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Sunday Setlist - November 22, 2009

My wife Lori, son Evan, and I have had an awesome weekend with Bread of Life Church in Fresno, CA, which you can read about here, so we missed out on what happened today at home at Life Church. But Ruth Pingel was kind enough to do a recap of that gathering for me - here it is:

We started today with an extended period of mingling and talking. Good times! I think people were just really excited to have everyone home from the Philippine mission trip, and it felt good to see all our friends again. Paul Shipman led worship this morning, and here was the list:
 
Great is the Lord (Lord we want to lift Your Name on high)
Sing to the King (Come let us sing a song...)
Let Everything that has Breath (Praise You in the morning)
All of my Life (My soul cries out...)
 
Rebecca Charles led Great is the Lord, and she did a great job! The band changed keys in between Great is the Lord and Sing to the King while keeping the music going. It was a cool transition that helped keep up the momentum from Great is the Lord.
 
After Let Everything that has Breath, our pastor, Tom, came to the mic and exhorted us about the power of praise. Praising God puts us in position to see Him rightly, as He really is, and it sets us free like no earthly thing can. The church was moved, and we took a moment to let loose and clap and shout. It was an awesome time, and was a great segue into All of my Life. Jonathan Shipman led that one, and we stayed there for the rest of the worship time, commiting our lives to the Lord and opening our hearts to hear His voice.
 
The crew that spent the last ten or so days on a missions trip to the Philippines shared about their trip today. Great slideshows and stories; funny and moving. After everyone had a chance to share, Tom spoke for a few minutes from the end of Matthew 28: the Great Commission. We love the nations because God does, and we go and make disciples because Jesus asks it. Not everyone can go, necessarily; but we all need to have God's heart and His concern for all the earth. It was a great morning!

Sounds like an awesome time - thanks Ruth! To read about what happened in worship this week at churches all over the place, see Fred McKinnon's Sunday Setlist worship blog. Have a great week!

Sunday Setlist - November 15, 2009

We were missing several people at Life Church this week, due to having 8 or 10 people on a trip to the Philippines, a couple out to see our friends at Christian Life Fellowship in Raliegh, N.C., oh, and did I mention it's deer hunting season? That took a few more to the woods. Nonetheless, we had a great morning together in the Lord. I thought there was a real family atmosphere, and heard others mention this as well.

Ruth Pingel led worship this week, and we tried something a little different. Rather than having a full band, Ruth led from the keyboard, with Jon Shipman and myself playing acoustic guitars and singing with her. It was a lot of fun! I thought we might have a little trouble staying together rythmically without drums and bass, but actually, it was not bad at all.

Ruth did a great job of choosing songs, although we only wound up doing three of them. I think we cut a little shorter than normal to make time for more announcements than usual, and we also we took time to wish Larry Smoyer a happy 60th birthday. Larry's loved us and served us all for more than 20 years. He's such a wonderful man of God, it was really good to take a few moments and honor him today.

Anyway, here are the songs we did this morning:

1.  Enough  - in E (Chris Tomlin/Louie Giglio, EMI Christian Music, CCLI #3599479)

2.  Blessed Be Your Name  - in A (Matt & Beth Redman, ThankYou Music, CCLI #3798438)

Ruth stayed in the background on the keys on these two, and let Jon and I carry them on the guitars. People responded well, and as far as the sparse instrumentation, it really didn't seem as different or awkward as I thought it might be.

3.  Nothing But The Blood  - in A (Matt Redman, ThankYou Music, CCLI #4329411)

Other Songs we practiced, but didn't do this morning:

   What Joy is Found (Jeremy Riddle, Mercy/Vineyard, CCLI #4865920) I love this song!

   It Is You (Pete Sanchez, Integrity, CCLI #16244)

   My Jesus I Love Thee (W.R. Featherston/A.J. Gordon, Public Domain, arrngmnt CCLI #27817)

   None But Jesus (Brooke Fraser, Hillong, CCLI #4726186)

Roger Moore led the meeting today, with Trey Allemang and David Bost, and the three of them took care of the offering, announcements, and Larry's 'happy birthday' at this point. Then they introduced this morning's speaker, who I didn't really care for, so I didn't pay much attention to what he said...oh, wait, it was me. Ha!

