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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!!!

this past weekend was our PALM SUNDAY weekend…i was  in the LIVE services at lima community church…and God is continuing to work in the lives of people!!!

i kicked things off by reading psalm 66:1-2…it was a challenge that God had given me to praise Him for WHO He is…not just for all of the things that He does…and i asked the congregation to greet others and share WHO God was to them this week…

1. here is our King…by david crowder band

2. marvelous light…by charlie hall

then our host for the services came up and intro’d the video announcements and set up the offering time…

3. everlasting God…by lincoln brewster

4. sweetly broken…by jeremy riddle

5. arms open wide…by hillsong united

there was a roll-in video to the message given by our discipleship pastor, mike huckins…

6. arms open wide…a shortened reprise

then we had a time of prayer and announcement for our new off-site video venue…the first service for that venue will be on EASTER sunday…

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this past weekend was pretty CRAZY…limacc hosted a community wide palm sunday service, on sunday evening…this meant having a very large set of risers on stage…sound equipment was being used to the max and had to be reconfigured for what we would need during our services…but it was all worth the extra work in the end!!!

the band was prepared and things really seemed to flow well during the services…i have to say that i never cease to be amazed at how God works out the setlists in advance…and then pulls them together with the message, even when i have NO CLUE what it’s going to be like…and this was just one of those weekends!!!

i challenged the musicians on sunday morning with psalm 66:1-2…the challenge was to take 5 minutes and simply right out WHO God is…nothing to do with what He does for us, simply WHO He is…it was awesome to hear the pens writing away and to see how fast the 5 minutes went by…then i tried to incorporate that at the beginning of the services…i just couldn’t really take the time to do it justice in the services…

then as we did the songs…it was great to see all kinds of things pop in my head about WHO God is…sooo many lyrics that just played right into the idea…it was cool to go back and talk about what everyone had written and even to hear how God was revealing more and more things to each of us…

if you want to view any of the weekend services of limacc, go check out our livestream page…

sooo there you have it…

sunday setlists…2010…take six…

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  in ferrum, va this past weekend visiting my friends at twin oaks…this church REALLY knows how to worship and has been a blessing to me in the past…this weekend was no exception!!!

the services started out with a time of welcome and prayer…this was followed up by prayer for the offering…

1. reign in us…by starfield

then the pastor, terry covey (a mentor and GREAT friend of mine), gave his message from joshua 5…it was entitled, “the battle is the Lord’s”…it was very challenging for me…he opened up some things and put them in a light that i had not looked at them with before…(i will most likely share more about this later in the week)…

2. mighty to save…by hillsong united

3. Jesus paid it all…by kristian stanfill

4. Jesus Messiah…by chris tomlin

then terry came back and shared about the battles that needed to be handed over to God so He could bring healing that was needed…people were encouraged to come forward and pray…

5. Healer…by hillsong united

then there was another time of prayer and ministry…

6. revelation song…as performed by kari jobe (lead by amy)

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sooo, it was a ROADTRIP weekend for the mckanna family…we were down in ferrum, va for a wedding on saturday and to then hang out with our friends at twin oaks…this was my third visit to the church, that i can remember, and every time i am blown away at their spirit and their PASSION to worship God!!!

twin oaks is a “small” country church…their weekend attendance is around 300 people…which is between a 6th and 7th of the size of limacc, where i am usually leading worship…but when i consider where the church is, it’s AMAZING to see what God is doing there and how He is at work…it was a 30 minute drive to the nearest motel…NO JOKE!!!

not only that, we DIDN’T have an electric guitar, let a lone a lead…we didn’t use a click…we didn’t have any fancy lighting…yet God is working and moving and changing the lives of people…(insert sarcastic…NO…)

the service was great…actually both services were great…but the second service especially…when we were ready to start men were hauling in chairs from some other part of the church…there weren’t enough seats for the bodies that were coming in…if they have fire codes in the middle of no where…we were breaking them!?! (i did see a sign that said “no open fires until after 4pm?!?)…i was blown away by what i was seeing…then we actually got going…by the time we got to revelation song, i’m pretty sure the roof was raised a little no SERIOUSLY these people were singing like we had already made it to heaven and this was the REAL THING!!!

