the rozsas

San Diego Bio Tech 2008

2008-06-20T21:43:00.009-05:00

i have been attending the 2008 Bio Tech Conference...this is the biggest conference I have ever seen...25,000 people attended...Canada's booth is bigger than our church...i was displaying with our research company IIAM ...the conference center was 20 football lengths! my favorite booth was of course my peeps from hungary!

Guess where I am right now?...we topped off the week at sea world...

100+ years of beauty

2008-06-15T19:27:00.002-05:00

we have a rose bush in our yard that is over 100 years old. it was transpanted from a farm in 1960...so it 48 years old at our house...it is still going strong displaying God's beauty of creation!

"The Last" photo shoot

2008-06-10T21:16:00.008-05:00

Levi Avery took these shots for Alec's band called "the last" Aaron McKinney, Alec Rozsa and Jimmy Benson make up the trio

Before the Throne of God Above

2008-05-19T21:11:00.007-05:00

I have searching for new worship songs for our team this summer and stumbled on to this song called "Before the Throne of God Above"

These words are unbelievable and I can hardly wait to sing it in our worship services!

Before The Throne Of God Above

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heav'n He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the Just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me

Behold Him there the Risen Lamb
My perfect spotless Righteousness
The great unchangeable
I Am The King of Glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God

CCLI Song No. 2306412© 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship (Admin. by Integrity's Hosanna! Music) Charitie Lees Bancroft Vikki Cook For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License No. 70486

Exciting Heaven and Invading Hell…the Power of Praise

2008-04-16T13:03:00.004-05:00

I was in conversation with a worship leader at a conference a while back about what type of music we use here at Meadow Park. The question posed to me was “How many Praise songs and how many Hymns do we use in our services and how do we keep everyone happy with how we put it all together?” I know what he meant in that questioning and I explained our philosophy about balancing our services with music that reflects our rich heritage and music that speaks God’s Truth to our culture today. The goal should always be “to God be the Glory” and not just what makes everyone happy. I thought about that question more and asked him, “Isn’t every song we sing a song of Praise?” Every Hymn, Psalm, Spiritual song and chorus that we use in our worship service in some way praises God for the victory that is in Him.

“Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name." Psalm 66:1-4

In 2nd Chronicles 2 King Jehoshaphat sent musicians and singers out ahead of his army as they were going in to battle. Are you kidding me? The King has this great army ready for battle and he sends the worship band in first? The King’s great battle strategy is to have the band sing some songs first on the front line and then send his troops...who have all the weapons by the way...behind them? What kind of battle strategy is that and how do the musicians protect themselves with their voices or instruments? I feel sorry for the piccolo player! That’s exactly what happened though. In verse 20-21 it says:

After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of His holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: "Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever." As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 2nd Chronicles 2:21

When we come together as the Body of Christ each week, we offer praise to God even in the midst of a Spiritual battle that is all around us! Our offering of praise is neither fast nor slow, old or new, joyful or sad, acapella or instrumental, traditional or contemporary. Our offering of Praise is a victory cry! It’s not even the music offered that gives us victory. It is the very presence of God Himself that reminds us that the enemy has been defeated.

When we come together to worship each week, we must think way beyond notes, forms, styles or techniques and focus on the Way, the Truth and the Life…Jesus …no matter what you and I are facing in battle. I know many of have you are right in the midst of spiritual battles right now…our family included. Satan is the strongest when he can sense confusion, wanting to give up, surrender and even discord and disunity in the ranks! The answer is in the arms of God! That’s the power of Praise!

Darlene Zschech, songwriter and author says that “Thanksgiving and praise paves the way for us to go in to the awesome Throne room of the King of Kings! There is tremendous power in bringing an offering of thanksgiving to God. Praise invades Hell and excites Heaven!”

In Christ alone my hope is found. He is my Light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm…
No pow'r of hell no scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand
'Til He returns or calls me home here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand
(Paul Getty In Christ Alone CCLI 3350395)

Let’s get ready to “excite heaven and invade hell” with our praises each time we worship together!

