Sunday Setlists - May 3rd, 2009

Probably last one into Fred's Sunday Setlists for this week. ;)

Walk-in: Jesus, Messiah

For who You are - *offering*

Announcements & Prayer

Challenge - don't sing the words if you are not ready to say them. We're singing a lot of things tonight:

'Lord, You have my heart and I will search for Yours'
'Let me be to You a sacrifice'
'I will worship You with all of my heart, mind and strength. '
'I want more love, power, faith and passion – more of You'
'I pour out my life'
'What can I do but offer my heart completely to You'
'I give my life to declare Your promise'
'I’ll stand with my arms high and my heart abandoned, my soul surrendered to You.'
'All I am is Yours.'

The Stand

Prayer

Once Again

Lord, You have my heart

Open prayer – for who YOU are

More love, more power
Coffee

Sermon – John Harding – Gift of Tongues

Sunday Setlist - March 29th, 2009

This entry is sharing with worship leaders all over the world as part of Fred McKinnon's Sunday Setlists. Do yourself a favour...

Morning Service

Announcements

Testimony

Praise my soul the King of Heaven (first and last read as a poem)

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (one, two and six - I picked up the pace on this one but confused some of the folks a bit...in retrospect I will consider slowing it again for the next time I use this wonderful hymn)

Jesus, Messiah

Jesus, Name Above All Names

Let your living water (starting with chorus Jesus...)

More love, More power (starting with I will worship You after instrumental More love...)

As we lift up our hands (read as a prayer from As we to Only you.)

Sermon - Cries from the Cross (My God, my God, why have You abandoned me?)

As the person doing the announcements was late for the service, I had to do some quick reshuffling - I know you've been-there-done-that - and I did the first poem and the first song before the testimony and then we moved on to announcements. The downside of that was that I felt I'd lost the congregation completely until Jesus, Name above all names. There was a disconnect and I just couldn't breach it. I slowed the songs from Jesus, Name above all names as I sensed them connecting and just went back to choruses where possible. I long for the nuts and bolts of corporate worship NOT to be a distraction from the presence of the living God. This continues to be the cry of my heart.

Family service setlist - March 22nd AM

For the Sunday Setlist Carnival over at FredMcKinnon.com. I have used many of their ideas in different situations and have been inspired to other ideas through reading their creative thoughts and their passion for their churches and for worship that keeps God at the centre.

Our church is still being introduced to this level of cross-generational worship. The previous time that I led it, I made sure that I used relevant hymns. Our congregation, like most, responds well to wooing and very badly to revolution. This time I used fairly well known choruses and I asked the Sunday School to minister to the congregation by singing to them and through two teens who gave testimonies.

We used CD's for all the songs.

Come, Now is the Time to Worship

Item - He Knows my Name - Sunday School children
Jesus loves me - a capella

Testimonies - Teen Sunday School class

Children's Talk - The Perfect Fit for Running the Race - Pastor Donovan Holmes

Psalm 8 - I read this from a powerpoint where I had highlighted verse 2 for the congregation to read with me. It is the Sunday School verse for the year.

You have taught children and infants to tell of
your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.

I could sing of Your love Forever (Over the Mountains)
Holy is the Lord (It's Rising Up All Around)

Read from Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty

We Fall Down - offering

Sermon - What kind of family are we? - Pastor Donovan Holmes

It was a great service, filled with freedom and joy and stuff that just makes sense. Praise be to our heavenly Father!

Next time - flags and/or ribbons!

Morning service setlist 15 February

This is a Sunday Setlist over at Fred's. This is a wonderful community of creative worship leaders. Check it out here.

Walk-in: Jesus Messiah (new for this service)

Announcements

Jesus Messiah *offering*
Exodus 34:5-7a
Medley:
The Splendour of the King (How Great is our God) - How Great Thou Art - Jesus Messiah - Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)

Ch - How great is our God, sing with me x 2

Ch - Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,

V1 - O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder

Ch - Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee

V3 - And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing

Ch - Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,

Ch - How great is our God, sing with me

V1 - The splendour of a King, clothed in majesty

Ch - How great is our God, sing with me

V2 - Age to age He stands, and time is in His hands,

Ch - How great is our God, sing with me,

Ch - Jesus Messiah
V1 - He became sin
Pre-Ch - Love so amazing
V1 - Amazing grace
V2 - 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fearCh - My chains are goneV3 - The Lord has promised good to me

Reading
Be still for the presence of the Lord (last verse a capella)
Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh
Sermon

Java JBay Service – 2008-12-07

Hi folks

Once again I'm participating in Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon. Check it out - some fabulous creativity going on.

HOLINESS – REVERENCE – RESPONSE

(I wanted us to focus on the God behind the 'fear and trembling' bit of Philippians 2.12)

Open the eyes of my heart, Lord

Welcome and Announcements

Isaiah 6 1-8

We fall down, We lay our crowns (offering taken up during song)

King of Kings, Majesty

You are beautiful beyond description

I worship You, Almighty God

Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down (started with the chorus and didn't do the horribly overdone beautiful first verse 'Light of the world')

Immortal, invisible (first two verses read as a poem)

It's all about You, Jesus (again started with the chorus for Jesus, lover of my soul)

Brad Jones did a great job of challenging us from Philippians 2.12 'Working it out'.