Here's what the 9:00am service at Highland Community Church looked like on November 21, 2010:
Alive and Running (G)
Welcome and Announcements
Glory to Your Name (D)
Holy, Holy, Holy (D-E)
We Fall Down (E)
Scripture Reading
Message
Offering
Doxology (A)
Dismiss
THE BAND:
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals
NOTES:
I was traveling this week for the NCAA DIII Cross country National Championship Meet out in Iowa. Since one of the girls on my team qualified it meant that I was on the road from early Thursday morning until late on Saturday evening. With trying to fit a weeks worth of work into the first three days of the week there was no way to squeeze a practice in, so I gave our guys the week off. Pastor Wise was on vacation this week so Jeff Graw, one of our Elders, spoke. I wasn't sure exactly what he was preaching on so I decided to keep the theme of the morning on GOD's holiness.
THE SONGS:
Alive and Running - We've been teaching this Kristian Stanfill song for several weeks in a row now. I think this was the last week we'll do it for a while. It has a very different feel on the acoustic than it does with the full band (duh!). However it works very well. Some of the more uptempo songs are hard to put together without sounding like you're leaving too much space, but this one works.
Glory to Your Name - This is another Dave Hunt tune. Everytime I write about him on here I recommend you check him out. This week is no different. This is a phenomenal worship song. Seriously, look up Dave Hunt. You'll be sure to find several new worship tunes that work great for all kinds of church services.
Holy, Holy, Holy - VERY traditional arrangement. We did all four verses. (all? - I really don't know how many verses are in the original writing). We came out of "Glory to Your Name" straight into "Holy, Holy, Holy" and made a key change between v.3 and v.4, which set us up to roll seamlessly into "We Fall Down" in the key of E.
We Fall Down - I love the chorus to this song. There is nothing more powerful and beautiful than to hear GOD's people sing "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lamb". It an incredible, and yet miniscule, taste of what we will be a part of in Heaven (all throughout the book of Revelation).
Doxology - We closed with the Doxology. We typically follow the David Crowder version of the song and today was no different. It's a very simple arrangement, but I like it. It's easy to follow and stays interesting.
To see what other congregations around the country are singing check out the Sunday Setlist at http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 11.7.10
Here's what went down at the 9:00am service at Highland Community Church:
Call to Worship: Alive and Running (G) [Stanfill/Giglio/Younker]
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
GOD of Wonders (G) [Byrd/Hindalong]
Scripture Reading – Psalm 23
You Never Let Go (A) [Redman]
Reflection
How Deep the Fathers Love for Us (E) [Townend]
Reflection
How Deep the Fathers Love for Us (E) [Townend]
Communion
Message – the Good Shepherd – John 10:11-18
All the Way My Savior Leads Me (F) [Crosby - adapted by: Tomlin/Redman]
Dismiss
Alive and Running (G)
The Band:
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Tim McDaniel - drums
Aaron McDaniel - electric guitar
Joe Szoke - bass
Notes:
Such a great morning at HCC. Some of it may be attributed to everybody getting that extra hour of sleep, but sometimes you just have to stop and look around and realize that GOD is pretty cool. Today was just one of those days where everyone was engaged in worship and you could feel the synergy of the voices of GOD's people rising up in adoration and thanks. Love it!
We ran our worship set a little different this week. Normally I try to put as much of the music together as possible and that is our way of "tuning in" to what GOD has to speak through the message that day. This week, however, we were more of the glue to the service. Each song tied us from one thing to the next. We opened with a new song, then came from the offering into the next, the third song tied the scripture in to the message, then we had the next song take us into communion and followed the message with the response. Again, a little different than what we are used to, but it flowed really well this morning.
We ran our worship set a little different this week. Normally I try to put as much of the music together as possible and that is our way of "tuning in" to what GOD has to speak through the message that day. This week, however, we were more of the glue to the service. Each song tied us from one thing to the next. We opened with a new song, then came from the offering into the next, the third song tied the scripture in to the message, then we had the next song take us into communion and followed the message with the response. Again, a little different than what we are used to, but it flowed really well this morning.
The Songs:
Alive and Running - I love this song. Such a great message of hope in Christ Jesus and a call to take that hope out into our world. This is a new one for the congregation (and most of the band). So to "break it in" we used this as a call to worship for the morning and the played it again as a dismissal. We play the arrangement straight off of Kristian Stanfill's "Attention" album. The only thing we change is that we play it in the key of G instead of B (where Stanfill plays it). I end up keying down most everything we play. It just seems that most of the "popular worship", or whatever you'd like to call it, is always WAY too high for the average person to sing. So, again, I end up keying most things down a bit (some of Tomlin's stuff I key down two or two-and-a-half steps!!!).
GOD of Wonders - We had a good bit of discussion as a band about this song at rehearsal. The way the other guys have always played this song was much bigger than the standard arrangement, it had a heavier rock feel to it. They like it that way, unfortunately I felt it needed the softer, smoother sound of standard version for service this week. It was a case of me having to step and say, "this is what we're doing". The guys have a great deal of say in what we do on any given song. For the most part I don't dictate what parts are played, or what sounds the guys should bring to the table, unless I feel strongly that a song needs something in particular. There is a fine line to walk as a worship leader. To get the best our of the other musicians you have to give them as much creative freedom as possible. At the same time, there are instances in which you have to step up as a leader and take charge. This will not always be a favorable decision to the other musicians, but you have to lead, so lead.
You Never Let Go - The scripture reading for the morning was Psalm 23. So we didn't really have a choice of any song other than this one (at least not in my head). This is a song we do on a regular basis. We always build it pretty big by the time it hits the bridge. Very theatrical and borderline over-the-top, but it works.
