Zac Hicks
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Zac grew up in the multicultural environment of Honolulu, Hawaii. There he gained a passion for music and a love for Jesus and His worldwide church. In the tenth grade, he sensed a call from God to pursue a vocation in Christian ministry. Around this same time, he picked up the guitar and began helping lead worship at his school and church. Zac pursued a degree in vocal music at the conservatory at Biola University in Los Angeles, where he developed a love for classical music and the church’s historic hymnody. He married his wife, Abby, just before his final year of college, and they moved to Colorado to study at Denver Seminary.
Throughout college and seminary he led worship and pursued internships in a wide variety of churches across denominational lines. He is Associate Pastor of Worship & Liturgy at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church in Denver, overseeing their traditional and modern worship services held each Sunday morning. With Abby (check out her blog), he’s raising three little boys and a girl—Joel, Jesse, Brody, and Bronwyn. Zac is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
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Here are the best patriotic worship songs for Independence Day this year - songs that remind us of our earthly blessings such as our freedoms, and songs that call us to gratitude to our God who, in His great mercy, has given us more than what we could ever deserve. Whether your church or chapel service is outside or inside, download the chord charts, piano sheets, lyrics, vocal sheets, choral arrangements, orchestrations, patches, and multitracks, to best serve your worship ministry for Independence Day.
Do you ever wonder if God is still in control of this world? It's normal to wonder that, but at the same time, we need to keep reminding ourselves that God is indeed all-powerful. In spite of all our circumstances, the power of God is real and relevant. When we sing about his power, our hearts are filled with hope, courage, and renewed confidence to face another day. These are the songs that remind us of the powerful God we serve.
When we sing about God's grace and we believe the truth deep in our hearts, it affects our lives. We live with more compassion. We extend more mercy. We feel more empathy. This is why worship songs about grace and mercy are so important to the church. Every day and every week, through song and word, we must remind ourselves about the nature of God who is full of grace. What we receive from God, we extend to others. This is the full cycle of worship.
Palm Sunday – The day Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. On this first day of the Holy Week of Passover, He was greeted with a royal carpet of palm branches and cheers of adoration. “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord,” they shouted, hailing Him as the promised Messiah. Celebrate with your team through the chord charts, piano & vocal arrangements, and orchestrations to present the triumphant adoration of Christ.
Contemporary hymns are not new, and not old, but somewhere in the middle. They are the perfect union of traditional words and melodies and modern music. These contemporary hymn arrangements embrace the beauty of singing these songs with believers through the ages while doing it in a new and unique way.
Sadness, frustration and anger are emotions not often embraced as inevitable parts of life—or of our spiritual journey. What do you do when you find yourself in a season of lament? There is good news that most of us know but few choose to embrace: lament is a necessary and healthy spiritual condition, an exercise of faith that can lead to eventual joy and peace that words fail to capture. Lament. This long expression of deep pain or sorrow isn't a sign of a *lack* of faith or spiritual weakness. It's a soul-strengthening exercise.