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Worship Confessional – 05.03.09

May 4, 2009 in Church Planting, Faith, Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 9 Comments

Today was another Clayville Freakshow Sunday.

Matt was in Chicago so Brian spoke on how we view Jesus as a “Middle Class” Jesus… when he’s SO much more than that.

Majestic – Lincoln Brewster
O Worship The King – Chris Tomlin Version
King of Glory – Chris Tomlin
Blessed Be Your Name – Matt Redman
The Stand – Joel Houston
Give Us Clean Hands – Charlie Hall
Desert Song – Brooke Fraser

Today was a tough day to lead. My heart was heavy but I felt so free and connected to God. Freedom always costs something… and mine was Christ on the cross. I will never stop being humbled by how MY sins put Christ on that cross… but I am SO thankful. Today was one of those days.

Highlights: Doing MINISTRY with my husband. I really like it when he speaks… not that I don’t like Matt, but there’s something about living ministry side-by-side with my husband. God met me RIGHT where I was… which was in a pretty deep hole, but he STILL met me there. God is SO good. The practical stuff??? We had no technical difficulties. Any day we are technical-difficulty-free at a church plant is a good day

Lowlights: Having to lead worship when I felt so low. Sometimes, Satan comes at me like a starving spider monkey… and I’m the banana… so I have no arms to defend myself. There’s my word picture for you. However, even in the “low” of it all, I could bless His name. After all, He calls us to worship just as we are… so I just led in that. Another low, attendance was pretty light today. But that was it.

So, there’s my confession today. I’m a Worship Pastor, and I do NOT have it all together. However, God is good all the time… even when I’m not good. Even when I want to stay in bed. Even when I don’t feel like I even deserve to call out His name.

But BLESSED BE YOUR NAME when I’m found in the dessert place, when I walk through the wilderness… BLESSED BE YOUR NAME!

When you’re in the dessert, do you find yourself calling out to God, or do you just wallow in it?

Do tell…

Worship Confessional – 04.26.09

April 28, 2009 in Church Planting, Faith, Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 4 Comments

I feel a bit out of it.

As most of you know, we were in Florida all week for the Exponential Conference. It was good to get away… why does it always feel like you need a vacation from your vacation.

Anyway… we were gone from Monday through late Saturday, so we headed into Sunday morning like dizzy spider-monkeys… but all of us were SUPER renewed in our focus and purpose… so I guess we were dizzy spider-monkeys with focus and purpose.

Here are some pictures of what it looks like BEFORE set up:

And here it is DURING service:

Not the greatest photos since it was with my iPhone, but you get the point.

Here was our Sunday Setlist:

Glory – Reuben Morgan
Desert Song – Brooke Fraser
Meet With Me – Lamont Hiebert
Befriended – Matt Redman
Healer – Mike Gugliamucci
Mighty To Save – Morgan & Fielding

Highlights: well… obviously, Matt & I were coming off of a high from our week at Exponential so we were pretty “on” with the speaking and music. Brian even said that it felt like one of our strongest weeks there. That’s a plus. But my favorite part of the morning was stepping back off the mic during “Mighty To Save” and hearing the church sing out to God. That never gets old.

Also… we got set-up quickly. Probably because it was just me and guitar this past week (I could schedule a practice since I was gone, so it was easier just to do the “one-woman-show” deal). I didn’t feel rushed into our morning.

Lowlights: My past sins were weighing heavily on my shoulders that morning. It was a struggle to allow God to remind me that I am forgiven and loved. Satan was REALLY trying to take me down by reminding me of how unworthy I am.

I can’t wait for the day I will no longer feel guilt for my past, but for now, I am SO grateful for the glimpse of grace in my life. That’s where my worship to God comes from… desperation and desire for resolve in my life.

Where does your cry of worship come from?

Susan Boyle

April 14, 2009 in Music with 3 Comments

When was the last time you gave someone the benefit of the doubt?

I too often judge a book by it’s cover. I’m not proud of it… it’s what I do.

I received this link from a friend yesterday and it blew me away. It blessed me incredibly, and I hope it blesses you too.

CLICK HERE!!!

Thank you, Susan, for reminding us that every single person we come in contact with has SOMETHING to offer the world.

12345 Song

April 6, 2009 in Chance, Family, Motherhood, Music with 19 Comments

I captured video of Chance singing during dinner tonight. It’s cute and it makes me SO proud of him.

So… enjoy!

Here are the lyrics, since Jason was thinking he was singing about StarWars. WTH???

1, 2, 3, 4, 5… Once I caught a fish alive
6, 7, 8, 9, 10… Then I let it go again
1 2 3 4 5… 6 7 8 9 10
Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite? This little pinky on the right.

Oh.. yeah… and sorry about some of the chewed up food in his mouth.

Gross… I know. Sorry.

Worship Confessional – 04.05.09

April 5, 2009 in Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 4 Comments

PALM SUNDAY… woot woot!

I don’t know why I started it that way… I just did

So, I decided to do a VIDEO worship confessional this week since I haven’t done one in SO long. Lucky you… or not.

Here goes (if you’re reading this in a RSS, you’ll have to actually go to MY SITE to see it):

The Sunday Setlist:

Evermore – Joel Houston
Desert Song – Brooke Fraser
Lead Me To The Cross -Brooke Fraser
To The Ends of the Earth – Joel Houston/Marty Sampson
Healer – Mike Gugliomucci Guglielmucci (thx David)

How was YOUR Sunday?

Worship Confessional – 03.29.09

March 29, 2009 in Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 8 Comments

Spring Break really brings the attendance down. I don’t remember ever missing church when I was little… and since I’ve been in ministry, it’s rare that I miss a weekend. Totally foreign concept to me, I guess.

Anyhoo… all that to say that the numbers were down today. No biggie.

Our Sunday Setlist today:

Glory – Reuben Morgan
O Praise Him – David Crowder
Our Great God – Mac Powell & Fernando Ortega
Healer – Mike Gugliomucci
Amazing Grace – Traditional Hymn
(into) Grace Like Rain – Todd Agnew

High Points: I really liked our transition from Amazing Grace into Grace Like Rain. We just use a synth pad as the only instrument during Amazing Grace, then bring the guitar in once we get to Grace Like Rain.

Also, our set up today was pretty much AMAZING!!! We got done pretty quickly and had time to run almost every song (at least partially). I felt GREAT about it.

Everyone else seemed to feel great this morning too… since no one seemed to want to stop chatting in the first song. I’ve always lovingly called the first song at church the “throw-away” song. You know… the song you plan mostly as a “WELCOME” kind of a song. Upbeat, inviting, friendly. However, it usually helps bring everyone’s attention in and prep them FOR worship.

Not today. This leads to my low point (which is really not that low):

Trying to lead while the majority of the church participants are chatting is difficult. That’s all.

How was YOUR Sunday?