How Deep the Father's Love for Us - After "You Never Let Go", we gave people a few quite moments of reflection and preparation for our time of communion, no talking, no music, just silence. You can tell that this always makes some people really uncomfortable, but it's a such a wonderful tool that we don't know how to use anymore. We are constantly filling our days with noise - some good, some bad, but noise none the less. There is something beautiful about sitting silently before GOD and letting Him speak. After the reflection time I played "How Deep...". This is one of my all-time favorite worship songs. When I am sitting alone at home and having a time of personal worship this is one of the songs that gets played EVERY time. I don't know how you can sing the second verse and not be brought to the brink of tears - "Behold the man upon the cross/My guilt upon his shoulders/Ashamed I hear my mocking voice/Call out among the scoffers // It was my sin that held him there/Until it was accomplished/His dying breath has brought me life/I know that it is finished" Because I love this one so much, I always prefer to play this song with just the acoustic guitar and vocals. It brings a sharper focus to the words that are being sung. And when the words are as poignant as the ones here I don't see how you could desire anything more.
All the Way My Savior Leads Me - We sang this as a response to the message, which was about Jesus as the good shepherd. Pastor Wise was discussing our need to follow the shepherd and how he cares for us, protects us, and leads us. Our arrangement was pretty simple. But it was very spacious. I played the primary guitar part on the electric with a ton of delay and a touch of overdrive from an Ibanez Tube Screamer. It just beefed up the sound a ton. I ran a slow arpeggio, but with the delay it filled up the sound. The rest of the band added some really sweet touches, especially Aaron on the lead guitar. He was playing these great harmonic-swells that had almost a pedal-steel quality to them. It was beautiful.
So that how we rolled at HCC. To see what our brothers and sisters around the country are singing you can check out the Sunday Setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
GOD of Wonders - We had a good bit of discussion as a band about this song at rehearsal. The way the other guys have always played this song was much bigger than the standard arrangement, it had a heavier rock feel to it. They like it that way, unfortunately I felt it needed the softer, smoother sound of standard version for service this week. It was a case of me having to step and say, "this is what we're doing". The guys have a great deal of say in what we do on any given song. For the most part I don't dictate what parts are played, or what sounds the guys should bring to the table, unless I feel strongly that a song needs something in particular. There is a fine line to walk as a worship leader. To get the best our of the other musicians you have to give them as much creative freedom as possible. At the same time, there are instances in which you have to step up as a leader and take charge. This will not always be a favorable decision to the other musicians, but you have to lead, so lead.
You Never Let Go - The scripture reading for the morning was Psalm 23. So we didn't really have a choice of any song other than this one (at least not in my head). This is a song we do on a regular basis. We always build it pretty big by the time it hits the bridge. Very theatrical and borderline over-the-top, but it works.
How Deep the Father's Love for Us - After "You Never Let Go", we gave people a few quite moments of reflection and preparation for our time of communion, no talking, no music, just silence. You can tell that this always makes some people really uncomfortable, but it's a such a wonderful tool that we don't know how to use anymore. We are constantly filling our days with noise - some good, some bad, but noise none the less. There is something beautiful about sitting silently before GOD and letting Him speak. After the reflection time I played "How Deep...". This is one of my all-time favorite worship songs. When I am sitting alone at home and having a time of personal worship this is one of the songs that gets played EVERY time. I don't know how you can sing the second verse and not be brought to the brink of tears - "Behold the man upon the cross/My guilt upon his shoulders/Ashamed I hear my mocking voice/Call out among the scoffers // It was my sin that held him there/Until it was accomplished/His dying breath has brought me life/I know that it is finished" Because I love this one so much, I always prefer to play this song with just the acoustic guitar and vocals. It brings a sharper focus to the words that are being sung. And when the words are as poignant as the ones here I don't see how you could desire anything more.
All the Way My Savior Leads Me - We sang this as a response to the message, which was about Jesus as the good shepherd. Pastor Wise was discussing our need to follow the shepherd and how he cares for us, protects us, and leads us. Our arrangement was pretty simple. But it was very spacious. I played the primary guitar part on the electric with a ton of delay and a touch of overdrive from an Ibanez Tube Screamer. It just beefed up the sound a ton. I ran a slow arpeggio, but with the delay it filled up the sound. The rest of the band added some really sweet touches, especially Aaron on the lead guitar. He was playing these great harmonic-swells that had almost a pedal-steel quality to them. It was beautiful.
So that how we rolled at HCC. To see what our brothers and sisters around the country are singing you can check out the Sunday Setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 9.26.10
Here's the setlist from the 9:00am service at Highland Community Church:
Heirs [G] (Muck/Eckberg)
Welcome & Announcements
Special Presentation - the Shoe Man
Offering
Hallelujah to My King [E] (Baloche)
Scripture Reading - Job 1:6-22
It Is Well With My Soul [A] (Spafford)
Song of the Redeemed [A] (Hall)
Message - Habakkuk 3:16-18
You Never Let Go [A] (Redman)
Dismiss
THE BAND:
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals
NOTES:
After being out of town for work last week and spending Sunday morning at my dad's church in Erie, Illinois, it was great to be back with my church family! Due to schedules of the band I led solo this week. Things were a little rough getting going this morning, it was cold and wet outside and it seemed like we all were dragging. But once we got the morning rolling the congregation came around and it turned out to be a great day of worship and hearing GOD's word. It never ceases to amaze me how on the days when I don't see how GOD's going to get anything done, He works in incredible ways. Cool stuff.
THE SONGS:
Heirs - This is a song from the forthcoming Until We're Kings EP, "Heirs". It's a fun tune that is taken from Romans. I love using it as an opening song as a reminder that we don't come into the presence of GOD as a people defeated by the world and run ragged from the busyness of life, but we come before Him as co-heirs with Christ. We stand before GOD as his children who will one day share in the riches of His kingdom and see His glory in full.
