Worship Planning

Music through Easter

2010-01-14T11:36:00.000-08:00

Peter and Sharon,

Here's our attempt at music selection for the next couple months. Some of these themes lend themselves more to coordinating music selections with than others! Some we just had to try and match mood. Some were just impossible :) Please take a look through them SOON and let us know if you have other suggestions/concerns/changes and especially noting the three Sundays that Steve will be gone.... (and will whoever is preaching while we are in Mexico really be following those themes??) The more notice you give us about changes the better! Thanks!

1/17/10 — Gen. 2:17 — Crisis with a collapse into death (Gen 3-11)

Hymn: All Hail the Power/Raise up the Crown

Communion: (Steve solo) O Lord the Clouds are Gathering

Team: Breathing the Breath, Jesus Messiah, Nails, You Are My King (Amazing Love)

1/24/10 — Gen. 12:2-3 — New family: Abraham and the struggle for life/birth (Gen. 12-50) No Cameo

Opening: One Generation, We Are the Family

Hymn: O Worship the King

Communion: Jeremy's Song

Team: Ancient Words, Step by Step, We Will Dance

1/31/10 — Ex. 2:23-25 — Crisis with a collapse into slavery (Exodus)

No Steve

Hymn: #334, When Israel was in Egypt's Land

Communion-Organ

Team: Canons, Everlasting God, Psalm 13, In the Secret (LUYH #17)

2/7/10 — Deut. 7:6 — New people: Moses and the struggle for freedom (Leviticus - Joshua)

ORGAN DAY! No Steve, rest of the team taking a day off :)

Hymn: How Great Thou Art

Communion: Peter solo debuting Phil Wickam You're Beautiful??

Other songs: ????? Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen?

2/14/10 — Judges 21:25 — Crisis with a collapse into individualism (Judges)

No Steve, No Cindy

Hymn: #370 Just as I Am

Communion-solo Patty/Cameo (out of gospel book?)

Team: Come, Now is the Time, Amazing Grace/My Chains..., Seek Ye First/Listen to Your Children Praying

ASH WEDNESDAY

2/21/10 — ? — New kingdom: David and the struggle for unity/community (Samuel - Chronicles, Proverbs, some Psalms)

No Cameo

Hymn-#442, The Church's One Foundation

Communion-Cindy

Team: Jeremy's Song, Only You, Light the Fire Again, You Alone

2/28/10 — ? — Crisis with a collapse into exile (numerous prophets)

Hymn: #363, I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

Communion: Steve noodling :)

Team: LUYH #7 I Will Call Upon the Lord, Shout to the Lord, I'll Fly Away

3/7/10 — ? — New promise/covenant: John and the struggle to communicate with God (numerous prophets, some Psalms, Ezra/Nehemiah)

probably no Patty

Hymn #316-Breath on Me

Communion-Rich Mullins Creed

Team-Days of Elijah, One Generation, Awesome God *with bridge part

3/14/10 — ? — Hinge crisis: Jesus (gospels)

Hymn: #341 Blessed Assurance

Communion:

Team: Only You, LUYH #8-Come Into His Presence

3/21/10 — ? — New family/people/kingdom: Church and life in the Spirit (Acts - Rev. 3)

No Patty, No Peter

Hymn- #326 Spirit of God

Communion-Cindy solo-Your Love Surrounds Me

Team: Changed, Jeremy Song, I will Change Your Name

3/28/10 — ? — Final crisis and collapse of all things that leads to the new creation (all things made new) and the marriage of God to his Bride (Rev. 4-22)

No Patty, No Peter

Palm Sunday

GOOD FRIDAY

Easter Idea we didn't want to forget: #371, Lift High....

The BIG Story

2010-01-13T15:39:00.000-08:00

Here are the Sundays leading up to Easter and theme and the passage associated with with the theme. As you can tell, I haven't nailed down every focal passage yet.

