Our mission at Lifepoint is very simple, to reach people far from God so that they can experience His plan for his life.
(Short post this week, sorry)
As such every so often we have, what we refer to as a "Salvation Sunday", it's not that Pastor doesn't give a message to lead people to Christ every week, (far from it actually), it's just that every series (or every other series) we do our best to program a service to bring people to a place of decision. On weeks like these we are very particular on our worship sets, even more so than a normal (I'm not sure if that word ever applies to Lifepoint though) Sunday, and I've been known to spend hours planning those.
So with that in mind here's our set list:
Salvation is Here (Hillsong) - A nice fast paced worship song with an amazing bass line. (See Below)
Mighty to Save (Hillsong) - One of our favorite worship songs, because it's so true!
Performance Song: Renegade (Styx) - Okay this Rocked. Pure and simple.
Lift High (Eddie Kirkland) - The reason I picked last week to premier this song was so that it would be familiar to people for this week. An AMAZING worship(ful) song that has readily become one of my favorites.
Matt's (Busted) gear list: 1 Vic Firth HD2 Drumstick. (Yup, that's it!)
Band: Ronnie, Justin, Tom, Dave, Ricky, Me.
Tom did an awesome job leading worship, the man's got a vocal range that I still find amazing.
So who is Ricky? (As you'll note that this is his first appearance on the LC worship), Ricky it Bill's (One of our amazing bassists) son, who normally serves on the tech-team. And an amazing bassist, Salvation is here has (for worship music) one slick bass part and he nailed it, the kicker? Kid's been playing for 3 months.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Set List 07/13/08
Wow what an amazing day today was. (Believe it or not about half of this was actually written Sunday afternoon, the rest took up till now)
We did a worship song that I've been wanting to do for months now, it's (surprise) from North Point's Louder than creation album, "Lift High" by Eddie Kirkland. (More on that in a minute), it was a service crafted for powerful worship, (wait till you see the line up).
Here's the Set List
We Shine (By Steve Fee) - When we first did this song it was more as a performance song than a worship song, (Even now I consider it more of a Shouted declaration not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not a normal worship song... but then again, when was the last time I was worried about normal...) But the huge response we got from it, (I mean no kidding, 300 people shouting that they belong to Jesus is awesome!) meant it had to be added to our Worship rotation.
Lift High (By Eddie Kirkland) - This is an amazing Worship song. When we went to the Drive conference at North Point this song was part of the worship set opening night and had me (literally) in tears during worship. And it seemed to connect well, plus Pick did a really good job introducing the song. This has been on my "MUST DO" worship list since I've heard it and I was glad we were able to share it with the rest of the church.
How He Loves (Originally by: John MacMillan, Jesus Culture arrangement) - This was actually a song brought to my attention by Josh the Pastor of our Downtown campus and creative director. The Entire Cd (We Cry Out) is awesome worship! But this song is a huge impact worship song. With such vivid imagery in the lyrics. "If Grace is an ocean, we're all sinking" I get shivers singing that.
Performance song was Calling All Angels (By Train) - The song wasn't a perfect fit for the outlaw theme that is our current series, but it was a perfect fit for the message. And it was a LOT of fun to play.
Matt's Gear (got busted) List; 2 (Peter Erskine signature) Drum Sticks, 1 13" head (Old original Tama head replaced by a new Evans G+ coated) 1 16" head (Old original Tama head replaced by a new Evans G+ coated)(But for all that, I'm still not happy with the way that floor tom sounds, so I'm going to switch it our with my 16" Mapex floor tom.
Band: Ronnie, Justin, Jeremy, Bill, Dave, Tammie, Me
We did a worship song that I've been wanting to do for months now, it's (surprise) from North Point's Louder than creation album, "Lift High" by Eddie Kirkland. (More on that in a minute), it was a service crafted for powerful worship, (wait till you see the line up).
Here's the Set List
We Shine (By Steve Fee) - When we first did this song it was more as a performance song than a worship song, (Even now I consider it more of a Shouted declaration not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not a normal worship song... but then again, when was the last time I was worried about normal...) But the huge response we got from it, (I mean no kidding, 300 people shouting that they belong to Jesus is awesome!) meant it had to be added to our Worship rotation.
Lift High (By Eddie Kirkland) - This is an amazing Worship song. When we went to the Drive conference at North Point this song was part of the worship set opening night and had me (literally) in tears during worship. And it seemed to connect well, plus Pick did a really good job introducing the song. This has been on my "MUST DO" worship list since I've heard it and I was glad we were able to share it with the rest of the church.
How He Loves (Originally by: John MacMillan, Jesus Culture arrangement) - This was actually a song brought to my attention by Josh the Pastor of our Downtown campus and creative director. The Entire Cd (We Cry Out) is awesome worship! But this song is a huge impact worship song. With such vivid imagery in the lyrics. "If Grace is an ocean, we're all sinking" I get shivers singing that.
Performance song was Calling All Angels (By Train) - The song wasn't a perfect fit for the outlaw theme that is our current series, but it was a perfect fit for the message. And it was a LOT of fun to play.