Hallelujah to My King - After a presentation from the Shoe Man - he sells old shoes overseas by the pound and uses the money to dig wells in Kenya - I was glad that we were doing this song after hearing one of the ways that GOD is at work in the world both in our own neighborhood and around the world. This Paul Baloche song is one of my favorite worship tunes at the moment. It's so good theologically. To sing of the greatness, sweetness, goodness and peace of Jesus Christ through our trials with the promise of seeing His face as the saints sing "Hallelujah, what a Savior / I owe everything to Him - Hallelujah, what a Savior / Hallelujah to my King!" If you don't do this song I would encourage you to work it into your list, it's fantastic.
It is Well with My Soul - We did four verses of a straight forward version of this song. Coming from hearing the Word in Job and knowing that we were moving into a message of "unprosperity" (the idea that GOD never promises us worldly comfort and riches - but only peace and blessing in Him), it worked well.
Song of the Redeemed - We used the ending tag from this song as a reminder that although live can be difficult we are taken care of by the GOD of the universe (from "It is Well with My Soul"). We are His and His alone. All else in the world is worthless, so we have no concern if we lose all our worldly possessions. The tag in the song simply says "We are Yours" over and over again. It gave me chills to pull back from the mic and hear our people singing together - "We are Yours, We are Yours, We are Yours" - absolutely beautiful.
You Never Let Go - This seems to be one of our "go-to" songs. It's another tune that is just so theologically sound and speaks volumes of the peace and blessings of Christ apart from health, wealth, and prosperity on this earth.
To see what other congregations are singing visit theworshipcommunity.org and this weeks Sunday Setlists.
Heirs [G] (Muck/Eckberg)
Welcome & Announcements
Special Presentation - the Shoe Man
Offering
Hallelujah to My King [E] (Baloche)
Scripture Reading - Job 1:6-22
It Is Well With My Soul [A] (Spafford)
Song of the Redeemed [A] (Hall)
Message - Habakkuk 3:16-18
You Never Let Go [A] (Redman)
Dismiss
THE BAND:
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals
NOTES:
After being out of town for work last week and spending Sunday morning at my dad's church in Erie, Illinois, it was great to be back with my church family! Due to schedules of the band I led solo this week. Things were a little rough getting going this morning, it was cold and wet outside and it seemed like we all were dragging. But once we got the morning rolling the congregation came around and it turned out to be a great day of worship and hearing GOD's word. It never ceases to amaze me how on the days when I don't see how GOD's going to get anything done, He works in incredible ways. Cool stuff.
THE SONGS:
Heirs - This is a song from the forthcoming Until We're Kings EP, "Heirs". It's a fun tune that is taken from Romans. I love using it as an opening song as a reminder that we don't come into the presence of GOD as a people defeated by the world and run ragged from the busyness of life, but we come before Him as co-heirs with Christ. We stand before GOD as his children who will one day share in the riches of His kingdom and see His glory in full.
Hallelujah to My King - After a presentation from the Shoe Man - he sells old shoes overseas by the pound and uses the money to dig wells in Kenya - I was glad that we were doing this song after hearing one of the ways that GOD is at work in the world both in our own neighborhood and around the world. This Paul Baloche song is one of my favorite worship tunes at the moment. It's so good theologically. To sing of the greatness, sweetness, goodness and peace of Jesus Christ through our trials with the promise of seeing His face as the saints sing "Hallelujah, what a Savior / I owe everything to Him - Hallelujah, what a Savior / Hallelujah to my King!" If you don't do this song I would encourage you to work it into your list, it's fantastic.
It is Well with My Soul - We did four verses of a straight forward version of this song. Coming from hearing the Word in Job and knowing that we were moving into a message of "unprosperity" (the idea that GOD never promises us worldly comfort and riches - but only peace and blessing in Him), it worked well.
Song of the Redeemed - We used the ending tag from this song as a reminder that although live can be difficult we are taken care of by the GOD of the universe (from "It is Well with My Soul"). We are His and His alone. All else in the world is worthless, so we have no concern if we lose all our worldly possessions. The tag in the song simply says "We are Yours" over and over again. It gave me chills to pull back from the mic and hear our people singing together - "We are Yours, We are Yours, We are Yours" - absolutely beautiful.
You Never Let Go - This seems to be one of our "go-to" songs. It's another tune that is just so theologically sound and speaks volumes of the peace and blessings of Christ apart from health, wealth, and prosperity on this earth.
To see what other congregations are singing visit theworshipcommunity.org and this weeks Sunday Setlists.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 9.5.10
Here's a look at the setlist for the 9:00am service at Highland Community Church:
Worship Team:
Jonathan David Eckberg - Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drums
Joe Szoke - Bass
Aaron McDaniel - Lead Guitar
Notes:
We've had a couple weeks at church without the band. I lead with just me and my acoustic two weeks ago and last week we did a combined service with our more traditional and more contemporary services meshing, so it stays pretty low-key. It was a nice break for all of us, but we were itching to get back into the swing of things and that's what we did. I think this marks the first time since I've been at HCC that we haven't had an acoustic guitar in the mix. Kinda strange but lots of fun. I did play an acoustic-ish part on "Give Us Clean Hands", as I ran my Fender Tele through a Boss AC-2 (an acoustic simulator). If you listen to it even remotely critically you KNOW it's not an acoustic guitar, but the feel is close enough to pass in a pinch.
The Songs:
Let Your Glory Shine - This Lincoln Brewster tune is a full-force rocker. The band LOVES playing this song. We use it as an opener because it's one of those tunes that gets people up and singing and brings a ton of energy into the service right off the bat. The end of the second verse of the song says "Your love won't be shaken / You're taking who I am and making / something out of nothing for Your cause" into the chorus of "Let Your glory shine through me!" What an astounding truth. It reminds me of 2 Cor. 4:7, of how when left to ourselves we are nothing more than fragile, weak, worthless pieces of earth, but we are allowed to carry the all-surpassing power of GOD within our hearts. With this power we are able to shine with His light in a dark age. Seriously, how cool is that?
