Weekend Worship 5/18 - too professional?
It is incredible how time flies. I really think it is helpful for other worship leaders to post their service orders for ideas and encouragement, so I will continue to do that even though I’ve missed about a month!
So I really believe that many churches today are run with too much of a “professional” philosophy which can give the idea that the congregation is just a spectator on Sunday. Sometimes a testimony time can be somewhat “scary” if the right people are given a mic. However, I think it is important to build elements into the service that combat this an elitist idea. Here is one that we used this weekend. We put a mic up front and I asked people to share scriptures that God is using in their life to challenge/encourage them. I asked them to begin lining up at the mic during the song. They began to share after the song. It turned out to be a very encouraging time! Some just read straight from the Word and others shared how the Holy Spirit had used a passage in their life. This was a great way for people to worship God by sharing the power of His Word in their lives.
1. Your Great Name We Praise
2. Forever
Greeting
Explain Mutual Ministry through the Scriputre
Scripture Reading: Psalm 145:1-7
3. The Wonderful Cross
Mutual Ministry through the Scipture (mic up front)
4. There is None Like You
Message: Pastor Dan
Offering/Announcements
5. Lord Most High
Weekend Worship 4/6
I’m still getting into the habit of blogging so I’m a little late with this weekend review, but I wanted to write about it because I felt like it was one of the worship times that will stick in my mind for some time.
Pastor Dan is preaching through the book of Genesis and we were heading into chapter 4 (Cain and Abel’s offering). Every once in a while my pastor has encouraged me to do a moment of pastoral care. So about the middle of the set we sang “Offering” (Paul Baloche). With the piano playing softly, I then encouraged our people with the fact that when we come to worship God, our ultimate goal is not to get, but to give ourselves in whole-hearted abandon as an offering. I reminded us that it is a privilege to worship God and that he deserves not just our lips, not just our minds, not just our emotions, but all of it together! He wants our best whole-hearted offering when we come to worship Him. I then asked everyone to sing the Chorus of offering again, but this time I asked them to lift their hands to God symbolizing that they offer every part of their being to Him.
This was an awesome site to see all of our people singing with their hands raised (even those who normally don’t feel comfortable raising their hands) abandoning themselves in worship to God! I wish I could have taken a picture from the stage and recorded the authenticity in their voices as they sang. By the end of our service, I saw people more engaged to sing and worship. It was the best rendition of “Nothing But the Blood (Your Blood)” (M. Redman) that I have ever been a part of to close out the service. I want to continue to prod our people to become more comfortable to worship God with their whole being. Whoo! It’s a great privilege to worship our God!
“Come, Now Is the Time to Worship”
“Your Great Name We Praise”
Greeting
Offering/Announcements
Scripture: Micah 6:6-8 (Patty leads)
“I Bring an Offering”
Pastoral Care (Offering our whole being in worship) Joe leads
“I Bring an Offering” (Chorus 2x’s)
“Come Thou Fount”
“Indescribable”
Message: Pastor Dan
“Nothing But the Blood (Your Blood)” (Redman) (Juli leads)
Weekend Worship
We had a really great service. Our people really love to worship together. “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” was a great way to end the set. I thought we had a really balanced set this week. We are going through the book of Genesis so the last three songs before the message really allowed us to go from seeing our God as Creator, yet personal, to singing an anthem for the Almighty King of creation. I really like reading corporate prayers also, especially when they are pastorally written. It’s like we’re all praying in one accord, with one mind. Awesome!
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I Sing the Mighty Power of God
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Everlasting God
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Greeting
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Scripture Reading: Col. 1:15-20
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He Knows My Name
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Corporate Prayer – We read a prayer written by our pastor
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Wonderful Maker
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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Hallelujah)
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Message – Pastor Dan
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Enough