Blessings- Ric

there's an elephant in the room and triple espresso

2008-03-31T07:19:00.006-05:00

we spent yesterday with great friends winn and betsy. first we attended eablebrook church. http://www.eaglebrookchurch.com/ they just started a new series called "there's an elephant in the room" the first elephant is in the family room. we learned that the lack of moral authority in our families is winning in our culture and we were encouraged as parents to stay the course and don't give up...our kid's lives our at stake! it was a very powerful message and we were joking that we tried to 'escape" for a weekend...visit another church etc...but we could not hide from what all four of us needed to hear this weekend!

"Love God, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in you, love him with all you've got! Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night." Deut 6:5-7 the message

the day was capped off with going to see "triple espresso" a great, clean, hilarious play about three guys trying to make it in showbiz! this show has run for 12 years staight in the twin cities and ends on april 27th...you need to try to see this before it ends! http://www.tripleespresso.com/

the word became flesh

2008-03-24T06:30:00.004-05:00

what a week! the "journey to the cross" was a powerful experience! with multiple worship services and then the multi-station experience on friday made this whole week and unbelievable journey to easter!

How's my chili?

2008-01-29T07:40:00.000-06:00

check out this humorous video that was created for our men's ministry!!

Meadow Park Highlight Video 2007

2008-01-28T15:23:00.000-06:00

Check out our meadow park church highlight video 2007 and slideshow from our Vison 2008 Banquet

You You are God

2008-01-21T19:50:00.000-06:00

check out our worship team in action!

"Everything" drama

2008-01-20T22:10:00.000-06:00

our drama team recently performed a drama called "Everything" based on a song by Lifehouse.

here is the link for your reference
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=33f48f63179739f794c0

Jazz Extravaganza!

2007-12-18T13:19:00.000-06:00

our meadow park jazz ensemble did a great job at their 1st annual christmas concert. we did some really fun pieces of music.

Curious as our cat and Ebay

2007-11-25T21:58:00.000-06:00

it was lindsey's birthday friday and we had her gift waiting for her when she was to get back from work...our cat had to check out what was inside before she got home!

i love EBAY! i have sold and bought stuff there for some time. last year I had my blackberry stolen out of my car and got this dash as a replacement...never really liked it...so a year later sold it on EBAY for what i bought it for...listed it and it sold in 1 hour!! ...hint...always keep your original box and all packaging...people like that!...got my blackberry back! :)

worship stuff

2007-11-08T09:17:00.000-06:00

i am blessed to work with a very creative team as we plan our worship experiences. our team has been delivering home runs during our "life on loan" campaign with thematic songs, special music, videos, props and more!

our drama team will be delivering one of the most powerful dramas i have ever seen called "everything" based on the song by lifehouse. this will be done live on nov 18th. you will not want to miss this!! we are also are working on a powerful celebration service on nov 25th at the internation center where we will have a praise choir, band and more.

our christmas season is in full swing and this year's christmas concert will be a jazz ensemble extravaganza. this team has been rehearsing already...special vocal guests...great jazz arrangements of the christmas classics...and even a special appearance by the grinch himself will take place...the concert will be Dec 16th 6:30...christmas treats will cap off the evening

Eres me amigo fiel (I am a friend of God)

2007-10-30T14:21:00.000-05:00

i still remember a vivid picture of the worshippers singing "eres me amigo fiel" (I am a friend of God) in venezuela...tears streaming down their faces...singing in fact almost shouting the words. i cannot get that picture out of my head nor do i want to!

Romans 5:10-12(nlt)

"for since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God." (the word friend here has been translated reconciled in other translations)

i ask myself why was singing that song so moving there in venezuela...i mean i love that song...great message...great hope...great news...but like a lot of songs we sing...just that..."songs we sing"

what impacted me the most was knowing that most of these people had absolutely "nothing" compared to our standards of "something" yet they sang it as though they had everything they ever would need... knowing from the bottom of their hearts and the depths of their souls that being made a friend of God is everything there is!!...being made right in God's eyes through what Jesus did for us is everything!

i will never ever sing that song the same again and my prayer as a worship pastor is we live...breathe...feel...take in...live out the words we sing in a new and fresh way!

what a trip!

