Fellowship Service Recap - 11/12 - 11/13/16

This weekend, we continued our Together series as Pastor Joe looked at the value of being in "Fellowship Together." He focused on Daniel 1:1-21 and how Daniel and his group of friends supported and encouraged one another in remaining faithful to the Lord, even in the face of trials and difficulty during the exile in Babylon.

For our singing together, we focused on God's faithfulness and unfailing love, and the fact that He is with us. We can be encouraged to be together in fellowship with one another because God does the same for us.

Our team did a great job, and I really enjoyed including "Grace Alone" in our actual worship set after singing it a few times in the pre-service section. I love the lyric of that song, and how it points to the Trinity in the work of saving us, from beginning to end. I hope to continue singing it together as we go. We also sang a song that we haven't sung together in quite a while: "One Thing Remains." I love that song–especially the bridge. It's a powerful declaration of God's faithfulness and the security of our salvation because of Him.

Here's what we sang together this weekend:

Pre-service - "A Mighty Fortress" [Christy Nockels]
"Grace Alone" [Dustin Kensrue/The Modern Post]
"I Stand Amazed" [Charles Hutchison Gabriel, North Point Community Church]
"God With Us" [All Sons & Daughters]
"One Thing Remains" [Kristian Stanfill/Bethel]

 

Fellowship Service Recap - 06/18 - 06/19/16

This weekend, as we continued our series through the life of David this Father's Day weekend, Pastor Joe looked at lessons and encouragement for Dad from the life of David. Also, we held our second annual guitar choir, which was a ton of fun.

Here's what we sang together:

Pre-Service - "Love Come Down" [North Point Community Church]
"I'll Fly Away" [Albert E. Brumley, Traditional]
"I Stand Amazed" [Charles Hutchison Gabriel, Traditional]
"Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" [Elisha Albright Hoffman, Anthony J. Showalter, Traditional]
"Lord, I Need You" [Kristian Stanfill, Passion]

I hope you had a great Father's Day!

In the Son,

Bill

Christmas Worship Night Set- 12/13/15

This is War [The Modern Post]
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus [Traditional]
O Come, O Come Emmanuel [Traditional, w/ FBC arrangement]
Silent Night [Traditional]
What Child Is This [Traditional, w/ FBC arrangement]
Hark The Herald Angels Sing [Citizens & Saints]
Joy to the World [Citizens & Saints]
O Come Let Us Adore Him [Hillsong]
Go Tell It On The Mountain [adaptation of Crystal Lewis' version]
God With Us [All Sons & Daughters]
Your Name (Christmas Version) [Paul Baloche]
You Alone Can Rescue [Matt Redman]
Great Are You Lord [All Sons & Daughters]
In Tenderness [Citizens & Saints]
He is Jesus [North Point Community Church]

We had a great night of worship together, as we celebrated Advent and looked forward to Christ's eventual return for His Church! My favorite song from this set was "This Is War" by The Modern Post/Dustin Kensrue. It's a powerful and thought-provoking perspective on Advent, seeing it as the Lord's declaration of war against sin and death. Our team did a fantastic job pulling off two of these, and they put in countless hours of rehearsal and preparation to make it happen. I'm so thankful to serve with such a great team!

in the Son,

Bill

Set List for 1/17/10, FBC @ the Mall

This morning, we had our first really "good" morning of the year. People were back from vacation or Christmas break, and there was energy in the room! I felt really good about how everything went, and we only had a few hiccups along the way. We introduced Phil Wickham's "True Love," which is a fantastic song with a fantastic lyric. It provides a beautiful summation of the gospel, and it is done in a very fresh and thought-provoking way. If you haven't heard it, you need to.

We also brought back a newer song that we taught a few months back, "Salvation's Chorus," off of North Point Live's Louder Than Creation. This is a fantastic lyric with solid, up tempo music. I love this song, even though I get tied in knots trying to keep the lyric straight! I love remembering the idea that the redeemed believers are the only ones who can sing that song to God, not even the angels really get it!

"Let Me Sing" has become one of my favorite songs. The chorus sings: "Let me sing/ Louder than creation to You/ for the pain You bore in Your body/ to bring my soul to You." I love the clear statement about how Christ suffered for us, to bring us to God. Beautiful!

Anyway, here's the set:

"Kingdom" (A) - Kristian Stanfill "Salvation's Chorus" (A) - Todd Fields "Glory to God Forever" (A) - Fee "Mighty to Save" (A) - Reuben Morgan, Ben Fielding "True Love" (C) - Phil Wickham Response: "Nothing But the Blood (Your Blood)" (B) - Matt Redman "Let Me Sing" (Bb) - Todd Fields

It was a great morning of worship, paired with Pastor Jay's message answering the rest of the 48 questions about Hell. It was powerful stuff. There were several people who came forward at the end of the service to profess their new faith in Jesus Christ. Lots of new life around our church. It's a beautiful thing.

Be sure to check out other worship leaders' set lists and comments at Fred McKinnon's Worship Community.

Glory to God!

Bill