Check out the 10:10 service at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN:
SERVICE
I'll Fly Away [Albert Brumley]
Welcome & Announcements / Offering
We Are One [Dave Hunt / Julie Hunt]
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee [Henry J. van Dyke]
Agnus Dei [Michael W. Smith]
Our God Reigns [Martin Smith]
Agnus Dei (reprise)
Message
For the Honor [Steven Furtick / Mack Brock / Chris Brown / Wade Joye]
Dismiss
TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Larry Ingle - vocals
Jess Yoder - vocals
Allie Hutchens - vocals
Kevin Schmidt - sound
Jeff Hutchens - visual
NOTES
We gave our drummer this weekend off, so I decided to go a very different direction than our normal service. We went old-school - we simplified things and went with just a single guitar and vocals. Sometimes that change of pace is really refreshing. The theme of the day was the truth of the Gospel leading to fellowship with God and with other believers. Pastor Jordan Muck is beginning a study of 1 John and this week we looked at 1 John 1:1-4. If you're keeping up with the teaching at CGC, you can download all the sermons here.
SONGS
I'll Fly Away - I gotta be honest, this song had nothing to do with the flow of the message for the morning. With the line-up we had for worship it just seemed like we needed a good, old-fashioned, knee-slapping, jug-blowing tune to kick us off. Larry, Jess, and Allie did a phenomenal job and we had a lot of fun singing through this one.
We Are One - This is a great song that we haven't used in several months. It speaks to the idea that we are all members of one body and that we are dependent upon one another. I thought this went well with our theme of fellowship for the day. If you've read this blog more than once or twice, you've heard my praise of Dave Hunt. He's a fantastic worship leader and songwriter and, as always, I highly recommend you check him out.
[album - Shelter - Dave Hunt]
Agnus Dei - A major theme of John's throughout this epistle is the refuting of the false teachers of the day. In the opening verses of the letter he establishes that Jesus Christ is the real messiah and that he was a historical being. He points to the way he personally interacted with Jesus both before his death and after the resurrection. All of that proof goes to show the sovereignty of GOD and the fact that his truth endures throughout all time. Agnus Dei is a simple expression of GOD's holiness and sovereignty, that is his faithfulness.
[album - Worship - Michael W. Smith]
Our God Reigns - We us just the chorus of this song. It has a natural flow from Agnus Dei. Another very simple expression of the timelessness of GOD's truth and his reign. "Our God reigns / Our God reigns / Forever his kingdom reigns" We segued seamlessly from one to the other. After we had sung this chorus several times we went back and reprised Agnus Dei, singing through just the verse one more time.
[album - The Mission Bell - Delirious?]
For the Honor - Confession: we had no idea we were doing this song until, literally, 5 minutes before the service. I had another song picked out to close with and I just felt like it wasn't going to fit as well as I had initially thought. I mentioned it to Pastor Jordan and he said, "sing For the Honor". With no rehearsal or run through, we printed off the chord chart and walked into the service. I ended up doing the song by myself since the rest of the team didn't know it. By the time the message was finished and I played through the song it was obvious that that was the PERFECT song for the day. Definitely a "GOD-moment" where he brushes aside all your planning and the spirit guides you to a place that will connect with his people. Not the most comfortable move for me, but it pulled together nicely.
[album - For the Honor - Elevation Worship]
To see how brothers and sisters are worshipping in their home churches, check out the Sunday Setlist as www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Easter Sunday Setlist / 4.8.12
The Easter celebration at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN, looked a little something like this...
