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Sunday Setlists – Week #31

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Sunday Setlists
St. Simons Community Church, 2/22/09

Great day of worship at SSCC.  I posted a question on Twitter earlier that said, “is it coincidence that on a Sunday we get more than normal complaints about the volume, the crowd was more engaged the ever”?.  Thanks to those of you who replied – I’d love your thoughts in the comments section below.  Basically, I had a discussion with one of our leaders who ushers and he said that the music was great, but that many more people complained about the volume than normal.  Ironically, today was perhaps the most active I’ve ever seen our congregation in worship.  They were shouting, singing, clapping, and really expressing themselves in worship,  I wasn’t “cheering” them on either – it was all spontaneous.

I would say that turning up the volume helped (and I’ve been saying that over and over, so I’d love to be able to say “see, I’m right”), but Travis mixed today and said overall, the decibel level of the music was LOWER than usual.

Our service was structured a bit differently today as we were celebrating Communion and wanted to have time to worship during and after this sacrament.  I’ve often commented that I’d rather have more music AFTER the sermon than BEFORE it, though it usually doesn’t work that way.  I’m so tempted to try it more often, but honestly – in most cases (and I mean in my 15+ years of leading worship, not just at SSCC) the Pastor usually goes longer since they “appear” to have more time, and we just have a longer sermon with less worship.  Exended worship that happens AFTER the teaching of God’s Word always seems to be more passionate and sincere, though.

That’s what we did today.  Here’s a run down – song titles are linked to iTunes where available.
Link to our PlanningCenterOnline.Com Service Plan:
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Walk in:
Bluegrass/Country instrumental version of “Are You Washed in the Blood” (we only got to do this prior to the 11:00)
We Shall See the King (old gospel song, from Lindell Cooley’s “Revival in Brownsville” CD, years ago)

Opening Song:
Glorious (Martha Munizzi)

We used a new Ableton Live loop I created for this song.  The loop only includes congas and horns, but fills in the song nicely.  Having this on a click really forced us to keep the song laid back on the tempo.  I tracked this around 98 bpm and could feel myself wanting to rush it all day.  Our drummer and bassist teased me saying how great it was to FINALLY sing that song at not only the CORRECT tempo, but CONSISTENTLY at the same tempo!  Point taken.

Loop Links:  (OK, I clearly made some goofs, especially on the keyboard part, but ran out of time – there are no effects either.  I played the keyboard part live, so that channel was muted in Ableton for us today).

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“Jesus Messiah”
This was not a natural segue and was the result of a different song being removed due to time issues.  I started with pads, and said a few words to start this song, which helped w/ the awkward transition.  This song went over HUGE and people really sang.

“Sermon”
It’s Personal – 4th and final week of this evangelistic series.  Again, many people professed Christ today in our services.  Praise God.

Communion and Worship
“This is the Gift of God” (Carl Cartee)
(currently featured at WorshipSource.Com)

“Jesus Paid it All” (Northpoint Live)

After communion, we did a corporate declaration of salvation.  We never do readings like this, but it was powerful.  The band was in the Key of E, and we held a low, 1-chord … and slowly built with the drums, walking up the scale.  (download the declaration)
I – ii – iii – IV – V – vi – vii – I

The music grew and grew as we progressed up the scale reading this declaration together as a body.  I could hear the crowd getting more and more excited as they declared the reading, and as it finally ended, we went immediately into the big drum intro of “Sing to the King” which closed out our service.  To say it was “powerful” is an understatement.  People were shouting, jumping, singing, clapping, and celebrating like I’ve never seen before in my life at SSCC.

Finally, as we closed the service we jumped into the full vocal version of the Bluegrass/Country style arrangement of “Are You Washed in the Blood”.

In closing – I want to say this.  I was pretty insecure about my song selection today – I head some joking and comments from within the band and staff about the selections being “old, hoky, throwback” … pick your cheesy term … and yeah … I was like “OK, God, I hope this works”.  I really felt that I’d prayerfully put together a setlist that would build into the Word, Communion, and Celebration.

Here’s a response I just got via email from one of our worshipers who will remain “nameless”:

” … The very first song seemed like everyone wanted to dance, including me!  Then the “Jesus Messiah’ song was great.  I also loved how we worshiped during & after communion with the slower song that segued into the chorus (that right now I can’t think of the words) that just flowed from what we were celebrating & what David had been preaching on.  Today the Holy Spirit was definitely working.
The worship team seemed especially effective today without drawing attention to themselves, if that makes sense.  Their voices were strong but they seemed to be in the background worshipping along with us.  I do not have a voice for singing but like you said , if the music is loud enough , we feel more like singing along & I felt that was happening today.  In fact , I would say that I sang louder & with more feeling today than I ever have in my life!!  Of course, there was no one in front of me so I felt freer.  People do feel freer to sing if they think no one will hear them, unless they have great voices.
Today was absolutely awesome from all angles, I heard nothing but good, people were touched, lives were changed & we are were encouraged… “

PRAISE GOD for this!