Matt's Gear (got busted) List; 2 (Peter Erskine signature) Drum Sticks, 1 13" head (Old original Tama head replaced by a new Evans G+ coated) 1 16" head (Old original Tama head replaced by a new Evans G+ coated)(But for all that, I'm still not happy with the way that floor tom sounds, so I'm going to switch it our with my 16" Mapex floor tom.
Band: Ronnie, Justin, Jeremy, Bill, Dave, Tammie, Me
Monday, July 7, 2008
Set List 07/06/08
Wow yesterday was amazing... even the fact that between the AC issue and the stage lights it felt like it was a million degrees on stage it was an awesome day.
Okay finally took the time to find this link it's for the New (well in context anyway) Northpoint Music CD "Louder than Creation" which contains most (if not all) of the new worship songs we are integrating into our lineup. And it looks like if you sign up you can get the single free, (and if you look you can get a free let me sing core package)... (something I wish I had seen before purchasing said core package... oh well) for you worship leaders out there it means you get a free set of charts and a demo track of the song. The song in question is Let Me Sing (Which was part of the set list this week).
Speaking of which our set list this week consisted of:
Point of Difference (Hillsong) - I think from the United album, it's a fun high-energy worship song and one of Pick's (Our Worship Pastor)'s favorite songs.
Solid Rock (Traditional/Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern Arrangement) I think most "church" people know this song, being from that traditional "church" background I know I did, the arrangement Passion did with the song is great! It's still very simplistic, but with a 6/8 (almost, but not quite a swung 6/8) feel, verses the old 3/4 that you find in old church hymnals... And the versus has a tom/kick riff that to me (as a drummer) almost feels tribal.
Let me Sing (Todd Fields/North Point Music, see above) - This is one of those amazing worship songs that you (at least we) don't get tired of, I mean we have done it three times in the last four weeks...
Happy Day (Kristian Stanfill) - No, not the one you're thinking of, yet another song from the North Point Louder than Creation album (have you bought it yet? What are you waiting for!) Pick, (see above) lead worship for the FCA Powercamp... (Fellowship of Christian Athletes for those with Acrophobia) and this was a huge connect, as it was with us this week. High energy (My arms were exhausted by the end of it) with an almost disco-ish drum beat, (much better than that though)...
No performance song this week, we took a much needed break from performance songs... they're a lot of fun and usually a very good connect to the message, but they can be a bear to pull off, (some more than others) so this week was a break from that.
Oh This week's gear casualty list:
1: Peter Erskine Signature drumstick
1) 14" Cobalt River (ie: Uber cheap) crash cymbal.
Band This Week: Bill, Justin, Anne, Mia, Jeremy, Dave, Me.
Okay finally took the time to find this link it's for the New (well in context anyway) Northpoint Music CD "Louder than Creation" which contains most (if not all) of the new worship songs we are integrating into our lineup. And it looks like if you sign up you can get the single free, (and if you look you can get a free let me sing core package)... (something I wish I had seen before purchasing said core package... oh well) for you worship leaders out there it means you get a free set of charts and a demo track of the song. The song in question is Let Me Sing (Which was part of the set list this week).
Speaking of which our set list this week consisted of:
Point of Difference (Hillsong) - I think from the United album, it's a fun high-energy worship song and one of Pick's (Our Worship Pastor)'s favorite songs.
Solid Rock (Traditional/Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern Arrangement) I think most "church" people know this song, being from that traditional "church" background I know I did, the arrangement Passion did with the song is great! It's still very simplistic, but with a 6/8 (almost, but not quite a swung 6/8) feel, verses the old 3/4 that you find in old church hymnals... And the versus has a tom/kick riff that to me (as a drummer) almost feels tribal.
Let me Sing (Todd Fields/North Point Music, see above) - This is one of those amazing worship songs that you (at least we) don't get tired of, I mean we have done it three times in the last four weeks...
Happy Day (Kristian Stanfill) - No, not the one you're thinking of, yet another song from the North Point Louder than Creation album (have you bought it yet? What are you waiting for!) Pick, (see above) lead worship for the FCA Powercamp... (Fellowship of Christian Athletes for those with Acrophobia) and this was a huge connect, as it was with us this week. High energy (My arms were exhausted by the end of it) with an almost disco-ish drum beat, (much better than that though)...
No performance song this week, we took a much needed break from performance songs... they're a lot of fun and usually a very good connect to the message, but they can be a bear to pull off, (some more than others) so this week was a break from that.
Oh This week's gear casualty list:
1: Peter Erskine Signature drumstick
1) 14" Cobalt River (ie: Uber cheap) crash cymbal.
Band This Week: Bill, Justin, Anne, Mia, Jeremy, Dave, Me.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
It goes to eleven
Okay, if you look up, near the top of this blog is the Worship team logo, (at least the temporary one I've come up with) it started off as a joke from the fake rockumentary spinal tap, but the more I thought about it, the more appropriate it seems...
Wait here's the deal, we serve a God who is more than enough right? A God who always has more then what we would need, wouldn't going to eleven be perfect for that that? or am i just delusional?
Wait here's the deal, we serve a God who is more than enough right? A God who always has more then what we would need, wouldn't going to eleven be perfect for that that? or am i just delusional?
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