1/10/10 — Gen. 1:26 — Creation: Adam and the image of God (Gen 1-2)
1/17/10 — Gen. 2:17 — Crisis with a collapse into death (Gen 3-11)
1/24/10 — Gen. 12:2-3 — New family: Abraham and the struggle for life/birth (Gen. 12-50)
1/31/10 — Ex. 2:23-25 — Crisis with a collapse into slavery (Exodus)
2/7/10 — Deut. 7:6 — New people: Moses and the struggle for freedom (Leviticus - Joshua)
2/14/10 — Judges 21:25 — Crisis with a collapse into individualism (Judges)
2/21/10 — ? — New kingdom: David and the struggle for unity/community (Samuel - Chronicles, Proverbs, some Psalms)
2/28/10 — ? — Crisis with a collapse into exile (numerous prophets)
3/7/10 — ? — New promise/covenant: John and the struggle to communicate with God (numerous prophets, some Psalms, Ezra/Nehemiah)
3/14/10 — ? — Hinge crisis: Jesus (gospels)
3/21/10 — ? — New family/people/kingdom: Church and life in the Spirit (Acts - Rev. 3)
3/28/10 — ? — Final crisis and collapse of all things that leads to the new creation (all things made new) and the marriage of God to his Bride (Rev. 4-22)

2009-12-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

Here's a prayer of confession for 12/13/09 that I made, using some images I found through Jonny Baker's blog and some text I added to them. Try it out loud to see if I put in adequate time for the congregation to read the text in unison.

I don't think we should do these all the time, but I think we can do things like this whenever it makes sense. Also, I'm thinking that we can do this sort of thing during our prayer time. There may be times when we want to guide the congregation through prayers for certain people or certain places in Lebanon or around the world. We can call those prayer times "praying with our eyes wide open."

Worship schedule for the rest of the year

2009-08-18T09:51:00.000-07:00

8/23/09 Singles Psalms 117 & 118
8/30/09 Kids Psalm 22
9/6/09 Peter Real Community
9/13/09 Sharon Real Worship Worship in the Park — print out passages
9/20/09 Patty Real Life Sunday school begins
9/27/09 Peter Real Mission Everyone invite one Sunday
10/4/09 Sharon Phil. 1:1-11 World communion — lots of kinds of bread from around the world
10/11/09 Patty Phil. 1:12-30 For me, to live is ______ ?
10/18/09 Peter Phil. 2:1-11
10/25/09 Sharon Phil. 2:12-30 Reformation
11/1/09 Patty Phil. 3:1-11 All Saints/Daylight Savings time ends/mentor Sunday
11/8/09 Peter Phil. 3:12-4:9
11/15/09 Sharon Phil. 4:10-23
11/22/09 Patty Jeremy and Maria Chase
11/29/09 Peter Hope Advent 1 — tree (empty manger)
12/6/09 Sharon Peace Advent 2 — doves?
12/13/09 Patty Joy Advent 3 — lights
12/20/09 Peter Love Advent 4 + evening service

Music for May and June

2009-05-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

May 10th (Mother's Day)
Organ: PH#369-I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me
*Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)
*Better is One Day in Your House
*Open the Eyes of My Heart

May 17th:
Organ: #150 Come, Christians Join to Sing
*Heart of Worship
*Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble
*We Fall Down

May 24th: (Memorial Day Weekend, Seth preaching)
Organ: #526, For All the Saints
*Majesty
*Step by Step
*Holy is the Lord
*You are My All in All

May 31st: (Pentecost)
Organ: #288-I Sing the Mighty Power of God
*Every Time I Feel the Spirit (#315)
*Blessed Be Your Name
*Days of Elijah
*You are Holy

June 7th:
Organ: #483 Sing Praise to God
Communion: Breathing the Breath
*I Could Sing of Your Love
*Only You
*All Creatures of Our God...