OK, it’s your turn.  Blog about your worship experience, link back here, and then fill out the Mister Linky box below.
IMPORTANT:  in the URL field, be sure to put the full URL to YOUR blog entry, and NOT to your blog’s homepage.  Homepage links will be deleted.

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the 29th week of “Sunday Setlists” – we are now over 1/2 of a year into “Sunday Setlists” and it’s growing each week – thanks to YOU!

Something new:
For those who are using Twitter.Com – please announce your Sunday Setlists participation to your followers by using the tag:  #sundaysetlists
Be sure to use the plural tag #sundaysetlists and share your links.  (Example tweet:  #sundaysetlists Hey Everyone, just posted our worship confessional (link) as part of Sunday Setlists)

By using the #sundaysetlists tag, we can search twitter and see who all is ‘tweeting’ about Sunday Setlists!

For the rules and how to participate, please see the new, “official” Sunday Setlists page.  Here’s the short version:
1.  blog about your worship service, and link back to this post:
http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/02/08/sunday-setlists-29/
2.  fill out the Mister Linky below, linking directly to your post (not your homepage, see the rules)
3.  leave a comment, visit the other blogs, and spread the word.  Use Twitter and the hashtag: #sundaysetlists

Invitation:
We’ve been hitting 50+ each week, and my goal is to see this grow to over 100 links each week – all sharing the creative ideas, liturgies, songs, sermon series, media elements, and reviews of our worship services.  Please spread the word this week – use Twitter, use your blog, and IM/DM/Email your friends.  Ask people who attend your church (that blog) to post their recap – it’s fine to have multiple reviews from a single service – we want perspective, on and off the platform, folks!

Here we go – my “Worship Confessional” for St. Simons Community Church, Sunday Feb 8, 2009

Since I was off at the re:create 2009 conference this past week, I didn’t schedule myself for Sunday.  I enjoyed a Sunday off the platform, so our worship was led by Harriet, one of the incredible worship leaders here at SSCC.  Harriet dipped back a few years and pulled some of the older songs that haven’t been done in a while – here’s a rundown of the service.  We had two baby dedications, so things were cut back a bit more than normal.

Walk In:
Step By Step (Rich Mullins)
The Happy Song (Delirious) *added harmonica, very nice

Opening Song:
Days of Elijah

Baby Dedication
(one baby at 9:00 service, another at 11:00)

Worship Set:
Softly and Tenderly (special music, the traditional hymn, slow and contemplative.  People got saved this week!)
Sing to the King

Video Element:
It’s Personal – testimony video (powerful)

Sermon:
Coming to Terms, Week 2 of the “It’s Personal” series

Closer:
Take My Life (Third Day)

OK – now time for you to share – fill out this Mister Linky box below, and be sure your URL link goes to your actual blog post, and NOT your blog’s homepage

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the 28th edition of “Sunday Setlists”.  This is the place where we come to share about our worship services each week.  I’d like to welcome all of the new people who have been participating … please continue to participate each week and spread the word to all of your friends.  Anyone can participate – worship leaders, pastors, or just people who were out in the “congregation”.

Here’s the rules for Sunday Setlists:

1. Post a blog about your worship experience this week.  If you don’t have a blog, feel free to share your recap below in the comments section.
2. In your blog post, be sure and link back to this entry.  Most people say something like “I’m posting this worship service review in collaboration with other worshipers in the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at FredMcKinnon.Com”.  Link to this URL:
   http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/02/01/sunday-setlists-28/
3. After posting your blog and linking back here – fill out the “Mister Linky” form below.  VERY IMPORTANT:  place the link to your actual blog post in the URL field, and not the URL to your blog’s homepage.  Homepage links will be deleted.  The link should go directly to your entry.
4. Leave a comment, visit other sites in the “Mister Linky” box, and spread the word!  (there is a cool “tweet this” button below to send to Twitter!)

Here’s our worship service recap for
St. Simons Community Church:

(www.sscommunitychurch.com)

Walk-In:  “I Have Found” (Kim Walker)
Opening:  “Your Grace is Enough” (Tomlin)
Worship Set:
“When I Think About the Lord”
“Come Thou Fount”

Special Music:  “Lead Me to the Cross”

Video:  we had a powerful video of a lady in our church who tragically lost her leg.  She’s been a dancer since she was a little girl and has been a professional dancer and teacher.  Her video was about finding her greatest gain through her greatest loss.  It was powerful.