i absolutely love being a part of what God is doing…regardless of where it’s at…regardless of the “style” or size of the church…God is still God and people were worshiping Him with everything they had…AWESOME!!!

it was just what i needed!!!

so there you have it…

sunday setlists…2010…twin oaks style…

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  in the LIVE services at lima community church…and it was another great weekend!!!

this weekend we started things off with our video announcements and then we jumped right in…

1. all because of Jesus…by fee

2. healer…by hillsong united

then we had communion set-up…this was done by a different host in each of the three services…the elements were passed and then taken together, during the following song…

3. revelation song…as performed by kari jobe

this was followed up by our verbal announcements as well as the offering set-up…again this was handled by the host of each service…

4. what faith can do…by kutless

then we had our roll-in video for our current series…healing for all of us…and the message was given by the executive pastor at limacc, vince nelson…the message was entitled “enough faith” and based out of mark 9…and was followed up by a ministry/prayer time…

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sooo, this past weekend was something else…there were several FIRSTS…we had an acoustic player join us for the FIRST time…he broke the head off of a bridge pin, a FIRST…and later broke a string…then during the saturday night service the low G string on the baldwin…broke…a FIRST…we also had a brand new boom stand just snap at the boom…a FIRST…and in the last service a vocalist laid their mic down in the room where we sit during the services…a young boy, will, decided to turn it on during the ministry/prayer time and see if it worked…IT DID…a FIRST…you would think that the services would have just been a wreck, but my guess is that no one knew anything was going on (other than hearing will)…unless they noticed that someone else was playing my guitar and i had a different one as well…?

the band pulled things together quickly this weekend…there weren’t any real trouble spots musically as we got ready…i will say the song that was the most fun, CHALLENGING, and powerful for me was the kutless tune…there are some GREAT lyrics in that (not to mention HIGH notes) and it had me really meditating on a couple verses in psalm…

psalm 46:1-2a

¹ God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.

² Therefore we will not fear,

no matter what we are going through…no matter what we are in the midst of…no matter how we got there…God is ever-present with us…we need to have faith…we need to trust Him…we MUST NOT fear!!!

if you want to view any of the weekend services of limacc, go check out our livestream page…(the services are listed by date…there has recently been a delay in getting those videos up…this should be resolved soon!?!)

well, there you have it…

sunday setlists…2010…take FOUR…

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  in the LIVE services at lima community church…and it was another great weekend!!!

we started off the services a little early this weekend…we did a little instrumental improv to get things going…

1. our God is love…by lee mcderment

this rolled right into the video announcements…followed up by a verbal announcement and recognition of one of our church volunteers, denise cook…she has been heading up our local royal family kids camp for the last 5 years…not to mention the years that she had been volunteering with the camp prior to that!!!

then we had a quick meet and greet time…

2. the time has come…by hillsong united

3. come thou fount…as performed by david crowder band

4. how He loves us…as performed by kari jobe

then we had our offering setup and prayer…

5. tunnel…by third day

this was followed by the roll-in video and a message given by our head pastor, dan huckins…it was a continuation on our series on healing…the title of the message was, “when we are not healed”…very powerful stuff followed by a time of ministry and prayer…

6. how He loves us…an acoustic reprise version

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sooo, this past weekend was a long time coming for me…last may i started in the LIVE services at limacc…i left our video venue service and some great friends and musicians…even though i was only going across the parking lot and i am still playing with great musicians…i miss hanging out and playing with some of the other guys…and two of them came over to join me this past weekend…it was GREAT!!!

on top of that, i really love lee mcderment’s music, not to mention third day…in having these guys come to rock the service, i was more than confident in adding some music that i normally would be a little hesitant about…we added the tune by lee mcderment as well as a third day tune…i got to work early in the week to make sure that i could “keep up”…the service was a little more on the “rock” side than normal…and the volume level was a tad HIGHER than normal…but i am more than confident that God was honored and glorified…

each service was unique in their response to the message…but in each of them people were definitely responding…God is continuing to show that He is active in the lives of the people at limacc…and i am confident that one of these days we aren’t going to be able to contain what it is He does…i CAN’T WAIT!!!

there was an added element of difficulty though…some of you will know my friends dave and jodi…and their battle right now with cancer…jodi had her third round of chimo last week…they were heavy on my heart all weekend, especially as i sang “tunnel”…third day is one of their favorites…it was hard for me not to just sing that song to them, as they were sitting at home…(i know they aren’t the only ones in the battle…they aren’t even our only friends in that battle…but they are the closest to my heart!!!)

if you want to view the weekend services of limacc, go check out our livestream page…(the services are listed by date…)

well, there you have it…

sunday setlists…2010…take THREE…

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  in the LIVE services at lima community church…and it was an AMAZING weekend!!!

we jumped right in this weekend…in more ways than one!

