Here's how we got down at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN this week...
SERVICE
Great is the Lord (Chris Brown)
Welcome & Victory
Offering
All Creatures of Our God and King (St Francis of Assisi / Henry Draper)
Forever Reign (Jason Ingram / Reuben Morgan)
Backbone (Jonathan David Eckberg)
Message: Checkmate
Week 2 - Romans 2:
Give us Clean Hands (Charlie Hall)
Holy Nation (Jordan Muck / Jonathan David Eckberg)
Dismiss
TEAM
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals/percussion
Randy Hepler - bass
Cyndi Leamon - vocals
Jess Yoder - vocals
Jeff Hutchens - media
Kevin Schmidt - audio
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sunday Setlist / 3.18.12
Here is the rundown of the March 18th service at Community Gospel Church...
THE SERVICE
Everything Glorious [david crowder]
Welcome/Announcements/Offering
Beautiful One [tim hughes]
Come Thou Fount [robert robinson]
Better is One Day [matt redman]
Lord You Have My Heart [martin smith]
Message
Communion
Potluck Dinner
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar vocals
Randy Hepler - bass
Bethany Muck - piano/vocals
Larry Ingle - vocals
Staci Smith - vocals
Kay Smith - vocals
NOTES
This week was a stand-alone message where Pastor Jordan Muck was looking at the Shema and the verses of its application - Deuteronomy 6:4-9. The overall principle builds on verse 4 and speaks to the fact that this verse must be applied to our hearts, in our homes and in our lives. We closed the service with two-fold communion. We opened the tables for people to take communion with their families and then we had a potluck dinner. During the potluck we had last week's service playing on the projector so that anyone who missed seeing 16 of our brothers and sisters baptized could see what they missed out on.
You can download this weeks message here.
SONGS
Everything Glorious - This is one of the songs I used to do a lot, but we just recently introduced it at CGC. It's a great opening song. Upbeat, lots of fun, easy to catch on to, and will even get some people clapping. I don't usually worry about the flow of service when selecting our opening songs. Our people have become accustomed to the opening song being the marker of the start of service. It's what calls a lot of people in from the foyer into the sanctuary. With that being the case, I usually just make the opener a fun energetic song. It's also a great place to introduce new material. Most of our congregation doesn't engage in the opening song, they'll sing along if they know it, but it seems to be very passive.
[album: Remedy - David Crowder Band]
Beautiful One - As I said, the message covered the Shema and following verses of Deuteronomy 6. The very beginning of the focus on loving the Lord with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our might is to recognize who he is. This is one of those songs that expresses this very simply and very succinctly.
[album: When Silence Falls - Tim Hughes]
Come Thou Fount - One of my favorite hymns. We do a very traditional arrangement of it. Robert Robinson was 23 years old when he wrote this hymn. Some years later, after a backslide into a life of sin and debauchery, a broken and dejected Robinson climbed into a carriage with a woman who noticed the pain he was dealing with. The woman offered Robinson a short poem and told him that this poem had helped her in many difficult times. After reading the words Robinson, with tears in his eyes, said to her, "Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then." The fact is that Robinson had forgotten who GOD is and he had failed to instill that truth in his heart, in his home, and in his life. "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it / Prone to leave the God I love / Here's my heart, O take and seal it / Seal it for they courts above". We are prone to go the direction of Robinson's later years, but we also have been given the opportunity, through Christ, to offer our hearts to GOD and be granted the gift of adoption into His family.
Better is One Day - This song from Psalm 84 continued our message of the acknowledging the truth of who GOD is and what that truly means. Larry lead this one and did a great job with it.
[album: Blessed Be Your Name - Matt Redman]
Lord You Have My Heart - I've been using this song in worship for nearly 15 years and it's still one of my favorites. It's all about offering the entirety of who we are to the GOD we serve and submitting ourselves as a sacrifice of praise. If you don't know of this song, look back in the vault (1997) and pick it up. It's worth your time.
[album: Cutting Edge - Delirious?]
To see how others worshipped on Sunday go to the worship community and check out the Sunday Setlist.
