Boy Band Weekend!
Your Love Never Fails - Chris Quilala/Jesus Culture
Arms Open Wide - Hillsong United
God is Alive - Fee
Yours Forever - Hillsong United
Typical - Mute Math
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Set List for June 19/20
Acoustic Weekend..on purpose this time!
Keys: Rick
Acoustic Guitars: Andrew and Charlie
Cajon and Shaker: Taylor
Bass: Lane
Vocals: Brandy, Rose, Rick and Charlie
Set:
Desert Song
All I Need is You
Come Thou Fount
From the Inside Out
Rise and Sing
Offering:
Lay'em Down - Needtobreathe
Keys: Rick
Acoustic Guitars: Andrew and Charlie
Cajon and Shaker: Taylor
Bass: Lane
Vocals: Brandy, Rose, Rick and Charlie
Set:
Desert Song
All I Need is You
Come Thou Fount
From the Inside Out
Rise and Sing
Offering:
Lay'em Down - Needtobreathe
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
209
It's just a number...and yet, it's not just a number at all.
209 people took an incredible step of faith this past weekend.
209 people responded to the first great 'ask' of God with boldness.
209 beautiful, soaking wet people came up out of the baptism water as an outward sign of their inward commitment.
And the rest of us, had 209 reasons to fall to our knees yet again.
THIS is church.
209 people took an incredible step of faith this past weekend.
209 people responded to the first great 'ask' of God with boldness.
209 beautiful, soaking wet people came up out of the baptism water as an outward sign of their inward commitment.
And the rest of us, had 209 reasons to fall to our knees yet again.
THIS is church.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
I guess you heard by now...
So, you probably all ready heard about our Saturday night service. But just incase, here's a recap:
5:50 - we finish an awesome dress rehearsal and are excited about the message we know Jim is going to bring
5:55 - the countdown clock starts (so do the butterflies anticipating a really awesome hour ahead!)
5:59:30 - the countdown is rolling but there is no sound! PANIC ALARM GOES OFF!!!
What in the world just happened?! The band can hear everything perfectly through their in-ears, you can hear out in the hall, the guy in the sound 'closet' recording for the internet campus is getting a feed just fine...but in the auditorium? Silence. Dead silence.
6:00 - Rick jumps off the riser and runs backstage to assess what's going on while Steven tries to figure out what in the world to say to the church while we're trying to figure out what's happening!
6:01 Nothing
6:02 What was that? Nope...nothing
6:03 See above
6:04 Again, see above
6:05 Wait...we hear something, nope. It's didn't work.
6:06 Steven is doing a great job not making this really awkward. Did he just say something about a huge explosion confined to a small area? Where does he come up with this stuff? And why does he keep talking in the mic? It's not working! Thank you God for his sense of humor!!!
6:07 The announcement is made: Our processor just blew up. We have no sound, so we're doing this unplugged...REALLY unplugged. The church is asked to move into the center section and fill in the empty seats, they do. The band members go off stage and start grabbing acoustic instruments. Is Andrew (our electric guitar player extraordinaire) playing a shaker? And then it happened...
6:08 One of the sweetest sounds I've ever heard - the church singing, and singing LOUD. There was definitely worship going on, without mics, without sound but with passion, with authenticity and with full devotion to Christ.
Our Senior Pastor gets up and 'shouts' the message God had given him...and the church responded in a huge way (that's for another blog).
Meck - there is no doubt, even without sound, we were "Living Out Loud". It's an incredible thing to be part of this community and the grace and love you poured out on the Arts Team this weekend was humbling...and moving.
It's an incredible thing that these people pictured below did to get through Saturday Night and then go all over town to set up a sound system so that we could have services on Sunday with sound, so that God's word could be heard loud and clear. They had no concern for how it would impact their Saturday night plans, how long it would take to get done, how much (or in this case, how 'little') sleep they would get, or how early they would have to return on Sunday morning. They knew what was at stake - and nothing was going to stop them from giving God their absolute best efforts...and boy did they did.
So today I want to salute Jeff, Keith and Christine, Ali, Mark, Rick, Andrew, Dave, Ray, Lane, Brandy, Charlie, Steven, Lindsay and Jim. You are my heroes! And this is what it means to be the church.
But you know what's super cool? If this processor explosion had happened the weekend before this...if this had happened this weekend coming...you know what? The response and results would have been EXACTLY the same. No matter what members of the Arts Team happened to be serving, I know without a doubt that every single person involved would have had the same exact response, commitment, dedication and heart about the whole thing. That's not 'normal' friends...and I'm SO glad I get to be a part of it.
God is so good.
5:50 - we finish an awesome dress rehearsal and are excited about the message we know Jim is going to bring
5:55 - the countdown clock starts (so do the butterflies anticipating a really awesome hour ahead!)
5:59:30 - the countdown is rolling but there is no sound! PANIC ALARM GOES OFF!!!
What in the world just happened?! The band can hear everything perfectly through their in-ears, you can hear out in the hall, the guy in the sound 'closet' recording for the internet campus is getting a feed just fine...but in the auditorium? Silence. Dead silence.
6:00 - Rick jumps off the riser and runs backstage to assess what's going on while Steven tries to figure out what in the world to say to the church while we're trying to figure out what's happening!
6:01 Nothing
6:02 What was that? Nope...nothing
6:03 See above
6:04 Again, see above
6:05 Wait...we hear something, nope. It's didn't work.
6:06 Steven is doing a great job not making this really awkward. Did he just say something about a huge explosion confined to a small area? Where does he come up with this stuff? And why does he keep talking in the mic? It's not working! Thank you God for his sense of humor!!!
6:07 The announcement is made: Our processor just blew up. We have no sound, so we're doing this unplugged...REALLY unplugged. The church is asked to move into the center section and fill in the empty seats, they do. The band members go off stage and start grabbing acoustic instruments. Is Andrew (our electric guitar player extraordinaire) playing a shaker? And then it happened...
6:08 One of the sweetest sounds I've ever heard - the church singing, and singing LOUD. There was definitely worship going on, without mics, without sound but with passion, with authenticity and with full devotion to Christ.
Our Senior Pastor gets up and 'shouts' the message God had given him...and the church responded in a huge way (that's for another blog).
Meck - there is no doubt, even without sound, we were "Living Out Loud". It's an incredible thing to be part of this community and the grace and love you poured out on the Arts Team this weekend was humbling...and moving.
It's an incredible thing that these people pictured below did to get through Saturday Night and then go all over town to set up a sound system so that we could have services on Sunday with sound, so that God's word could be heard loud and clear. They had no concern for how it would impact their Saturday night plans, how long it would take to get done, how much (or in this case, how 'little') sleep they would get, or how early they would have to return on Sunday morning. They knew what was at stake - and nothing was going to stop them from giving God their absolute best efforts...and boy did they did.
So today I want to salute Jeff, Keith and Christine, Ali, Mark, Rick, Andrew, Dave, Ray, Lane, Brandy, Charlie, Steven, Lindsay and Jim. You are my heroes! And this is what it means to be the church.
But you know what's super cool? If this processor explosion had happened the weekend before this...if this had happened this weekend coming...you know what? The response and results would have been EXACTLY the same. No matter what members of the Arts Team happened to be serving, I know without a doubt that every single person involved would have had the same exact response, commitment, dedication and heart about the whole thing. That's not 'normal' friends...and I'm SO glad I get to be a part of it.
God is so good.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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