we were imprisoned by the law
Before you came, we were in slavery to the world
But then you came, you bought us back and set us free
You took the curse, and paid the price that we might be

We’re sons of God
Because of Jesus
Children of God
All one in Jesus
And we cry “Father!”
By your Spirit
We’re sons of God
And we are free

Now sons of God, it’s like we never even sinned
When Jesus died, he took us through the grave with him
Our hopeless lives were killed with him upon the tree
Now he’s alive, and we’re alive, and we are free

We’re sons of God
Because of Jesus
Children of God
All one in Jesus
And we cry “Father!”
By your Spirit
We’re sons of God
And we are free

How could we walk away from you?
How could we turn to something new?
How could we doubt the promises
Of God the Father, to his sons?

Now we are free, don’t let us ever walk away
Help us to stand, and not return to slavery
Help us bear the fruit of grace within our hearts
Move us to walk the way of loving sacrifice

We’re sons of God
Because of Jesus
Children of God
All one in Jesus
And we cry “Father!”
By your Spirit

We’re sons of God
Because of Jesus
Children of God
All one in Jesus
And we cry “Father!”
By your Spirit
We’re sons of God
And we are free

music & words by peter yock. inspired by Galatians, and written to help the truth of God’s word ‘sink in’ for all the Youth who went on Safari 2010.

 Posted by Peter Yock at 1:24 pm

This Week’s Bible Talk: Singing From The Heart (Colossians 3:15-17)

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Jul 042010
 

This week’s Bible Talk took us to Colossians 3:15-17 where we saw that if the peace of Christ rules our hearts, we’ll rejoice together in song.

If you’d like to join the conversation, just add your comment below.

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Singing From The Heart (Colossians 3:15-17)

 Posted by Peter Yock at 8:30 pm

Be My Joy – Trevor Hodge

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May 092010
 

A big thanks – on behalf of the music and sound ministry teams at SCPC – goes to Trevor Hodge and Lara Goudie for an incredibly encouraging weekend of music ministry training. We hope and pray that the words of ‘Be My Joy’ – the great song Trev sung for us this morning during the Lord’s Supper – would, in Christ, be true for us, and for our whole church family. Make sure you have a listen and feel free to download below…

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Be my joy
Be my one desire
Be my light
My consuming fire
Be my shelter
Against the storm
Be my hope
Now and ever more

Give me hope
In your kingdom to come
And give me strength
To endure the way
By your spirit
Who dwells within
Keep me faithful
Until that day

When every knee
In heaven and earth
Will bow before
Your glorious throne
And every tongue
Confess you are Lord
Jesus my Lord

You alone
Can forgive my sin
Your blood poured out
It has washed me clean
And as your body
Was broken for me
This bread of life
It has set me free

When every knee
In heaven and earth
Will bow before
Your glorious throne
And every tongue
Confess you are Lord
Jesus my Lord

So be my joy
Be my one desire
Be my light
My consuming fire
Be my shelter
Against the storm
Be my hope
Now and ever more

Words & music by Trevor Hodge 2010 – thanks Trev for letting us post it as a free download. Both Trev and Lara have their CD on sale at the Grow table for $20 each – do yourself a favour and grab a copy of both – get more of God’s word into your life!

 Posted by Peter Yock at 3:29 pm
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