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Worship Confessional – 10.05.08

October 5, 2008 in Worship, Worship Confessional with 1 Comment

It’s definitely getting more and more difficult to sing and lead. 33 days left till Paxton enters the world. Though it’s harder to sing now, it’s still worth every breath when you’re singing for/to something/Someone who matters. I can’t believe how much I still love it!

Today was a tough day though. We started out minus some key people for set-up, which just ended up taking us a little bit longer to be ready. Actually… it set me back enough to be ready RIGHT on time which for all those who run events, programs or services, is LATE. I was totally sweating!

I should have expected it. It was the start of our new series “WITH” and after all our postcards went out inviting the unchurched to join us, I shouldn’t have been surprised that maybe Satan would want the core team to be a bit more flustered than normal. If we’re flustered, maybe we won’t be as effective, right?

Anyway… here was our set:

All We Need – Charlie Hall
Not To Us – Chris Tomlin
Together You & I – Tommy Bowman
God of This City – Chris Tomlin
Devotion – Marty Sampson

Though the start was a bit rocky, I think the whole service still went really well. Matt talked about the hole in our heart that only God and community with people can fill. God created us to be in community with others… to love them because God loves us. That’s a great thing to be a part of… to be called to.

We had some newcomers and the new people that had come the weeks before had returned. That’s exciting for us!

Please keep praying for us… for the church… to reach those in Portland who don’t yet know Him.

Worship Confessional – 09.28.08

September 28, 2008 in Worship, Worship Confessional with 2 Comments

What a great way to close “The Leader Within” Series.

This morning, Matt talked about the Legacy of a Leader. He talked about the book: “When the Game is Over, It Al Goes Back In The Box” by John Ortberg.

We’ve all played Monopoly and we’ve all experienced winning at some point. We’ve also all experienced losing. Of course we’d all rather win, however, after we win… after we hold possession of ALL the land and ALL the hotels on Boardwalk, the reality is everything goes back into the box and what we “owned” no longer matters.

The two things that don’t go back into the box are (1) God and (2) Other People.

I am SO guilty of focusing on things of the moment and not focusing my time and energy in the things that will last… for eternity.

This morning, I had the privilege of having my good friends, Aaron Soule (drums) and Ryan Dixon (bass) join me in leading worship this morning. It was so fun to have a rhythm section! Our set was:

Forever – Chris Tomlin
Jesus Paid It All – Kristian Stanfill
How Great Is Our God – Chris Tomlin
From the Inside Out – Joel Houston
Remedy – David Crowder
Heart of Worship – Matt Redman
God of This City – Chris Tomlin

It was good to step back and look past ourselves this morning. It was good to be reminded of our purpose and worship God for making us follow through with His purpose for us.

If we don’t live our life for Christ, we live for nothing of worth. What we live for is reflected in:

our checkbook
our calendar

I apparently live for things that make me and my family more comfortable.

What about you???

Worship Confessional – 09.21.08

September 21, 2008 in Worship, Worship Confessional with 1 Comment

Today’s service was pretty awesome.

I was fortunate enough to have Rebecca Strott play and sing with me. It’s so nice to have someone else up there that knows what they’re doing. Harmonies were tight and though the atmosphere was pretty relaxed, the Spirit was obviously there.

The set:

All We Need – Charlie Hall
Beautiful One – Tim Hughes
From The Inside Out – Joel Houston
You Alone – David Crowder
Hosanna – Brooke Fraser
Indescribable – Laura Story/Chris Tomlin

I totally forgot to print up a cue sheet for today, but fortunately the team was on their toes and rocked it anyway.

Matt talked about “The Struggle of a Leader” today. The struggles being: (1) Fear, (2) Foes and (3) Fatigue. But he also gave us biblical ways to overcome these struggles: (1) Regroup (spending more time with people God put in your lives) with a peer, a mentor and/or family/close friend (2) Remembering God is with us and (3) Resist (fight for the things that matter).

It was good to be encouraged to fight for the things that mattered. Enduring “the struggle” when you’re in the midst of it seems close to impossible, but when you’ve done that and look back – it’s SO worth it.