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee - We followed the traditional melody of this song, but we REALLY pushed the tempo and gave it a hopped-up-pop-rock feel to keep the energy up as came out of the time of worshiping GOD by giving back, financially, what He has blessed us with. Pastor Wise asked to have the worship set move more toward the communion service than the message this week. "Let Your Glory Shine" was a great way to focus on that. It's a song that highlights the power of GOD and the ministry He allows us to participate in. We then move to "Joyful, Joyful...", which again highlights GOD's great power, but moves from it's effect on us to simply marveling at who He is and what He has done in the world around us. It's really a song that celebrates common grace.
You Are So Good to Me - We floated seamlessly into this song from "Joyful, Joyful...". We did a version of this song last month that was much more driven and a little funkier than any version I've ever heard recorded and got a great response from the congregation on it. This Sunday was the perfect time to trot that version back out. As we came out of a song on common grace, we rolled straight into a more focused song that speaks of saving grace. This song tells of what GOD has done in the life of the believer and the love that overflows in our hearts because of the love He first showed us.
Mighty is the Power of the Cross - Musically we did a different take on this one. We kept it very open with lots of space. I ran my electric through a heavy chorus, lots of delay, and added some tremolo for good measure. I just played a slow arpeggiated pattern and the rest of the guys played sparse parts and gave it an ethereal quality. It turned out to be a cool sounding tune. The scripture reading (Isaiah 53:1-11) focused on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the blood shed for my sins. After spending the previous several minutes of the service focused on GOD's power, His boundless grace and love, how that grace and love is poured out in our lives, and the goodness of GOD, it was fitting to bring it all back to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Everything in our lives, good, bad, happy, sad, funny, and tragic, must always come back to the work accomplished on the Cross. It is the focal point of who we are and what we believe. It is where the price for our rebellion was paid once-for-all. Without it, nothing in our lives matters. Without the Cross it doesn't matter whether we are great people who help everyone and pour out the greatest acts of kindess on others or we are, quite literally, the worst person on the face of the earth - without the Cross we end in the same place, Hell. Our communion service is a time to stop and consider the gravity of Christ's sacrifice and to consider if we really believe what his blood accomplished.
Message - Habakkuk 2:2-20
Give Us Clean Hands - I wasn't sure if I had picked the right song as the response this week. Pastor told me he would be speaking on the wickedness of Babylon and how similar their culture was to the culture we live in today. This left me a little unsure what direction to take, but this was definitely a Holy Spirit driven choice. It worked perfectly with the message. The song asks for clean hands, pure hearts, and a love for GOD alone. It's a cry for the strength to be a generation that seeks the face of GOD and lays down the idols that we have raised around us.
That was our Sunday. To see how others congregations around the world worshipped GOD today, you can check out the Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Let Your Glory Shine [D] (Brewster)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee [G] (lyrics: van Dyke/ music: Beethoven)
You Are So Good to Me [G] (Pasely/Chaffer/Pasely)
Scripture Reading - Isaiah 53:1-11
Mighty is the Power of the Cross [C] (Tomlin)
Communion
Message - Habakkuk 2:2-20
Give Us Clean Hands [G] (Hall)
Dismiss
Let Your Glory Shine [D] (Brewster)
Worship Team:
Jonathan David Eckberg - Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drums
Joe Szoke - Bass
Aaron McDaniel - Lead Guitar
Notes:
We've had a couple weeks at church without the band. I lead with just me and my acoustic two weeks ago and last week we did a combined service with our more traditional and more contemporary services meshing, so it stays pretty low-key. It was a nice break for all of us, but we were itching to get back into the swing of things and that's what we did. I think this marks the first time since I've been at HCC that we haven't had an acoustic guitar in the mix. Kinda strange but lots of fun. I did play an acoustic-ish part on "Give Us Clean Hands", as I ran my Fender Tele through a Boss AC-2 (an acoustic simulator). If you listen to it even remotely critically you KNOW it's not an acoustic guitar, but the feel is close enough to pass in a pinch.
The Songs:
Let Your Glory Shine - This Lincoln Brewster tune is a full-force rocker. The band LOVES playing this song. We use it as an opener because it's one of those tunes that gets people up and singing and brings a ton of energy into the service right off the bat. The end of the second verse of the song says "Your love won't be shaken / You're taking who I am and making / something out of nothing for Your cause" into the chorus of "Let Your glory shine through me!" What an astounding truth. It reminds me of 2 Cor. 4:7, of how when left to ourselves we are nothing more than fragile, weak, worthless pieces of earth, but we are allowed to carry the all-surpassing power of GOD within our hearts. With this power we are able to shine with His light in a dark age. Seriously, how cool is that?
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee - We followed the traditional melody of this song, but we REALLY pushed the tempo and gave it a hopped-up-pop-rock feel to keep the energy up as came out of the time of worshiping GOD by giving back, financially, what He has blessed us with. Pastor Wise asked to have the worship set move more toward the communion service than the message this week. "Let Your Glory Shine" was a great way to focus on that. It's a song that highlights the power of GOD and the ministry He allows us to participate in. We then move to "Joyful, Joyful...", which again highlights GOD's great power, but moves from it's effect on us to simply marveling at who He is and what He has done in the world around us. It's really a song that celebrates common grace.
You Are So Good to Me - We floated seamlessly into this song from "Joyful, Joyful...". We did a version of this song last month that was much more driven and a little funkier than any version I've ever heard recorded and got a great response from the congregation on it. This Sunday was the perfect time to trot that version back out. As we came out of a song on common grace, we rolled straight into a more focused song that speaks of saving grace. This song tells of what GOD has done in the life of the believer and the love that overflows in our hearts because of the love He first showed us.
