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…

1. joy to the world…as recorded by third day

then we had a quick meet and greet…

2. rise and sing…by fee

at this point i read through psalm 145:1-7…i reminded everyone that we have SO MUCH to be praising God for…and of the hundreds of “stories” that were represented in each service…we need to be telling people our “stories” of what God has done in our lives…and we need to praise Him with ALL that we have!!!

3. sing to the King…by billy foote and charles silvester horne

4. You are my King…by billy foote

at this point, each service was different…we had a time of prayer in each service…but there was also a ministry time in two of the services, asking God to bring healing to people…healing in their mind, relationships, and in their bodies…then we had both the video and the verbal announcements…and lastly our offering set up…

5. o come all ye faithful…as recorded by third day

then we had the “roll-in” video which was our executive pastor vince nelson, “elfed”…and then he gave our message for the week entitled, “Christmas is for Imperfect Marriages”…

6. You are my King…acoustic reprise

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i’m excited to look back on monday morning and see what God was able to do this past weekend…coming into the rehearsal time i took a quick pole on who felt prepared…there weren’t many hands and the air…the majority seemed to have a very hectic week…and we had two Christmas tunes to pull together as well as teaching “rise and sing” to this band for the first time…it was a lot…but God pulled things together pretty quickly and by the service time saturday night we were ready to go!!!

i am more than pleased with how each of the services went…the band was very solid…i would say that “rise and sing” is a keeper…all of the services became very engaged when we started that one up…each service also had it’s own feel and time of ministry…God worked at different times in each service and in different ways…it was awesome to be a part of!!!

one thing that i ran into this weekend was the handling of ministry time…i had one of the female vocalists leading “You are my King”…yet i felt the need to lead it myself at the end of the service…it’s not a knock on the other vocalists at all, she does a great job…but in my mind the worship leader should be leading at that point of the service…i am able to sense where the pastor is going and lead along side of them…and for some reason, i actually hesitated on this saturday night…

then we got to the ministry time in the service…i was quickly reminded of why i feel that way…the host pastor came up during ministry time and wanted to extend it and even gave a very specific challenge to “someone” that God was telling him needed to deal with things…i was able to continue on without having to communicate that to someone else, for them to lead…i’m just not sure why i even hesitated in the first place???

sooo there you have it…

sunday setlists…LIVE…12/13/09…

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…

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…

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…

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…well, i was in the sunday morning LIVE services…here we go…

this weekend we started our services off with our video anouncements and a quick meet and greet time…

1. one way…by hillsong united

2.everyday…by lincoln brewster

3. revelation song…by gateway worship

4. the more i seek You…by kari jobe

at this point the service host came up and set up our offering time, as well as made a couple of announcements…

5. hosanna…as recorded by starfield

then we had our message…this week our connections pastor, cindy porter, gave the message…it was focused on accountability and having a “running partner”…she challenged people to commit to finding and accountability partner and explained how to go about that…

6. the more i seek you…by kari jobe

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sooo, this past weekend was AWESOME!!!

first i had a “c0-leader” for the second time in as many weeks…this time it was chris white…he actually lead on saturday night so i could spend time with my family…then when sunday morning came around…everyone lead at some point…i was able to just play my acoustic and worship with everyone, more than i was leading…

it’s not the norm for me…it felt a little odd, i must admit…i’m WAY too much of a perfectionist/control freak!!!

but we all survived…and i must say everyone did an amazing job…on the last song i didn’t even bother singing because they knocked it out of the park…i didn’t want to mess that up at all…i just felt like i was having too much fun and doing too little work!!!

it was funny because after the services i kept hearing the same compliments over and over…they were all about the song i didn’t sing on…everyone loved it sooo much…good thing i don’t depend on the encouragement of others!!!

there were some last minute changes, which is the norm…but these changes made the service a little simpler…we actually postponed communion due to a couple confirmed cases of H1N1 among our congregation…(we are making a couple adjustments in how we will be taking communion and continuing on this coming weekend…)

overall it was a great weekend at lima community church…and it was a great weekend for me!!!

sooo there you have it…

sunday setlists…LIVE…11/1/09…