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Women in Worship Podcast
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Feb 28
Sunday Worship Reflections Feb 27, 2011
Worship service flow…
band preservice play-in: Hosanna (no vocals)
welcome/news
Psalm 47 excerpts on screen during intro to..
Sing to the King (Foote)
Hosanna (Fraser)
I Exalt Thee (Sanchez)
prayer
Take My Life (Tomlin arr.) [offering]
message: James 4:1-10
May the Words of My Mouth (Hughes, Hill)
We had an unusual rehearsal schedule this week, which meant a very familiar set of songs was in order. A worship set led by 1211 from Gateway Church in Austin at the re:create conference a couple weeks ago reminded me that ’I Exalt Thee’ should occasionally get to take a spin out of the ‘retired’ file. So, we had a set of songs that hopefully was solid and easy for our church to engage with.
Tried linking the first 3 songs together with excerpts from Psalm 47, highlighting the praise of God our King, reprising the last half of the chorus of ‘Sing to the King’ at the end of ‘I Exalt Thee’.
I’m grateful to my good friend and talented musician, Tara, who did a beautiful job leading ‘Hosanna’ and ‘May the Words’, and to our entire band who brought great heart and a solid foundation to today’s set of songs.
For more reflections from worship leaders all over the world, visit The Worship Community.
Feb 21
what does Lent look like for you?
Year after year, I’ve been involved in creating opportunities for our church to remember Jesus’ sacrifice and his resurrection. Sometimes it seems that Easter Sunday comes and we’re trying to create momentum where there isn’t any. Clearly, Easter doesn’t quite have the same cultural machine around it as Christmas. There is much to lament regarding the commercialization of Christmas, but it is true is that our culture has a natural momentum around that time. It is always easier to focus and re-direct momentum than to create it. It seems as if we, in the church, need to help each other experience this season of rebirth to the fullest. It seems as though what’s been missing is an intentional, thoughtful observation of Lent.
I did not grow up in, nor do I now attend, a church with a strong, orthodox practice of the observation of Lent. I understand the history of the season as it relates to Easter, but I never experienced an intentional tie between Lent and the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection and life.
I’m sure there are people within our church who have been observing Lent in a very disciplined way for years. But we want to invite our church family as a whole to take part in this season in order to walk through the fullness of both the sadness and the joy of this season.
So, my question… do you take a serious approach to linking Lent to the celebration of Easter? what does Lent look like for you?
Feb 21
Sunday Worship Reflections Feb 20, 2011
Haven’t written about our Sunday worship services in a while…
Today’s worship service flow:
You are Good (Lincoln Brewster arr.)
welcome
ministry highlight: hearing from a church member who spent 6 weeks helping to build an AIDS orphanage in Thailand.
prayer & scripture (Psalm 24)
Be Thou My Vision (traditional arr.)
Your Love Never Fails (Quilala)
Grace Like Rain (Agnew)
message: James 3:13-18
Wisdom (Jill Phillips)
As always, I’m grateful for the group of people who come together every week to make our worship experiences possible.
The find of the week: ‘Wisdom’ by Jill Phillips. I had been looking for a song specifically about wisdom, and had put in place a much older song which was going to require some significant updating! Dustin, our electric guitar player this week, found this song and it was perfect. I was recently re-introduced to the music of Jill Phillips, and love love love her writing and singing style. It was fun to learn a slightly different style of song and share it with our church today.
Thanks, Dustin. :)
read more about today’s worship services from churches all over the world at The Worship Community
