I've consolidated my two blogs (Worship+ and Shaping The Space) into one over at www.shapingthespace.net It's still got a bit of tweaking to be done, so be patient with me :)
For the time being, the easiest way to get into recent posts for Worship+ is to click on the fuzzy Worship+ logo on the front page once you get there.
God bless you in your life of worship!
16.2.09
9.2.09
Sun 8 Feb 2009, 10.30am & 5.00pm
Yesterday was hot. Really hot. I tweeted about our pastor's plans to shorten the meeting due to the expected heat and avoiding side effects that can come. In the end, our area of Sydney, by nothing short of a miracle, did not reach the expected temperatures, and it was more pleasant than some recent weeks. To describe this as a blessing in the midst of our worst bushfires ever is a huge understatement.
So the morning service was sweet, and I mean that in the sense of the Holy Spirit's presence being sweet as opposed to it being 'sah-weet' ;) The evening service was littered with problems due to the heat of the day in other areas (power failures, etc), but that's OK too - it was a great learning curve for all involved.
I was a backup singer this morning, and as I've said in previous posts, I love coming under the guidance of the other worship leaders and being led into God's presence; certainly makes me feel holy pride at how much these guys have grown. Only one hitch in the morning - he doubled up the chorus at the end of Run without anyone expecting it, so we had some interesting drum stuff there. A good laugh.
The evening service (or late afternoon, really) was run by our Ablaze youth guys as normal, and at the end of a hot hot week, the fatigue was showing on top the tech troubles associated with power failure and rock bands. They did good though.
And two great messages as well. AM - expanding the theme & vision for 2009. PM - being light in darkness. Lots of notes and song seeds too :)
The AM Songs
Run (Houston/Hillsong)
All For Love (Webster/Hillsong)
Shout Unto God (Sampson/Hillsong)
Happy Day (Hughes/Cantelon/Soul Survivor)
This Is Our God (Morgan/Fielding/Hillsong)
The PM Songs
Your Name High (Houston/Hillsong)
Show Me Your Glory (Murgida/one of ours)
Saving Son (Murgida/one of ours too)
This week is meant to be cool and wet. Bring it Lord! The southern part of the nation needs the relief, while the flooded northern part needs some dry weather to allow it to recover.
Now go and check out all the other setlists and reviews on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at FredMcKinnon.com.
and see what else is going on round here as I go about Shaping The Space.
So the morning service was sweet, and I mean that in the sense of the Holy Spirit's presence being sweet as opposed to it being 'sah-weet' ;) The evening service was littered with problems due to the heat of the day in other areas (power failures, etc), but that's OK too - it was a great learning curve for all involved.
I was a backup singer this morning, and as I've said in previous posts, I love coming under the guidance of the other worship leaders and being led into God's presence; certainly makes me feel holy pride at how much these guys have grown. Only one hitch in the morning - he doubled up the chorus at the end of Run without anyone expecting it, so we had some interesting drum stuff there. A good laugh.
The evening service (or late afternoon, really) was run by our Ablaze youth guys as normal, and at the end of a hot hot week, the fatigue was showing on top the tech troubles associated with power failure and rock bands. They did good though.
And two great messages as well. AM - expanding the theme & vision for 2009. PM - being light in darkness. Lots of notes and song seeds too :)
The AM Songs
Run (Houston/Hillsong)
All For Love (Webster/Hillsong)
Shout Unto God (Sampson/Hillsong)
Happy Day (Hughes/Cantelon/Soul Survivor)
This Is Our God (Morgan/Fielding/Hillsong)
The PM Songs
Your Name High (Houston/Hillsong)
Show Me Your Glory (Murgida/one of ours)
Saving Son (Murgida/one of ours too)
This week is meant to be cool and wet. Bring it Lord! The southern part of the nation needs the relief, while the flooded northern part needs some dry weather to allow it to recover.
Now go and check out all the other setlists and reviews on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at FredMcKinnon.com.
and see what else is going on round here as I go about Shaping The Space.
2.2.09
Sun 1 Feb 2009, 10.30am & 5.00pm
Yesterday was Vision Sunday at Harbourside. This is always a big day, and big weekend for the Vision Team who have a meeting & dinner on Saturday too. Not much free time, but that's OK - it's once a year.
For long term members, it might be easy to get a bit complacent with these services as they are fairly similar each year as they go about refreshing the vision and giving the annual theme. However, I always enjoy the presentation and to have the overall goals for the year ahead specifically laid out, including obvious things like carrying out the Great Commission, etc.