Sermon:  “It’s Personal”, Week 1

Closer:  “I Will Never Be” (Hillsongs)

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Mister Linky:
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It’s that time folks.  “Sunday Setlists” is a weekly blog carnival where I share a recap of our worship service with you, and you do the same with everyone else.  For this to work properly, please follow these rules carefully.  NOTE:  You DO NOT have to be the Worship Leader – you can just attend a worship service and write a recap, so anyone can participate.  Actually, I’d love to see more people participate in a service recap that are NOT on the stage!

1.  Post a recap of your Sunday service on your blog.  (It can be an alternate service, such as a Youth service, Young Adult Service, Saturday service, etc).  It can be a written recap, a video worship confessional, or whatever you want.

2.  In your blog post (not as a trackback), you must link back to THIS WEEK’s POST.  You may want to say something like “I’m posting our setlist in collaboration with other worship leader’s at FredMcKinnon.Com with Sunday Setlists”.  In that, be sure and link to THIS ENTRY.  The URL is:
http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2008/08/17/sunday-setlists-4

3.  After posting your blog, come back HERE and fill out the Mister Linky below.  You should like directly to your blog entry, and NOT YOUR BLOG’S HOMEPAGE.  (if you link to your homepage, the firm hand of Mr. Linky will remove your link).  After publishing your blog, click on it and copy/paste THAT URL in the Mr. Linky – not your homepage.  Please.

4.  Leave a comment below after filling out the Mister Linky, then visit some of the other Worship Leader’s sites and see what they’ve been doing.

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Sunday Setlist for St. Simons Community Church, August 17, 2008

Walk-in Song:  We Shall See The King (from the Lindell Cooley “Revival at Brownsville” arrangment)

Opening Song:  Sing to the King (Passion)

Second Set:
O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing (Hymn, my arrangement)
Hosanna (Hillsong)
How He Loves Us (Kim Walker version)

Closer:
Center (Charlie Hall)

Here’s a quick video recap from the van … kids and all.  My Treo 755p ran out of memory, thus the sudden end! (At time of publishing, YouTube is still processing my upload, so it may not yet be available, but I need a nap .. update, nap over, YouTube still processing, reverting to GoogleVideo which got it done)

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4057632140193794995[/googlevideo]

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Hey Everyone,

Last week I launched the first “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival and many of you got involved. The idea is that you post your setlist, worship confessional, and/or worship recap on your blog, facebook notes, etc., link back here to the “Sunday Setlists” post for the week, and fill out the “Mister Linky” below to link back to your site.

The Rules
Each Sunday, I’ll post a recap of our Sunday Setlist. It may be a Worship Confessional video or a “textfessional” (a written setlist). You are encouraged to do the same thing. As a matter of fact, if your worship pastor doesn’t blog, feel free to post a recap for your church .. you don’t have to be the leader!

1. Post your blog entry with your Sunday Setlist recap. Note, you don’t have to be the worship leader or pastor. You can just be a person who attended the church service, we’re still interested in knowing what happened. Don’t have a blog, but have a FaceBook? Post a “note” on FaceBook.

2. In your blog, you must link back to this post (this most current Sunday Setlist, not the original one from last week) and indicate that you are posting your setlist as part of the “Sunday Setlists” theme.

Feel free to copy and paste this description:
“This week’s recap of songs is posted in collaboration with other worship leaders on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at www.fredmckinnon.com”.
(Note, if you don’t post back to today’s link in your blog, it won’t work.
You should link to http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2008/08/03/sunday-setlists-2/)

3. After posting your blog, fill out the “Mr. Linky” form below, with your name, and the URL to your “Sunday Setlist” blog entry. (please don’t just link to your blog’s homepage, or the link will be deleted – the idea is that we can all easily click over and see your setlist).

(Note: despite #3, many folks didn’t read and posted a link to their blog’s homepage, NOT their Sunday Setlist post. These links won’t work, and will be removed, sorry!)

4. Leave a comment below letting us know you’re participating.

OK, so follow da rules, follow da rules, follow da rules, and please … spread the word. Don’t forget, the idea is to visit all the sites in the Mister Linky and see what others are doing in their worship services.
As for me … I’m on vacation, and we’re lounging around, trying to decide where/when/if we’re going to make it to a church this morning. I’ll come back and post my Setlist experience, and I’ll let Shannon (and/or the rest of the folks at SSCC) post a recap of the services back home.

OK … let’s go for it!
Fred

Sunday Setlists, Week 2 is now concluded. Below are the participants and links:

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