THE SERVICE
Everything Glorious [david crowder]
Welcome/Announcements/Offering
Beautiful One [tim hughes]
Come Thou Fount [robert robinson]
Better is One Day [matt redman]
Lord You Have My Heart [martin smith]
Message
Communion
Potluck Dinner
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar vocals
Randy Hepler - bass
Bethany Muck - piano/vocals
Larry Ingle - vocals
Staci Smith - vocals
Kay Smith - vocals
NOTES
This week was a stand-alone message where Pastor Jordan Muck was looking at the Shema and the verses of its application - Deuteronomy 6:4-9. The overall principle builds on verse 4 and speaks to the fact that this verse must be applied to our hearts, in our homes and in our lives. We closed the service with two-fold communion. We opened the tables for people to take communion with their families and then we had a potluck dinner. During the potluck we had last week's service playing on the projector so that anyone who missed seeing 16 of our brothers and sisters baptized could see what they missed out on.
You can download this weeks message here.
SONGS
Everything Glorious - This is one of the songs I used to do a lot, but we just recently introduced it at CGC. It's a great opening song. Upbeat, lots of fun, easy to catch on to, and will even get some people clapping. I don't usually worry about the flow of service when selecting our opening songs. Our people have become accustomed to the opening song being the marker of the start of service. It's what calls a lot of people in from the foyer into the sanctuary. With that being the case, I usually just make the opener a fun energetic song. It's also a great place to introduce new material. Most of our congregation doesn't engage in the opening song, they'll sing along if they know it, but it seems to be very passive.
[album: Remedy - David Crowder Band]
Beautiful One - As I said, the message covered the Shema and following verses of Deuteronomy 6. The very beginning of the focus on loving the Lord with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our might is to recognize who he is. This is one of those songs that expresses this very simply and very succinctly.
[album: When Silence Falls - Tim Hughes]
Come Thou Fount - One of my favorite hymns. We do a very traditional arrangement of it. Robert Robinson was 23 years old when he wrote this hymn. Some years later, after a backslide into a life of sin and debauchery, a broken and dejected Robinson climbed into a carriage with a woman who noticed the pain he was dealing with. The woman offered Robinson a short poem and told him that this poem had helped her in many difficult times. After reading the words Robinson, with tears in his eyes, said to her, "Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then." The fact is that Robinson had forgotten who GOD is and he had failed to instill that truth in his heart, in his home, and in his life. "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it / Prone to leave the God I love / Here's my heart, O take and seal it / Seal it for they courts above". We are prone to go the direction of Robinson's later years, but we also have been given the opportunity, through Christ, to offer our hearts to GOD and be granted the gift of adoption into His family.
Better is One Day - This song from Psalm 84 continued our message of the acknowledging the truth of who GOD is and what that truly means. Larry lead this one and did a great job with it.
[album: Blessed Be Your Name - Matt Redman]
Lord You Have My Heart - I've been using this song in worship for nearly 15 years and it's still one of my favorites. It's all about offering the entirety of who we are to the GOD we serve and submitting ourselves as a sacrifice of praise. If you don't know of this song, look back in the vault (1997) and pick it up. It's worth your time.
[album: Cutting Edge - Delirious?]
To see how others worshipped on Sunday go to the worship community and check out the Sunday Setlist.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday Setlist / 2.26.12
Here's how we celebrated the day at Community Gospel Church...
THE SERVICE
Heirs [Jordan Muck/Jonathan Eckberg]
Welcome & Announcements
All Creatures of Our God and King [Francis of Assisi]
Holy Nation [Muck/Eckberg]
I Am New [Eckberg]
Message
Let Us Shine [Eckberg]
Mighty to Save [Ben Fielding/Reuben Morgan]
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Larry Ingle - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Jess Yoder - vocals
Kevin Schmidt - audio
Perri Hepler - visual
NOTES
This week marked week number 3 of our current series, "Three". In this series Pastor Jordan Muck is preaching through Colossians 3:1-17. Todays message was the first of two weeks that focus on verses 13-17 - on our renewal and the things that God calls us to cloth ourselves with. This week we looked at compassion, kindness, humility and meekness.
THE SONGS
Heirs - Pastor Jordan and I wrote this song a couple years ago and released it on the Until We're Kings EP called by the same name.
[album - Heirs - Until We're Kings]
All Creatures of Our God and King - I love this hymn. We do an arrangement similar to the David Crowder Band version (and also use the "Alleluia" tag from that version). I like this version because it maintains the same structure as the traditional hymn but also gives it a fresh feel. Jess let this one on vocals and did a fantastic job. I love moments when I get to move into a supporting role and just worship alongside our congregation without being "on". It's a beautiful thing.