Mighty is the Power of the Cross - Musically we did a different take on this one. We kept it very open with lots of space. I ran my electric through a heavy chorus, lots of delay, and added some tremolo for good measure. I just played a slow arpeggiated pattern and the rest of the guys played sparse parts and gave it an ethereal quality. It turned out to be a cool sounding tune. The scripture reading (Isaiah 53:1-11) focused on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the blood shed for my sins. After spending the previous several minutes of the service focused on GOD's power, His boundless grace and love, how that grace and love is poured out in our lives, and the goodness of GOD, it was fitting to bring it all back to the Cross of Jesus Christ. Everything in our lives, good, bad, happy, sad, funny, and tragic, must always come back to the work accomplished on the Cross. It is the focal point of who we are and what we believe. It is where the price for our rebellion was paid once-for-all. Without it, nothing in our lives matters. Without the Cross it doesn't matter whether we are great people who help everyone and pour out the greatest acts of kindess on others or we are, quite literally, the worst person on the face of the earth - without the Cross we end in the same place, Hell. Our communion service is a time to stop and consider the gravity of Christ's sacrifice and to consider if we really believe what his blood accomplished.
Message - Habakkuk 2:2-20
Give Us Clean Hands - I wasn't sure if I had picked the right song as the response this week. Pastor told me he would be speaking on the wickedness of Babylon and how similar their culture was to the culture we live in today. This left me a little unsure what direction to take, but this was definitely a Holy Spirit driven choice. It worked perfectly with the message. The song asks for clean hands, pure hearts, and a love for GOD alone. It's a cry for the strength to be a generation that seeks the face of GOD and lays down the idols that we have raised around us.
That was our Sunday. To see how others congregations around the world worshipped GOD today, you can check out the Sunday Setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 8.29.10
Every fifth Sunday at Highland Community Church we have a "combined" service. This is a chance for both first and second service to come together and worship together. It gets a little cramped in the sanctuary and we're always happy to be bringing in more chairs, it's a really cool service.
On my end of things there's little to do. Chris Woods, our Worship Team Director on staff at HCC who leads worship for the second service, plans the worship service and we mix members of the first and second service worship teams.
Here's what the service looked like:
Welcome
Lord, I lift Your Name on High
Let Everything that Has Breath
In Christ Alone
As the Deer
Offering
Special Music - Shelli Robison)
Scripture Reading
Message (Habakkuk 1:12-2:1)
Response (Special Music from Shelli Robison)
Dismiss
Worship Team
Chris Woods - Piano/Vocals
Jonathan David Eckberg - Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drum
Dave Neighbors - Guitar/Vocals
Joe Szoke - Bass
Shelli Robison - Vocals
To see what's going on in churches around the country visit the Sunday Setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
On my end of things there's little to do. Chris Woods, our Worship Team Director on staff at HCC who leads worship for the second service, plans the worship service and we mix members of the first and second service worship teams.
Here's what the service looked like:
Welcome
Lord, I lift Your Name on High
Let Everything that Has Breath
In Christ Alone
As the Deer
Offering
Special Music - Shelli Robison)
Scripture Reading
Message (Habakkuk 1:12-2:1)
Response (Special Music from Shelli Robison)
Dismiss
Worship Team
Chris Woods - Piano/Vocals
Jonathan David Eckberg - Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drum
Dave Neighbors - Guitar/Vocals
Joe Szoke - Bass
Shelli Robison - Vocals
To see what's going on in churches around the country visit the Sunday Setlist at theworshipcommunity.com.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 8.22.10
Here’s what was going on today at Highland Community Church during the nine o’clock hour:
Praise to the LORD the Almighty (D-E) [Neander]
Scripture Reading - Isaiah 41:1-10
Message – Habakkuk 1:5-11
Let My Words be Few (Gb) [Redman]
I Stand in Awe of You (Gb) [Altrogge]
Our Great GOD (Eb) [Ortega/Powell]
Let Your Kingdom Reign (Eb) [Brown/Brock]
Offering
Amazing Things (G) [Eckberg]
Announcements
Dismiss
Worship Team:
Jonathan David Eckberg – Guitar/Vocals
NOTES:
This was a busy week for me. My full-time job is as a cross-country and track coach at Greenville College (right down the road from Highland) and this week was the start of our season. All the athletes were moving in and then we all headed out of town for a few days of team bonding, training, preparation, etc. All of that to say, we were not able to practice as a band this week. So I thought that instead of us trying to throw things together, having to pick songs that we know but don’t go with the message as well, or just HOPING things work out well that I would take this week solo and do something a little different with the service. The timing really worked out well as the guys on the worship team had played the last several weeks straight so it was nice for them to have a week to relax, not have to worry about practice, and just enjoy being in the service as a part of the congregation. I think it’s important for that to happen once in a while, it gives people a chance to breathe and sit back and really take in what GOD is doing during the mornings while they are usually on stage. It also offers a different perspective on the role GOD allows you to play in the service when you see how the people of GOD are responding from in the middle of it – and this is constantly changing as people join the church, move away, struggle through hard times, and rejoice in victories TOGETHER.
Praise to the LORD the Almighty - We turned the lights most of the way down about 10 minutes before the service started and put the passage from today’s scripture reading (Isaiah 41:1-10) up on the screen as people walked in. It gave a meditative mood to the moments leading up to the service. Then I played the song in the standard arrangement. I built up from a light finger-picked pattern in the first verse to a heavy strum pattern with a key change (move from D to E) in the fourth verse. It gave a consistent build from start to finish. The only thing I did differently was to give a longer than normal intro to allow people a little extra time to read the scripture.
Message – Pastor Wise’s message focused on GOD’s response to Habakkuk in chapter 1. The point of the message was how great and awesome our GOD is and how we should never cease to be in awe of Him and all His works even when (especially when) we don't see or feel or understand them.
