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Worship Confessional – 07.05.09

July 5, 2009 in Church Planting, Ministry, Worship, Worship Confessional with 11 Comments

Today’s service was really fun.

We merged with Somerset. They’re Pastor is on vacation so Matt was invited to speak. Since we’re so close in proximity… AND we actually have our office space IN their church… we combined both church bodies this morning and worshiped together.

Our Sunday Setlist this morning:

Holy Is The Lord -Chris Tomlin
All Creatures of Our God and King – Francis of Assisi
God of Wonders – Marc Byrd & Steve Hindalong
Healer – Mike Guglielmucci
Revelation Song – Jennie Riddle
Grace Like Rain – Todd Agnew
Desert Song – Brooke Fraser

Highlights: It was a total blast playing and singing with Aaron, Nick and Mark. Also… because we were at Somerset, we set up on Thursday night when we practice. All we did this morning was show up, plug in, warm up and VOILA! Like butta!!! I was really cool to worship with another church body. This is SUCH a rare privilege. Seriously awesome! Some of the transitions we as the band came up were seriously rad. There’s nothing better than a RAD transition from one song to the next. I also liked seeing Nick and Aaron sitting the same way… in their own pews. Don’t know why… but this was a highlight too.

Lowlights: Holiday weekends always mean a smaller attendance. Today was no different. People were claiming their independence from church! HA! Another low… Feeling like I still had gunpowder in my throat and sinuses from the fireworks last night. Really… that’s about it. Well… obviously, I missed some musical cues… but that’s a normal daily occurrence… so whatever. It was a great day!

And now… I’m leaving you with the live recording of our transition between Grace Like Rain & Desert Song. Actually… I’ll leave you ALL of Desert Song, in case you want to hear it. Just ignore the end when we somehow derailed a bit and weren’t really playing together anymore. Oops!

Finally… I leave you with this.

My son is a rockstar!

Hope you had a great Independence Day/Weekend!

How was your Sunday? Link your posts if you have one!

Worship Confessional – 06.28.09

June 28, 2009 in Church Planting, Ministry, Worship, Worship Confessional with 6 Comments

Today was our second week of our Renegade Joy Series, focusing in on Philippians 2:12-30.

Matt talked about our tendencies to complain as humans. We all have something to complain about… but God calls us to live in JOY. I am SO guilty of this. Not the “living in joy” part… the complaining part… in case you were confused. I really spend WAY more time talking about the negatives in my life than the all the amazing blessings that surround me. I guess that just come easier for me as a pessimist. Obviously, this is something I really need to work on.

The whole set this morning was just me and my beautiful Larrivee. It would have been fine if I didn’t feel like poopy. Our whole family is sick right now. Not just a common cold, but the whole “my-throat-is-on-FIRE!” kind. Before I got to church for set up, I think I coughed up about 5 pounds of phlegm. My voice was super crackalicious… BUT I also had that weird, kinda awesome sick “sexy-Phoebe-voice” (sorry if you never watched Friends)… so it worked.

The Sunday Setlist this morning:

Not To Us – Chris Tomlin
Holy Is The Lord – Chris Tomlin
Hosanna – Brooke Fraser
Stars – Switchfoot
Sweetly Broken – Jeremy Riddle
Till I See You – Joel Houston
Revelation Song – Jennie Riddle

We used “Stars” as the special response piece. Had to play around a bit to change an upbeat, full-band song into a slower, one person, acoustic, “think-about-your-daily-lives” version. Here’s the live, house-mix recording from this morning (besides a couple of times where I obviously had some breath support issues and *maybe* forgot how to play the guitar… it’s not all that bad for being live).

Highlights from this morning: It was really good to have Brian back at church with me… even though he WAS sick. It also seemed like my voice and guitar were EQ’d really well. Felt like “butta”! The set-up was RIDICULOUSLY fast. We were done, like, 45 minutes before service started… which means we were done 45 minutes quicker than usual. Felt like all the music totally connected with the sermon. I LOVE when that happens. Well… I guess that’s what happens when the speaker picks the “Special” piece. HA!

