September 18 - Worship Set List

-How Great Thou Art - traditional hymn modernized.

-Nothing But The Blood - traditional hymn modernized

-How Great Is Our God - Chris Tomlin anthem

-Holy Is the Lord

Set list - September 4

How Great Is Our God - Aaron Ivey
My Chains Are Gone - John Newton/Chris Tomlin
Mighty to Save - Hillsong United
Blessed Be Your Name - Matt Redman                           

Set List - August 28, 2011

Happy Day - Tim Hughes
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) - Matt Redman
Jesus Messiah - Chris Tomlin
Your Love Never Fails - Chris McClarney, in the style of Jesus Culture

Assessing a Songs Worth for Corporate Worship

Ask... the 3 A's

Is It Accessible

• Lyrically

• is the language too outdated/antiquated to be properly understood?
• is the language clear and the thought developed well?
• Musically
• does the bulk of the song exceed the range (too low-too high) of the bulk of the congregation?  If so, you will be leaving your congregation watching instead of participating. 
• is the melody of the song memorable and worthy of memorization?  
• is the melody too convoluted and technical to be learned and practiced by the bulk of your congregation?

Is It Accurate

• Biblically
• does the song say true things about God and our relationship to Him?
• does the song misquote or proof-text scripture or somehow mislead into error about God?  If so, then don't do it.

or more simply, the 2 S's

Is it Scriptural?
Is it Singable?

Why We Sing in Church

 The E's of Congregational Singing

• Encourages Unity - we unite in praise and fellowship as we speak to one another about God through song
• Evangelizes the Lost - we expound upon the life-breathing gospel through song
• Educates the Saints - we teach doctrine and truth through song
• Exhorts the Saints - we instruct and inspire in the faith through song
• Engages the Mind - we encourage godly thinking and worship of the mind through song
• Excites (creates) & Expresses (channels) Emotion - we stir truth informed emotion and affection for God through song

Ephesians 5:19-20 - "speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

...just to name a few

Resurrection Song 1

Vs. 1

Our Jesus beat, laid in the tomb, the God-man dead and the darkness loomed,

all hope thought lost, on the blackest of nights, but breaking forth was the Son of light, the Son of light

Chorus
As we “hasten to the open grave”, celebrate, He is not there,
Our God who Saves, Risen High, we will
worship You, Lord, Jesus, resurrected One.

Vs. 2

He tread the earth, for those 40 days, 500 there to hear what He say,

Now prepared to leave, He ascends above, the gospel won, through victorious Son, the victorious Son

Vs. 3

The “death of death”, the first taste of life, applied to us, through the risen Christ.

Yes, our fate was sealed, by His holy blood, O Jesus Christ, the first fruit of all, who would call on Him.