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…
1. everlasting God…by lincoln brewster
2. Jesus paid it all…as performed by kristian stanfill
then we had our communion set up by the service host…
3. revelation song…by gateway worship
we took the elements following the first chorus of revelation song and then finished it out the song…and our service host came back up to pray and introduce the video announcements…this was followed by a couple more announcements and the offering set up…
4. rise and sing…by fee
5. i am free…by ross parsley
then we had a roll-in video to the message…it was our head pastor’s first week back to speak after a three month sabbatical…so the IT staff decided to “elf” him for the roll-in…it was a nice welcome back!!! the message was entitled “Christmas is for the flawed”…we were challenged to get our hands out of the monkey jar and quit holding on to past mistakes or struggles…
6. rise and sing…by fee
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sooo, this weekend i was absolutely jacked to introduce a new song to everyone…the theme to the message was going to be on redemption…sooo when i was preparing it seemed to be the perfect opportunity to introduce “rise and sing”…i had been waiting for the chance to do it for a month or so…but nothing had really worked out…but the opening line just rang in my head, “if you’re alive and you’ve been redeemed…RISE AND SING”!!!
the services all went well and by far the majority of the comments, both good and bad, were about the new song…most people really enjoyed it and the song just stuck…each service had people jump up and do exactly what the song was telling them to do…i didn’t even have to ask!!!
the funny part for me was that we followed that song up with “i am free”…and if you’re familiar with that song, it’s up beat and high energy…HOWEVER it was DRAGGING compared to “rise and sing”…i never thought i would have that issue, but hey…
the band did a great job with the music this weekend and coming prepared…we did have to do a little extra work on some things, but it was more than worth it…there were last minute changes in two of the services and the band did a great job of following me…even when i forgot the changes…the good thing is that i was able to smile and laugh at myself inside!!!
it was a great weekend at limacc…it was great to have pastor dan back speaking…God is continuing to work and reach people…i’m SOOO thankful that He allows me to be a part of what He is doing each week!!!
sooo there you have it…
sunday setlists…LIVE…12/6/09…
Wow, I knew I would miss out on a super praise and worship, let alone Dans message, but to miss out on two of my fav songs,, ouch…. I did what God asked me to do, stay home and pray, and not spread the wealth of my cold, but my heart or part of it was at Lima Live. I am sure kudo’s are to be given to you and the band, I know Kurly came home hummin and was really upbeat on Sunday, good job again, we thank God all the time for all the gifts He shares with us and you are definetly one of them, We pray He will continue to encourage you and keep you strong have a blessed week, oh will you be leading the Christmas choir, or is Josh doing it this year?