jon mark

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…

our services this weekend started off with our video anouncements…i then welcomed everyone and we dove right in…

1. everyone(praises)…by ross parsley

2. all because of Jesus…as performed by fee

then our head pastor, dan huckins, addressed the congregation…this was his first service back in over three months…he’s been on a sabbatical…he gave an update on health problems that he has been dealing with…he shared what God had laid on his heart for limacc to be doing more of…he also set up our offering time…

3. reign in us…by starfield

4. arms open wide…by hillsong united

5. how He loves us…as performed by kim walker

then we had our message given by the executive pastor, vince nelson…he really challenged men to step up and be the Godly leaders we should be…to rely on God’s grace to hold us together and do what He calls us to do…

6. arms open wide…by hillsong united (short reprise)

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this weekend was just a little ODD for some reason…our rehearsal time went ok saturday night…nothing seemed too far out of the ordinary…there were a few things to work out, but nothing major…we had a good run through…but the service was DEAD…

we had a few errors musically that we didn’t have during rehearsal…but that wasn’t it…the service had ZIP for energy and no one was responding to anything…even when our head pastor got up to speak, no one even clapped…it was just ODD…and i really have no idea why…

sunday morning we all showed up and were still scratching our heads…we ran through the problem spots for music and got things ironed out…we pulled one song for the first service, just for the sake of time…and off we went…

right off the bat there was a buzz among the people and things were sooo much better than saturday night…the energy level was there and even more than normal for the 9am crowd…and there was a good response, both during our time of music but also to our head pastor’s return and to the challenge given during the message…

of course we get out there for 10:45am and it’s off the charts…there are people everywhere…the energy is HIGH…and the response was amazing…pastor dan got a standing ovation that lasted quite some time…people were singing and worshipping with everything they had…and i would say musically we didn’t do any better in that service than the others…there were still some mistakes that seemed random to me…but the people were there to worship and did so…their response to the message was awesome as well…

again, this weekend was just ODD…i’ve never seen this big of a difference in the three services…and it leaves me scratching me head as to why…why are the services sooo different…why can’t all of the services have the energy and response of the 10:45am service…and of course i have no answers…sooo i will have to trust God and seek His wisdom and understanding…i will seek Him for answers that i don’t have and for guidance in any changes that i need to make…

sooo there you have it…

sunday setlists…LIVE…11/29/09…

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…

this weekend we started our services off with our video anouncements and then i welcomed everyone…i also had to make a quick anouncement explaining the new “elements” we were using for communion…this was due to the flu season and wanting to be proactive…i also told them that there would be no handshakes during the greeting time, chest-bumps only!!!

1. here is our King…by david crowder

2. marvelous light…by charlie hall

i gave quick instructions that we were going to take communion…it gave time for ushers to pass out elements to anyone who may have been missed for some reason…i challenged them that communion was not only a time to reflect and make sure that we were in right standing…but it was also a time to celebrate what Christ has done in our lives through His blood…

3. mighty to save…by hillsong united

about half way through the song our executive pastor, vince nelson, came up and lead our communion time…he read through various scriptures and everyone took the elements together…and we finished up mighty to save…

then we had our offering set up and prayer over the veterans who were present…we also prayed for all of those involved in the shooting at fort hood…

4. all because of Jesus…by fee

this was followed up by our message…vince nelson tied up the series that we have been going through for the last five weeks…it was a short message, allowing for two video testimonies on how people in our congregation were hearing from God…of how He was at work…

5. go tell it…by lee mcderment

then we had an open mic testimony time…people were encouraged to share how God had been speaking to them…how He was at work in their lives…to simply share part of their story…

6. mighty to save (reprise)…by hillsong united

7. tell the world…by hillsong united

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sooo, this past weekend was just INSANE for me…we had a lot of music for the services, which i love…but i decided to throw in two weddings on saturday afternoon…not good…but not as bad as the poor guy at the first wedding who played classical guitar…he had to play Jesus, joy of man’s desire for TWELVE minutes…his fingers had to hurt!!! anywho, back to the services…

our associate worship pastor came in and ran rehearsal for me, until i was able to make it in from the second wedding…he did a great job and the band was ready to go…we finished up rehearsal in plenty of time and headed back for our weekly tech/devotional time…most of the confusion was worked out during that time, but not all of it…

services really went great…we made some minor adjustments from saturday to sunday…that helped with transitions…the people really seemed to respond to the more celebratory approach to communion…plus hearing testimonies of how God is working really helped…i think God is up to something big in our body of believers…i think He’s got some BIG plans around the corner…

i can’t help but notice and mention the difference in services again…i love leading each service and how they are unique from one another, in their response…but the 10:45am service on sundays is just flat out AMAZING…the people are full of energy and ready to go as soon as they walk in…i just have to remind myself that it doesn’t mean the other services are any “worse” or that they are getting “less” out of it…they just respond differently…

great weekend at lima cc…i can’t wait for this weekend to get here!!!

sooo there you have it…

sunday setlists…LIVE…11/8/09…