Let My Words be Few – I did a standard arrangement of the song as well. As soon as Pastor told me the gist of his message I knew this was the song that would follow the sermon. I love that this song essentially says, “Shut up and realize how awesome GOD is!” I’m a guy who does a lot of talking with GOD, I try to work out deals with him all the time, so for me, this is a perfect reminder that sometimes (let’s be honest, probably all the time) I need to forget what I want to see accomplished, think about the GOD I serve, do what he calls me to and let Him take care of the outcome through His power. GREAT SONG.
I Stand in Awe of You – This is the old standard from the late 80’s but the chorus was a wonderful fit for today. It’s so simply but so powerful – “I stand, I stand in awe of You – I stand, I stand in awe of You – Holy GOD to whom all praise is due – I stand in awe of You”. I came out of Let My Words be Few by repeating the chorus and then ran straight into the chorus of this song. We sang the chorus twice and repeated a third time a capella (the third time gave me time to throw my capo on for Our Great GOD without the awkward silence and string noise of stopping one song-changing capo-starting the next).
Our Great GOD – Another straightforward arrangement (I don’t feel like you can do anything too funky with a guitar/vocal arrangement without losing the congregation or just looking like you’re trying to show off – which also loses the congregation). I made a seamless transition from "I Stand in Awe of You" to this one. It was great to keep with the theme of the day but move off of our awe of GOD to the reason for that awe. I classify Our Great GOD as a modern hymn. It is so rich in theology and yet the chorus brings you back to “Hallelujah! Glory be to our great GOD!”. I LOVE singing this song.
Let Your Kingdom Reign – This is a “tag” type of song by Elevation Worship (Elevation Church - Charlotte, NC). It’s really just a chorus that is sung over and over again. The words are “GOD let Your kingdom reign – GOD let Your kingdom reign – Let all the earth proclaim – GOD, on the earth, let Your kingdom reign”. So for us we move from our awe of GOD to the greatness and power of his Name into a prayer for His good and perfect will to take over and to see His kingdom reign in our world.
Amazing Things – We introduced this song last week, it fit with this weeks overall theme as well. It was an extremely low key morning, which was a fun change from normal, but it was nice to pep things up a little bit with this last song before sending people out into their fields of ministry. I did tame the song down a little bit from last week, but that was for the fact that it was just me playing today, plus I didn’t want to overdo the transition from a relaxed set to a higher energy song.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 8.15.10
The weekend's Sunday Setlist for the 9am service at Highland Community Church looked a little like this:
Amazing Things (Eckberg)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Scripture Reading
O Praise Him (Crowder)
You Never Let Go (Redman)
How Great is Our GOD (Tomlin)
Message - Habakkuk 1:1-4
Amazing Things (Eckberg)
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Tim McDaniel - drums
Aaron McDaniel - electric guitar
Joe Szoke - bass
I have to admit, when I saw that Pastor Wise was going to teach from Habakkuk I was slightly concerned. Although I've read the book a number of times I could not tell you anything specific about it off the top of my head. I remembered he was a minor prophet, so bad things happen to Israel, they complain, GOD punishes then restores the nation of Israel (that's pretty much my blanket explanation for any/all the books of the prophets). So, I thought it would be a good idea to study up on the book of Habakkuk before I started worrying about the worship sets. As I read through the book the song "Amazing Things" just fell out. It took all of about 15 minutes to write and it seemed like a good flow for the first week of our series. So the band spent considerable time this past week learning parts and transitions and it came together well.
Amazing Things - the lyrics are taken straight out of Habakkuk and follows the book's progressions of "Habakkuk complains, GOD answers, Habakkuk complains, GOD answers, Habakkuk rejoices and worships". We played it as the opener/call to worship, because people didn't know it (obviously). This gave them a chance to listen and pick up on it, which they did as it's a very simple chorus.
O Praise Him - we keep this one pretty straight from the Crowder version. I cut out all the "oh la la la la la la" parts and condense the song a little. I always feel like that whole part of the song loses the congregation so I avoid it every chance I get.
You Never Let Go - kept with the theme of the day - GOD answering in our time of question/frustration. This is another song we do pretty straight forward.
How Great is Our GOD - the GOD that continues to answer us and lift us up when we need it most is indeed a great GOD. I could sing the chorus to this song ALL DAY LONG. We sing the last chorus of You Never Let Go almost a cappella (there's a little light acoustic guitar to keep us on track) and we roll straight from "LORD, You never let go of me" to "The splendor of our King/Clothed in majesty". It's an absolutely beautiful and awe-inspiring thought that the the King of Splendor is the GOD who never lets go of me. I love it. This is a very theatrical song for us (the lyrics lend it to that), we start low and we build to a rock-anthem high before we drop out the we come back in heavy for a couple choruses at the end before doing the a cappella chorus to end. A little over the top? Maybe, but it works.
Amazing Things - again this fit perfectly with the sermon because that's the reason it was written, so we reprised it as the response song. Normally our response song is a slow, reflective song, but we went a different route because of the fit of the lyrics and the sermon.
-jde
Amazing Things (Eckberg)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Scripture Reading
O Praise Him (Crowder)
You Never Let Go (Redman)
How Great is Our GOD (Tomlin)
Message - Habakkuk 1:1-4
Amazing Things (Eckberg)
Jonathan David Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Tim McDaniel - drums
Aaron McDaniel - electric guitar
Joe Szoke - bass
I have to admit, when I saw that Pastor Wise was going to teach from Habakkuk I was slightly concerned. Although I've read the book a number of times I could not tell you anything specific about it off the top of my head. I remembered he was a minor prophet, so bad things happen to Israel, they complain, GOD punishes then restores the nation of Israel (that's pretty much my blanket explanation for any/all the books of the prophets). So, I thought it would be a good idea to study up on the book of Habakkuk before I started worrying about the worship sets. As I read through the book the song "Amazing Things" just fell out. It took all of about 15 minutes to write and it seemed like a good flow for the first week of our series. So the band spent considerable time this past week learning parts and transitions and it came together well.
