If you weren't at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN on Sunday then you lost out. Here's what you missed...
SERVICE
Audience of One [jonathan david eckberg]
Welcome
Offering
Heirs [jordan muck/jonathan david eckberg]
Your Grace is Enough [matt maher]
God of Justice [tim hughes]
Message: The Imaginary Audience (week 1)
Romans 3:1-8
Audience of One [jde]
Dismiss
TEAM
jonathan david eckberg - guitar/vocals
beth stemble - piano
jess yoder - vocals
alli hutchens - vocals
vance csaszar - media
kevin schmidt - audio
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Sunday Setlist / 6.3.12
Here's how the morning went down at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN...
THE SERVICE
Our Great GOD [Casey Darnell]
Video Announcements
Missions Update & Offering
Forever [Chris Tomlin]
You Never Let Go [Matt Redman]
It Is Well With My Soul [Horatio Spafford]
Message
Overcome [Jon Egan]
Dismiss
Our Great GOD (Reprise)
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Nick Hostetler - drums
Marc Hyde - bass
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Cyndi Leamon - vocals
THE NOTES
Pastor Jordan was on vacation this week so we had a guest speaker fill our pulpit. Brandon Addison grew up in CGC and recently finished his seminary degree in California. Brandon shared an overview of the book of Ecclesiastes and focused on the fact that life according to the world is meaningless, as Solomon laments throughout the book, but life according to Christ is meaningful. It is only through our salvation in Christ that we can find any lasting peace in this life and move past the absurdity of this world.
With this in mind, our worship set focused on the eternity of our GOD. That because he is the GOD who reigns forever that we can always find our hope and peace in who He is and what He has done. It is through Christ and Christ alone that we may overcome the misery and aimlessness of what this life appears to offer.
THE SONGS
Our Great GOD - This is a new song, so we opened the service with it so that people would have a chance to hear it. We also closed the service with it to put it in people's ears one more time. We have actually played it as house music (from the CD) a few times over the past months so I think it felt a little familiar to a lot of people. I love the song and the message of the greatness and majesty of God. I've wanted to introduce it for a while, but haven't had the right time where it fit where we were going. Alli sang lead on this song because the lead guitar parts have an odd timing that I can't seem to make my fingers play while singing something else. It's always nice to have that flexibility within our team. Casey Darnell is a fantastic songwriter and worship leader. He's part of the team at Northpoint and his last album is a phenomenal album of corporate worship songs. I highly recommend checking out his stuff.
[album: Coming Alive - Casey Darnell]
Forever - In looking at the "big picture" of Ecclesiastes is seems to point to the fact that GOD reigns through all circumstances. A life lived apart from the will of GOD is a life lived in vanity, as Solomon says. Fortunately for the believer GOD is forever faithful, strong, and with us.
[album: The Noise We Make - Chris Tomlin]
You Never Let Go - The GOD who created the heavens and the earth, the GOD who reigns for all eternity, also covers us in his grace. As Paul prays over the thorn in his flesh in 2 Corinthians 12 he hears from the LORD, "My grace is sufficient for you." GOD's grace never let's us go. His peace and calms us through all the storms and struggle of this life and gives us meaning to our existence.
[album: Beautiful News - Matt Redman]
It Is Well With My Soul - This is maybe my all-time favorite hymn. In regards to the service it continued the thought of GOD's reign and our rest within it. As GOD's love and majesty exists throughout all of history and he remains sovereign over all we can rest in the knowledge that he maintains his mercy and justice over us. With this in mind we can find in him our comfort in every situation.
[Album: Ebenezar: A Collection of Hymns - Dave Hunt]
Overcome - Perfect ending to our service. The whole idea that Christ has already overcome Satan and our eternal standing is secure when we stand in light of that truth is phenomenal. Ecclesiastes walks through Solomon's struggle with materialism and a final resting in the justice of GOD, not in the thoughts and justice of our hearts and minds.
[album: Everyone Overcome - Desperation Band]
To see the ways that other brothers and sisters worshipped in song this week you can check out the sunday setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
THE SERVICE
Our Great GOD [Casey Darnell]
Video Announcements
Missions Update & Offering
Forever [Chris Tomlin]
You Never Let Go [Matt Redman]
It Is Well With My Soul [Horatio Spafford]
Message
Overcome [Jon Egan]
Dismiss
Our Great GOD (Reprise)
THE TEAM
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Nick Hostetler - drums
Marc Hyde - bass
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Cyndi Leamon - vocals
THE NOTES
Pastor Jordan was on vacation this week so we had a guest speaker fill our pulpit. Brandon Addison grew up in CGC and recently finished his seminary degree in California. Brandon shared an overview of the book of Ecclesiastes and focused on the fact that life according to the world is meaningless, as Solomon laments throughout the book, but life according to Christ is meaningful. It is only through our salvation in Christ that we can find any lasting peace in this life and move past the absurdity of this world.
