It’s been awhile.

I’m not sure why, but I haven’t been in the “mood” to write Worship Confessionals for the last month. Things have been going well… but I’ve just been really focusing in on my family after church on Sundays and Mondays. Then… like most things… I just forget.

Well… I’m refocused now. So, here goes:

Today went well.

Matt spoke on Impacting our Community and really pushed for small group involvement. It’s great that we go to to church and even participate in serving on Sunday  mornings… but church (in the New Testament) was about community… and that happens when connection happens on a “smaller” level.

I think Matt was worried about offending people, and maybe he did… I hope not… but my take is that it’s always our job to speak God’s truth and the receivers job on how they let it affect them.

I hope more people get involved with small groups and grow in their relationship with Christ because of it.

Our Sunday Setlist:

1. King of Glory – Chris Tomlin
2. Desert Song – Brooke Fraser
3. All Creatures of Our God and King – St. Francis of Assisi
4. Take Me To The Cross – Dave Lubben
5. From The Inside Out – Joel Houston
6. Glory To God Forever – Steve Fee & Vicky Beeching

Highs:

We were set up and ready to go 30 minutes before church started. That’s always a plus to not feel rushed going INTO service. Matt also asked one of the prayer warriors of our church to step it up and lead us in prayer EVERY Sunday morning. This sounds bad, but because we’re a mobile church, sometimes, we skip the team prayer because we are LITERALLY setting up and sound-checking UP TO the minute people start walking in. Prayer becomes an afterthought. This is why Matt put Brian B. in charge of prayer. We’ll be more consistent in something we believe is VITAL to the health and purpose of our services.

During the service, it was obvious many were participating through singing and worshiping. This is my favorite part of being a part of a church. Corporate worship. Listening to everyone lift up their voices in declaration of who God is. THIS… is something I will NEVER grow tired of.

Lows:

I don’t feel as if I chose the best response song (#4 – Take Me To The Cross”) post sermon. Usually the connection between the sermon and the song tie in a lot better. I’m not saying that it didn’t connect at all because it did, but I think a better response song would have been Remedy by David Crowder. Also, I felt distracted this morning. Not by anything in particular… just didn’t feel 100%.

Overall… I felt today went pretty well though.

Here are some questions I have for you:

How was YOUR Sunday?
Did you feel like you connected to God?
Are you a part of a small group? Do you like it?

Ready? GO!

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