[album - Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern - David Crowder Band]
Holy Nation - We used this song as the theme song to our previous series, "1P29C". The series talks about how we are called to be a royal priesthood, a chosen race, a people of God's own choosing and a holy nation. The song walks through the verse. I hope that this song points our people back to that series and back to that reminder of who God has called us to be, not only as individuals but as the Church. The function within the set was to move from an acknowledgment of who God is and of his sovereignty ("All Creatures...") into an acceptance of who we are made to be in him ("Holy Nation" into "I Am New").
I Am New - We introduced this last week as the theme to the current series, "Three". In the progression of Colossians 3:1-17 teaches us to set our hearts and our mind on the things above where Christ, who is our life and who is returning, is seated at the right hand of God. Then it gives us a list of the worldly traits and desires that we must deny. The rest of the verses tell us how we are to act as the holy nation, whom God has chosen, as those who have been raised with Christ, as those who are made new in him. This song draws our attention to that process and is, hopefully, a celebration of the fact that Christ has rescued us from who we once were - lost apart from him - to we can be through his love.
Let Us Shine - Another song that came out of the "1P29C" series. This is a call to let Christ's light shine through us. To be lighthouses that break through the darkness and present the glory of who God is to those around us.
Mighty to Save - One of our church's favorite songs. "Shine a light and let the whole world see // We're singing for the glory of the risen King Jesus" As we were rehearsing on Thursday night Alli summed it up well when she said, "You can't not worship in this song!" Amen, Alli. Amen.
[album - Mighty to Save - Hillsong Live]
To see what songs our brothers and sisters in worshipped to in their congregations please visit the Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
THE SERVICE
Heirs [Jordan Muck/Jonathan Eckberg]
Welcome & Announcements
All Creatures of Our God and King [Francis of Assisi]
Holy Nation [Muck/Eckberg]
I Am New [Eckberg]
Message
Let Us Shine [Eckberg]
Mighty to Save [Ben Fielding/Reuben Morgan]
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Larry Ingle - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Jess Yoder - vocals
Kevin Schmidt - audio
Perri Hepler - visual
NOTES
This week marked week number 3 of our current series, "Three". In this series Pastor Jordan Muck is preaching through Colossians 3:1-17. Todays message was the first of two weeks that focus on verses 13-17 - on our renewal and the things that God calls us to cloth ourselves with. This week we looked at compassion, kindness, humility and meekness.
THE SONGS
Heirs - Pastor Jordan and I wrote this song a couple years ago and released it on the Until We're Kings EP called by the same name.
[album - Heirs - Until We're Kings]
All Creatures of Our God and King - I love this hymn. We do an arrangement similar to the David Crowder Band version (and also use the "Alleluia" tag from that version). I like this version because it maintains the same structure as the traditional hymn but also gives it a fresh feel. Jess let this one on vocals and did a fantastic job. I love moments when I get to move into a supporting role and just worship alongside our congregation without being "on". It's a beautiful thing.
[album - Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern - David Crowder Band]
Holy Nation - We used this song as the theme song to our previous series, "1P29C". The series talks about how we are called to be a royal priesthood, a chosen race, a people of God's own choosing and a holy nation. The song walks through the verse. I hope that this song points our people back to that series and back to that reminder of who God has called us to be, not only as individuals but as the Church. The function within the set was to move from an acknowledgment of who God is and of his sovereignty ("All Creatures...") into an acceptance of who we are made to be in him ("Holy Nation" into "I Am New").
I Am New - We introduced this last week as the theme to the current series, "Three". In the progression of Colossians 3:1-17 teaches us to set our hearts and our mind on the things above where Christ, who is our life and who is returning, is seated at the right hand of God. Then it gives us a list of the worldly traits and desires that we must deny. The rest of the verses tell us how we are to act as the holy nation, whom God has chosen, as those who have been raised with Christ, as those who are made new in him. This song draws our attention to that process and is, hopefully, a celebration of the fact that Christ has rescued us from who we once were - lost apart from him - to we can be through his love.
Let Us Shine - Another song that came out of the "1P29C" series. This is a call to let Christ's light shine through us. To be lighthouses that break through the darkness and present the glory of who God is to those around us.
Mighty to Save - One of our church's favorite songs. "Shine a light and let the whole world see // We're singing for the glory of the risen King Jesus" As we were rehearsing on Thursday night Alli summed it up well when she said, "You can't not worship in this song!" Amen, Alli. Amen.