June 14th:
Organ: #442 The Church's One Foundation
*Indescribable
*I'll Fly Away
*You Alone
*I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord

June 21st (Father's Day, in Century Park)
~These may change if a small group ends up planning this as a "Summer Psalms" service.....
*Every Move I Make
*What a Friend We Have in Jesus
*Shine, Jesus, Shine
*Forty

Easter 09

2009-04-07T14:39:00.000-07:00

Here's what we already have planned for Easter:

4/12
Easter
Organ: Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Communion: I Exalt Thee
I Danced in the Morning
Changed
/??
Sanctuary

But Jake came by today and shared a song with me that he just wrote that would work really well during communion. It brings together death, resurrection, and this life of taking up our crosses and following Jesus and does it with a good tune. So, let's bump "I Exalt Thee" down two slots and have it after "I Danced in the Morning." How does that sound?

Ash Wednesday 09

2009-02-25T08:54:00.001-08:00

Intro — "Parce Mihi" played over the sound system as people enter. Signs on doors ask for silence upon entry. The song is 6:42 long. It will be playing a couple minutes prior to 7:00 and needn't be played all the way through.
Prayer (leader: Peter?)
Meditation (Peter)
Prayer (Peter)
Imposition of Ashes (Peter) — "O Solutaris Hostia" played over sound system as people come forward (4:35)
Psalm 51 (Sharon or Wendy, reader) — Patty on cello
"Change My Heart, O God" — would this work to be led my cello and voice only
Litany of Penitence
"40" — Peter on guitar
Psalm 103 (Sharon or Wendy, leader)
Peace (Peter)

The BIG cross

2009-02-04T10:02:00.000-08:00

I've been looking through the Bible for passages to go with the different panels of the cross that will be built on the chancel. Here are some to get us started.

INRI (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews) — John 19:19
Thorns — Matt 27:29/Mark 15:17/John 19:2.5) and Gen 3:18; Is 7:23; Matt 13:22
Palms — John 12:13 and Lev 23:40; Rev 7:9
Cup — Matt 26:39/Mark 14:36/Luke 22:42 and Is 51:17, 22; Jer 25:15 (and two vinegar passages Ps 75:8; 69:21)
Nails/feet — No actual reference to the nails in the gospel accounts; Is 52:7 (beautiful feet); Ps 22:16 (pierced feet and hands); Is 53:5 (pierced for our transgressions); Zech 12:10 (mourn for the One they pierced)
Hands (two panels) — Is 49:16 and Ps 22:16 (also above)

That's what I have so far to get us started.

Also, let's change some of the songs in Lent to be "cross" songs. They don't all need to be. But the songs earlier in the service when we'll be doing our Lenten readings and confession should pull from the "Take up your cross and follow me" theme.

First quarter music

2009-01-15T15:16:00.000-08:00

1st Quarter (plus Palm Sunday and Easter) 2009 Music
1/18
organ: O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing
Our set:
Indescribable
You Are My All in All
You Alone
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
New Sending Song: Sanctuary

1/25 (Cameo gone)
Organ: A Mighty Fortress is Our God
Our Set:
These are the Days of Elijah
How Majestic is Your Name
All Creatures of Our God and King (w/ organ)
Everlasting God
Sanctuary

2/1 (Seth preach)
Organ: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Our set:
O Worship the King
In Christ Alone
How Great is Our God
Sanctuary

2/8 (Cindy gone)
Opening: Listen, God is Calling
Organ:
Communion: Majesty (Stuart Garrity version)
Our set:
Ancient Words
Let the Earth Resound (with organ)
Sanctuary

2/15 (Cameo gone)
Organ: This is My Father’s World
Our set:
Raise up the Crown
You Are Holy/Prince of Peace
Heart of Worship
Shout to the Lord
Sanctuary

2/22 (Love Inc talk?) (Cameo and Steve gone)
Organ: The Church’s One Foundation
Our set (Peter leads/plays):
40
Amazing Grace/My Chains are Gone
Psalm 133 original song
Sanctuary

2/25 Ash Wednesday??

