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Worship Confessional: October 18th, 2009

October 18, 2009 in Service schedules, the church, Worship, Worship Confessional with 5 Comments

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What a great day to be in God’s House!  We have a TON of people that are sick, but we still had a pretty good attendance in both services today. I am hoping that people get better this week and we can get over all the sickness that has been going around.  Everyone did a great job today!  It is an honor to serve with the team at out church!  Here is the setlist for this week:

Special music – Strong Tower (By Kutlass – Our band did this)

Baptisms – This never gets old!  Love to see people take their first step of obedience!

  • You Never Let Go – Redman/Redman
  • From The Inside Out -  Houston
  • Your Name – Baloche/Packiam

Video Intro to message

Message – “The Storm Before The Calm”

Time of response

Offering

Dismiss

(First service we did Your Name and ‘Tis So Sweet and the special was sung by our pastor’s wife – great job Leslie!)

This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.

Disturbing…

October 17, 2009 in change, church philosophy and methods, the church with 0 Comments

All I know is that I get sick of hearing and seeing stuff like this.  I wish I could apologize to the community this church is located in…

Comments?

Catalyst Take-Aways #4

October 16, 2009 in change, church philosophy and methods, Conference, leadership, the church with 0 Comments

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Take-away #4 from Chuck Swindoll

“Tradition is the living faith of those dead passed down.  Traditionalism is the dead faith of those still living.”

(Yes, another one from Chuck Swindoll!  I have one more from him, as he is such a well of wisdom!)

My thoughts:

  • I think too many people buck tradition because it is tradition and no other reason.  I used to work for a pastor that said,  “tradition is good, if it is good tradition.”
  • I also think too many people hold on to tradition just because it is tradition.  Not all tradition is good.  Just because it was done does not mean it should still be done.
  • When your focus is on Jesus, and helping people take steps towards Jesus, you will hold on to some tradition.  Even if you are a progressive, contemporary church, you will still have some tradition, and you will create your own tradition.  That is not a bad thing.
  • The difference between tradition and traditionalism is where it lies in your worship.
  • Tradition is good when it is used as part of your worship.  Traditionalism is taking tradition and making it the object of your worship.
  • Is does not matter if you use hymns or contemporary music, whether you dress in a suit and tie or wear blue jeans; both extremes can be a focus of traditionalism.
  • The key: Keep your eyes on Jesus and be who God called you to be.  Realize that there are differences.  Learn to celebrate the differences and be glad that those differences allow us to reach different people. And remember, God is the focus of our worship.
  • Use tradition to worship Him, but do not let it become the focus or our worship and turn in to traditionalism.

Catalyst Take-Aways #2

October 14, 2009 in change, church philosophy and methods, Conference, contentment, leadership, the church with 3 Comments

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Take-away #2 from Rob Bell

“When you live a life of obedience to God, you will not want anybody else’s life“

  • If I am obeying God, and walking the the path that he has set before me, I will not want anyone else’s life.  I will be satisfied knowing that I am doing all that God has called me to do, whether it is in a church of 50 or 5000.
  • When I am living a life of obedience, I will be satisfied with what God has called me to do, and therefore I will not question the motives or seek to criticize someone else for what they are doing in their church or ministry.  I will be content, knowing that God has placed me where I am.
  • Because I will be content, and because I will not criticize other people’s ministries to try and minimize their success (and God’s blessing) and lift up my ministry, I can celebrate with others when they achieve great things for God, and be happy that the Kingdom is being enlarged through their work (and God’s blessing!).
  • This frees me up to be who I am, who God created me to be, and keeps me from trying to be someone else just because of their size and influence.
  • This also will give me a team mentality.  The church down the street is NOT my competition in any way. If they are preaching the Gospel, they are my team mate, and as such, I will do whatever I can to help them reach people as well.

Worship Confessional: August 30th, 2009

August 30, 2009 in Service schedules, the church, Worship, Worship Confessional with 2 Comments

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Our day today was a little unusual.  In fact we had seven different speakers for the message today! We did an overview of ministry today for our message, so each of the full/part time pastors had the opportunity to share for a few minutes about their area of ministry.  It was an unusual but fun way to present ministries in the church. We have a big kickoff on September 20th to get back into the fall schedule.  I am looking forward to that! Because of the unusual way we did the message, we never got to the last two songs of the day.  I will go ahead and list them in the setlist, but we never did get to them.  On to the setlist!

  • Marvelous Light – Hall
  • Salvation Is Here – Houston (First time we have done this one… I LOVE this song!  What a declaration in the chorus!)

Special Music – “I Will Not Be Moved” (Natalie Grant)  Our band and vocals did a FANTASTIC job on this!  Rocked the house!

Intro Video on “The Body”

Message – As I mentioned, a whole mess of us spoke!

Time of response

Offering

  • From The Inside Out – Houston
  • A New Hallelujah – Baloche/Smith/Smith

Fall is in the air, and I love the fall!  Hope you all had a great day of worship!  This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.

Worship Confessional: August 2nd, 2009

August 2, 2009 in Service schedules, the church, Worship, Worship Confessional with 4 Comments

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I cannot believe it is August already!  This year has flown by!  Today was the third in our “Comfortable” series.  Today’s talk was on change, specifically on allowing God to change us as we follow Him.  Our pastor did an awesome job!  Here is today’s setlist:

  • Sing, Sing, Sing -  Carson/Gilder/Nunn/Reeves/Tomlin
  • Your Name – Baloche/Packiam

Video on change

Special Music – “The Motions” (Matthew West tune – I got to sing this one with the band!)

