Sunday Set List [8.17.08]
Today was a good day overall.
I had the privilege of struggling with my self today. Being really tired and a few missed notes gave me plenty of opportunity to be a cranky curmudgeon, but I think by God’s help I was gracious.
1) Most High (Hillsong)
2) Everlasting God (Brenton Brown/Ken Riley)
3) My Savior Lives (New Life Worship)
Had planned to do Rhythm at the end of service, my new tune, but time didn’t permit. So I ended up looking silly getting the mic stand all in place and then playing a little behind the prayer…but hey, it’s never been about me anyways right? Haha!
Here’s a few videos from our message points. The message was “Coaching to Lose” and was about things that parents do with good intentions, but end up doming more harm than good. Each vid of the 3 is a “Dangerous Lie” that parents believe. Nothing elaborate, but we had fun making them.
This week’s recap of songs is posted in collaboration with other worship leaders on the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at www.fredmckinnon.com.
August 17th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Russ,
I hate hitting wrong notes. I keep coming back to the fact that increased personal rehearsal time = decreased wrong notes - even on songs I know.
A few weeks ago we did Jesus Paid it All. For a while I played that song every single day, every time I picked up my guitar. I rehearsed it less that week than the other songs thinking, “I know that one.” When Sunday rolled in I sucked it.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Yeah, I’ve left many a service feeling like I’d blown a song or the whole set, but at least we’ve always got next week! j/k. I do the same thing, I’ll think I know a song really well, then get up there and not do it well. For me it comes out in rehearsal and it becomes apparent to the team that I haven’t worked up my stuff beforehand. I’m trying to do this less and less.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
@Billy @David: haha, nice. What’s funny is the missed notes weren’t really my own, they were from the band. We had worked really hard Wednesday night and then when we began to practice Sunday morning (run through) nobody remembered anything from Wed night.
Grrr.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
My team and I have been talking a lot lately about the balance of performance in worship. Ultimately, if we mess up, it’s ok as long as God is moving. We have been celebrating that worship isn’t up to us.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
@Gary: definitely, though I’d word it more like. The OBJECT of worship isn’t up to us. It’s God. Worship IS up to us, because it’s our response to Him. It’s our ascribing of “worth” to Him.
In that sense, we really should be aware of bringing the best performance (which I truly believe is an act of worship) to God. If we make a mistake here and there it just backs up the fact that we’re human, but if we continue to make mistakes because we’re too lazy too rehearse, or because our hearts aren’t “there” when we are rehearsing then I believe that’s more than just a casual slip up. That needs to be fixed.
Thanks for commenting!