2007-10-17T14:13:00.001-05:00

what an experience! God protected us and taught us great things during my time in cua and caracas! see below for a brief synopsis of my trip

welcome to siempre con Christe!(always with Christ)

2007-10-10T17:03:00.000-05:00

Well it was quite a day of travel yesterday...after about 16 hours of traveling...clearing customs...sam making sure i did not go with some cab drivers who i thought were custom agents...an hour and a half trip thru the mountains to cua...we arrived at sam and matt's place about 11:30 pm...we sat up until 2:30 chatting...took a cold shower...felt great...turned on my power fan and slept like a baby! day one comes to a close!
day 2
woke up and sam took me for coffee and a cachito (a sweet bread with ham and raisins inside)at the local market.... came home and finished preparing for the conference on friday and saturday...this afternoon we sat down and shared a home cooked meal with matt and sam (sam cooked smoked pork chops and potatoes with sweet tea) tonight...the water goes out in the city at least once a week...went out today...got to experience taking a shower with a 2 liter bottle and a bucket!! on our way to a leadership meeting...i will try to get a daily blog up with day's activities
sam and isbeth consult after their team meeting
sam leading us in worship at wednesday night youth and prayer meeting this was one of the most powerful prayer meetings i've ever attended! these young people pray with with expectation and fervor!

after the prayer meeting we needed to head back to caracas to retrieve some office furniture for the siempres con christos facility. it was an hour and half drive back up and down the mountain...got there about 11:30pm...on the way we needed get gas and sam filled up his gas tak for about $1.50!!!...i wept for all of us... we stayed at the team leader eric's house. this is the georgeous view out the front of his house...it is right on the side of part of the mountain

the conference friday was a great success...alot of great discussion...questions...and there seemed to be a spirit of 'let's get busy with our calling"...lots to tell you...after the conference on friday i stayed in caracas again this time with pastor steve from another church who sent their team to the conference. he asked that i stay over and come to their worship team rehearsal which meets at his house...i worked with their drummer...built some confidence in him...they are just starting the worship band...great bunch of people...we rehearsed...prayed and ate a meal together!! hmmm sounds familiar! :)
the last session on saturday i had them break into their specific teams they came with...they did 5 things...they came up with their own mission statement from words they used to describe worship...they came up with an idea describing what their worship team could become if nothing was impossible (with God all things are possible)... they shared one or two of the most memorable things they will take away from the conference...they shared these assignments with the whole conference publicly...next they shared what they appreciated about the person sitting next to them...and to end they prayed as a team...the worship time was a blast...I got to play drums with the team!
at the close everyone took an exam on the conference...even sam!...they take their educational opportunities seriously!

after the conference we ate at an authentic venezuelan establishment.. :) actually i have many examples to share with you about their food...hmm...hmm...good

after a long day we came back to cua to lead worship for the students...sam is holding me up!!
part of sam's worship team

sunday worship was unbelievable...i got to play drums again...much discussion will take place when i get back regarding why we should be excited about worshiping
i also preached twice!

a new friendship has developed

2007-10-04T07:19:00.001-05:00

abbey and cosie have been hanging out closer and closer to each other lately since joyce's passing. this shocked me however!

Happy Birthday Ladies!

2007-09-30T15:28:00.000-05:00

our youth pastor's wife sandy and melissa have birthdays one day a part so we took them out to dinner last night. todd had flowers waiting for them at our table! then we took them to a place where every woman dreams of going on their birthday....bowling! :) barb and skylar joined us at"extreme bowling"...loud music...lots of fun

turn the volume way down way down...just a warning. :)

madonna towers cutting edge in activities

2007-09-18T16:23:00.000-05:00

melissa was recently featured in the postbulletin online for her activities program at madonna towers . check out the article and the video

ain't she pretty?

