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Set List, 01/29 – 1/30/11 Fellowship Bible Church

January 31, 2011

Here’s our set from this weekend, which was also our baptism weekend at Fellowship:

Pre-service: “Happy Day” [Tim Hughes, Ben Cantelon]
Call to Worship – Psalm 47
“All Because of Jesus” [Steve Fee]
Welcome/Offering/Announcements/Greeting Time
Focus passage for second set – Ephesians 2:1-10
“Jesus Messiah” [Daniel Carson, Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, and Jesse Reeves]
“Son of God” [Tim Neufeld, Jon Neufeld, Ed Cash, and Gordon Cochran]
“The Stand” [Joel Houston]
Message – Pastor Joe Hishmeh
Baptisms/Testimonies
Response: “Jesus Paid It All” [Alex Nifong, Elvina M. Hall, John Thomas Grape]

This weekend was my second week leading Fellowship Bible Church in worship, and I thought it went well, and that God was glorified. I have many dreams and ideas for the future of our Worship & Arts ministry, but it doesn’t all happen over night, and I am looking forward to building these things and making these ideas happen here in the near future.

We opened up with “Happy Day” as some people were still entering the worship center. We had to cut this song for the fourth service, because the baptisms went a little long, and our two services ran into one another, creating quite the traffic jam as people were coming and going. This song is fairly new to this congregation, so it was another teaching moment. I used this song during one of my trips up here to interview with the church, and this weekend was the second time they have sung it. With that in mind, it did seem that the people were with it and participating.

The second song was “All Because of Jesus,” and it followed a call to worship, in which the Word of God challenged us in Psalm 47 to clap our hands and to sing praises to our God, the great King over all the universe. I made the comparison between the way we cheer for our favorite sports teams, with loud clapping and shouting, and the way we worship our God. I challenged our people to offer at least as much energy to our God, who is infinitely more worthy than a sports team (especially the Cleveland teams that I root for…).

After the welcome, offering, announcements, and greeting time, we moved into a time of worship focused on the idea of Ephesians 2:1-10, specifically how God made us alive together with Christ when we were dead in our sins and transgressions. We were completely hopeless for eternity before He intervened and rescued us. Because of His great gift for us, we ought to respond with our lives as living acts of worship. The next three songs, “Jesus Messiah,” “Son of God,” and “The Stand,” followed that focus.

“Jesus Messiah” and “The Stand” were both very familiar to the congregation, so they engaged well with it. “Son of God” was new to Fellowship, and is a song that I believe the Church should be singing. It does a good job of describing the story of Jesus, from shaping the stars to fulfilling the prophecy of the Messiah. It wraps it up nicely with a simple, solid chorus (“Jesus, O Holy One/ I sing to You, forgiven/ Savior, I’m overcome/ With Your great love for me”) and bridge (“You are worthy/ You are worthy/ You are worthy of all my praise/ You are beautiful/ You are beautiful/ I will lift up my hands and sing”).

Pastor Joe’s message focused on the life of Saul/Paul as an example for us to describe how God’s story has intersected our own story and taken it over, transforming our lives from one centered on ourselves to one that is properly centered on Jesus Christ. After he shared, we baptized people who had signed up and prepared a testimony to share how God had rescued them.

We wrapped it all up with “Jesus Paid It All” as the response song. It’s hard to go wrong with that song, as the hymn does a great job of examining our own weakness and dependence on Jesus for our every need, and the additional chorus by Alex Nifong is a beautiful, concise expression of thanksgiving for what Christ has done: “O praise the One/ Who paid my debt/ And raised this life/ Up from the dead”. This is another song that I believe the Church needs to sing, because of the powerful truth which it contains.

Three of the four services went without a snag. The third service (Sunday, 9 AM) went a little long because some fo the testimonies were longer than we had planned for. It was a moment where we have to remind ourselves of the reasons we gather together. One of those reasons is to see lives changed, regardless of how long it takes. Sometimes our organization and systems can make it easy to lose track of the things of most importance, because we’re concerned about someone complaining or having to change our plans. While I don’t prefer to make a habit of this kind of thing (going 30 minutes over our scheduled time), I am reminded that this morning we were witnesses of God’s amazing grace and power in the lives of His people. I am thankful that He still moves in such amazing ways, and that He still rescues, just as He rescued me.

I hope you had a great day or weekend of worship wherever you were!

