#SundaySetlist

In the Worship Leader blogging world there is a following titled #sundaysetlist where worship leaders will post about their sunday worship services and tweet the songs that they did. I am going to start sharing about once a series or so what we are doing on sundays to first, help me reflect on what all happened in our worship service, and also as a resource if someone else wants to incorporate what we are doing.  I have gotten many different ideas from others who have posted their #sundaysetlist and I hope when I post on ours, we can give ideas to others.

Right now we are in the middle of our series Multiply.  This series is all based out of Matthew 28, the great commission.  We are focusing on the idea of discipleship, which can be broad, but we have to have a strong foundation on what we believe "go and make disciples" means.  Last week Pastor Josh Hossler (our lead pastor) laid some groundwork explaining before we can make disciples we first need to make sure that we know what we are to be discipling.  We must examine ourselves and ask the tough question "are we modeling what Christ considers a good disciple to be?"  This week Pastor Bill Hossler, the president of the Missionary Church (as well as Josh's dad),  gave us some strong challenges.  He gave us some of the different aspects of what the Missionary Church believes "discipleship" is.  For me this series hits home because I am a Pastor of Worship & Discipleship.  I believe when it comes to discipleship the best way is with others!  We see discipleship from our small groups, mentoring those not as spiritually mature as ourselves, even doing life together serving in a particular ministry you see true discipleship.  If you feel you need discipleship, you need to be involved in your local church!

Here is our worship flow:

Welcome 

   Lord, Almighty - Kristian Stanfill version

Worship Set

   Not to Us - Passion version
       Scripture References: Psalm 115.1 & Psalm 66.1f
 
   Hosanna - Hillsong United version
 
   Jesus Messiah - Chris Tomlin version

Announcements - Tony


Message - Bill Hossler

   Multiply (week 2 of series)

Offering & Closing Song

   From the Inside Out - Hillsong United version

Dismiss - Tony

Things I'm working on as a WL:

  - We start at 10.30a and it seems most people don't come in until around 10.40a or 10.45a.  I want to create an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement.  For me, I am so excited about our Sunday gatherings and I want to make every minute as intentional as I can.  I want to share that desire with the congregation so I am starting to lead us into worship as soon as I can and follow the worship set with announcements instead of having them at the beginning.

  - I want to see our congregation engaged in worship.  So many times I've been in services where I have had worship leaders basically give a "performance" and I want the congregation to be actively involved in our worship.  To achieve this I have been giving vocal cues for them to sing and I back away from the mic.  Also, I have used some scripture verses to "coach" them as we are in worship.  So far we have had a great response from the church as far as participation. 

Getting Settled In

Just thought I would give a small update with some pictures of our new place.  We are doing well and the house is completely unpacked and we are loving it!  We are so lucky to be here and there have been many doors God has opened up for us to make it happen.  I started working at the church on Tuesday and have already met with some of the worship band members and I am starting to get used to my responsibilities at the church.  I am excited about Sunday's worship service, which will introduce us to the church as a whole.  I led worship once in October, but since then the church has switched locations so it will be different.  The church is a "portable church" which means they meet somewhere other than their own facility.  Every sunday morning they set up the whole church from the children's classrooms all the way to the sound system and chairs in the main room.  It's exciting to be part of that.  Here is a short video of what they do...

This is at the other school that they were meeting in.  The reason they are meeting in schools is because it's so expensive for property up here, it is the cheapest route to go.  There are many churches that meet in other's facilities in this area.

  So.. back to our house... Here are some pictures of what we have done with the place.  It is very spacious!  Technically it's a condo (there are other houses connected on both sides of ours) but it's so massive that we don't even realize it.  I didn't take a picture of the backyard, but there is a 20'x12' deck on the back and a pond with fountains.  Very nice.  The weather up here has been incredibly warm and I'm sure that we will see snow soon.  As for now, we will enjoy the 35-45 degree weather :)  Please keep us in your prayers as we still get settled in and make more connections with people in the church.  We are doing well and loving life right now!

This is the Entryway when you walk in the house.  To the left is the stairs to the basement

 One of my favorite rooms in the house... the garage, which for now fits all our toys in there!

 Master bedroom.  We painted the blue.  There is a big window with a great view of the pond. The Master bathroom is on the right.

 This is the hallway between the two bedrooms and a full guest bathroom, which is very purple. :) The closets in the master bathroom are huge!  Ashley loves all the storage space in the house.  You can see we were still unpacking the guest bedroom when this picture was taken :)

Kitchen. Ashley making cookies, pj patiently waiting for cookies. :) I am standing in the laundry room, which has a huge pantry and a door to the garage.

 Guest bedroom.  There is also a desk in the room, but I couldn't fit it in the picture.

 My new office.  Love this!

 My new desk.  The MacBook Pro on the left is my new work computer.

 Picture of how big the basement is. Room for a pool table :)

 Home theater. nuff' said :)