Worship Confessional
This blog post is a part of Sunday Setlists.
Today was a bank holiday. Bank holidays are weird because there’s a party atmosphere but numbers are usually low because people are away.
As far as worship goes, today was a bit of an experiment. I finally admitted defeat in my attempt to get the team using in-ear monitors and at practice we switched back to using floor monitors. But it was agreed to ditch the amps and put everything through the monitors. This was worth the sacrifice of the in-ears (which I loved, but no one else did) because the amount of noise bleed (is that even a phrase?) from the stage is rotten. Don’t get me wrong, I love Phil’s bass and Derek or Darcy’s electric, but they were dominating the front of the room. Our new setup gave full control to our sound desk so, hopefully, we managed to get a good sound all over the room today, and not just further back.
I brought a few older songs back today, we’ve done a lot of new stuff lately and felt it was a good time to go with some well known, well loved classics. So, to that effect, we opened up with:
One Way by Hillsong United. The hand clapping may be a bit cheesy to some, but there’s no denying it’s catchy!
Sarah then led Blessed Be Your Name by Matt Redman, ending with a great quiet, almost acapella bridge and chorus. With the harmonies it was a really sweet moment.
Jeff had me very worried during the sketch today, but thankfully he stopped removing clothes while he still had clothes on. I hoped he would, but having seen all of J&C’s sketches since i61 began, you can never be too sure where it’s going to go!
We then sang Almighty God by Tim Hughes. This is a fave of mine, so I enjoyed it and I hope everyone else did too!
This transitioned into King of Wonders by Matt Redman. It’s only the second time for this song, but it’s already firmly established. When people really get to know the song it’s going to be a firm favourite, I’m sure.
SteveO then preached from Isaiah 61. Considering our church is founded on this passage it’s no surprise it was a passionate message :) and it followed on well from my message last week.
We finished with R U Ready by Godfrey Birtill, I know certain members of our team hate this song, but it works, people dance before their Maker and it was a fun way to begin the fayre that followed church.
On this note, I just want to say I am very proud of Sarah, my wife, for selling her artwork for the first time. It all sold, which I knew it would!
And a big CONGRATULATIONS to Lorraine for winning the 2 tickets to see Coldplay. There’s nothing like a Coldplay raffle to bring people into a church event ;)
I already have a ticket, so I don’t need to be jealous in the slightest!
Lots of money was raised for our missions trip to Uganda. I have no idea how much, but I’m sure it was lots.