1. tell the world…by hillsong united

then we had our video announcements and we celebrated baptisms each each of the three services…this was followed up by a short meet and greet time…

2. Your grace is enough…by matt maher

3. mighty to save…by hillsong united

then the service host came up in each service to do a few verbal announcements and set up our offering…

4. reign in us…by starfield

then we had our message that was given by cindy porter, our connections pastor…we continued our series on healing…cindy did an amazing job this weekend on the topic of finding healing in forgiving others…the message time included a video testimony from a woman in the church who had experienced emotional healing, through forgiving another who had sexually abused her when she was 4 years old…WOW!!!

5. amazing grace (my chains are gone)…by chris tomlin

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sooo this past weekend was a BIG challenge for me…i had been sick with a cold for about a week and a half…all of the coughing and drainage had gotten to my voice early in the week and i was just starting to get it back by the end of the week…but i really didn’t know what i was or wasn’t going to be able to do…on top of that our bass player got the flu and shot me a quick text on friday…

sooo on friday i was texting the rhythm electric for the weekend for the weekend and asking him to cover bass instead…and then i just gave everyone who was on stage (and could sing) a mic…i told them to just sing along to fill in what was going to be missing…everyone did a great job!!!

God got us through our rehearsal with lightening speed…which was good for those that needed to get rest!!!

saturday night was very uncharacteristic…there were a lot more people than normal and they were very interactive…it kind of took me off guard…but it gave me that extra energy and strength to get through everything…i really think the baptisms helped with this!!!

sunday morning came…we ran through all of the music and discussed a couple trouble spots from saturday night…mainly a couple intros that we were a little weak on…the 9:00am service was pretty typical…the people were there and soaked everything in…the baptism testimony was from one of our parking lot volunteers…it was awesome to hear him share about his life and a lot that he has been through…he absolutely loves seeing the children and giving them “five” on their way in to church each week…i know molly loves seeing him too…especially when he has candy!!!

but then there was 10:45am…WOW…we had NO CLUE what we were in for…things started and everyone was ready to go…that’s the norm for 10:45am…but when we got to the baptisms, it was time to HOLD ON…two men and one young girl shared about all that God has done in their lives…it was just amazing to hear each of their stories!!!

but the last one was from a man named tom…tom is a BIG man…mainly in speaking of the muscles that he has been blessed with…he shared about the sin that he dealt with, of anger…how his son had been the target, but also his forgiver…how his daughter had always been his defender, even hearing her ask God to forgive him…how his wife had played a major role in many areas…and then how GOD is capable bringing about change in us, no matter where we are in life…there were a few LOT of cheers and clapping going on at lima community church…(side note : water was leaving the baptismal when tom went under!!!)

i stepped up and told everyone that they were dismissed because we already had church…but we obviously continued on…just with a different schedule…tom had actually used some of the lyrics from “mighty to save” in his testimony…sooo, we just went with what God was doing and did that song…i don’t think i’ve ever heard that song sung with such power and passion!!!

for the offering time we started into “reign in us”…before i knew it everyone was standing and worshiping, while the offering was being taken…that’s usually a problem for some of the ushers and it’s not well liked…but they will have to take that up with God…this spirit just carried on through the message and ministry time as well…everything was just UNREAL in that service!!!

we did an audition with a vocalist after the service…i was there about 45 minutes later than normal and there were still NUMEROUS people just lingering around the church…i think everyone was just processing what we had been a part of…and i must say that i was WIRED for the rest of the day!!!

if you want to view the weekend services of limacc, go check out our livestream page…

well, there you have it…

sunday setlists…2010…take TWO…