In the Son,

Bill

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Set List, Sunday 10/24/10 Church at the Mall

October 25, 2010

(Currently Listening to Quantity is Job 1, by Five Iron Frenzy)

Here’s our set from this past week:

“Kingdom” [Kristian Stanfill]
“Salvation’s Chorus” [Todd Fields]
“Glory to God Forever” [Steve Fee]
“God of This City” [Bluetree]
“Jesus Paid It All” [traditional w/ add. chorus by Alex Nifong]
Message: “It’s Your Serve–Build an Altar” [Pastor Jay]
INV: “I Want to Love You” [Todd Fields]

This week felt pretty good overall. I love it when the church sings “Kingdom” all together (“We are the Kingdom of God/ We are an army of love/ We carry truth to the world/ We are the Kingdom of God”). I also love the concept of “Salvation’s Chorus,” in that believers have a song that others cannot sing (even the angels), namely the song of the redeemed. We have been rescued from sin and death, and because of this we have much to celebrate. “Glory to God Forever” has become a major prayer of my life–specifically the bridge: “Take my life and let it be/ All for You and for Your glory/ Take my life and let it be Yours.” “Jesus Paid it All” is always one of my favorites, as the church celebrates by singing, “O praise the One who paid my debt/ And raised this life up from the dead.” I don’t think we can sum up the reason for our worship more succinctly than that. I think that’s why it’s so powerful a lyric for us to sing. There are certain things that we hear or say that strike a chord within the believer, as the Spirit confirms the truth of those things and stirs us because of it. This is one of those truth statements that provokes that kind of response from believers.

As I approach my last week leading the worship in music for Church at the Mall, many things are flooding my mind as we lead. I look at the students and feel burdened for their future, their leadership, and their ministry in the church. I find myself praying over them as we sing out to God about being the Kingdom of God (“Kingdom”), and asking God to take our lives and let them be all for Him and for His glory (“Glory to God Forever”). I find myself celebrating what God has accomplished in our midst over these past 4 1/2 years. I look out over the assembly of believers and see a huge transformation from the way things were in the beginning of 2006, with nearly half as many people meeting in the old Montgomery Wards, and many blank stares as people didn’t really know what to do with the “music time” of the service. Many enjoyed the music, but did not feel the need or the motivation to participate in it. Many just spectated. Some just dreaded it. As we’ve grown together over these past few years, more and more of us are engaging in the songs and owning them, responding to God with thanksgiving and praise for who He is and what He has done. I see people passionately singing out to God. I see raised hands. I see people dwelling on the truths that we’re singing together. I love it. It is hard to leave something that I have given so much of my life to building. I am so thankful to have been a part of God’s working in Church at the Mall.

I hope you had a great day of worship wherever you were this week.

In the Son,

Bill

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Set List, Sunday 09/05/10 Church at the Mall

September 7, 2010

We had yet another great day of worship together, as Pastor Jay shared a message about the conviction and drawing of the Holy Spirit. It was a powerful, gospel-centered moment.

Here’s our set from this weekend:

“God is Alive” [Steve Fee, Eddie Kirkland]
“Unchanging” [Chris Tomlin]
“Jesus Messiah” [Jesse Reeves, Chris Tomlin, et al]
“Because of Your Love” [Phil Wickham]
“Jesus Paid It All” [Traditional w/ add. chorus by Alex Nifong]
Invitation: “Rescue” [Jared Anderson]
Offertory: “Desert Song” [Brooke Fraser]

Sunday was a sweet day of focusing on the cross of Christ and how He redeemed us by His atoning sacrifice. I never get enough of putting my focus there and reminding ourselves of all that Jesus has done to make a way for us where there was no way. “Jesus Messiah,” based on one of my favorite verses, 2 Cor. 5:21 (“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that in Him we might become the righteousness of God”) is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. I put it off for quite some time (maybe because I was bitter that someone else beat me to using that verse in a song…). Anyway, the declaration of the bridge, “All our hope is in You/ All our hope is in You/ All the glory to You, God/ The Light of the World” is such a powerful statement, one that needs to become something of a motto for the people of God. We have no hope apart from Him and His finished saving work on the cross. We are hopeless without Him!

We also introduced a new song, “Desert Song,” which is a song of confidence and constant praise in our God, regardless of the circumstances. It takes the worshiper through the different seasons of life, from hunger to blessing, and reiterates the expression, “I will bring praise, I will bring praise/ No weapon formed against me shall remain/ I will rejoice, I will declare/ God is my victory and He is here.” No matter where we are at in our journey, or what the circumstances may be, God is with His children, and He has not forsaken us. We can rest assured of that fact.

It was a great day of worship. There were many who came forward to be baptized or to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. I am excited about what the Lord is doing in our midst.

I hope you had a great day of worship wherever you were.

In the Son,

Bill

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Set List, Sunday 05/23/10 Church at the Mall

May 23, 2010

Here’s our set from this morning:

“God is Alive” [Steve Fee/Eddie Kirkland]
“All Because of Jesus” [Steve Fee]
“It is Well” [Horatio Spatford w/ add. chorus by Todd Fields]
“Beautiful the Blood” [Steve Fee]
“Jesus Paid It All” [trad. w/ add. chorus by Alex Nifong]
INV “Mighty to Save” [Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan]
“You’re the Only One” [original]

It was good to be back with the band and the church family today. I returned from vacation last night, and we jumped right back in this morning. It was a little bumpy, and my voice was pretty weak from not singing for almost a week and a half. However, I was really enjoying being back with the band, and we went after it this morning.