SERVICE
Intro Music
Welcome & Announcements/Offering
Children's Choir
Video
Jesus Paid it All [Alex Nifong/Elvina M. Hall/John Thomas Grape]
Message
The Intercession [Jordan Muck/Jonathan Eckberg]
Happy Day [Tim Hughes/Ben Cantelon]
How Great Thou Art [Stuart K. Hine]
Dismiss
TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Nick Hostetler - drums
Randy Hepler - bass
Jess Yoder - vocals
Kevin Schmidt - audio
Jeff Hutchens - visual
NOTES
What a crazy morning! We, as a staff and the church as a whole, have spent a lot of time an energy planning and praying over this week's service for the past few months. Pastor Jordan Muck was stoked to preach. Our Director of Ministry and Operations, Cyndi Leamon, had just come home from vacation and was excited about how things had come together for the service. Well... things don't always go as we plan. At about 9:00 on Saturday night Pastor Jordan took his wife to the hospital, as she was in labor. At that point my wife and I headed out to their house to stay with their two year old daughter. I woke up at 5:00am to a text that they had not had the child yet and that we was not likely to be in church. So I went to the church early to do some last minute sermon prep (I had prepped a good bit already because we knew that this was a possibility). After a little work I called Cyndi to update her on the situation and she had returned from vacation with the flu and despite her best efforts she couldn't even get out of bed. All of this was compounded by the fact that Both Pastor Jordan and Cyndi were on the worship team this week!
The outcome of all of the insanity was that we had our other bass player, Randy Hepler step up and fill in for us on, literally, no notice. Jess Yoder stepped up and filled a lot of vocal space all on her own. Nick and Beth were awesome, as always. And I had the honor and privilege of preaching the Word on Easter Sunday. As planned, we took a step out of our series on Isaiah 53 this week to look at John 6:28-35. The entire sermon revolved around the idea that we respond to Christ's call with one of three types of belief: inherited, intellectual, or intimate. To dowload the audio from today's message (along with past messages) click here.
The thing I was reminded of today was that GOD is going to do his work regardless of the situation. I think it is important for us to give our best efforts, to plan and prepare meticulously, and to be ready to move when GOD says, "Go." But at the end of the day, whether our plans succeed or fail, have very little impact on whether His plan will succeed. The only thing that matters is that we surrender to him and not get in the way of His work through the Spirit. We missed some of our church family today, but GOD is cool. He had everything the way HE planned it.
One more note: Congratulations to Pastor Jordan and Bethany Muck. Gianna Lynn Muck was born at 4:19pm on Sunday, April 8. She was 7 lbs 5 oz and 21.5 inches long. It was a rough couple of days for mom and dad but everyone is healthy and doing well!
SONGS
Jesus Paid it All - Another one of my favorite songs to play. We came out of a video that was a modern day representation of how Christ took on our iniquities and and the pain of death so that we might be reborn as sons and daughters of the kingdom. As the video ended we went straight into "Jesus Paid it All". Then as the third verse started up we cut to a video of all of the baptisms from our service several weeks ago. It was really cool. Cyndi Leamon put in a ton of time fitting the video together a couple weeks ago. Once we hit the loud build-up/tag of the song it started clipping through the people rising up out of the water. It worked out perfectly - it was an extremely emotional moment to sing, "O Praise the one who paid my debt // And raised this life up from the dead" and see the joy on people's faces as rise up out of the baptismal.
[album: Hello - Kristian Stanfill]
The Intercession - With the message revolving around true belief in Jesus Christ and in the message that he spoke, I liked the way this song worked those themes together with an attitude of celebration. The first line of both verses says, "The message has been recieved // and we have believed in you". A great fit to begin our celebration set.
Happy Day - We hadn't done this song in quite a while. I think when I got to the church it was one that had been overused a bit, so I layed off of it (even though I love singing it). It's another great rocking song about "the greatest day in history // death is beaten, you have rescued me".
[album: We Shine - Fee]
How Great Thou Art - We've done this one a lot lately, but was a great song to close out an awesome morning.
