Progressive Worship 03/29/09, Church at the Mall

This week was an exciting time of worship with our church. I started the service by talking about the concept of raising hands in worship, because we were starting with "Unchanging" by Chris Tomlin, which says in the chorus, "So we raise up holy hands/ to praise the Holy One/ Who was, and is, and is to come." While we sang the song, the hands went up all over the place, and I think it's just a matter of giving our people freedom to express themselves in worship.

We then had the welcome time, and moved into "Everlasting God" by Brenton Brown and Ken Riley in Bb, which is a standard for our congregation. We moved directly into "Lord of All" by Kristian Stanfill in Bb, which is another powerful praise tune. We finished the set with one of my originals, "Never Be the Same" in Bb. 

It was a good day. I wish we had more time during our worship times on Sundays. We're currently sandwiched between two other services, and we have different teams leading at those two services, so there is a buffer of time where we have to turn things around. It's frustrating, but it is what it is. We are looking at reformatting the service layout, which is exciting. I'll keep you posted.

Blessings!

Bill

Check out Fred McKinnon's "Worship Confessionals," where I and many other worship leaders and team members have discussed their set lists. It's an awesome resource!!!

http://www.fredmckinnon.com/myblog/2009/03/29/sunday-setlists-36-what-happened-at-your-church/