Sunday Setlist - 23rd September 2012 (& other service ideas)


So this week I was not only leading the musical elements of the service but also how the entire service all 'hangs together'. This includes the welcome, prayer times, notices, introducing the speaker, and allowing for times of testimony and prophecy throughout. So there was quite a lot to think about - praise God it all went well.

One element I would like to mention before I go into the musical aspect of the service is the use of a word cloud. At our church we like to get the whole congregation involved, to worship and grow together as a community and place less emphasis on 'up front' ministers. So after the sermon (which was a wrapping up of a series we have had on 1 Thessalonians) we used a word cloud which I generated on wordle.com of the whole of 1 Thessalonians. We then broke into groups of 4 or 5 and talked about one thing from the book that we had learnt. There were some good discussions and I think everyone felt involved and participated. I must say a big thank you to www.engageworship.org for their amazing resource where I found this idea!

Ok, so now to the music. This week we had bass guitar, keyboard, electric guitar and 3 vocalists. These instruments mixed well and gave a good overall sound. It was great having that ryhthm from the bass providing a solid groove for the rest of the instruments to build on top of, despite not having drums.

The Setlist:
Show Your Power (He Is The Lord) - Kevin Prosche
Your Love is Amazing(Hallelujah) - Brenton Brown
Glorious (King of Glory, King of Light) - Al Gordon [worshipcentral]
Let Your Kingdom Come - Matt McChlery Click here for free chord chart
Here Is Love (vast as the ocean) - Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin re-mix
 
  • What songs did you play and sing in church this week?
  • What worked / what did not work?

Comments

  1. Bob Blake24 September 2012 at 17:33

    Had a great time Matt than's,always good to have something different,enjoyed the groups,we all learn that little bit extra i feel.

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