I haven't found the time for evaluation of this past Sunday. I'm hoping that I can do that tomorrow. But for now I wanted to post my thoughts for this coming Sunday.
I'd like to try something a bit different this Sunday by having a very extended Scripture reading. All of the songs that we'll be doing - as you will see - are directly focussed on praise of God for his greatness, his works, and for who he is. "Praise to the Lord the Almighty" may change to something else before the week is through, I'll keep you posted. But given the theme for the morning, I thought that it would be a blessing to read Psalms 145-150 in one big chunk. So, we'll sing two songs, then have the reading before teaching a new song based on Psalm 150.
Ernie, if either you or Elliot would be able to read with a good deal of sensitivity to the emotions of the text and with energy that's appropriate for the content, it would be fantastic. With a reading this extensive it would be great if you or he were able to put in a bit more prep time than usual.
A note that applies to this Sunday as well as others. I've heard a few times of people listening to the samples that are up on the pages that I link to without ever downloading the full version of the song to become familiar with it. If you're not familiar with a song, please download the full version. Usually it costs a dollar (this week it's free). If you are trying to maintain discipline in how you use your money and music is something that you're having to cut back on, I would be HAPPY - THRILLED to buy it for you. I have alloted a small amount of money monthly for expenses related to ministry. To buy a song for you that will bless you and will bless the church because you know it well is well worth it to me. But, please, come on Sunday mornings having listened to, become familiar with, and internalized any new music rather than just listening to the sample. I really think that this is important for us as a team and for our ministry to the church. And I'm very confident that it will be a blessing to you.
Jake, if you could, keep me posted on the status of the technical difficulties from this past Sunday. Any chance of you being able to play this week? If not electric, acoustic?
That's it.
Thanks, all. Your service is an act of commitment to God's kingdom and a humble sacrifice of time for his church. The reward is Christ.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
| Prelude | Music from 9:50 until 10:00 |
| Song 1 | Praise God (the doxology we did a few weeks ago – click here for audio/chord chart downloads) |
| Song 2 | Praise to the Lord the almighty (traditional melody – I’ll get a chord chart up) |
| Scripture reading | Psalm 145-150 |
| Song 3 | Praise the Lord (click here for audio FREE DOWNLOAD – and click here for the chord chart) |
| Communion | |
| Song 5 (during communion) | My hiding place (click here for audio – I’ll post a chart) |
| Welcome & Announcements | |
| Offering | |
| Song 6 (during offering) | Enough (I’ll post a chart) |
| Message | |
For a downloadable/printable version, right click here.
2 comments:
This is simply a personal observation. I found the Doxology difficult to sing. The rhythm seemed to make it difficult to determine the timing for each entry. This was also true for me the previous time this was used in worship.
guessing that A Jaeger means Alan. :)
you're right. i'm aware that there's something that we're not getting quite right on this one and i think that it's largely something that i'm doing/not doing. the rhythm isn't carrying itself with enough force to pull the song along. it ends up dragging and feeling undefined.
the recording of it (on the sovereign grace Upwards album, if you care to listen) has it much better and i'd like to get to something along those lines.
i want to keep working on it because i think it's a valuable addition to the tradition. and this past week i had every intention of working on it through the week to nail it for this past sunday. but, instead, we had a baby! that kind of threw everything into a spin.
all that to say that my hope is that by the next time we break it out, we'll be able to solve that problem that you're sensing.
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