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Hey Everybody – Welcome to the Big #30 – Sunday Setlists!

First – I want to give credit where credit is due for the “Sunday Setlists” logo this week – it was submitted by our Associate Tech Director and good friend, Chris Moncus @ ChrisMoncus.Com.  If you’d like to submit a “Sunday Setlists” logo, send it via email and I’ll put it up!

OK … so this is the 30th consecutive week, and Sunday Setlists is growng each week.  A special welcome to new Twitter Followers who are participating this week.  Also, if you’d like a weekly email reminder to post your setlist – I have a separate email reminder list for that.  This list is served up by MailChimp, and you can subscribe to it here.  You’ll get an email reminder when Sunday Setlists is posted and ready to go each week.
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To participate in the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival, you need to follow the rules.  Full details are on the “Sunday Setlists” page.  The short version is:

1. Blog about your worship service – you can be the worship leader, pastor, tech guy, or just a person who attended worship!
2. In your blog entry, mention and link back to today’s “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival.  The link for this week is:
   http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/02/15/sunday-setlists-30/
3. Fill out the “Mister Linky” below – be sure that the URL goes straight to your “Sunday Setlists” post or worship confessional, and does NOT go to your blog’s homepage.  Homepage links will be deleted.
4. Leave a comment below and visit the other sites in the Mister Linky.
5. Spread the word.  If you use Twitter, please reference the hash:  #sundaysetlists (click to see all the twitter posts

*** Sunday Setlists Worship Confessional for St. Simons Community Church, Feb 15 – 2009***
Guest – Mandy Thompson

Here’s our “worship confessional” video recap … press play and then pause and let the video load a while before trying to watch it!

Sunday Setlists – Worship Confessional (Fred McKinnon, Mandy Thompson, Jay Sellers) from Fred McKinnon on Vimeo.

Sunday, Feb 15 – Worship Leaders Fred McKinnon and Mandy Thompson discuss their day of worship at SSCC. Electric guitarist, Jay Sellers shines through with his humorous “mandy is a superstar” craziness.

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Songs:
Your Grace is Enough
Hosanna (Paul Baloche)
Mighty To Save & The Stand Medley (Hillsong)
This Is The Gift of God (Carl Cartee)
Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)

Your turn … blog about it, link back here, and fill out the Mister Linky below.
Remember – put the full URL to your actual blog entry, and not your blog’s homepage in the URL field:

Hey Everyone,

My buddy Jay Sellers and I arrived safely today in Washington, D.C. I thought I’d never get here, as I was informed upon checking through security at the airport in JAX that my ID had expired. So, flashes of this entire concert weekend flushing down the drain as I stood there, wondering what would happen.

TSA (security) decided I could go through with extra screening – so I’m the guy over there holding the orange TSA “high risk” card, getting searched over. I’m just glad that I haven’t been pulled over since my license expired nearly 6 months ago without my realizing it.

Landing at DCA (Washington-Reagan) was a breeze, and I promptly went to security and asked them if I’d be able to come home Sunday w/ my expired license. They said no prob, it would just take extra screening like in JAX.

Well, getting onto the military base at Ft. Belvoir wasn’t quite as simple. We were held up at the gate, and despite my military escort, the MP’s wouldn’t allow me on base. “But, he’s one of the headline artists for the concert in the AM, and they are expecting Mr. McKinnon on Parade Field 1 right now for a sound check”. Sorry, expired ID = invalid ID = no getting on this base. Finally, the Major got involved (thanks Major) and vouched for me. After a brief wait, they let us through and off we headed to sound check.

Went straight to the big Parade 1 field where they had this huge stage setup with a big tent over it and a massive PA … and enough backline gear to stock a music store. “Simon”, the house band leader was there with his musicians, and let me just say … these guys are amazing. Jay and I laughed that we’re the only “white boys” around, which doesn’t matter a bit, ’cause we felt the brotherhood (and sisterhood) immediately. The house band started playing my tunes like they’ve been playing with me for a decade. I’ll have to get a pic of us all tomorrow. We rehearsed again after dinner this evening, and we just had some awesome church and worship.

So, we’re back at the housing, and I’m hoping to get a good night’s sleep. Tomorrow will be a long day – will be twittering and sending some pics from the shows.

How was your Friday?
Fred