YM Shorts Magazine Issue #5 | Page 25

s introduced new four new blogs Worship Fermata – Pause. Catch your breath. Restart. John Amodea has more than 35 years of experience in the music industry. His more recent music experience (for the past 7 years) is as the worship leader and song writer at New Covenant Fellowship, a relatively small but very diverse non-denominational church in Manassas, Virginia. John has earned a Bachelor’s degree in music and has studied under the likes of Peter Prisco and Turk Van Lake (arranger/guitar player with the Benny Goodman Orchestra). John recently released a worship CD with the NCF worship band, Led, called “Beyond the Walls.” "My plan here is to share the things I have learned as a lifelong musician, long time worshipper, worship leader and follower of Jesus Christ. Some of what I share will be practical, some will be musical and hopefully all will be based in the truth of God's Word. And I expect some of it may be way out on the Wild Frontier." Positive Splits Negative splits defined is running the second half of a race faster than the first half. Brenda Seefeldt is nearing the end of her “youth ministry race” and has learned the hard way from running the first half too fast. She is planning on ending her ministry years with positive splits. This blog is a place which she will randomly share w