With this in mind, our worship set focused on the eternity of our GOD. That because he is the GOD who reigns forever that we can always find our hope and peace in who He is and what He has done. It is through Christ and Christ alone that we may overcome the misery and aimlessness of what this life appears to offer.
THE SONGS
Our Great GOD - This is a new song, so we opened the service with it so that people would have a chance to hear it. We also closed the service with it to put it in people's ears one more time. We have actually played it as house music (from the CD) a few times over the past months so I think it felt a little familiar to a lot of people. I love the song and the message of the greatness and majesty of God. I've wanted to introduce it for a while, but haven't had the right time where it fit where we were going. Alli sang lead on this song because the lead guitar parts have an odd timing that I can't seem to make my fingers play while singing something else. It's always nice to have that flexibility within our team. Casey Darnell is a fantastic songwriter and worship leader. He's part of the team at Northpoint and his last album is a phenomenal album of corporate worship songs. I highly recommend checking out his stuff.
[album: Coming Alive - Casey Darnell]
Forever - In looking at the "big picture" of Ecclesiastes is seems to point to the fact that GOD reigns through all circumstances. A life lived apart from the will of GOD is a life lived in vanity, as Solomon says. Fortunately for the believer GOD is forever faithful, strong, and with us.
[album: The Noise We Make - Chris Tomlin]
You Never Let Go - The GOD who created the heavens and the earth, the GOD who reigns for all eternity, also covers us in his grace. As Paul prays over the thorn in his flesh in 2 Corinthians 12 he hears from the LORD, "My grace is sufficient for you." GOD's grace never let's us go. His peace and calms us through all the storms and struggle of this life and gives us meaning to our existence.
[album: Beautiful News - Matt Redman]
It Is Well With My Soul - This is maybe my all-time favorite hymn. In regards to the service it continued the thought of GOD's reign and our rest within it. As GOD's love and majesty exists throughout all of history and he remains sovereign over all we can rest in the knowledge that he maintains his mercy and justice over us. With this in mind we can find in him our comfort in every situation.
[Album: Ebenezar: A Collection of Hymns - Dave Hunt]
Overcome - Perfect ending to our service. The whole idea that Christ has already overcome Satan and our eternal standing is secure when we stand in light of that truth is phenomenal. Ecclesiastes walks through Solomon's struggle with materialism and a final resting in the justice of GOD, not in the thoughts and justice of our hearts and minds.
[album: Everyone Overcome - Desperation Band]
To see the ways that other brothers and sisters worshipped in song this week you can check out the sunday setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
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 13, 2012
Sunday Setlist // 2.12.12
Take a look at what happened at Community Gospel Church this weekend...
THE SERVICE:
Glory to God Forever [Steve Fee]
Welcome // Announcements
Offering
Glory to Your Name [Dave Hunt]
Once Again [Matt Redman]
Our God [Chris Tomlin/Jason Reeves/Matt Redman/Jonas Myrin]
Consuming Fire [Tim Hughes]
Message
Arms that Hold the Universe [Steve Fee]
THE TEAM:
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Cyndi Leamon - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Mike Stemble - audio
Brent Wiseman - visual
THE NOTES:
This week we kicked off a new series that Pastor Jordan Muck is preaching called, "Three". This is a four-week study of Colossians 3:1-17. It should be an exciting study on the heart of our actions as believers. Week one looked at the first three verses and discussed the setting of our hearts on things above, the fixing of our minds on the things above, and the security that is found in Christ.
THE SONGS:
Glory to God Forever - This is a great song. It's very simple and holds a wealth of theological truth to it. I love opening with this one. It has really good energy to it and our people have always grabbed a strong hold of it.
[album: Hope Rising - Fee]
Glory to Your Name - I have talked about this song many times in the past. It is by a phenomenal worship leader named Dave Hunt. He lead at the church I attended when I lived in Nashville, TN. Dave is simply one of the most genuine and humble worship leaders I have ever encountered. This is one of his songs that I love!
[album: Shattered - Dave Hunt]
Once Again - This is another older song that I love. It has a tremendous focus on the cross and and the humility, gratitude, and response that simply must flow from the observation of it. I do have to note though, that I always change one word of the song. The bridge goes like this: "Thank you for the cross // Thank you for the cross // Thank you for the cross, my friend". I've never been comfortable with the word friend there. I understand what Matt Redman is trying to communicate, but in my mind (if nowhere else) it seems to diminish the power of the act of sacrifice that took place there. So whenever I have done this song I always change the word "friend" to "king". Some might feel this is unnecessary or "nit-picking", but it's one of those things that I feel a conviction about so I change it.