Lowlights from this morning: Leading while I’m sick is definitely not fun. I want to give my best, and I felt like I didn’t have much to give physically… but God’s Spirit works through me anyway. Thank God, for that!!! Our speaker mic is also giving us some trouble. You could probably hear the “fuzzy” in Matt’s voice at the beginning of the recording. It’s not consistent. It’s happened one other time than today. I need to figure out a way to fix that. Hmmm…

I can’t really say too much negative about today. Church went really, REALLY well.

The best part? Chance’s Sunday School lesson. Check it out:

What did YOU do today? (link to your post, if you’d like)

Worship Confessional – 05.24.09

May 25, 2009 in Faith, Friends, Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 5 Comments

Today has been an amazingly emotional teeter-totering day.

Most of me is still in shock about Scott, and though time feels like it’s standing still… it’s not and we have to continue moving… so we do.

As most of you know… the better part of this week has been mostly due to the Hodge Lodge and Crystal being here. Crystal was our speaker – her sermon title: “Women Don’t Look At Porn”. You can hear it HERE.

crystal

I also had Brent, Tammy and Kass help in leading worship with me. Best part of my weekend was worshiping with my good friends.

Our Sunday Setlist:

You’ll Come – Brooke Fraser
Meet With Me – Lamont Hiebert
How Great Is Our God – Chris Tomlin
By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North (special sung by Brent & Kass)
Healer – Mike Gugliamucci
Nothing But The Blood – Hymn-Matt Redman Version
Lead Me To The Cross – Brooke Fraser

Brent and Kass sang “By Your Side” to wrap up Crystal’s talk… and it was so perfect!

The service went really well. We didn’t hide that we were all emotionally raw from this weekends devastating news. We were real about it… which is what made the service so great. It was obvious that all we wanted to do was worship in our hurt. God is good… even in times like these when we don’t understand what He’s doing behind the curtain.

My sister, Helen, wrote me an email this morning. Here’s a quote from it:

“When difficult, seemingly pointless things happen, we have the tendency to forget that God is there. Furthermore, we sometimes believe that Jesus is the enemy — responsible for the pain we are experiencing. I’m not saying this as a self-fulfilling prophecy, but these are particularly volatile times when Satan attempts to shake our faith and what we know. It’s always best to beware of that, and to constantly fill one another with Truth.”

So much wisdom from my baby sister.

Please keep covering the Resnick Family in prayer.

How was YOUR Memorial Day Sunday?

Worship Confessional – 05.17.09

May 17, 2009 in Church Planting, Faith, Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 5 Comments

I’m gonna have to make this short and sweet.

We came back from Seattle late last night and so now I’m trying to catch up on some chores before the next week begins.

Today’s Sunday Setlist:

Not To Us – Chris Tomlin
Open The Eyes of My Heart – Paul Baloche
Indescribable – Laura Story
To The Ends of the Earth – Joel Houston
Holy Is The Lord – Chris Tomlin
I Worship You – Generation Unleashed
You Are My World – Darlene Zschech

Highlights: I had Rebecca leading alongside me today. I haven’t had the chance to sing with her for months, so that was a nice treat. Two guitars and two vocals today. Simple simple. Today was also just a really good day. Everything felt right… that’s a blessing. We started 5 minutes late and ended RIGHT ON TIME. Awesome!!!

Lowlights: I’m not really sure why the left side of the screen is cut off. It just about drives me nuts that the visuals aren’t perfectly centered because the margins are off. We’ve tried everything with the settings and nothing seems to be helping. Boo hiss!!! All this means is I have to plan carefully in our lyrics and talk graphics so that the words don’t go all the way to the edges.

We’re in the Suburban Legends Series right now.

Today’s talk was on a how to raise kids… not just happy kids… but HOW to raise them with Biblical principles. I really enjoyed it.

As a parent, it encouraged me that I was doing some things right… on the other hand, it also reinforced that I need to tighten up in some areas of discipline for my kids. Mostly in my intentionality of breathing God’s Word into their lives.

So… you’re turn:

What was the best thing your parents did for you when you were a kid?

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.

Our Sunday Setlist:

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?