{"id":1303,"date":"2009-06-23T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T21:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2009-06-22T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T21:42:30","slug":"remembering-who-our-friends-are-part-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2009\/06\/remembering-who-our-friends-are-part-deux\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Who Our Friends Are Part Deux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s keep building on the ideas of songs that reflect Covenant distinctives and character.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Dan for the the helpful suggested additions to the list started last week.<\/p>\n<p>But better yet&#8230; perhaps there&#8217;s some songwriters out there who might take this up as a challenge! It&#8217;s time to write some great songs that celebrate what God has done and who He has formed us to be.<\/p>\n<p>Come on writers&#8230; I double-dog-dare you!<\/p>\n<p>Rooting for you,<\/p>\n<p>Andrew<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=1303&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All! Let&#8217;s keep building on the ideas of songs that reflect Covenant distinctives and character. Thanks to Dan for the the helpful suggested additions to the list started last week. But better yet&#8230; perhaps there&#8217;s some songwriters out there who might take this up as a challenge! It&#8217;s time to write some great songs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remembering Who Our Friends Are Part Deux - Worship Connect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2009\/06\/remembering-who-our-friends-are-part-deux\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering Who Our Friends Are Part Deux - Worship Connect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi All! 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