3/1 (Cameo gone)
1st Sunday of Lent
Organ: How Great Thou Art
Communion: Breathe
Our Set:
Did you Feel the Mountains Tremble?
Hungry
In the Secret
Sanctuary

3/8
2nd Sun. of Lent
Organ: To God be the Glory
Our Set:
Everlasting God
O Lord You’re Beautiful
Blessed Be Your Name
Sanctuary

3/15
3rd Sun. of Lent
Organ: ???
Our set:
O Sacred Head Now Wounded PH 98
O Worship The King
???
Sanctuary

3/22 (Jake Gone)
4th Lent Sunday
Organ: Crown Him with Many Crowns
Our set:
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (with organ)
What Wondrous Love is This PH 85
???
Sanctuary

3/29 (Jake gone)
5th Sun of Lent
Organ: How Great Thou Art
Our Set:
I See the Lord
Here I am to Worship
???
Sanctuary

4/5
Palm Sunday
Organ: ???
Communion: Fall (Jake lead)
Our Set:
Hosanna LUYH 145
How Great Is Our God
???
Sanctuary

4/12
Easter
Organ: Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Communion: I Exalt Thee
I Danced in the Morning
Changed
/??
Sanctuary

Other communion song idea: One Bread, One Body

Music for January 11

2009-01-09T07:44:00.001-08:00

I Will Give you all my worship (You're worthy of my praise)
You are my all in all
You Alone
You Are my King

We will do you alone in E but am also sending a copy for Cindy in D and she can 'capo' the piano.

Hymn: O Worship the King.

Back to 1 Samuel

2009-01-05T13:37:00.000-08:00

1 Sam. 16:1-13 — THIS SUNDAY (1/4/09) (Peter)
Samuel commits treason by anointing a new king while the current king is still living. Samuel is able to hear from God but lacks “vision” in that he sees as everyone else does, by externals, not by the heart. David is the forgotten/ignored son, the 8th son (as opposed to the 7th son of a 7th son), and is unnamed until the end of the story. He has all the good looks of a king, but is chosen “unseen” (while he’s not present before Samuel). The Spirit of Yahweh comes on him in power, the Spirit which makes him king, enabling him to rule the people of God.

1 Sam. 16:14-23 (Patty?)
The Spirit of the LORD departs from Saul to be replaced with an evil spirit from God. This is not the demon possession we see in the NT, but a torment of mind/heart that can be soothed by the natural means of music. David departs Jesse’s household and becomes a part of Saul’s household — from this point on Saul will be he “father” and the only time Jesse is mentioned is as a curse by Saul, reminding David that he’s actually someone else’s son. This story actually follows the next but is a pair with the first part of the chapter and explains some of the things in the next, hence the storyteller’s dischronology.

1 Sam. 17 (Sharon?)
The Philistines attack again. Israel’s mostly volunteer army includes David’s three older brothers (the ones named in the previous chapter). People are impressed with Goliath’s technology, his armor. Saul, the tallest man in Israel and champion of the people, doesn’t face the tall champion of the Philistines because he no longer is filled with the Spirit’s power and authority of kingship. Saul offers a fairy tale reward of a daughter in marriage and the hero’s family exemot from taxes. Where all were impressed with Goliath’s armor, Saul gives his away to a unknown shepherd boy who rejects it. The real battle takes place when Goliath and David call on their gods — this isn’t a story about David and Goliath, it’s a battle between the gods and the “battle belongs to the LORD.” All along, David knows what he’s going to do in combat. This is how he killed wild animals. He never wanted the armor. He never intended hand-to-hand combat. Goliath’s impressive technology is no match for David’s simple tech, except when it comes to cutting Goliath’s own head off. David carries around the head all day long — there’s no mistaking who the hero of the day is.