[album - Mighty to Save - Hillsong Live]
To see what songs our brothers and sisters in worshipped to in their congregations please visit the Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday Setlist / 1.22.12
Holy Cow!
Welcome back to me, I guess, huh? It's been a crazy last 12 months. In that span I: started a new job at CGC, started into seminary on a full-time basis, got engaged, got married, and a bunch of other stuff happened. All that is simply my way of saying that I've had a lot on my plate and, therefore, have not blogged at all.
But I'm back!
So, without further ado, here's what went down at CGC on January 22, 2012
WORSHIP LEADERS:
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Larry Ingle - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Kay Smith - vocals
SETLIST:
Everything Glorious (david crowder)
Welcome
Offering
Marvelous Light (charlie hall)
Heirs (jordan muck/jonathan eckberg)
Holy Nation (muck/eckberg)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Message
Let us Shine (eckberg)
NOTES:
We are currently operating without a drummer. A year ago we had two drummers in the church and due to different circumstances we are currently drummerless. While I would prefer to have a full band behind us, it has been a nice change to dial everything back and approach the sets from a fresh perspective. However, if you are a drummer in the South Bend area looking for a church to plug into then I've got a spot for ya! :)
We are in the 3rd week of our "1P29C" series. This is a four week study of 1 Peter 2:9. The past two weeks our focus has been on the believer as the "Chosen People" and the "Royal Priesthood". This week we stepped into the believer as the "Holy Nation".
Everything Glorious - One of my favorite Crowder worship tunes. Just a good recognition of the greatness of God and the fact that he makes everything glorious and we are his... so what does that make us? (hint: transitive property states that if A = B, and B = C, then A = C). David Crowder is crazy smart. He's the only worship leader I know that incorporates mathematic equations into his songs.
Marvelous Light - Much of the message for this week focused on the imagery of light. So this standard was kind of a no-brainer. It's a great upbeat kick-off to the set.
Heirs - this is a song that Pastor Jordan and I wrote a couple years ago that was released on our Until We're Kings album, "Heirs", last October.
Holy Nation - I wrote this song for this series. Each line of the verse corresponds to a sermon topic from one of the weeks. We've been singing it for the past few weeks and are using it as a theme song, of sorts for the entire series.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - one of my favorite hymns.
Let Us Shine - Pastor Jordan closed the service with a quote from D.L. Moody that says, "Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine." We are called to be the light of the world and to reflect the glory of Christ to those around us. As I was searching for a suitable closing song to encompass the message I couldn't come up with anything that fit as well as I wanted. So I decided it would be easier just to write a song. I used a number of points from the sermon and it turned out really well.
Welcome back to me, I guess, huh? It's been a crazy last 12 months. In that span I: started a new job at CGC, started into seminary on a full-time basis, got engaged, got married, and a bunch of other stuff happened. All that is simply my way of saying that I've had a lot on my plate and, therefore, have not blogged at all.
But I'm back!
So, without further ado, here's what went down at CGC on January 22, 2012
WORSHIP LEADERS:
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Larry Ingle - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Kay Smith - vocals
SETLIST:
Everything Glorious (david crowder)
Welcome
Offering
Marvelous Light (charlie hall)
Heirs (jordan muck/jonathan eckberg)
Holy Nation (muck/eckberg)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Message
Let us Shine (eckberg)
NOTES:
We are currently operating without a drummer. A year ago we had two drummers in the church and due to different circumstances we are currently drummerless. While I would prefer to have a full band behind us, it has been a nice change to dial everything back and approach the sets from a fresh perspective. However, if you are a drummer in the South Bend area looking for a church to plug into then I've got a spot for ya! :)
We are in the 3rd week of our "1P29C" series. This is a four week study of 1 Peter 2:9. The past two weeks our focus has been on the believer as the "Chosen People" and the "Royal Priesthood". This week we stepped into the believer as the "Holy Nation".
Everything Glorious - One of my favorite Crowder worship tunes. Just a good recognition of the greatness of God and the fact that he makes everything glorious and we are his... so what does that make us? (hint: transitive property states that if A = B, and B = C, then A = C). David Crowder is crazy smart. He's the only worship leader I know that incorporates mathematic equations into his songs.
Marvelous Light - Much of the message for this week focused on the imagery of light. So this standard was kind of a no-brainer. It's a great upbeat kick-off to the set.