The song, “Beautiful the Blood” is one of my favorites, as it paints a great picture of contrasts between the beauty and pain of Christ’s suffering in our place. He gave us the most amazing gift! If you have not heard this song, you need to.

The highlight for me was how God orchestrated some of the planning. I recently finished the song, “You’re the Only One” (demo coming soon), and I noticed that Pastor Jay was going to be sharing about “Succeeding in Stinking Situations,” talking about walking with the Lord through the difficult times of trial. I really felt the need to wrap up the writing of the song because I thought it would fit really well with his message, and it did. It was almost scary how Jay, who had not heard the song yet, used some of the exact wording of the song’s lyric. God is so good, and He really works in spite of me. I love being a part of what He is doing, and how He moves me in my planning and preparation. Other than breaking a string on the new song, I thought it went really well, and the band did a great job making it feel right.

I hope you had a great day of worship wherever you were. God is at work!

Bill

p.s. be sure to check out Sunday Set Lists over at www.theworshipcommunity.com to see what other leaders and team members had to say about their services this week.

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Set List for 01/31/10 Church at the Mall

January 31, 2010

This morning at Church at the Mall was a great day of worship. We had Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes in Heaven, as a guest speaker, and he has a pretty incredible story. He was declared dead and covered up with a sheet on the scene of a horrific car accident in which a tractor-trailer semi hit his car head on and drove over his vehicle. After he died, many people, most of whom did not know he was actually dead, were praying for him. After 90 minutes, he came back to life and began singing the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” along with the pastor who had crawled into the car to pray for him. During those 90 minutes, he had an experience of heaven, and that is much of what he shared. It was pretty amazing. I am a bit of a skeptic, and I was a little unsure of whether or not I would believe it, but he was very down-to-earth, and there was nothing in his testimony which did not align with Scripture, and which was out of the realm of possibility.

The time of worshiping through music, both before and after the message, was really enjoyable for me. We were doing some songs that I love and that the church loves, and we had a number of guests this week, who came to hear Don Piper. However, I did feel a little bad for the older folks who clearly didn’t know what they were in for when they sat on the front row. They had their ears plugged the entire time, and that’s without any stage volume except the drums! I guess that’s why we have three services with different options.

Here’s the set from this morning:

“God is Alive” [Steve Fee and Eddie Kirkland]
“All Because of Jesus” [Steve Fee]
“Jesus Paid It All” [Traditional w/ add. chorus by Alex Nifong]
“Beautiful” [Phil Wickham]
INV – “Mighty to Save” [Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan]
“Lord of All” [Kristian Stanfill]

This morning, we introduced “God is Alive,” which is a newer song from Fee’s latest release Hope is Rising. It is a high-energy rock song with a powerful and victorious lyric. I think my favorite lines from the song come from the chorus: “Everyone glorify the risen Son/ The Holy One has overcome/ Jesus is alive/ The enemy is broken underneath His feet/ Death is crushed in victory/ Jesus is alive.” I love this new song, and we’ll be teaching it for the next few weeks.

“All Because of Jesus” by Steve Fee and “Jesus Paid It All” have become standards for our congregation, and it seems we can never go wrong when we sing them together. It’s a beautiful thing when the truth and a singable melody come together.

“Beautiful” is yet another great song from the talented Phil Wickham. The selection of this song was a definite God moment, because the last verse tied in PERFECTLY with how Don Piper started his message, the image from Revelation where the Bride of Christ is around the throne of God. The final verse sings, “When we arrive at eternity’s shore/ Where death is just a memory and tears are no more/ We’ll enter in as the wedding bells ring/ Your Bride will come together and we’ll sing, ‘You’re beautiful.’” I love this song, too. :)

We ended the service with “Lord of All,” which is quite possibly my favorite worship song of all time. This, hands-down, is a song that the Church needs to sing. The lyric is so God-focused, so powerful, and so true. It has so many truths that we need to declare together in corporate worship. I would recommend this song for absolutely any church setting, because it translates into any format very well. Following Don’s message this morning, the church blew the doors off of the place in worshiping the Great King, singing, “There is none so high and holy/ King of kings, the one and only/ You are adored/ You are the Lord of all.” It was an amazing moment that I wish didn’t have to end. God is working in a powerful way, and I am privileged to be a part of it at Church at the Mall.

All-in-all, a great morning. Tech-wise, we stayed with the click pretty well, and we had very few mistakes as a team. The lyrics were all correct, and everything worked. Even if that weren’t the case, it would have been a great morning, but I think the Spirit is also more free to move when we do our best to stay out of the way. I think it just makes it easier for the people to maintain their focus on the Lord. But that’s my opinion, for what it’s worth.

I hope you had a great week and a great time worshiping with your church, wherever you are.

Be sure to check out TheWorshipCommunity’s Sunday Set Lists page, where worship leaders and team members share their sets and thoughts about their worship experiences at their respective churches. Good stuff.

In the Son,

Bill

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