2007-09-11T06:58:00.000-05:00

betsy took this picture of melissa. we've been married 22 years! hopefully that look is one of "being at peace" and not "what have i done"!

coffee at the speed of life!

2007-09-06T08:58:00.000-05:00

there is nothing better in the am on your way to work when you are fourth car in line and they bring your "usual" to you. i always make sure i wave to the other cars when i go around them. i love this place!!! the workers are great and are fun folk. our welcome ministry is putting together a welcome gift bag that may include a java detour gift card. i vote yes!! :)

Abbey sings again

2007-09-05T18:19:00.000-05:00

joyce august 8th1994- august 28th 2007

2007-08-28T13:07:00.000-05:00

what can you say about a friend who watched your kids go to school through every grade since kindergarten...who was best buds with a cat named rudy who lived to be 19...who loved her mom (melissa) the best and would howl at the stairwell if it was past 4:50 pm and time for her to be home...who slept every night in our bed since she was a pup...who grew to love her big lil' sis abbey-eventually...who sang for treats...who was always at the top of the stairs when we came home...i say we will miss our friend more than you can imagine...i say she is going on ahead and will be waiting at the top of the stairs in our new home in heaven...i say "joyce we love you and will miss you terribly!!"

joyce born august 8th 1994-died august 28th 2007

off to college

2007-08-27T09:57:00.000-05:00

wow it seems like yesterday when lindsey was making up another story and making either melissa or i become one of her very interesting characters! well today she went off to college for the 1st time ...in her new car she purchased with her own money she saved. it's really as hard as they say to let go and let her become all God has in store for her. she will always be "binzer" to me. we are very proud of her and are glad she is still staying with us the 1st two years at least!

just try and hate this face!

2007-08-23T08:14:00.000-05:00

i came across this picture of the day we brought joyce home! she is now 13 and still can look at you the same way

greetings from the big apple!

2007-08-11T22:37:00.001-05:00

well i am in new york city...it took me an hour to walk up to the window to show you my view. that is the famous time square corner you are looking at. i am staying at the mariott times square for the national transplant coordinators convention ...more pictures of the sights to follow
i get to ride these babies up and down to my room...on the outside...glassed in...yippee!
Sunday went to my 1st mets game at shea stadium...the twins need an outdoor stadium...brought back alot of memories when i was a kid...i was taken by bob renaldi from sterling courier...we use them to ship our research organs all over the country..i felt privileged that he would invite me and 2 others ...yes i am working too! :)

this is my crew from iiam...tonight was the start of the transplant vendor presentation and our display booth and answering all the questions about donation for research etc

ok like today i did not know what hit me...they say "we got to take you to chinatown and little italy!"...next thing i know i am getting wisked away to these shops and rooms behind stores that they lock when you get in there...next thing i know i purchased coach merchandise for lindsey and melissa!

"strange van" the first gig

2007-08-10T22:24:00.000-05:00

alec is in about four bands. his band called "stange van" had their first gig in chatfield tonight. mom and dad were "roadies" cuz it was a battle of the bands set up. they did awesome. i will post some video soon. these three guys rocked the house!!!

our guests

2007-08-10T07:05:00.000-05:00

i was finally was able to snap a photo of our guests who sleep in our back yard every night... twin fawns! to the ladies...awe aren't they just sweet?...to the guys...future steaks and sausage! :)

vacation part two

2007-08-06T11:52:00.000-05:00

are we a good looking bunch or what?

after the dells we headed to chicago at stayed at the renaissance hotel o'hare...got a major deal on a pretty nice 2 room suite...from there we took the train in to downtown chicago for all our activities over the next couple of days. that was an adventure...all i can say is i will never complain about how long it takes to commute across rochester again!!
we went o the navy pier...ate at a cool jazz club called "be bops" and saw an awesome band called "skinny williams band" they were absolutely awesome! we bought their cd

we went to lincoln park zoo...very nice and the last night night saw the blue man group...what an unbelievable great time...very creative and fun show! we had a blast. we also attended willow creek community church on sunday...great time there as well...very powerful service

greetings from vacation

2007-08-02T15:53:00.000-05:00

we are vacationing in the dells...doing the ducks today...heading to chicago tomorrow to see the sites!