Heirs - this is a song that Pastor Jordan and I wrote a couple years ago that was released on our Until We're Kings album, "Heirs", last October.
Holy Nation - I wrote this song for this series. Each line of the verse corresponds to a sermon topic from one of the weeks. We've been singing it for the past few weeks and are using it as a theme song, of sorts for the entire series.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - one of my favorite hymns.
Let Us Shine - Pastor Jordan closed the service with a quote from D.L. Moody that says, "Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine." We are called to be the light of the world and to reflect the glory of Christ to those around us. As I was searching for a suitable closing song to encompass the message I couldn't come up with anything that fit as well as I wanted. So I decided it would be easier just to write a song. I used a number of points from the sermon and it turned out really well.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 10.31.10
Here's what went down this morning at Highland Community Church in Highland, IL:
I'll Fly Away (F) [Brumley]
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Choir - Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Better is One Day (E) [Redman]
Scripture Reading - Psalm 121:1-8
Holy is the Lord (G) [Tomlin]
Everything Glorious (C) [Crowder]
Nothing But the Blood (C) [Lowry]
Special Music - Tom Barker
Message
Dismiss
I'll Fly Away (F)
BAND: (the usual)
Jonathan David Eckberg - acoustic guitar/vocals
Tim McDaniel - drums
Aaron McDaniel - electric guitar
Joe Szoke - bass/vocals - special "Congrats" are in order for Joe and his wife, Steph, as Steph gave birth to their first child last Sunday! We are all excited for the Szokes and the addition of their son, Eli, to the HCC family. We're looking forward to putting him into the worship rotation soon!
NOTES:
In any month that has 5 Sundays we take the fifth Sunday and combine our first and second services for the morning. While this is a TREMENDOUS (and I cannot emphasize that enough) time of worship with the body of Christ, it can cause a few issues with the team that is leading worship. In the past we have usually tried to combine worship teams for this and it has worked out ok. The problem is that we generally practice on two different nights, so to try to coordinate 8-10 people to get together on a separate night than is generally set aside can be frustrating. We've tried at times just to practice early on Sunday morning, but that always feels cramped on time. So, for this particular 5th Sunday we just had the first service band lead worship. The other issue that generally arises with the two services combining is that, since we use different "song books" we are a bit limited on songs that everyone knows or mostly knows. I've never been opposed to stretching people with a song that they are a little unfamiliar with, but you can only do so much. This week I tried to use some "standard" modern worship songs along with a few hymns. I think it bridged the gap well. Also for this week, I didn't know where Pastor Wise was taking the message. I didn't have any guidelines to go off of, so we set up the songs as a general time of praise. This is much more difficult for me. I always feel that the more information I have and the more focused that I need to be on a topic or theme the easier it is for me to select music. Whew! That's a lot of notes, so let's get back to the music.
SONGS:
I'll Fly Away - Nothing fancy with this song. It's a good old fashioned "hillbilly hymn" and I think we did our bluegrass/country roots proud. During rehearsal Aaron looked and me and said, "Now all we need is a jug player!" It honestly was a lot of fun to play. It's a great song to kick the morning off with by bringing some high-energy to the congregation.
Better is One Day - After the offering and the choir we kicked into "Better is One Day". Pretty standard arrangement, but we did it just a bit faster than when I've done this in the past, but it gave it a nice, subtle rock flavor to the tune.
Holy is the LORD - Again another standard arrangement. The scripture reading for the morning was Psalm 121 which begins, "I lift up my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." It goes on to speak of the providence and protection that come from our GOD. "Holy is the LORD" then seemed appropriate to follow. The speaks to the goodness and holiness of GOD filling the earth and being evident to all. When we understand that the war that waging in our souls right now is already won, despite what our individual battles may tell us, and that GOD's provision and protection is always upon us there should be no way that we can contain the joy of His Name.
Everything Glorious - We hadn't done this song in a while. At one point it was in fairly heavy rotation as one of our drummers, Cory Done, was a wiz with looping and we had a really cool loop that added a ton of depth to the song. However, when Cory took a job in Missouri we lost his services and so "Everything Glorious" was somewhat swept aside. We revived it, slowed it down a touch and gave it slight bluesy feel. It worked, maybe not the way I like it best, but it was good and it meshed well with "Holy is the LORD". Sometimes you try things musically and you hit a homerun, sometimes you strike out. This (small) experiment was a solid base hit.
