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Sunday Setlist 5/31/09

Jun 1, 2009 Worship Planning

Pentecost Sunday was great at WMUMC. It was my first week back after being out for two at College UM ARMY and Annual Conference. It was nice to be playing and singing with the band again. Here are our songs from this week.
Tell the World
Days of Elijah-
Revive Us Again-
It’s My Joy
Awaken our Hearts
Pentecost Video

This is part of the Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon’s blog.

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Sunday Setlist 3/29/09

Mar 29, 2009 Worship Planning

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Sunday Setlist 3/22/09

Mar 22, 2009 Worship Planning

This was my first attemt at a video worship confessional. Check it out and let me know what you think.

To see what other worship services did this week make sure and check out Sunday Setlists on Fred McKinnon’s blog.

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Sunday Songlists- 3/1/09

Mar 5, 2009 Worship Planning

This past Sunday was an interesting one. I thought that the band and vocals sounded great, were tight and was over all an awesome Sunday. Unfortunately there were many other events this weekend that hindered our Sunday morning attendance. I do have to give props to our ladies who do the stage decorations each week. When I arrived at the church 3 years ago all we had was the black curtain background. This Easter will mark one full year of using colors in different ways to decorate the stage. They don’t really use elaborate props but have come up with a quick and easy system to add some color and a different focus depending on the week. Hopefully Ill put a post up next week showing how we do our stage.

Songlist (Planning Center)

Everlasting God
My Hope is You
Your Love is Amazing (Halleluiah)
Here I Am to Worship
Praise to the Lord the Almighty (from the Wow Hymns)
In the Secret

This Sunday Setlist is posted as part of Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Setlist #32. Come on and see what other churches are doing each week, and share your own Sunday experiences.

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Sunday Setlist 2-22-09

Feb 23, 2009 Worship Planning

This week at Williams Xperience service we had a great time of worship. Kerri was out so it was me and one other leading. The band was all here though and they were on. We started our rehearsal at 8:00 and went over not only our songs for worship but also introduced them to “Everlasting God.” They liked it so much they were ready to do it this morning at worship. We will do it in two weeks. I am glad that our new rehearsal schedule is working out so well.

Our songs today were the following:

Sing A Song- It was great to sing this along with our drummer. He does a great job playing and singing and his voice is suited for some of these Third Day songs.

Never Let Go- Our congregation has really latched on to this song. The driving beat and simple melody help, but maybe with circumstances in our lives today the words give so much comfort. God is always here.

Alleluia- This is one from my “Unfailing Love” album that the congregation seems to like. Although it is in 6/8 and recently I have noticed the congregation swaying back and forth when we do these. Once it was pointed out to me I can’t help but notice, and try not to get seasick.

He Reigns- I originally had Meet With Me scheduled but I thought we had done it too much recently, so I substituted this standby. The congregation knows it and sings well, and the band can do it with their eyes. It is definately one of those older songs that resonate.

We usually do 5 songs but this week our Liturgical Dancers did a great job dancing to “Identity”

This is part of Fred McKinnons Sunday Setlist Worship Carnival. Come see what other churches are doing each week.

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Sunday Setlist- 01-25-09

Jan 25, 2009 Worship Planning

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Sunday Setlist 1-18-09

Jan 18, 2009 Worship Planning

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This was another good week at Williams Memorial UMC and the Xperience service. It was Communion Sunday for us and we also had a baptism during the service. So the church celebrated it’s newest member and the Lord’s supper all on the same morning. 

Oh.. the sound problems were greatly reduced… actually had no problems at all this week. The guy who installs our stuff came by and set the squelch.. turns out that was the biggest problem. We also bought some padded room dividers and put them along the back of our room. We meet in a cafetorium style meeting room with flat walls and a concrete floor. So the dividers helped alot.

We were missing our keyboard player, and a few vocalists.. so the mix was different but it worked well.

Here are the songs with itunes links

My Savior Lives- This was the first time for us to try this song. We introduced it at the beginning of the service and will start working it into our set in future Sundays.

Meet With Me- This is just one of those songs for our congregation that I can start and they will sing and I can back away and listen to the congregation. I introduced it to them only 2 years ago.

I Stand Amazed- Two things about this song. Somehow it ended up during the offering (when everyone is sitting down) so It felt kinda weird singing I STAND Amazed while seated.. the other thing is we were confused as to whether we were ending on the 4 chord or the 1 chord… Oh well… it worked 

Breathe- We did this with nothing but piano and vocal. Kerri sang great and I added a little harmony. We used this as our song during communion.