[album: The Friendship and the Fear - Matt Redman]
Our God - Everybody knows this song. I probably don't need to talk much about it. I would have no problem doing a whole service where we sing just the bridge to this one.
[album: And If Our God is For Us - Chris Tomlin]
Consuming Fire - I felt like this was a great song to end the set with this week since the focus on the message was on the centering of ourselves on things above and not on this earth.
[album: When Silence Falls - Tim Hughes]
The Arms that Hold the Universe - It was a Steve Fee kind of morning. This was our closing song. Jordan talked to me early in the week about doing this one after the message, so I worked it up. We didn't really have time to learn it as a team so I played it solo.
[album: Hope Rising - Fee]
For more information on Community Gospel Church please visit us at:
www.cgccommunity.com
or on facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/cgccommunity
To see what other brothers and sisters are singing visit the sunday setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
THE SERVICE:
Glory to God Forever [Steve Fee]
Welcome // Announcements
Offering
Glory to Your Name [Dave Hunt]
Once Again [Matt Redman]
Our God [Chris Tomlin/Jason Reeves/Matt Redman/Jonas Myrin]
Consuming Fire [Tim Hughes]
Message
Arms that Hold the Universe [Steve Fee]
THE TEAM:
Jonathan Eckberg - guitar/vocals
Beth Stemble - piano
Cyndi Leamon - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Mike Stemble - audio
Brent Wiseman - visual
THE NOTES:
This week we kicked off a new series that Pastor Jordan Muck is preaching called, "Three". This is a four-week study of Colossians 3:1-17. It should be an exciting study on the heart of our actions as believers. Week one looked at the first three verses and discussed the setting of our hearts on things above, the fixing of our minds on the things above, and the security that is found in Christ.
THE SONGS:
Glory to God Forever - This is a great song. It's very simple and holds a wealth of theological truth to it. I love opening with this one. It has really good energy to it and our people have always grabbed a strong hold of it.
[album: Hope Rising - Fee]
Glory to Your Name - I have talked about this song many times in the past. It is by a phenomenal worship leader named Dave Hunt. He lead at the church I attended when I lived in Nashville, TN. Dave is simply one of the most genuine and humble worship leaders I have ever encountered. This is one of his songs that I love!
[album: Shattered - Dave Hunt]
Once Again - This is another older song that I love. It has a tremendous focus on the cross and and the humility, gratitude, and response that simply must flow from the observation of it. I do have to note though, that I always change one word of the song. The bridge goes like this: "Thank you for the cross // Thank you for the cross // Thank you for the cross, my friend". I've never been comfortable with the word friend there. I understand what Matt Redman is trying to communicate, but in my mind (if nowhere else) it seems to diminish the power of the act of sacrifice that took place there. So whenever I have done this song I always change the word "friend" to "king". Some might feel this is unnecessary or "nit-picking", but it's one of those things that I feel a conviction about so I change it.
[album: The Friendship and the Fear - Matt Redman]
Our God - Everybody knows this song. I probably don't need to talk much about it. I would have no problem doing a whole service where we sing just the bridge to this one.
[album: And If Our God is For Us - Chris Tomlin]
Consuming Fire - I felt like this was a great song to end the set with this week since the focus on the message was on the centering of ourselves on things above and not on this earth.
[album: When Silence Falls - Tim Hughes]
The Arms that Hold the Universe - It was a Steve Fee kind of morning. This was our closing song. Jordan talked to me early in the week about doing this one after the message, so I worked it up. We didn't really have time to learn it as a team so I played it solo.
[album: Hope Rising - Fee]
For more information on Community Gospel Church please visit us at:
www.cgccommunity.com
or on facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/cgccommunity
To see what other brothers and sisters are singing visit the sunday setlist at www.theworshipcommunity.com.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday Setlist / 1.29.12
Here's a look at the 10:10 service at Community Gospel Church in Bremen, IN:
THE SET:
When I think about the Lord (james huey)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Blessed Be Your Name (matt redman/beth redman)
Holy Nation (jordan muck/jonathan eckberg)
Reflection // Meditation
May The Words of My Mouth (tim hughes)
Message
Communion
Dismiss
THE TEAM:
Jonathan Eckberg - vocals/guitar
Beth Stemble - piano
Larry Ingle - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Kay Smith - vocals
Dale Gramm - audio
Perri Helpler - visual
NOTES:
This was the final week in our 1P29C (that is, 1 Peter 2:9 Christian) series. It was such a great morning of worship and fellowship. We took communion as a family which was phenomenal. Pastor Jordan left the communion table "open" after the service to allow families to bring their children up and teach them what communion is all about. We have an amazing children's ministry, but the downside to that is that we don't have many younger children in the service. So by doing what we did, it allowed parents to decide if their child had accepted Christ and was at an age where he/she could understand and legitimately engage in the sacraments. It was a cool experience to see a few of our families teaching their children about the beauty of communion. I think, in a child's mind, it transforms the act from "snack time" to the deep and meaningful experience that it is supposed to be. Awesome.
