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.
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