Our Great God- At my last church someone handed me a CD of some random tunes and this one was on there. From that point on I have LOVED this song. I introduced it to my current congregation during Christmas and used the words to the hymn Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night for the lyrics and then used the normal chorus. Worked awesome.

Oh.. since our liturgical reading included Psalm 139 we used this video from igniter media group.

And that’s just what we did this Sunday. Be sure and check out what others did on Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Setlist Worship Carnival #26

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Sunday Setlist 1/11/09

Jan 11, 2009 Worship Planning

When we started rehearsing today, my thoughts were that this was not going to be a good morning. If you follow me on twitter or facebook you know what I am talking about.  On Wednesday we had installed four brand new wireless Sure microphones and when installed there were a few cracks and buzzes but I thought we had worked them out. Sunday morning, as we began rehearsal, the gremlins reared their ugly head and the microphones again were cracking. Luckily we had the old microphones, reinstalled them and we were good to go. 

When things don’t work well I start worrying. I know I shouldn’t but we also had a guest singing with us this morning and I wanted everything to work well, you know, so she didn’t think that this is how it always was. So I really spent my morning worrying about pleasing people and not God. I think there is a verse about that. Thankfully God worked even inspite of me and the morning was great. The band sounded awesome, and the vocals did a great job. And yes.. the microphones worked great.  It turned out to be one of the best Sundays that we have had so far.

So with all of that here was our Songlist

Wade in the Water- (Based on Eva Cassidy Version) Our service this week was on the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.  Having the voices of Shelly and Kerri this song was a natural choice for us to use to kick off the service.

Cover us- (The Sonflowerz) We heard this on the Song Discovery 72 CD. We actually will be working 6 or so songs from this CD in the next few weeks.

Stir In Me (Todd Proctor) They were doing this song even before I got here and it has made it through the years. I think it’s because it’s easy to sing and the band loves to play it.

Did You Know? and Thank You For Loving Me- (Shelly Wilson) The band loved playing this song off of Shelly’s latest CD and the best part was that she was here to sing them live with us. 

You Never Let Go-(Matt and Beth Redman)- Our pastor ended his sermon talking about the fact that no matter how we feel God is always there no matter what. I didn’t know really how his sermon was going to end but this song fit perfectly.

To view what other churches did this week visit Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Setlist.

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Sunday Setlist 1/4/08

Jan 6, 2009 Worship Planning

So each week I answer the question, “How did Sunday go?” “What did you sing?” It’s a great chance to reflect on what happened good and bad. I want to say thanks to Fred McKinnon for setting this up on his blog. Be sure and check out what other worship leaders are doing for their Sunday Setlists.

This week’s order of worship

Xperience Order of Worship 1-4-09

Opening Song- I just Want to Celebrate (4) Our drummer came to us and said he wanted to sing this song. Yeah it’s the old Rare Earth Tune. I know there are varying points of view on using secular music. What do you think?

Welcome and Announcements

Worship Song -Salt and Light (1) 
Worship Song -Revive Us Again (3) Kerri found this on the song discovery 72. Great new rendetion of a great hymn.

Children’s Sermon

Time of Prayer

Offering- In the Light (2)

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Sunday Setlist 12/28/08

Dec 28, 2008 Worship Planning

Most weeks at our church we have simultaneous contemporary and traditional worship services at the 10:30 to 11:30 hour. Periodically for special occasions we combine services into one location. This week we combined in the contemporary service. It was nice to see some people I don’t normally get to see on a weekly basis.

Songlist-

Go Tell it on the Mountain- Our drummer does a great job singing this song and the band loves playing it so I just let them go for it.
Angels We Have Heard on High- This is a calypso version that they were doing before I got here. With all these songs they stayed fairly true to rhythm and melody so they were different but still easy to sing along with.
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear-
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen- This version had kind of a night club bluesy type feel. Kerri did a great job on it though.
Our Great God- Ok so we took the words to the hymn “While Shepherds Watched their flocks by night” and put two verses in for one verse of “Our Great God” then did the chorus as usual. Great way to blend old and new, and now we can use “Our Great God” as a worship tune the rest of the year.

You can check out what other worship services were doing this week and for the 22 weeks before this at Sunday Setlist #23 on Fred McKinnon’s Blog

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