This weekend, Ali chose the lists for both congregations. He normally chooses the songs for Stevenage, but he was also travelling to Exeter & leading worship there this weekend (I’m staying home to look after the children while Heidi is away).
I’ll post a review of the Exeter service when I receive it from Ali. For now, here’s Stevenage’s:
- More Than Words (Mike Ellis) Mike
- Heart’s Cry (Mike Ellis) Mike
- Dance
- Holy Is Our King (Rick Pino) Ali
- Facedown (Matt Redman) Ali
- The More I Seek You (Zach Neese) Teash
I particularly enjoyed this morning from a musical perspective. We played the whole set with 2 acoustic guitars (along with bass & drums). We normally use at least 1 electric in the band; it was refreshing to change up the band sound.
There were a number of other factors “meeting the need for variety” this week. Teash got to lead a song for the first time in a while; there was a dance & we also spent some time praying with a family who were spending their last Sunday with us before heading off to Bible College.
The first 2 songs are ones that we haven’t sung for a while – both are mine & in the key of D. They worked well together & sounded great with the more acoustic lineup.
That was followed by the dance brought by our very own “Set Apart” street dancers. It was their last performance in their current format. This is because 2 of the dancers & the lady who runs the group are part of the family that were leaving for Bible College. The girls do a great job of choreographing their own routines and are always well received (my eldest daughter is also one of the dancers).
We then prayed for the family that was leaving & various people prayed and brought words of encouragement & prophecy. It was good to see so many participating.
Ali led the next 2 songs, which transition really well; both were played with a capo on the 5th fret and both have a section where an F, G chord progression is played; making it simple to switch between them.
Teash did well with the last song. She hasn’t led for a while and was thrown back in without much practice. Blessed are the flexible…
Mark & Sandra are away this week, so Adrian spoke. He continued in the same vein as Mark; speaking on “Seeing Through God’s Eyes”. In particular, looking at 2 Cor. 5:14-17 and focussing on v16 about not evaluating others from a human point of view. He spoke from his heart – it was good.
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This post can also be found in the “Sunday Setlists” blog carnival at FredMcKinnon.com
Sunday Set List 19 July 2009 – Exeter
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