Worship Confessional 01.30.11

I realized late Saturday night that my email was hacked. As I was preparing to get a good night's sleep my friends, family, associates, and congregation were receiving a less then appropriate message from me [well not from me, but my email intruder]. What a wired violated feeling. There were tons of emotions to filter through. The water around my boat was getting pretty choppy. It took a little extra prayer time to manage a good night's sleep.

This morning was a time of forgiveness, consolation for a friend experiencing a spiritual attack, replacing a depleted battery pack, and more than anything else a time to sing songs with and to God. Blessed!

Music Plan
Joyful [Brown]
Prayer of Focus
Everyday [Houston]
We Are The Light of The World [Hymn/Mann]
Milestone Moment
The Heart of Worship [Redman]
Message
I Will Follow [Ingram, Tomlin, Morgan]

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Pray on,
Eddy

Behind The Twelve - Dear God

Behind The Twelve is a brief look behind the songs of "The Twelve"

This segment focuses on "Dear God" and how the simplicity of prayer can be the inspiration for a song.

Worship Confessional 01.23.11

I woke up at 6am with a killer headache and it's been hanging with me all day. I can't seem to shake it. It's probably attributed to not enough quiet time. It was just one of those weeks.

We were not as well practiced as usual as we began rehearsal this morning. Our mid-week rehearsal time had been canceled, and our music plan was a little more challenging this week, so we had a steep learning curve to manage and by all reports we succeeded. Praise God.

We received a different and interesting message on Psalm 22 that had a fable ring to it. And we also opened our time of worship with Audrey Assad's Winter Snow. This was a bit of a stretch for us but I liked the congregational response and the worshipful flow into Amazed. It's worth taking a look at again.

Music Plan
Winter Snow [Assad]
Amazed [Anderson]
Prayer of Focus
Pouring It Out For You [Anderson, Lee]
Promises One By One [Gaither]
Baptism
Something Beautiful And New [Mann]
Message: Psalm 22
I Will Follow [Tomlin, Ingram, Morgan]

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Pray on,
Eddy

Behind The Twelve - You Give to Me

Behind The Twelve is a brief look behind the songs of "The Twelve"

This segment looks at "You Give To Me" a song that was sparked creatively from a time of prayer.

Worship Confessional 01.16.11

The illness bug came-a-callin' this week. In eighteen hours we lost two singers and our drummer. If it was a Wednesday evening attack it would have been bad enough, but a Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning visit really shook things up a bit.

Our bass player Gary moved to the cajon and Bob, one our guitarists, moved to bass. We juggled some vocals around and let the spirit lead.

A special thank you to today's sound crew [Rick, Kelly and Jack]. Our new monitor setup worked beautifully and the new monitors were a blessing... not to mention the amount of cable and instrument changes that were needed at the last moment.

Great message this morning focused on peaceful reactions and resolutions. Looking back I think we as a team demonstrated that message faithfully... I'm a blessed man. Thanks guys!

Music Plan
Joyful [Brown]
Prayer of Focus
I Will Follow [Tomlin, Ingram, Morgan]
Glory to God Forever [Fee, Beeching]
Statement of Faith
Let Us Adore [Morgan]
Message
The Least I Can Do [Roach]

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Pray on,
Eddy

Behind The Twelve - The Hope of Your Calling

Behind The Twelve is a brief look behind the songs of "The Twelve"

This segment looks at "The Hope of Your Calling" and how it originated from a song challenge on TheWorshipCommunity.com website.

Worship Confessional 01.09.11

Another interesting and fulfilling service today. It makes me feel good that we're always looking for a better way to honorably worship our God. Each week we take another step forward while in the moment experiencing a fulfilling and spiritual interchange.

We made  a dramatic monitor change after the service today. One that should alleviate some of the reoccurring problems we've had with monitor mixes. We also had a very productive discussion concerning our rehearsal approach and mindset. I can't wait for next week!

Music Plan
Pouring It Out For You [Anderson/Lee]
Prayer of Focus
Joyful [Brown]
Today Is The Day [Baloche/Brewster]
Statement of Faith
I Never Walk Alone [Mann]
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus [Hymn]
Reading & Message
The Least We Can Do [Roach]

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Pray on,
Eddy

Resolution '11

The taste of wine that I experienced at midnight on New Years Eve was administered through communion. The song I sang was a song of worship. The celebration I participated in was one of praise.

This year I was invited by a small neighboring church to lead worship on New Years Eve. To worship in the new year, to lead the new year in with praise, worship and prayer... culminating with communion at midnight.

As we shared the sacrament of communion the new year hour passed and we could hear the world outside celebrating in their own way. It was a very surreal experience to be in God's house, and yet over hear a very different celebration going on just a wall removed.

There was a time when I spent the evening singing for the dollar. This year I sang for the joy. It used to be that I expected to be on the receiving end at the end of the night, but on this night I was the one serving.

After a post service meal and some fellowship my wife and I headed home. As I prayed that night one voice kept echoing in my head, one simple phrase kept repeating...

My resolution for this year... nothing but Christ and Him crucified.

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2)

Get Happy!

Everyone I know who's living for him or herself is unhappy.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms ... 1 Peter 4:10

The dictionary says purpose is the reason for which something exists.

We have a purpose. Get happy!

Pray on,
Eddy

Worship Confessional 01.02.11

Hi friends, the past week really took it's toll on my energy level and my discipline. So it was no surprise this morning that it took a little longer to loosen up, tune up, and humble up. But things always seem to fall into place when the spirit's allowed to lead.

The little things can really mess with your head if you're not careful. We had to change from using the piano to the keyboard because of tuning problems. It was only because that we're blessed with alternatives that the issue wasn't a big deal. Nice job by the tech team to quickly remedy the problem.

I found myself out of tune in the middle of our opening section and in re-tuning carelessly started the next song a whole step lower [though in tune]. It provided a little transposing lesson, on the run, for my young musicians.

But through it all I felt a warm spiritual glow washing over our worship today, and found more then a few places to smile and encounter our God.

Music Plan
The Little Dummer Boy {Hymn] - C
Prayer of Focus
I Am Yours [Mann] - C
Offering [Baloche] - F
Communion
Let Us Break Bread Together [Hymn] - Eb
We Fall Down [Tomlin] - Eb
Children's Ministry
We Three Kings [Hymn] - Em
Message
Joy To The World [Hymn] - D

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Pray on,
Eddy