Message – “Rearrange” (Change)

Time of response

Baby dedication

Offering

  • The Stand – Houston
  • Glorious One – Fee

A great day in God’s place with God’s people!  Cannot wait until next week!  This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.

A Few Links You Need To Check Out!

July 28, 2009 in church philosophy and methods, leadership, the church with 0 Comments

I am still processing some of the things I heard last week at the National Worship Leaders Conference and will write a bit about it later this week.  Until then, here are some great links to other blogs with some great content that is well worth your time to check out:

  • Tony has a sneak peek at a video from the New Hillsong recording that is due out August 4th.  Love their music and passion for worship!
  • Brian’s post about divorce really hits a soft spot in my heart.  I wrestle with questions about this often.
  • Rob hits the nail on the head with this post about Christianity and its relationship with “going to church.”
  • Are you a Worship Pastor that is not getting along with your Lead Pastor?  Tim writes about the tension that brings.
  • Perry talks about Preparation H (Yes, I write that correctly) and how it relates to confession.  Gotta read this one!

Hope you all have a great day!

Worship Confessional: July 26th, 2009

July 26, 2009 in Service schedules, the church, Worship, Worship Confessional with 7 Comments

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I had a fantastic week being able to attend the National Worship Leaders Conference in Leawood, KS at the Church of the Resurrection.  I will post about the conference this week after I digest and process it a bit more.  I am filled up though, and could not wait to get back to my church and lead worship today!  I woke up and immediately changed my mind on one of the songs we were doing… I had to do one that I heard this last week at the conference! So we did!  This was also the second week in the series “Comfortable,” and one of our men, Richard Perez, spoke today on the topic “Lazy Boy.”  He did a fantastic job! Ok, on to the set-list!

  • Hosanna – Baloche/Brown
  • Beautiful One – Hughes

Choir – Not To Us (From the collection Still Amazed Live)

  • Your Name – Baloche/Packiam (Heard this song this last week and LOVED it!)

Message – Richard Perez: Lazy Boy

Time of response

Offering

  • Holy Is The Lord – Tomlin/Giglio  (Actually had to skip this one… ran out of time again today!)
  • Better Than Life – Cruse-Ratcliff/Houghton

It was just a great day to be in God’s house!  This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com, which is having its one year party today!  Catch it if you can!

National Worship Leader Conference – Cannot wait for this!

July 10, 2009 in conferences, leadership, the church, Worship with 0 Comments

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Just a little over a week until I get to participate in the National Worship Leader Conference in Leawood, KS.  I am looking forward to being able to sit at the feet and learn from some of the most talented worship leaders that there are.  I will have the opportunity so see artists such as Michael W. Smith, David Crowder Band, Tommy Walker and Leeland (see the whole list here), as well as learn from such people as Leonard Sweet and others.  I am also excited to get to meet some of my online friends like Fred, Rich and Kim.  It will be a great time of worship, learning and building friendships.  If you are attending the conference, there is a meet-up planned for Tuesday night.  Here are the details:

The event is being hosted by TheWorshipCommunity.Com, AllAboutWorship.Com, and PlanningCenterOnline.Com.  Because they are printing free T-Shirts to the first 50 attendees and hope to have some food, they need you to RSVP if you’re attending – ASAP.

When: Tuesday, July 21, 9:30PM
(immediately after the Tuesday PM session at the National Worship Leader Conference)
Where:
Grace Church
8500 W. 159th St
Overland Park, KS 66223

RSVP at Evite.Com
Hope to see you there!

Worship Confessional: June 21st, 2009

June 21, 2009 in Service schedules, the church, Worship, Worship Confessional with 1 Comment

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I love being in a place where we allow things to be different from the norm.  It is nice to be able to have a little creativity and room in the service to change things up a bit.  In fact, it is expected here, which is great and helps to keep us on our toes.  Today’s service was the most unusual Father’s Day service I have ever been a part of.  Musically, we did not change much of anything. We usually do about 5 songs.  We planned four for the day, and ended up only doing three.  We had a little more video than normal, but the biggest difference for the day was the way we did the talk for the day.  This was the third Sunday of our “Doors” series.  The focus for today was “The Door to the family.”  We had eight different fathers, who were at different stags in their parenting, take about 5 minutes each to discuss what their responsibilities were at that stage of life.  It was a very unique, and very enjoyable service, and really helped to put into perspective the fact that our parenting really never ends.  Cool service! All the men did a great job!  Ok, here is the setlist!

  • Today Is The Day – Baloche/Brewster
  • Shout To The Lord – Zschech

Father’s Day Video

Special Music – The G’ville band did Delirious’ “My Glorious” (Smith/Garrard)  Awesome job guys!  The Church loved it!  Even saw some older people bobbing their heads!

Father’s Day Video intro for the message

Message – “Door To The Home”

Prayer for the fathers

Offering

  • God You Reign – Brewster/Fieldes (Did not end up doing this, as we ran out of time)
  • Sing, Sing, Sing – Carson, Gilder, Nunn, Reeves, Tomlin

Overall, just a great day to be in church!  It was very nice to have a nice, encouraging message geared ot the dads rather than the usual message telling us we suck at being dads!

I can’t wait to read everyone else’s setlists for the week!  This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com

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