1 Sam. 18
David’s fame with Jonathan, the army, the people, and with Michal. Michal is the only woman in all of Scripture who is said to be in love and she’s in love with David. (Men fall in love all the time in Scriptre, not women.) Saul becomes afraid of David because of this popularity and attacks him twice. Saul also doesn’t bargain properly and reneges on his offer of his daughter Merab in marriage to David. But then he uses Michal as a trap, tricking David into agreeing to the match and then requiring 100 Philistine foreskins as the bride price. David pays double. Just what every woman wants for her wedding gift.

1 Sam. 19
Jonathan and Michal protect David from their father Saul. Saul and his men chase David to Ramah but the Spirit zaps them and they all prophesy ecstatically.

1 Sam. 20
Saul wants to kill David. Jonathan protects him, using an in-depth plan. David and Jonathan have a deep friendship and make a forever covenant.

1 Sam. 21-22
David flees to Nob and collets the sign of his hero status, Goliath’s sword. David and his men are holy warriors and are treated as such. David flees to Gath (Goliath’s city) and is recognized as Israel’s “king” but escapes by pretending to be insane. In the desert, malcontents and debtors join his rag-tag band. He arranges for protection for his parents in Moab (remember, his great-grandma Ruth came from Moab). Doeg of Edom tattles on the Nob priests and they are slaughtered by Saul’s men. Abiathan escapes the slaughter and brings the ephod to David and becomes David’s priest.

David psalms
BOOK 1 (Psalms 1-41) — 3 (Absolom), 4-6, 7 (Cush the Benjamite), 8, 9, 11-17, 18 (when delivered from Saul and all his enemies), 19-29, 30 (temple dedication), 31, 32, 34 (pretended to be insane and fled Abimelek), 35-41
BOOK 2 (Psalms 41-72) — 51 (Nathan, Bathsheba), 52 (Doeg tattles on Nob priests), 53, 54 (Ziphites tattle on David), 55, 56 (seized in Gath), 57 (fled from Saul into the cave), 58, 59 (Saul’s men watch David’s house), 60 (fought Aram Nahamraim and Aram Zobah and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt), 61, 62, 63 (in the desert), 64, 65, 68-70
OTHERS — 86, 101, 103, 108-110, 122, 124, 131, 133, 138-145

1/4/09 Peter 1 Sam 16:1-3 David anointed
1/11/09 Patty 1 Sam 16:14-23 Spirit leaves Saul; David enters Saul’s household Baptism of the Lord
1/18/09 Sharon 1 Sam 17 Goliath, Saul, and David
1/25/09 1 Sam 18
2/1/09 Seth
2/8/09 1 Sam 19
2/15/09 1 Sam 20
2/22/09 1 Sam 21-22 Transfiguration
3/1/09 1 Sam 23 1st Sunday of Lent
3/8/09 1 Sam 24 2nd Sunday of Lent/Daylight Savings
3/15/09 1 Sam 25 3rd Sunday of Lent
3/22/09 1 Sam 26 4th Sunday of Lent
3/29/09 1 Sam 27 5th Sunday of Lent
4/5/09 Palm Sunday
4/12/09 Easter

November and December Music

2008-11-21T11:31:00.000-08:00

November 23
Opening—PH#554/559
Organ-PH#420
Team:
Here I am To Worship-in D
Shout to the Lord
You Are Holy

November 30, Charles preaching
Opening: Come, Now is the Time to Worship
Organ: #2, Come, Thou Long Expected…
Team:
Every Move I Make
Lord, I Lift Your Name on High
Jesus, Messiah

December 7
Opening: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
Organ: Angels from the Realms
Communion: What Child is This?
Team:
Angels We Have Heard
Let All Mortal Flesh (with Steve on dulcimer)
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Closing: PH#12, People Look East

December 14
Children’s production—The children’s presentation includes lots of music, so worship team will be taking the week off to sit back and enjoy the production. Sharon will pick an opening and closing hymn for the organist.