Nothing But the Blood - We flowed straight from "Everything Glorious" into "Nothing But the Blood". This is another of my favorite hymns. So every time we play this one we keep it really simple and try to let the message of the lyrics fly well over the top of everything. It's a whole lot of eight note acoustic guitar strumming and vocals with the rest of the band just adding touches of flavor here and there.
That's about it. We reprised "I'll Fly Away" as the dismissal song.
To see what other congregations are singing throughout the weekend please visit the Sunday Setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
I'll Fly Away (F) [Brumley]
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Choir - Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Better is One Day (E) [Redman]
Scripture Reading - Psalm 121:1-8
Holy is the Lord (G) [Tomlin]
Everything Glorious (C) [Crowder]
Nothing But the Blood (C) [Lowry]
Special Music - Tom Barker
Message
Dismiss
I'll Fly Away (F)
BAND: (the usual)
Jonathan David Eckberg - acoustic guitar/vocals
Tim McDaniel - drums
Aaron McDaniel - electric guitar
Joe Szoke - bass/vocals - special "Congrats" are in order for Joe and his wife, Steph, as Steph gave birth to their first child last Sunday! We are all excited for the Szokes and the addition of their son, Eli, to the HCC family. We're looking forward to putting him into the worship rotation soon!
NOTES:
In any month that has 5 Sundays we take the fifth Sunday and combine our first and second services for the morning. While this is a TREMENDOUS (and I cannot emphasize that enough) time of worship with the body of Christ, it can cause a few issues with the team that is leading worship. In the past we have usually tried to combine worship teams for this and it has worked out ok. The problem is that we generally practice on two different nights, so to try to coordinate 8-10 people to get together on a separate night than is generally set aside can be frustrating. We've tried at times just to practice early on Sunday morning, but that always feels cramped on time. So, for this particular 5th Sunday we just had the first service band lead worship. The other issue that generally arises with the two services combining is that, since we use different "song books" we are a bit limited on songs that everyone knows or mostly knows. I've never been opposed to stretching people with a song that they are a little unfamiliar with, but you can only do so much. This week I tried to use some "standard" modern worship songs along with a few hymns. I think it bridged the gap well. Also for this week, I didn't know where Pastor Wise was taking the message. I didn't have any guidelines to go off of, so we set up the songs as a general time of praise. This is much more difficult for me. I always feel that the more information I have and the more focused that I need to be on a topic or theme the easier it is for me to select music. Whew! That's a lot of notes, so let's get back to the music.
SONGS:
I'll Fly Away - Nothing fancy with this song. It's a good old fashioned "hillbilly hymn" and I think we did our bluegrass/country roots proud. During rehearsal Aaron looked and me and said, "Now all we need is a jug player!" It honestly was a lot of fun to play. It's a great song to kick the morning off with by bringing some high-energy to the congregation.
Better is One Day - After the offering and the choir we kicked into "Better is One Day". Pretty standard arrangement, but we did it just a bit faster than when I've done this in the past, but it gave it a nice, subtle rock flavor to the tune.
Holy is the LORD - Again another standard arrangement. The scripture reading for the morning was Psalm 121 which begins, "I lift up my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." It goes on to speak of the providence and protection that come from our GOD. "Holy is the LORD" then seemed appropriate to follow. The speaks to the goodness and holiness of GOD filling the earth and being evident to all. When we understand that the war that waging in our souls right now is already won, despite what our individual battles may tell us, and that GOD's provision and protection is always upon us there should be no way that we can contain the joy of His Name.
Everything Glorious - We hadn't done this song in a while. At one point it was in fairly heavy rotation as one of our drummers, Cory Done, was a wiz with looping and we had a really cool loop that added a ton of depth to the song. However, when Cory took a job in Missouri we lost his services and so "Everything Glorious" was somewhat swept aside. We revived it, slowed it down a touch and gave it slight bluesy feel. It worked, maybe not the way I like it best, but it was good and it meshed well with "Holy is the LORD". Sometimes you try things musically and you hit a homerun, sometimes you strike out. This (small) experiment was a solid base hit.
Nothing But the Blood - We flowed straight from "Everything Glorious" into "Nothing But the Blood". This is another of my favorite hymns. So every time we play this one we keep it really simple and try to let the message of the lyrics fly well over the top of everything. It's a whole lot of eight note acoustic guitar strumming and vocals with the rest of the band just adding touches of flavor here and there.