Amazing Things - the lyrics are taken straight out of Habakkuk and follows the book's progressions of "Habakkuk complains, GOD answers, Habakkuk complains, GOD answers, Habakkuk rejoices and worships". We played it as the opener/call to worship, because people didn't know it (obviously). This gave them a chance to listen and pick up on it, which they did as it's a very simple chorus.
O Praise Him - we keep this one pretty straight from the Crowder version. I cut out all the "oh la la la la la la" parts and condense the song a little. I always feel like that whole part of the song loses the congregation so I avoid it every chance I get.
You Never Let Go - kept with the theme of the day - GOD answering in our time of question/frustration. This is another song we do pretty straight forward.
How Great is Our GOD - the GOD that continues to answer us and lift us up when we need it most is indeed a great GOD. I could sing the chorus to this song ALL DAY LONG. We sing the last chorus of You Never Let Go almost a cappella (there's a little light acoustic guitar to keep us on track) and we roll straight from "LORD, You never let go of me" to "The splendor of our King/Clothed in majesty". It's an absolutely beautiful and awe-inspiring thought that the the King of Splendor is the GOD who never lets go of me. I love it. This is a very theatrical song for us (the lyrics lend it to that), we start low and we build to a rock-anthem high before we drop out the we come back in heavy for a couple choruses at the end before doing the a cappella chorus to end. A little over the top? Maybe, but it works.
Amazing Things - again this fit perfectly with the sermon because that's the reason it was written, so we reprised it as the response song. Normally our response song is a slow, reflective song, but we went a different route because of the fit of the lyrics and the sermon.
-jde
AMAZING THINGS
V1:
How long? How long?
Will You let injustice rise and triumph over me?
Will You let injustice rise and triumph over me?
How long? How long?
Will we see the wicked rise and reign abundantly?
Then You say, You say...
CH:
I will do amazing things
I will be your source of strength
I will be your source of strength
And nothing of the schemes of man
Can ever stand
When I do amazing things
V2:
How long? How long?
Will you rest Your eyes upon the deeds of evil ones?
How long? How long?
Must we wait to hear your voice proclaim salvation’s come?
Then You say, You say...
Bridge:
LORD, we know Your fame
We stand in awe of Your works and Your name.
LORD, we shout Your fame
We stand in awe of Your works and Your name.
May Your glory cover over all our shame.
CH2:
You have done amazing things.
You have been our source of strength
Nothing of the schemes of man
Can ever stand
For you have done amazing things.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Until We're Kings - "Heirs"
I was extremely excited to get my hands on the final mixes of the new Until We're Kings worship EP, "Heirs" yesterday. It's been a four month process from the start of recording to where we are now.
For those who are not familiar with Until We're Kings (which is 99.9% of you), here's a little background: It's a worship project I was fortunate to be a part of with my buddy Jordan Muck, who is the Associate/Youth Pastor at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN. Jordan and I had a few songs laying around and we worked up a couple new ones together and decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and throw them down for posterity-sake. Jordan called in his college roommate Justin Long, who now works out of Washington, D.C., to come to southern Illinois for a week in late March to produce the songs for us. We then enlisted the help of Cory Done to play percussion. Cory played with us on the worship team at Highland Community Church, so he was an easy pick (the dude is a fantastic musician, he's like a machine on the drums). On top of that we convinced Jordan's wife, Bethany, to help us out by laying down some vocals, which was crazy impressive as she was like 6+ months pregnant at the time. Once the songs got back to DC we got even more vocal help from Anna Long and Jessica Long.
We spent a solid week doing basic tracking and vocals. Then Justin took the tracks back to the Powder Mill (his studio in DC) and cleaned them up by adding some more piano/synth/bass/vocal/etc. parts to the songs. That was followed by Justin and I passing tracks back and forth over the internet for me to put some finishing touches on some guitars, piano, and vocal tracks at Papa's Place Studio (Erie, IL). Now he has finished with the mixing process.
Next step for us is to have the mastering done by Mike Kalajian (30/30 Club Studio) and the actual production of the disc and we should be ready to roll this puppy out. Our goal is to have the physical copies of this 6-song EP ready for sale by October 1, with digital copies available on iTunes soon after.
In honor of the impending release here is a video of me leading worship through the title track of the "Heirs" EP. Enjoy.
Until We're Kings.
-jde
For those who are not familiar with Until We're Kings (which is 99.9% of you), here's a little background: It's a worship project I was fortunate to be a part of with my buddy Jordan Muck, who is the Associate/Youth Pastor at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN. Jordan and I had a few songs laying around and we worked up a couple new ones together and decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and throw them down for posterity-sake. Jordan called in his college roommate Justin Long, who now works out of Washington, D.C., to come to southern Illinois for a week in late March to produce the songs for us. We then enlisted the help of Cory Done to play percussion. Cory played with us on the worship team at Highland Community Church, so he was an easy pick (the dude is a fantastic musician, he's like a machine on the drums). On top of that we convinced Jordan's wife, Bethany, to help us out by laying down some vocals, which was crazy impressive as she was like 6+ months pregnant at the time. Once the songs got back to DC we got even more vocal help from Anna Long and Jessica Long.
We spent a solid week doing basic tracking and vocals. Then Justin took the tracks back to the Powder Mill (his studio in DC) and cleaned them up by adding some more piano/synth/bass/vocal/etc. parts to the songs. That was followed by Justin and I passing tracks back and forth over the internet for me to put some finishing touches on some guitars, piano, and vocal tracks at Papa's Place Studio (Erie, IL). Now he has finished with the mixing process.
Next step for us is to have the mastering done by Mike Kalajian (30/30 Club Studio) and the actual production of the disc and we should be ready to roll this puppy out. Our goal is to have the physical copies of this 6-song EP ready for sale by October 1, with digital copies available on iTunes soon after.
