Man, I'm bad at doing these right after the weekend, huh? Gary Durbin's was practically up before our last service was over... :) oh, well... way to stay on top of things, Gary! :)
This weekend was one of those that started out brutally, but ended well. Ever have those? Well, mine was self-inflicted as I committed the cardinal sin of wireless in-ear usage on Saturday and neglected to change out my batteries before service. No idea where my head was... and I'm pretty sure those batteries were in the wireless pack since our rehearsal on Tuesday. That's right, that's exactly what happened, and it happened in the middle of the 2nd song of a 4 song set. Brutal. I fought through 2 1/2 songs with absolutely nothing in my in-ear monitors. In the spirit of authenticity, I'm pretty sure the first song and a half was spent going over what could have possibly just happened... and when I finally figured it out during the last tune, I was able to worship and pray that our set would somehow still please God and serve His purpose in worship. ouch.
Sunday was much better... we finally pulled out 'Hosanna' by Paul Baloche this past week. I'm behind most on that one, I know. I talked a bit about the intent behind the song as stated by Paul on his WorshipSource profile. Also, we revisited one of my own, 'All I Can Do is Surrender' which was kinda fun. Keep in mind, we'll sing originals of mine for months or years before they land on a record... we hadn't done that one in a while at MSC. Anyway, the setlist was:
You're Worthy of My Praise - David Ruis
Hosanna - Paul Baloche/Brenton Brown
All I Can Do is Surrender - M. Roach
You Gave Your Life Away - Paul Baloche/Kathryn Scott
Feature tune: Add to the Beauty by Sara Groves
Blessed Be Your Name - Matt/Beth Redman
Seriously, if you haven't already introduced 'You Gave...' to your congregation, don't wait any longer, it's truly an unbelievable congregational tune and you won't regret it. I blogged about it a while back as well...
This confessional is also a part of the ever-growing Sunday Setlists. Check out what other worship leaders around the country did this past weekend and/or post your own!
3 comments:
I love You gave your life away by Paul Baloche. It's amazing.
Anyway I was just popping in to say "hi". I recently discovered your music at a festival here in the Netherlands. Grabbed your cd from the shelf and said to my friends, I think I might like this music.... and I did!
Awesome that you have a blog! Will definitely send this blog to my friends who are worshipleaders.
Yeah, I was on it Sunday. I had the house to myself last weekend, since the fam was out of town at grandparents, which is also why I got some demos and songs done. nice set.
Mark,
Dan and I were in St. Louis for the holiday weekend, and obviously came to worship with our "true" church family. It is always a blessing to have you lead worship when we're there. thank you for you beautiful heart.
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