Musically, the set list was "older" than a typical week for us. The only song that was written after 2001 is the one we wrote for this series! I could't care less about when a song was written. If it's a good song with solid theology and it fits the movement of the service and the message of the day then I'm game. It doesn't matter to me if it's a 70's praise chorus, a hymn, or an original song - the main point is does it move us where God is leading.
When I Think About the Lord - this is a song I've done for years. I've never really known who wrote it (I had to look it up before I posted this). It's a song I learned from Dave Hunt in my time attending Rolling Hills Community Church in Nashville, TN. I love the simplicity of this song. "When I think about the Lord // It makes me wanna shout // Hallelujah, thank you Jesus // Lord You're worthy of all the glory // and all the honor and all the praise"
Blessed Be Your Name - While this is a song that is greatly overdone among church circles. However, on the occasions that we do break it out I'm reminded as to the reasons WHY it is overdone. It's just a great song. I don't think I even need to comment on this one.
Holy Nation - I mentioned last week that this was a song written specifically for this series. That means that, of course, we had to do it this week. People have really caught on to it and I hope it creates an avenue for people to link back to the messages of this series.
May the Words of My Mouth - This is one of my favorite "personal" worship songs. When I'm sitting at home with my guitar worshipping, chances are that this song will be played. It's a great song about the joy we have in abandoning all this world tells us we need and being fulfilled in committing to follow wherever God leads - and doing so for no other reason that he calls us to do so.
To learn more about Community Gospel Church please visit cgccommunity.com.
THE SET:
When I think about the Lord (james huey)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Blessed Be Your Name (matt redman/beth redman)
Holy Nation (jordan muck/jonathan eckberg)
Reflection // Meditation
May The Words of My Mouth (tim hughes)
Message
Communion
Dismiss
THE TEAM:
Jonathan Eckberg - vocals/guitar
Beth Stemble - piano
Larry Ingle - vocals
Alli Hutchens - vocals
Kay Smith - vocals
Dale Gramm - audio
Perri Helpler - visual
NOTES:
This was the final week in our 1P29C (that is, 1 Peter 2:9 Christian) series. It was such a great morning of worship and fellowship. We took communion as a family which was phenomenal. Pastor Jordan left the communion table "open" after the service to allow families to bring their children up and teach them what communion is all about. We have an amazing children's ministry, but the downside to that is that we don't have many younger children in the service. So by doing what we did, it allowed parents to decide if their child had accepted Christ and was at an age where he/she could understand and legitimately engage in the sacraments. It was a cool experience to see a few of our families teaching their children about the beauty of communion. I think, in a child's mind, it transforms the act from "snack time" to the deep and meaningful experience that it is supposed to be. Awesome.
Musically, the set list was "older" than a typical week for us. The only song that was written after 2001 is the one we wrote for this series! I could't care less about when a song was written. If it's a good song with solid theology and it fits the movement of the service and the message of the day then I'm game. It doesn't matter to me if it's a 70's praise chorus, a hymn, or an original song - the main point is does it move us where God is leading.
When I Think About the Lord - this is a song I've done for years. I've never really known who wrote it (I had to look it up before I posted this). It's a song I learned from Dave Hunt in my time attending Rolling Hills Community Church in Nashville, TN. I love the simplicity of this song. "When I think about the Lord // It makes me wanna shout // Hallelujah, thank you Jesus // Lord You're worthy of all the glory // and all the honor and all the praise"
Blessed Be Your Name - While this is a song that is greatly overdone among church circles. However, on the occasions that we do break it out I'm reminded as to the reasons WHY it is overdone. It's just a great song. I don't think I even need to comment on this one.
Holy Nation - I mentioned last week that this was a song written specifically for this series. That means that, of course, we had to do it this week. People have really caught on to it and I hope it creates an avenue for people to link back to the messages of this series.
May the Words of My Mouth - This is one of my favorite "personal" worship songs. When I'm sitting at home with my guitar worshipping, chances are that this song will be played. It's a great song about the joy we have in abandoning all this world tells us we need and being fulfilled in committing to follow wherever God leads - and doing so for no other reason that he calls us to do so.
To learn more about Community Gospel Church please visit cgccommunity.com.
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, 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.
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.
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