I was leading the AM service, while the Ablaze Band (our youth only band) lead our night services which kicked off again for the first time in 2009. This means we are always in the congregation for night services, but we also need to monitor members are in both teams to ensure time commitments are managed well.
The AM Songs were:
Break Free (Houston, etc/Hillsong)
Happy Day (Hughes/Cantelon)
Lead Me To The Cross (Fraser/Hillsong)
Stronger (Morgan/Hillsong)
Happy Day was new for us, and it went better than our praise songs often do first time out. Sure, a lot of people already knew it, but it's also got a fairly easy melody, esp the chorus.
With the tight schedule, my pastor asked me to be quick but not rushed, which we were, I think...and he decided to have us continue worship a little longer with the tag of Stronger. And no major or even minor stuff-ups. A great morning.
We also shared in the amazing talent of a couple of our high school students who had recently sung at the Sydney Opera House, which led to a radio spot, which led to a talent development contract with a very reputable school/agency. Yay! I'm so proud :)
Our evening service (or should I say 'afternoon service') was a more 'normal' format, a shorter service (usually just over an hour) to allow our free-praise Worship+ meeting to follow on immediately afterwards.
The guys did a great job and had us all excited to be in God's house on that hot, humid evening (which admittedly was more pleasant than the morning!)
The PM songs were:
Salvation (Seeley/Planetshakers)
Run (Houston/Hillsong)
With Everything (Houston/Hillsong)
The message was on catching vision, perishing without vision, what what God does when we focus our vision on him. It focussed on Saul/Paul's conversion quite a bit, and was an excellent way to get our night meetings started.
Worship+ involved some powerful ministry, with the songs being The Anthem (Planetshakers), and our version of Awesome God (Mullins) to finish, complete with our very own raps. Funny to see the older people in the congregation enjoying rap so much. We're going to record this some day, I know it :) It was a shorter time than we'd been doing during the week, or late last year, but that's OK; it left us hungry for more, so we'll be back.
Now go and check out all the other setlists and reviews on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at FredMcKinnon.com.
and see what else is going on round here as I go about Shaping The Space.
For long term members, it might be easy to get a bit complacent with these services as they are fairly similar each year as they go about refreshing the vision and giving the annual theme. However, I always enjoy the presentation and to have the overall goals for the year ahead specifically laid out, including obvious things like carrying out the Great Commission, etc.
I was leading the AM service, while the Ablaze Band (our youth only band) lead our night services which kicked off again for the first time in 2009. This means we are always in the congregation for night services, but we also need to monitor members are in both teams to ensure time commitments are managed well.
The AM Songs were:
Break Free (Houston, etc/Hillsong)
Happy Day (Hughes/Cantelon)
Lead Me To The Cross (Fraser/Hillsong)
Stronger (Morgan/Hillsong)
Happy Day was new for us, and it went better than our praise songs often do first time out. Sure, a lot of people already knew it, but it's also got a fairly easy melody, esp the chorus.
With the tight schedule, my pastor asked me to be quick but not rushed, which we were, I think...and he decided to have us continue worship a little longer with the tag of Stronger. And no major or even minor stuff-ups. A great morning.
We also shared in the amazing talent of a couple of our high school students who had recently sung at the Sydney Opera House, which led to a radio spot, which led to a talent development contract with a very reputable school/agency. Yay! I'm so proud :)
Our evening service (or should I say 'afternoon service') was a more 'normal' format, a shorter service (usually just over an hour) to allow our free-praise Worship+ meeting to follow on immediately afterwards.
The guys did a great job and had us all excited to be in God's house on that hot, humid evening (which admittedly was more pleasant than the morning!)
The PM songs were:
Salvation (Seeley/Planetshakers)
Run (Houston/Hillsong)
With Everything (Houston/Hillsong)
The message was on catching vision, perishing without vision, what what God does when we focus our vision on him. It focussed on Saul/Paul's conversion quite a bit, and was an excellent way to get our night meetings started.
Worship+ involved some powerful ministry, with the songs being The Anthem (Planetshakers), and our version of Awesome God (Mullins) to finish, complete with our very own raps. Funny to see the older people in the congregation enjoying rap so much. We're going to record this some day, I know it :) It was a shorter time than we'd been doing during the week, or late last year, but that's OK; it left us hungry for more, so we'll be back.
Now go and check out all the other setlists and reviews on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at FredMcKinnon.com.
and see what else is going on round here as I go about Shaping The Space.
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