After having lunch with some church friends, we came home and painted our home office. Now, I can FINALLY set up the printer and have everything RIGHT where I want it. Hopefully, I’ll get the cue sheets printed from now on

Worship Confessional – 09.14.08

September 14, 2008 in Worship, Worship Confessional with 0 Comments

This morning’s service was a sweet SWEET service. Though the attendance was still a bit slim, it was still a great service.

Our set was:

King of Glory – Chris Tomlin
All We Need – Charlie Hall
Forever – Chris Tomlin
Devotion – Hillsong
Blessed Be Your Name – Matt Redman

We sang three of the five up front before Matt’s talk and for some reason, this morning, the key of G did not like me as much as it did during the week. So, I lowered it all to the key of E. That was “butta”!

Matt talked about the Vision of a Leader – out of Nehemiah 2 – and what to do with the vision. It started out with a video introducing the Wright Brothers and how they followed through on their vision of inventing a “flying machine” with reckless abandon. Matt’s sermon, again, called us to action. I wonder if people actually hear him and “move-it” or if they just think, “maybe God is calling someone else.”

The funnest part was when Matt handed out pieces of paper, had us fold paper airplanes and “float” them towards the platform. Way to connect it all.

Here’s the confessional part: Because we are a church plant, we are basically a church-in-a-box. Well… MANY boxes. It’s a well oiled machine. The right people are in the right place at the right time doing the right thing to get us up and going. I’m SO impressed with the set-up/tear-down team, but I can’t help feeling a bit guilty that I can’t help set up and tear down more right now.

I feel like my first impression is more like, “Hey… I’m here to lead worship and you guys can set up and clean up.” I’ve always hated the “diva” attitude of “I’m on the platform so I don’t have to do the work” but I feel like I’m portraying that right now. I know I’m limited and I know people KNOW I’m pregnant and can’t do much, but my natural “work-hard-with-everyone-else” attitude is not showing right now.

I guess I just have to get over it, because I know people aren’t thinking that of me. It’s just mostly me being hard on myself.

It was definitely cool having my boy, Ryan Barmore, with me this morning though. We were short on hands and he came to help set up. It’s cool to know some of my relationships built from Sunset are lasting relationships.

Worship Confessional – 07.27.08

July 28, 2008 in Worship, Worship Confessional with 1 Comment

Last night was my last Overflow. Talk about bittersweet – but I didn’t cry once. Maybe because this wasn’t my first last time.

HA!

It as a great last night. We had almost 300 people in the gym.

We had a late start in practice and set up. We were re-setting everything from Houseboat Camp still so, it took some time. The plus side was the team had two weeks worth of practicing these songs already.

It ended up being a short set. Because of time, we had to cut two songs so our set was:

From The Inside Out – Hillsong
Grace Like Rain – Todd Agnew
I Worship You – Generation Unleashed
Hosanna – Hillsong
Solution – Hillsong

We finally got to do the awesome (but shortened) transition between Hosanna and Solution I’d been dying to do.

The band:

Drums: Mike Fraser
Bass: Miles Johnson
Electric: Jordan Johnson
Acoustic/Vox: Nick Lind
Acoustic/Vox: Rebecca Strott
Keys/Worship Leader: ME

Tech Team:

Sound: Blake Rupprecht
Lights: Brendon Quinn
Graphics: Jenn Greiner
Switcher: Abby Fraser
Producer: Katelyn Bonn
Stage Manager: Hillary Davault

What a great team to end my run here with! I feel SO blessed to have had this second chance to worship with these students.

I believe in this next generation. I believe they will rise up and shout of His glory in selfless faith… but they cannot do it without our prayers.

Just because I’m not here with them doesn’t mean I’ll ever stop praying for them. I know that God uses me now in extraordinary ways because someone prayed for me LONG LONG ago. I, of all people, was bound for a life of being ordinary and less than (seriously… ask my friends who knew me in high school)… but God is good and has proven time and time again that He uses all who are willing.

I’m JUST starting the process of cleaning my desk… but I’m not feeling very motivated right now.

I think I’ll just try to figure out WordPress instead. I’m not really sure how to add media right now. Correction – I’m not sure how to keep my media from all I’ve imported from Typepad once I close out that account.