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sooo, this is another post submitted as a part of the craziness which is now being hosted over at the worship community…it’s a weekly hot spot for worship leaders to blog about what all happened in their weekend services…GO CHECK IT OUT!!!

i was BACK in the LIVE services at lima community church…this after taking the entire month of january “off”…thanks to the snow and wind, saturday night was CANCELED…but sunday morning we were rolling…here we go…

we started the service off with our video announcements and a LIVE announcement from two of our staff, about our video venues…

then i re-introduced myself to the congregation and explained my time off in january…and rolled into this song “i wrote”…you can read about that here…(i will be getting the total amount raised this weekend, and posting it soon)…this rolled right into our meet & greet time…

1. rise and sing…by fee

2. everlasting God…by lincoln brewster

3. Jesus Messiah…by chris tomlin

then our executive pastor, vince nelson, came up and read a passage of scripture…he also set up our offering time…

4. sweetly broken…by jeremy riddle

then we had our roll-in video and our message given by the lead pastor at limacc, dan huckins…right away he let everyone know that i would be matching the first $2,500/$3,000 that was donated to the Haiti relief…and he challenged people to give…then he shared the first message in a four week series entitled “Healing for all of us”…this even included a great video testimony of healing from one of the men in the church, tom turner…very powerful!!!

5. Healer…by hillsong united

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what a weekend to come back to!!! saturday i try to pull in the parking lot and see the dump truck that is plowing…is STUCK!!! and needless to say the saturday night service ended up being canceled a short time later…which means there was NO REHEARSAL saturday…everyone had to show up EARLY sunday…

we were limited on our time, but rehearsal went rather well…as did the services…the band came prepared and God took care of the areas where we were lacking…one transition was HORRIBLE to me in the first service…that was between our song and the roll-in video…it was like taking a train from 100 mph down to 10 mph in a matter of 20 seconds…so i switched the songs around a little, which is reflected in the order above…this was chalked up to a lack of communication/a lack of time to communicate the feel of the roll-in video…

elton john visited for a short while and people really enjoyed that…it was funny because our local newspaper even ran a full page ad about elton john yesterday…our local symphony orchestra is doing a night of his cover tunes…pastor dan was a GREAT sport and threw things right back in my face…but all the while we were challenging people to give to a great cause and they did!!!

the best part of the weekend was the ministry time…i can not tell you how many people were flooding the alter, in need of healing…God was at work this weekend at limacc and it was very evident…i can’t wait to see what He does with the next three weeks of this series!!!

if you want to view the weekend services of limacc, go check out our livestream page…it appears as though they have both services, under one video…the 10:45 service starts at the 01:46 mark in the video…

well, there you have it…

sunday setlists…2010…take ONE…

sooo, this is another post submitted as a part of the craziness over on fred’s blog…it’s a weekly hot spot for worship leaders to blog about what all happened in their weekend services…GO CHECK IT OUT!!!

as usual i was in the LIVE services at lima community church…here we go…

i started the service off by reading psalm 95:1-7…

1. rise and sing…by fee (with children’s choir)

then we had our video announcements and our meet and greet time of the service…

2. here is our King…by david crowder

3. tell the world…by hillsong

then we had our offering set-up…

4. Hosanna…a mix of starfield and hillsong versions

then we had our roll-in video and a short message given by our discipleship pastor, mike huckins…this included a time of listening to God speak and then acting on what it was that He was telling us…

5. from the inside out…by hillsong

6. arms open wide…by hillsong (with children’s choir)

7. how great is our God…by chris tomlin (with children’s choir)

8. how great Thou art…as performed by charlie hall

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WOW!!! that is how i sum up the weekend…there were sooo many things going on, with it being Christmas week…sooo many reasons for the wheels to fall of the bus…but things came together GREAT!!!

on tuesday i worked with a group of 10 children, 3rd-5th grade…it was the first time since i have attended limacc that i have seen a children’s choir of any kind…i had no clue what to expect from the parents or children…i didn’t even know if i would get enough to sing, with it being Christmas…but they came and worked for about an hour…and they gave me some hope that things would come together…

saturday came and the band had 45 minutes to get 5 songs down, before the children showed up to work on their 3 songs…we were DEAD ON with our time…the children came in and we worked on their songs for the next 30 minutes…everything just went like clock-work…we did our run through for the service and were ready to go…

we headed back and had a devotional time, both adults and children…we had a time of sharing reasons why our God is great…we took prayer requests and prayed over them…and before one service i had one of the children pray…his name was nate…he asked for God’s presence to be there in the church…it was!!! (and i don’t think it had anything to do with all of the sugar that they were inhaling in between songs and services…)

i have to say this was the first weekend in a LONG time, that i was nervous…i just wasn’t sure we would pull it off…i wasn’t sure that i would really remember all 8 songs and in what order they were all coming and when the children were coming and going, and if they knew when they were coming and going…AAAHHH!!!

outside of the worship leader (yours truly) messing up, the first “guitar solo” of his life, in two of the three services…things couldn’t have been better!!! the children brought out an interaction from the congregation that we don’t see every week…they were really engaged and i think it just made everything click…the children sang with every ounce of energy they had in them and really blew me away!!!

for me this sunday was very special for many reasons…one it brings an end to 2009…a year in which i was given the opportunity to lead worship in the three LIVE services at limacc…i started back in may and have enjoyed the journey…it also was a lot of work to plan and work with the children…and to see them on stage for the first time…it was something i knew that God wanted me to do…now i know why!!!

lastly it was special because i am now going to have time to focus on my family…with working two jobs, i just haven’t been able to focus my time and energy at home, as much as i would want to…i have an AMAZING(ly hottt) wife at home and two beautiful children that i would like to see more of…plus my body and mind have just taken a beating in the last eight months…sooo this past weekend was my last sunday of leading worship at limacc…UNTIL february…

i’m taking 5 weekends away from the church to just spend time with my family…to let my mind and body get where they need to be (or that’s the goal anyways!!!)…and i really want to seek a fresh vision and passion for what God has for me to be doing…sooo your prayers during this time would be greatly appreciated!!!

well, there you have it…

sunday setlists…LIVE…the last of 2009…