Sunday Setlist / 3.11.12

Here is what the morning service looked like at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN...

THE SERVICE

I Am New (Jonathan Eckberg)
        Welcome, Announcements, and Offering

        Baptisms

EVERYTHING ELSE

This may have been the simplest service (in terms of schedule) I've ever been a part of, but it was INCREDIBLE!  We had 16 people stand up in front of a packed house and make a public profession of their faith in Christ this morning.  To hear the stories of surrender to GOD and the ways that the Spirit is moving in the lives of the people of CGC is phenomenal. 

We opened the service by singing one song.  Honestly, I wouldn't have minded passing on this but it seems that our congregation is conditioned to not come into the sanctuary until the opening song starts up.  It's not a bad thing, that's just how we roll at CGC.  So anyway, we opened with "I Am New" because it's one we've learned over the past few weeks and it just seemed fitting for the purpose of the day.  From there we covered a few announcements and the offering before rolling right into the baptisms.  We had borrowed a portable baptismal from our good friends at River Valley Church in Mishawaka so that we could conduct the service in the sanctuary (there is a baptismal in the churches "all purpose" room, but the setup in there is really awkward, so we really wanted to avoid using that one).  We gave each person an opportunity to stand before the church and share their story with us and to explain their intentions in being baptized.  Then we dunked them.   The highlight of the day for me, without a doubt, was seeing fathers step up to baptize their children.  I'm not a guy who cries that much, but when men of faith step up and be the spiritual leaders of their families in the way that GOD has called them to be and take responsibility for their children's spiritual growth... MAN!  That got me.  That's good stuff.  Again, it was just such an awesome morning.  GOD is moving in some cool ways at CGC right now and I'm so incredibly excited for how my brothers and sisters in the congregation are responding and will continue to respond over the course of the next few months and years.


SONG

I Am New - This song was written for this last series and it was a perfect fit for our week of baptisms.  For more info on this song you can check out the Sunday Setlists from the past couple of weeks.


To see how many of our other brothers and sisters worshipped today you can go to Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.