jon mark music

sooo, in the midst of a crazy INSANE schedule…i’m checking in with the good times over on fred’s blog…if you don’t know what that is, check it out…it’s a listing of other worship leaders and what churches are doing during their weekend services…

but for this blog…i am listing what we did in the source on sunday…

we opened with the band doing their own little jam session…not real sure what key it was in or anything…but it was pretty sweet!!!

1. tell the world…by joel houston

2. my Savior lives…by ross parsley

3. all we need…by charlie hall

4. hallelujah what a Savior…by vicki beeching

then we went into our video announcements…live announcements…and our offering time…

5. God with us…by mercy me

this was followed up by our weekly coffee break…during this time, we played the video i posted here on my blog last week…it got some good laughs…then it rolled right into our video message done by our connections pastor, brandon williams…

after the message our venue pastor did the benediction and we were out the door…

the band had extra time to run through our music this week…that was a blessing…things seemed to be very tight…i really felt the need to  sit on “all we need” and the band stuck right with me, despite my back being to them and not having a clue what i was doing…it was good stuff!!!

so there you have it…

sunday setlists…take seventeen…

sooo, my dear friend kathy sent me this video a week or so ago…i just had to share it…

have a MERRY CHRISTMAS…

doghouse for the holidays…not good!!!

sooo, i have some great plans for Christmas eve…i’m more than EXCITED about tomorrow night’s service in the source!!! we are doing some great music…hearing from our head pastor…celebrating communion together…it’s just going to be AWESOME!!!

then after the service we are having some friends and family over for a bite to eat…and there is something that i am really wanting to watch…

there has a been a little buzzz, but not too much…foxnews is going to air a special on both Christmas eve and Christmas day…it’s going to be a service from saddleback church, and pastor rick warren…

sooo, those are my…

Christmas eve plans…

what about you…what do you have planned for Christmas eve…anything fun and exciting…any annual traditions???

sooo, i’m back at it this week…participating in the madness over on fred’s blog…make sure you stop over and see what other churches are doing during their services…i could post a couple setlists this week, thanks to our Christmas eve service coming up in a couple days…but i’m going to stick to one for now…this is our setlist for the source this week…

1. awesome is the Lord most high…by chris tomlin

here i did a quick welcome/meet and greet

2. salvation is here…by joel houston

3. everlasting God…as performed by lincoln brewster

4. Jesus Messiah…by chris tomlin

then we went into our offering, video announcements, live announcements, and our weekly coffee break…this lead into a message by our head pastor, from hebrews 10…POWERFUL message!!! there was a short break in the message…

5. here with us…by joy williams

then the head pastor closed out his message…there was an awesome response from the congregations during the ministry time at the end…i played through the chorus of “here with us” again…the venue pastor did a quick benediction and reminded everyone of the Christmas eve service…and we did “here with us” again as the people were leaving…

it was one of the worst weeks i’ve had in a long time…anything and everything that could go wrong with the music did…not only that i was playing rythm electric for the first time, using a guitar i had never used…and then on wednesday we were asked to add “here with us”…i just knew that the service was going to be awesome!!!

this morning the drummer forgot his sticks…the bass didn’t have a strap…and the lead player couldn’t remember an intro to any of the songs to save his life…during the first song of the service, the smoke machine went off all on it’s own…the drummer couldn’t see or breath, let alone keep with me on the tempo…

but God still moved…people still responded…and it was an AWESOME service!!!

sooo there you have it…

sunday setlists…take sixteen…

sooo, things seem a little different this Christmas…our economy is in a state that i can’t recall at any point in my life time…that being said, kasey and i have really made an effort to be better stewards of what God has blessed us with…we have made extra efforts to buy gifts that are more practical this year…we’ve shopped with coupons and online discounts as much as possible…and we’ve set limits, especially on what we buy each other…

then i received this video by e-mail one day…it was very challenging…and then i saw it again in the Kidstuff  Family Christmas Show…and so I would like to share it with you…it’s from an organization/movement called advent conspiracy…

[Worship Fully]

[Spend Less]

[Give More]

[Love All]

sooo, i will be back later this week…probably tomorrow…to share one more example of what we are doing this year to make an impact, despite the state of the economy…

but what are you doing this year??? what steps have you taken to be a part of this conspiracy???

is it a conspiracy???