In honor of the impending release here is a video of me leading worship through the title track of the "Heirs" EP. Enjoy.
Until We're Kings.
-jde
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sunday Setlist / 8.8.10
Hello all,
This is my first post on the Sunday Setlist. I have found this grouping of worship leaders and service orders to be an invaluable tool in my own construction of worship sets. It's always a tremendous encouragement to see what my brothers and sisters are doing around the country and how the Spirit moves in so many different ways, but moves powerfully in all of them. So, I thought it was only fair that I add my two cents. Here goes:
I Have Decided (S.Sundar Singh) [C]
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Let Everything That Has Breath (Matt Redman) [E]
Come Thou Fount (Robert Robinson) [E]
Take My Life and Let it Be (Frances R. Havergal) [G]
Scripture Reading - II Cor. 5:17-21
Message
GOD of Justice (Tim Hughes) [E]
Worship Band:
Jonathan David Eckberg - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drums
Aaron McDaniel - Electric Guitar
Joe Szoke - Bass
Guest Teacher:
Jason Reichert
Notes: This Sunday Pastor Larry Wise was on vacation so we had Jason in to teach. He taught on our reconciliation to Christ and how that effects our ministry to those around us. It was a wonderful call for each of us to fulfill our duties of evangelism and discipleship. As a result of pastor being gone our band led worship for both services. This was a great experience as we did both services exactly the same. In planning I tried to put as much cross-over as possible which made the first service a little more traditional than normal and rocked out the second service more than they are accustomed to. The band has been the same set up for the past month or so, which is the first time we've ever had that amount of consistency in the lineup. This is not by choice, as we've lost several members of our worship team over the summer due to job changes and relocations. It has been difficult to deal with losing some really talented folks, but the guys in the band have stepped up and have really come through. I can't say enough good things about the talents and hearts of Tim, Aaron, and Joe.
I Have Decided - This is the traditional song, but it's a very rocked out version. You will soon be able to hear a recording of it on the worship EP called, "Heirs" by Until We're Kings. I think it will be released late in the fall, but no official word on that yet.
Let Everything That Has Breath - This is a song that both services are comfortable with so it was easy to throw in there. We push the Tempo on this one a little and give it a solid rock feel in our arragnement.
Come Thou Found - We made a seamless transition from LETHB in to Come Thou Fount. Coming into it from a more uptempo tune lent this one to more of a soulful-bluesy vibe. I love singing of the praise of GOD in LETHB into the blessings of GOD in Come Thou Fount. It's a really natural flow.
Take My Life - The message in this song ran in line with what Jason was teaching. It's a tune about submission and offering all that we have for all that we are called to.
GOD of Justice - I led this one with just the acoustic. It was a fitting response song to the message. This is one of my favorite worship tunes. The chorus us "Move us into action / Keep us from just singing / We must go" is absolutely perfect. for myself it's crazy easy to sit and sing songs and live my life the way I think I need to. It gets real tough when I start to think about the time, even in this past week, when I failed to go.
That was long. I apologize. I'll try to be more succinct in the future.
-jde
This is my first post on the Sunday Setlist. I have found this grouping of worship leaders and service orders to be an invaluable tool in my own construction of worship sets. It's always a tremendous encouragement to see what my brothers and sisters are doing around the country and how the Spirit moves in so many different ways, but moves powerfully in all of them. So, I thought it was only fair that I add my two cents. Here goes:
I Have Decided (S.Sundar Singh) [C]
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Let Everything That Has Breath (Matt Redman) [E]
Come Thou Fount (Robert Robinson) [E]
Take My Life and Let it Be (Frances R. Havergal) [G]
Scripture Reading - II Cor. 5:17-21
Message
GOD of Justice (Tim Hughes) [E]
Worship Band:
Jonathan David Eckberg - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Tim McDaniel - Drums
Aaron McDaniel - Electric Guitar
Joe Szoke - Bass
Guest Teacher:
Jason Reichert
Notes: This Sunday Pastor Larry Wise was on vacation so we had Jason in to teach. He taught on our reconciliation to Christ and how that effects our ministry to those around us. It was a wonderful call for each of us to fulfill our duties of evangelism and discipleship. As a result of pastor being gone our band led worship for both services. This was a great experience as we did both services exactly the same. In planning I tried to put as much cross-over as possible which made the first service a little more traditional than normal and rocked out the second service more than they are accustomed to. The band has been the same set up for the past month or so, which is the first time we've ever had that amount of consistency in the lineup. This is not by choice, as we've lost several members of our worship team over the summer due to job changes and relocations. It has been difficult to deal with losing some really talented folks, but the guys in the band have stepped up and have really come through. I can't say enough good things about the talents and hearts of Tim, Aaron, and Joe.
I Have Decided - This is the traditional song, but it's a very rocked out version. You will soon be able to hear a recording of it on the worship EP called, "Heirs" by Until We're Kings. I think it will be released late in the fall, but no official word on that yet.
Let Everything That Has Breath - This is a song that both services are comfortable with so it was easy to throw in there. We push the Tempo on this one a little and give it a solid rock feel in our arragnement.
Come Thou Found - We made a seamless transition from LETHB in to Come Thou Fount. Coming into it from a more uptempo tune lent this one to more of a soulful-bluesy vibe. I love singing of the praise of GOD in LETHB into the blessings of GOD in Come Thou Fount. It's a really natural flow.
Take My Life - The message in this song ran in line with what Jason was teaching. It's a tune about submission and offering all that we have for all that we are called to.
GOD of Justice - I led this one with just the acoustic. It was a fitting response song to the message. This is one of my favorite worship tunes. The chorus us "Move us into action / Keep us from just singing / We must go" is absolutely perfect. for myself it's crazy easy to sit and sing songs and live my life the way I think I need to. It gets real tough when I start to think about the time, even in this past week, when I failed to go.
That was long. I apologize. I'll try to be more succinct in the future.
-jde
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