Worship Confessional 04.26.09

Wow, what a week! I had my faith put to the test on Monday... praise God that I was able to stay in the light. My children continue to be the target of darkness and my grandchildren have also been in it's sight. Yet my Lord and Savior has remained the center of my attention. His word is what settles me. His work through me is what continues to give me purpose.

So imagine my disappointment mid-week when my woodwind player notified me that he'd be out again this week, after two singers and my other guitar player had already sent notice earlier. Little did I know at that time that my keyboardist would email Saturday afternoon to also cancel out. This left me with the prospect of carrying the entire service on guitar with bass and drums. A service that was designed and arranged for a larger band.

Prayer is where I turned.. which in turn delivered a fresh new keyboardist, some new arrangements and a seamless, beautiful morning of worship. As I've sung before "we never walk alone" and today was a timeless reminder for me that it's all for my good and His glory.

We opened with "Rising" [Baloche] 'E' which we had done last week.

This was followed by a call to worship Litany

We continued into a three song medley -
Fields of Grace [Evans] 'E' ... I did the first verse and chorus just on acoustic guitar before bringing the band in on the second verse.
Grace Like Rain [Newton, Collins, Excell, Agnew] 'F' ... This featured Chelsea one our young singers. She offered a great passionate version.
Do It Lord [Walker] 'C' ... I love this song and our congregation gets it.

We had a baptism today and I used "Jesus Loves The Little Children" in 'C' as the theme.

We then flowed right into "Healing Rain" [Smith] 'C' ... which ended with a statement of faith. As the statement closed I brought the "Everlasting God" theme of "strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord" as a meditative moment before the reading and message.

Message - [Luke 15:11-32] "Drop Your Pride & Shame"

Our sending song was "Amazing Grace (My Chains...) [Tomlin] 'F' ... I broke the verses down today and featured five of our singers. They all did an outstanding job.

So yeah, we had a skeleton crew today, and some last minute changes to the arrangements, a new pianist [who by the way was awesome], but all was well. Praise Him!

Pray on,
Eddy

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Worship Confessional 04.19.09

Today we started a five week series on becoming "Fully Human". The focus today was on the futility of worrying. I loved the text and message... and now the focus ahead of living a balanced life of faith.

Our team was little smaller with five people out but we had a wonderfully moving worship experience. Whenever we have a smaller band there's a clarity to the sound... more space for the words to breathe... it's not better than our usual offering, but just different. I love change, so I was excited and up for the challenge of maintaining an energetic and engaging worship experience. Today the words we sang were purposefully placed in the forefront and offered up to our Father in heaven in a way I pray was pleasing.

Our tech-team has been continuing the work of fine-tuning our sound system now that our speaker system has been overhauled. The sound today was awesome! Thanks guys.

God's Romance [Smith] - G

Call to Worship - Litany

[3 Song Medley]
Beautiful One [Hughes] - G
Beautiful Savior [Trad] - D
Today Is The Day [Brewster] - D

Jesus Messiah [Tomlin] - G

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Matthew 6:25, 27
Mark 5:36
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Awesome Is The Lord Most High [Tomlin] - A

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Worship Confessional 04.12.09

Sweet and spirit filled... just a wonderful morning.

We had a large team [15] today and all the pieces fell into place. Starting with a good run-through and once again a blessed music plan, it was a joyful, loving and moving service with a great message about what it means to be Easter people. Over the past few weeks I've been able to revisit quite a few old hymns which has made for some very worshipful moments... not to mention more than a few grateful congregants... this is a trend I'd like to continue.

Victory Chant [Vogels] - G ... modulating to A and B
All The Earth Will Sing Your Praises [Baloche] - E
Christ The Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia [Trad] - E

Jesus Messiah [Tomlin] - G

Above All [Baloche] - A

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Message: Mark 16:1-8
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I Love To Tell The Story [Trad] - G
I Love This Story [Walker] - G to A

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Worship Confessional 04.05.09

With our new sanctuary speakers installed today was glorious. Every voice and instrument had a little shine to it this morning. On top of that this week's music plan was blessed. Consisting of two medley's, a communion and closing song, it all worked as I had hoped it would. It's so nice when that happens. We featured two of our young female voices [Chelsea and Kelly] and both did an outstanding job.

First Medley
Hosanna [Baloche] - G
Lift Up Your Heads [Trad] - G
Glory Laud, & Honor [Trad] - G

Second Medley
Hosanna [Fraser] - E
We Fall Down [Tomlin] - E
Holy, Holy, Holy [Trad] - E
Reprisal of Hosanna chorus

How Great The Father's love For Us [Towend] - D

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Message: Mark 11:1-11
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Glory In The Highest [Tomlin] - Bb
Reprisal of Hosanna chorus - Bb

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