That's about it. We reprised "I'll Fly Away" as the dismissal song.
To see what other congregations are singing throughout the weekend please visit the Sunday Setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 10.10.10
Here's what went down at Highland Community Church at the 9 o'clock hour:
Counting on GOD (A) [Jared Anderson]
Welcome and Announcements
Offering
Our Love is Loud (E) [David Crowder]
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (E) [Martin Smith]
Scripture Reading
Handbell Choir
Dismiss
Band:
Jonathan David Eckberg - Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drums
Joe Szoke - Bass/Vocals
Notes:
The Handbell Choir from Shepherds Ministries in Wisconsin was in the service yesterday, so music was short and to the point. We focused on the providence and love of GOD our Father. We were also a little short-handed as our other guitar player was in Chicago for the weekend. So, to fill the space I ran my 60's reissue Strat through a signal splitter with one channel running to a Boss Acoustic Simulator into my Behringer DI to the board. The other channel ran through my effects board into my brand new Randall RM-22 Head. One of the coolest features of the RM-22 is that is has a built in direct box (they call it a "mic simulator") so you can run an XLR cable direct to the board - great tone with no stage volume, absolutely perfect for a small church worship setting. The purpose of the signal split was to offer an electric and acoustic tone at certain points in the songs to help beef up the three-piece sound. Anyway, enough of the guitar-geek stuff.
Songs:
Counting on GOD - This is a fun song to play. We hit this one pretty hard to open up the morning and rocked it out properly!
Our Love is Loud - I always enjoy playing this song, whether it's solo-acoustic or full-band, I think it's a great congregational song. We gave it a little more of a bluesy feel today. Tim and Joe, had a nice little groove going which moved the song along well.
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever - I highly recommend the "additional chorus" to this song. I have no idea where you would find the melody on line, because I've never heard it recorded (I'm sure it's out there, but I've never heard it). I picked it up from Dave Hunt several years ago. It adds a little flavor to the redundancy of singing the chorus over and over at the end. The lyrics are "Everywhere I go I'm singing, Everybreath of air I'm breathing, Everywhere I go I'll sing of when Your love came down."
I know I'm short and late this week, but I've been running non-stop since the beginning of service yesterday. My apologies. I'll try to do better next week.
To see what songs others are praising GOD with, you can check out the sunday setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
Counting on GOD (A) [Jared Anderson]
Welcome and Announcements
Offering
Our Love is Loud (E) [David Crowder]
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (E) [Martin Smith]
Scripture Reading
Handbell Choir
Dismiss
Band:
Jonathan David Eckberg - Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drums
Joe Szoke - Bass/Vocals
Notes:
The Handbell Choir from Shepherds Ministries in Wisconsin was in the service yesterday, so music was short and to the point. We focused on the providence and love of GOD our Father. We were also a little short-handed as our other guitar player was in Chicago for the weekend. So, to fill the space I ran my 60's reissue Strat through a signal splitter with one channel running to a Boss Acoustic Simulator into my Behringer DI to the board. The other channel ran through my effects board into my brand new Randall RM-22 Head. One of the coolest features of the RM-22 is that is has a built in direct box (they call it a "mic simulator") so you can run an XLR cable direct to the board - great tone with no stage volume, absolutely perfect for a small church worship setting. The purpose of the signal split was to offer an electric and acoustic tone at certain points in the songs to help beef up the three-piece sound. Anyway, enough of the guitar-geek stuff.
Songs:
Counting on GOD - This is a fun song to play. We hit this one pretty hard to open up the morning and rocked it out properly!
Our Love is Loud - I always enjoy playing this song, whether it's solo-acoustic or full-band, I think it's a great congregational song. We gave it a little more of a bluesy feel today. Tim and Joe, had a nice little groove going which moved the song along well.
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever - I highly recommend the "additional chorus" to this song. I have no idea where you would find the melody on line, because I've never heard it recorded (I'm sure it's out there, but I've never heard it). I picked it up from Dave Hunt several years ago. It adds a little flavor to the redundancy of singing the chorus over and over at the end. The lyrics are "Everywhere I go I'm singing, Everybreath of air I'm breathing, Everywhere I go I'll sing of when Your love came down."
I know I'm short and late this week, but I've been running non-stop since the beginning of service yesterday. My apologies. I'll try to do better next week.
To see what songs others are praising GOD with, you can check out the sunday setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
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