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Honey Hole Worship – The Reservoir

Posted on September 17th, 2008 in Church Life, Worship Leadership by Fred McKinnon

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Honey Hole Worship
OK, for those who didn’t watch the video … here’s the deal.  I had an awesome fishing spot called my “hone hole”.  No matter what, I knew I could go there to catch fish.  (before finding out it was toxic).

In our churches, we have songs that are like my “honey hole”.  These are the songs that make up the “reservoir” of songs that will be near and dear to your congregation for decades.  These are the songs that you can go to, and you know that these songs will inspire your congregation to engage.

I want to know what your three “go to” songs are.  Just because I’m a Redneck Worship Leader, we’re calling them the “Honey Hole Songs”.

What are they?


  • http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

    How Great Thou Art, The Stand, Let God Arise

    Tylers last blog post..This Was Hard For Me

  • http://thejonmorris.com Jon Morris

    How Great is Our God – the new Shout to the Lord, As the Deer, maybe someday it will be the new Amazing Grace at least in our church
    Sing to the King – our people love the “Satan is vanquished” line
    Revelation Song – Kari Jobe version, the “Yeah’s” make this song take off

  • http://mikeymo1741.blogspot.com Mike

    “You Are Good”
    “Friend of God”

    either one of those will get people moving. There are others, but those are the heavy hitters. “Freedom” by Jason Upton is also a song that has some very personal roots for our church, and will stir up a wellspring of emotion.

    For worship times, “Hungry” never, ever fails. “Agnes Dei” runs a close second. Any of those songs anyone on the worship team can play without a second thought. “Revelation Song” might wind up on that list.

    For our choir, we always go back to “I Need You to Survive” when the congregation needs a lift.

    Mikes last blog post..By Any Other Name – Jehovah Jireh

  • http://www.mattmacdonald.ca matt macdonald

    my bad. correction made. sweet first impression…kid can’t follow even the most basic instructions…

    matt macdonalds last blog post..Worship in Spirit AND Truth

  • http://www.russhutto.com Russ

    1) Revelation Song (Riddle)
    2) You Are Good (Houghton)
    3) God of Wonders (when we do slower stuff) (Baloche)

    My personal honey hole (i know you didn’t ask but here it is anyways)
    1) Great is They Faithfulness (Hymn – CCLI Song # 18723)
    2) Take My Life (and Let it Be) (Old Hymn)
    3) Be Magnified (DeShazo, that old Hosanna tune “and in my eyes and with my song, Oh Lord be magnified…”) (CCLI Song # 645914 )

  • http://www.russhutto.com Russ

    oops, God of Wonders (Marc Byrd, Steve Hindalong)

  • http://www.russhutto.com Russ

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  • http://www.fredmckinnon.com Fred McKinnon

    Hey Russ,
    “Be Magnified”, man that’s an awesome song. Lynn is one incredible writer – remember her “In Your Presence, O God”? wow.

    For the Kingdom,
    Fred McKinnon
    http://www.fredmckinnon.com
    http://www.theworshipcommunity.com

  • http://4whatitsworth.wordpress.com/ Shannon Lewis

    In our youth environments (Not only at Inside Out & Rush Hour, but also including this Summer at the Gathering Place & Team Effort) some of the most powerful “Honey Hole” songs are “You Never let Go” by Matt Redman, “Sweetly Broken” by Jeremy Riddle, and – even though we’ve played it into the ground the kids only grow more responsive to it – “Marvelous Light” by Charlie Hall. If I were to add an honorable mention, “All I Have” (Vineyard) is easy to pull off and always gets a good response as well.

    Shannon Lewiss last blog post..“Worthy” again…

  • http://deepwaterwalk.com Wayne Thomas

    Revelation Song – Gateway
    You Are Good – Kari Jobe
    None But Jesus – Hillsong United

    We have some upbeat, opening songs that we do that will get the congregation to engage, as well. But when I think of the word “engage” I tend to lean toward the experience in worship where a person lays it all down… where they surrender it all and lay their lives at the feet of Jesus. Those are, by far, the sweetest, most ‘engaging’ moments for me to witness and take part in as a worship leader.

    Wayne

  • http://thefirstthought.wordpress.com Janaki

    Right now we are all really into the songs Rescue and Come Thou Fount

    Janakis last blog post..Planning and Doing

  • http://eadesster.wordpress.com/ Kevin Eades

    Revelation song-Kari Jobe
    Oh How He Loves Us-John Mark McMillan
    Amazing Grace-Chris Tomlin

    Kevin Eadess last blog post..Worship Confessional-Drummers Confessional

  • http://www.graceeveryday.blogspot.com beth

    Fred, can I just say that the title of this post is…yuck…

    “You Are Good” – Houghton
    “Friend of God” – Houghton
    “Amazing Grace” – Tomlin
    “Breathe” – Vineyard

    beths last blog post..PCC Choir

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