I preached about the Incorruptible Seed of the Word of God. We talked about the parable of the sower, and I felt God was emphasizing the fact that the seed will produce - the only thing that keeps it from producing is not getting into the soil, not getting into good soil. We read mostly out of  Matt. 13 and I Peter 1:13-25.  Sometimes we forget that the supernatural power of God is at work in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure, and He is well able - through what He's already implanted in us - to cause our lives to be lived as He designed them to be.

We didn't really have an altar call per se, and Ruth and Jon played behind prayers that closed out the meeting. Hope you had a great day at your place. Feel free to leave a comment, and check out what happened in worship all over the place at Fred McKinnon's worship blog carnival. God bless!

Sunday Setlist - November 8, 2009

I was out of town this Sunday (you can read about my trip to LaCygne Christian Church here). Jonathan Shipman led at Life Church in Kirksville this week. Here's a recap from one of our other team leaders, Ruth Pingel (thanks Ruth!) --

1. Sing (Your Love)  (Reuben Morgan, Hillsong, CCLI# 4222075) - Jon started out with chorus and bridge of this one, then moved on to...

2. You, You Are God  (Walker Beach, Gateway Create Publishing, 4389918)

3. Let My Soul Cry Out  (from our good friend Charity Long in Omaha) – people responded well to this.

4. Happy Day   (Ben Cantelon/Tim Hughes, ThankYou Music, CCLI# 4847027) - It was a shock to do three fast songs. But it was so right for that morning and people LOVED it! Then Jon closed out with...

5. I Will Worship You  (Matthew Ward, MCFM, CCLI# 3480320). The bridge on that song was really powerful.
 
Overall, it was a really good morning – it seemed like people were really touching God. With the lower overall volume, it seemed REALLY quiet to me where we were sitting, but quite comfortable when we went to the altar to dance. So maybe people who like it loud just need to get outta their seats and PRAISE THE LORD!!! 
 
Our pastor, Tom Bedford gave everyone an update on his recent trip to Europe, then brought a message about living a life of conviction. He talked about relating to each other out of conviction, using the example of siblings relating to each other out of comfort, and how it makes them more likely to snap at each other and not act out of love, because they know they're stuck with each other. Marriages can be the same way. So, instead of letting ourselves be complacent with our love, we need to be convicted about how we treat each other – love your neighbor as yourself – really think about how we would treat ourselves or how we expect to be treated.

People came up front in response to an altar call, and asked God to change their hearts and help them see what love really was and how to live it.
 
Altar song was To Bring Glory, by me [Ruth Pingel] and Jon Shipman.

Read about what took place in worship all over the place at Fred McKinnon's blog carnival.

Sunday Setlist - November 1, 2009

 

Sunday Setlist - 11/1/2009 from Harold Forbis on Vimeo.

This was one of those mornings in worship where we just couldn't quit. In fact, it's still going, I just slipped out to do a setlist post! Not really, we did stop at some point, so Tom Hutchens could bring the word of the Lord to us.

We're five weeks into our 85dB sound ceiling (click here for more thoughts on that) and the grace of God is helping us find creative new ways of engaging our congregation in worship. The sound guys are telling us they're really able to bring out vocal blends, enhance solo instruments, like flute, etc., and are enjoying actually mixing instead of just sliding (but, for everyone who wants it cranked, there's a worship meeting Friday night that's guaranteed to hit the high 90's or more!).

Here's the setlist from today:

Forever Grateful - in G (Mark Altrogge, Sovereign Grace Praise, CCLI# 24047)

Today is the Day - in Bb (Lincoln Brewster & Paul Baloche, Integrity, CCLI# 5200924)

This is the Day  - in G (Harold Forbis, OneVoiceWorship.Org, CCLI# 274276)

Have Your Way - in Bb(Harold Forbis, OneVoiceWorship.Org, CCLI# 438839)

Worshiping You - in Bb (Jonathan Stockstill, CCLI# 509731)

You'll find some more details on the video post. We had one more song that Tom H. threw in at the altar call that none of us knew. We didn't know he was in 3/4, and he didn't know we were in 4/4, but Rita H. saved the day when she came to the keyboard to bail us out - and Tom, you're singing is awesome!

Hope you had a great day in the Lord. Read what happened in churches all over the place at Fred McKinnon's blog carnival. God bless!