December 21
Opening: O Come All Ye Faithful
Organ: We Three Kings
Team:
O Holy Night
The Snow Lay on the Ground
Good Christian Men Rejoice
Closing: PH#12, People Look East

December 28
Opening: Hark! The Herald
Organ: Joy to the World!
Team:
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Midnight Clear
Closing: PH#12, People Look East

2008-10-10T13:42:00.001-07:00

October 5-Request for a King
Organ: Great is Thy Faithfulness, #276
Communion: Breathe
Our set:
Open the Eyes of My Heart
How Great is Our God
O Worship the King (476)
Hungry

October 12: Saul anointed
Organ: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!
Our Set:
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Indescribable
Majesty
Only You

October 19: Saul with the prophets, made king
Organ: Come, Thou Almighty King, #139
Our Set:
All Hail the Power/Raise up the Crown
Everlasting God
Let My Words Be Few
Psalm 133

October 26: Saul’s First Battle
Organ: I Sing the Mighty Power of God, #288
Our Set:
Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty
Hungry
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above

Testing

2008-05-08T07:26:00.000-07:00

I think I stumbled on a way to upload a document and link it here.

Planner

Is Pursuits saveable as a single document? Or a document plus a calendar?

Poster

2008-05-01T15:37:00.000-07:00

Here's what I sent in today. I think if you click on it you can see it large enough to tell what's going on (remembering that in real life it will be something like 32"x40". Let me know if you spot any really stupid typos! I remember looking at posters last year and being impressed by all the stuff everyone had done--and now looking back we've done a lot this year too--hopefully we'll inspire someone else!

Uploading Documents

2008-04-29T19:45:00.000-07:00

We were talking this morning about ways to possible use a blog to do things like Pursuits. But an entire issue of Pursuits is way too long for a post, not to mention the fact that calendars wouldn't translate well! It looks like you can't just upload a document directly to blogger. It has to be stored somewhere else (say an under-used church website for example) and then linked to in a post... Doeos anybody know our username/password/authentication/etc information so I can try it out?

I added both of your names to the list of emails to notify every time someone puts up a new post. Let me know if you would like me to undo that! And I don't think it will notify about new comments, but I'm not sure...

David Crowder songs

2008-04-22T12:44:00.001-07:00

David Crowder has some excellent songs that we might begin to learn and weave into services:

From the album "A Collision" —
Come and Listen
Here is Our King
Wholly Yours

From the album "Illuminate" —
Revolutionary Love
O Praise Him

From the album "Remedy" —
Never Let Go
Neverending
Glory of It All
Can You Feel It

He looks like a freak, but I love that guy anyway ...

And here is an example of a what a useful post might look like...

2008-04-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

Musicians are meeting this Thursday at 6:15. We'd love to have you join us! If you aren't available, are there any songs in particular that you would like to see us use during this series on Revelation? Our ideas so far:

April 27--Rev. 5 "Look! A Lamb!"- PH 142 – All Hail the Power – isn’t that the one we could jazz up and has the cool bridge thing in between verses? Also 151 Crown him with many thorns
May 4--Rev.6-7, seals and scrolls PH 142 and 151 are listed for this scripture too.
May 11-Rev 8-11, trumpets
May 18-Rev 12-14, satanic trinity??
May 25-Rev 15-18, bowls of wrath Holy, Holy, Holy comes up again
June 1, Rev 19-20, final battle

I'd like to introduce you...

2008-04-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

Sharon, this is a blog! Blog, say hi to Sharon. This took about three minutes to set up. (OK, 5 because I got distracted by looking at color options), but anyway its very simple. And you can look at it and see what a blog looks like :) But you might not want to go looking for too many more or next thing you know you will have spent all afternoon looking at little bits and pieces of people random thoughts! (Not that I would know anything about that...)