[album: Our God Saves - Paul Baloche]
To see how other churches around the country worshipped this week check out the Sunday Setlist. You can find it at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
SERVICE
Intro Music
Welcome & Announcements/Offering
Children's Choir
Video
Jesus Paid it All [Alex Nifong/Elvina M. Hall/John Thomas Grape]
Message
The Intercession [Jordan Muck/Jonathan Eckberg]
Happy Day [Tim Hughes/Ben Cantelon]
How Great Thou Art [Stuart K. Hine]
Dismiss
TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Nick Hostetler - drums
Randy Hepler - bass
Jess Yoder - vocals
Kevin Schmidt - audio
Jeff Hutchens - visual
NOTES
What a crazy morning! We, as a staff and the church as a whole, have spent a lot of time an energy planning and praying over this week's service for the past few months. Pastor Jordan Muck was stoked to preach. Our Director of Ministry and Operations, Cyndi Leamon, had just come home from vacation and was excited about how things had come together for the service. Well... things don't always go as we plan. At about 9:00 on Saturday night Pastor Jordan took his wife to the hospital, as she was in labor. At that point my wife and I headed out to their house to stay with their two year old daughter. I woke up at 5:00am to a text that they had not had the child yet and that we was not likely to be in church. So I went to the church early to do some last minute sermon prep (I had prepped a good bit already because we knew that this was a possibility). After a little work I called Cyndi to update her on the situation and she had returned from vacation with the flu and despite her best efforts she couldn't even get out of bed. All of this was compounded by the fact that Both Pastor Jordan and Cyndi were on the worship team this week!
The outcome of all of the insanity was that we had our other bass player, Randy Hepler step up and fill in for us on, literally, no notice. Jess Yoder stepped up and filled a lot of vocal space all on her own. Nick and Beth were awesome, as always. And I had the honor and privilege of preaching the Word on Easter Sunday. As planned, we took a step out of our series on Isaiah 53 this week to look at John 6:28-35. The entire sermon revolved around the idea that we respond to Christ's call with one of three types of belief: inherited, intellectual, or intimate. To dowload the audio from today's message (along with past messages) click here.
The thing I was reminded of today was that GOD is going to do his work regardless of the situation. I think it is important for us to give our best efforts, to plan and prepare meticulously, and to be ready to move when GOD says, "Go." But at the end of the day, whether our plans succeed or fail, have very little impact on whether His plan will succeed. The only thing that matters is that we surrender to him and not get in the way of His work through the Spirit. We missed some of our church family today, but GOD is cool. He had everything the way HE planned it.
One more note: Congratulations to Pastor Jordan and Bethany Muck. Gianna Lynn Muck was born at 4:19pm on Sunday, April 8. She was 7 lbs 5 oz and 21.5 inches long. It was a rough couple of days for mom and dad but everyone is healthy and doing well!
SONGS
Jesus Paid it All - Another one of my favorite songs to play. We came out of a video that was a modern day representation of how Christ took on our iniquities and and the pain of death so that we might be reborn as sons and daughters of the kingdom. As the video ended we went straight into "Jesus Paid it All". Then as the third verse started up we cut to a video of all of the baptisms from our service several weeks ago. It was really cool. Cyndi Leamon put in a ton of time fitting the video together a couple weeks ago. Once we hit the loud build-up/tag of the song it started clipping through the people rising up out of the water. It worked out perfectly - it was an extremely emotional moment to sing, "O Praise the one who paid my debt // And raised this life up from the dead" and see the joy on people's faces as rise up out of the baptismal.
[album: Hello - Kristian Stanfill]
The Intercession - With the message revolving around true belief in Jesus Christ and in the message that he spoke, I liked the way this song worked those themes together with an attitude of celebration. The first line of both verses says, "The message has been recieved // and we have believed in you". A great fit to begin our celebration set.
Happy Day - We hadn't done this song in quite a while. I think when I got to the church it was one that had been overused a bit, so I layed off of it (even though I love singing it). It's another great rocking song about "the greatest day in history // death is beaten, you have rescued me".
[album: We Shine - Fee]
How Great Thou Art - We've done this one a lot lately, but was a great song to close out an awesome morning.
[album: Our God Saves - Paul Baloche]
To see how other churches around the country worshipped this week check out the Sunday Setlist. You can find it at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Sunday Setlist / 4.1.12
Here's how we roll at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN:
SERVICE
The Intercession [Jordan Muck/Jonathan Eckberg]
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Everlasting God [Brenton Brown/Ken Riley]
Holy is the Lord [Chris Tomlin/Louie Giglio]
Overcome [John Egan]
Message
The Intercession [Muck/Eckberg]
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Nick Hostetler - drums
Beth Stemble - keys
Randy Hepler - bass
Tim Heckaman - vocals
Kevin Schmidt - audio
Vance Csaszar - visual
NOTES
This week was the second in our series "The 'I AM' in Isaiah", a study of Isaiah 53. In this series we are looking at the prophecies of the work and crucifixion of Jesus in the suffering servant of Isaiah. It's a great study as we lead toward Easter Sunday and the celebration of the redemptive work of our Savior. This week focused on the price Christ paid in taking on the weight of internal sin, external sin, and the fallen world around us. To hear this message along with last week's introduction to the series click here.
