Tuesday, May 22, 2012

May 20 Youth Band

I wish you could have been there Sunday. Maybe you were. It was awesome. The students (or several of them) from our student ministry worship team led worship on Sunday and they simply rocked! Not only did they play and sing the music well, but they really led worship.

For me it was a lot of fun to play good music, but it was very inspiring to see young people embrace the heart of worship, to experience God through the music and in the presence of the church. It was very proud of them on so many levels.

They worked hard. We had a ton of practices and they all paid off. Well done guys and gals! You inspired the church in immeasurable ways.

Here's the set we played:

Dancing Generation by Matt Redman
Like a Lion as by David Crowder Band
How He Loves as by David Crowder Band
Manifesto by The City Harmonic
No One Like You by David Crowder Band

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

It's been too long

I have not blogged in ages and it's about time something got posted up here.
I'll start off with this week's set list:

My Glorious by Delirious?
Rescue by Gungor (written by Jared Anderson)
Remembrance by Matt Redman
From the Inside Out by Hillsong United
Sing to the King by Candi Pearson (written by Billy Foote and Charles Silvester Horne)

The set went well and it was fun although it did not seem very engaging. I thought it might have been wiser to put at least one up-tempo song in the opening set, seeing that both My Glorious and Rescue are slower songs. I know From the Inside Out is well liked but I wonder if Sing to the King will catch on.

This week I'm super excited about Youth Sunday. Several members of the Wild (our youth ministry) band, and a couple of adults, will make up the worship team this week. We've been working hard to prepare and I think we're all very excited.

There'll also be confirmation, honoring graduates and Brett Glover, our youth director, will be preaching. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm really proud of our teenage musicians. They work hard and they put a lot of heart into the worship ministry. They are constantly learning tons of stuff. That may just be my favorite part of the whole thing. Well done guys and gals.