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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?

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?

Worship Confessional – 03.22.09

March 22, 2009 in Ministry, Music, Worship, Worship Confessional with 7 Comments

Today was sweet. I had Aaron Soule and Katelyn Bonn playing with me. There’s such a nice feeling that comes with playing in a band with people you’ve played with for years.

Set up was rough. We tried something new in the set-up look today but didn’t necessarily have the man power to pull it all off early enough… so we were SWEATIN’ getting ready in time. We actually ended up starting church LATE because of that.

It was easy enough to remedy. I just cut our first song, “He Lives” by Generation Unleashed… but MAN… today would have been a good day NOT to “Mandy Thompson” it and forget deodorant. Good thing I don’t stink… just sweaty and sticky. Still… ew!

Anyway… here is the Sunday Setlist:

O Worship The King (E) – Chris Tomlin Version
Devotion (E) – Marty Sampson
To The Ends of the Earth (E) – Joel Houston/Marty Sampson
Hosanna (E) – Brooke Fraser
Your Love Oh Lord (E) – Third Day
From the Inside Out (C) – Joel Houston

So, we hit the first two songs, Matt came up and spoke, then we were up again to close it up.

Sweet Moments: having almost every song in the same key made the transitions super smooth, like butta… so it was easy to keep the mood and atmosphere in between songs. Today also felt more energetic… because Aaron’s just that kind of drummer. Super sweet moments looking out and seeing people worshiping. It’s SO worth every drop of sweat when you see you’ve helped create an atmosphere where people can freely approach the foot of His Throne. However… this leads me to…

Low Moments: I forgot to wear deodorant. UGH! Ok… seriously… again… it’s the rush of set up and being READY to lead worship immediately after. I feel really exclusive in that time since I’m so task oriented and I don’t like that. God and I will have to work through that.

How was YOUR Sunday…

… and when was the last time you forgot to apply deodorant?

Worship Confessional – 03.15.09

March 15, 2009 in Ministry, Motherhood, Paxton, Worship, Worship Confessional with 10 Comments

It’s getting late…

I’m not sure how the day got away from me, but it did so I’ll just do a quick recap of the worship set from this morning.

Sunday Setlist was:

Beautiful One – Tim Hughes
All We Need – Charlie Hall
Indescribable – Laura Story
Hosanna – Brooke Fraser
Nothing But The Blood of Jesus – Jenni Clayville Arrangement

OK… so, today was pretty cool. Just me and a guitar for a way more intimate feel. It was a shorter set because we had baby dedications as well.

The one tough thing about just being me and a guitar is that songs feel a lot slower even when I’m playing them to the right tempo because drums add SO much. It felt super “coffee-shop” like though. It’s nice to mix it up a bit. Plus… obviously easier on the practice schedule.

Speaking of baby dedications… we dedicated Paxton today along with three other families. Everyone dressed their babies up so beautifully. Paxton was in his dark blue fireman pajamas.

Mother of the Year award goes to… ME!!!