Our team was unique this week. It was Nick's first week on drums for us. It's been great to work with him and bring him into the fold of our ministry. He's a great drummer with an awesome heart for what's happening at CGC. It brings me great joy to have a beat back in our worship! We also had Tim step in and sing with us and he did an awesome job as well. All three of our vocalists were out this week (two on family vacations and one recovering from a surgery earlier in the week). While we definitely missed them and can't wait to have them back next week, it was a great opportunity for Tim to get involved in what we are doing on Sunday mornings.
SONGS
The Intercession - The song was written for this series and all the lyrics are based off the verses of Isaiah 53. Pastor Jordan actually put together a majority of this song as he was preparing the messages several weeks back. Then we spent a morning working through the material he had and rounding the song into shape. Finally I spent a couple weeks fine-tuning thing. It has turned out to be a really interesting song. There are a lot of intertwining parts that keep it together from start to finish. Pastor Jordan did a great job with the foundations of this one. We played this one twice today. We did it once as the opener - to give people a feel for the song and let them hear it. Then we used it as the response to the message. In the response time I started with the chorus so the congregation would know what was coming and then we kicked off the song.
Everlasting God - We used this one as the opener to our main worship set. I always enjoy this song. The theme of our God being one who is with us in all things and our defender in our hours of need made sense with today's message. The God who provides redemption for his sheep never leaves them to the dangers of the world.
[album: Everlasting GOD - Brenton Brown]
Holy is the Lord - Another "standard" worship song that fell in line with today's theme. As I studied the verse of Isaiah 53 I was struck by the fact that only in acknowledging the holiness - the perfect nature that is all together separate from the fallen world - of God can the true weight of Christ's taking on of my iniquities (Isa. 53:4) come into perspective.
[album: Arriving - Chris Tomlin]
Overcome - This song by the Desperation Band has become one of my favorites over the past few years. The bridge kicks my butt everytime (from Rev. 12:11), "And we will overcome // By the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony // Everyone overcome". A tremendous anthem of how, when we surrender ourselves to the Holy GOD, we will be victorious over sin and death and all of Satan's power. Victory won by the the blood of the lamb and we are strengthened to stand against the Accuser when we acknowledge who Christ is and the meaning of His sacrifice.
[album: Everyone Overcome - Desperation Band]
To see the songs used in worship by our brothers and sisters from all over the place, check out the Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Everlasting God - We used this one as the opener to our main worship set. I always enjoy this song. The theme of our God being one who is with us in all things and our defender in our hours of need made sense with today's message. The God who provides redemption for his sheep never leaves them to the dangers of the world.
[album: Everlasting GOD - Brenton Brown]
Holy is the Lord - Another "standard" worship song that fell in line with today's theme. As I studied the verse of Isaiah 53 I was struck by the fact that only in acknowledging the holiness - the perfect nature that is all together separate from the fallen world - of God can the true weight of Christ's taking on of my iniquities (Isa. 53:4) come into perspective.
[album: Arriving - Chris Tomlin]
Overcome - This song by the Desperation Band has become one of my favorites over the past few years. The bridge kicks my butt everytime (from Rev. 12:11), "And we will overcome // By the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony // Everyone overcome". A tremendous anthem of how, when we surrender ourselves to the Holy GOD, we will be victorious over sin and death and all of Satan's power. Victory won by the the blood of the lamb and we are strengthened to stand against the Accuser when we acknowledge who Christ is and the meaning of His sacrifice.
[album: Everyone Overcome - Desperation Band]
To see the songs used in worship by our brothers and sisters from all over the place, check out the Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
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