It's a Dog's Life

2007-06-27T03:05:00.001-05:00

our dog abbey relaxing on a summer eve. either that or the easter bunny died on my couch!

Willow Arts Conference

2007-06-19T22:21:00.001-05:00

I took my leadership team to the willow arts conference...unbelievable experience...we look forward to sharing all we learned

off to camp

2007-06-11T15:51:00.000-05:00

our kids are spending a week at pine haven. we all pray that this time will be a memorable one for them! alec is the 2nd from right!

Lindsey Rozsa Class of 2007

2007-06-09T20:25:00.000-05:00

Lindsey Dawn Rozsa

she made it diploma in hand...mission accomplished...great job binzer!

she had a very nice reception at our house...lots of people...great weather...great time!!

lindsey is graduating!

2007-05-16T21:22:00.001-05:00

wow where do the years go? our daughter lindsey is graduating. we are so proud of her. she will be staying in rochester and attend rctc next year. check out some fun photos of some of our memories. send us any you may have!

alec got a new guitar and lindsey sang in big 9 select choir!

2007-05-05T09:31:00.000-05:00

Alec got a new guitar. It is a 7 string washurn electric. apparently 6 strings are not enough now! he is quite musician. he works constantly on new riffs, chords, and new songs in his little studio.

lindsey was chosen to represent mayo high school at the big 9 music festival yesterday. she was one of 12 from mayo chosen for the choir. this is a 75 year old tradition for the largest schools in southern mn to get together for a music festival. they had guest conductors for all three venues, orchestra, choir and band. all three were superb! although the quality pictures stink, lindsey is in the front row of the choir in a green and gold robe. we are very proud of both our kids!

ice cream sundaes! yummie!

2007-04-29T21:45:00.000-05:00

mmm mmm good! ice cream sundaes on a beautiful sunday evening! our worship team got together for a little preview of the upcoming dvd of our performance "alive forever" i have a great team to work with and am very glad i can work with them!

BBQ Season has arrived!

2007-04-26T08:32:00.000-05:00

Ric

Wednesdays at the Church is a happenin' place! Before all the activities a meal is shared. Three great ladies did this for us all season for $2 a meal! How about those aprons!

Todd

The staff decided to give them a break and have a cookout for everyone...burgers...hot dogs...cheesey potatoes...hmmm...hmmm...good!

It is always important to sample the product before serving!

alive forever 2007

2007-04-21T07:10:00.000-05:00

our worship ministry performed "alive forever" this year. over 50 people particpated in the production! drama, solos,music, multi-media all made this weekend a very memorable one! over 900 people came to see it which means over half of these were guests to meadow park. click here for a slideshow alive forever

wow 21 years!

2007-04-20T22:00:00.000-05:00

it's hard to believe we have married over 21 years ago. july 25th 1985 was the day! that's more than 3 years for a dog!

mini vacation 07

2007-04-20T21:55:00.000-05:00

melissa and I were taken on a mini vacation last weekend to phoenix arizona by our good friends winn and betsy cradic. it was an unbelievable time for us. look for more details soon

view from our hotel and one of the golf courses winn and i "killed" on!

melissa and betsy ready for a night out!

winn and i trying to look as sharp as the ladies!

Lindsey

2007-04-20T21:50:00.000-05:00

lindsey is 18 and a senior this year. where does the time go! it just seems like yesterday grandma made her a special dress for her picture day! lindsey will be staying in rochester next year and going to rctc and eventually will go in to law enforcement.

Alec

2007-04-20T21:45:00.000-05:00

alec is 15 and a freshman this year. he is quite the musician. he plays the drums, bass and electric guitars and the keyboards.

Memories

2007-04-20T17:00:00.000-05:00