Sunday Setlist - May 29, 2011

Our God is amazing!!  He's doing so many good things in our midst, that I have to share them with my friends over at TheWorshipCommunity.com through the Sunday Setlists.  All praise to our Lord and King!

Today was another great Sunday at Kernersville Community Church!!  Full disclosure here: I was not in the main worship gathering today because I was in the classroom of our 4-6 year olds.  So, I have two perspectives to offer: one from the children’s area and the other from my husband who filled me in on what happened in our main worship gathering.

In the kids area, it started off kind of rough.  All the children wanted to play with the same toys, but none wanted to share.  Tears were shed, cries went out to mommies, and us teachers needed prayer! :-)  So, I approached one of our ushers and asked him to get one of the mommies and to pray for peace over our classroom.  When I returned to the class, we sat the kids down and asked them to pray.  We prayed for whatever they wanted to pray about no matter what.  The kids also prayed for peace, and the entire room settled down.  The rest of the day was wonderful.  Thank you, Lord, for the peace that passes all understanding!

In our main worship gathering, we have some exciting news.  A gentleman in our congregation was healed of his brain tumor!!  The prayer team got word earlier in the week that scans came back clear.  Today, our pastor passed around copies of two scans; before and after.  The first scan showed the large brain tumor, and the other showed none.  Our pastor then explained that the doctors admitted this is a miracle.  So, we have reason to celebrate here because our God heals even today!!!  We continue to pray for additional healing among us.

As for the songs, here is what we sung:

Holy Are You, Lord

Run

Yes and Amen

Awakening

Our Lord continues to speak to us in our gatherings, and we expect to see more of His miracles and wonders so that we may be witnesses to what we see and hear of the Holy Spirit.  Lord, may your kingdom come and your will be done.  AMEN!

Sunday SetList - May 15, 2011

This is my first worship set list blog post as a participant in the "Sunday Setlists" at TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Our worship meetings have been powerful lately, so I want to document what God is doing as we gather in His name, and share it with you.  It's incredible to see what God is doing through individuals in the church as well as in our small town.  My God is an AWESOME God!!

Furious (by Jeremy Riddle) – A

You Are Good (by Bethel Church) – E   (NOTE: Corrected artist)

Worthy, You Are Worthy (by Matt Redman)– B

I Exalt Thee (traditional – chorus only) – B

Rivers (by Eric Hurtgen) – E
Forever (by Chris Tomlin - B

(Note: Our team normally does not play exactly like the recordings.  Every song is an arrangement from our band.)

This week, we did not have a drummer.  The only instrumentation was 2 electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass, keys/organ, and two vocals.  Even though we did not have the rhythm of the drums, worship was amazing!  After the music portion, our pastor made an observation that resonated with me.  He said, “An amazing thing happens during our worship.  As we ascribe to how worthy God our Father is to us, all of a sudden there is a realization of our value to God.”  So true!  The worship continued as our pastor gave the message.  At the end of the message, the pastor welcomed our elementary school children who have been learning and praying about prophecy.  The children shared what they heard from God and prayed over people who needed healing.  I was amazed at the response from the number of adults coming forward seeking the healing prayers of the children in our church.

I love how the Lord also speaks to our children.  It's a beautiful thing!

First Community Songwriting Day

Spring 2010 Songwriting Day

May 14, 2010 at Kernersville Community Church

Our day started off with a meet and greet where everyone got to know each other, then we went into a vision sharing moment.  The vision behind the community songwriting days is to connect local congregations fostering an environment of writing worship music that comes from the heart of God through the local churches.  Our prayer is that these events lead into deeper connections between local congregations where other visions are planted to bring denominations together in a collaborative effort.  The first seed was planted on this first day of songwriting.  We pray that God will breathe on it, and give life to the vision he inspired.

Passages: Romans 5:1-5 and Psalm 43

When we walked into the building, a bible was already opened up on the foyer table.  My eyes were drawn to Romans 5:1-5.  Here, Paul encourages the church to rejoice in their sufferings because their sufferings will lead to perseverance, which will lead to character, which will lead to hope.  The hope that develops never disappoints because that hope comes from God alone.  So, the group connected with the hope theme, and began looking at other verses about hope.  Psalm 43 resonated with the group.  We then discussed how King David was very raw in his expressions to God.  David expressed his deepest struggle and still praised God despite his deepest struggles.

Musically, the idea was proposed to make the verses in a minor key to express the raw struggles we all face, and make the chorus major to express the hope we have.  One person suggested a chord progression that had that raw feel we were looking for.  Then another guitar player continued into a major chord progression for the chorus, which fit quite nicely.

As the musicians played, the singers sang what came to mind expressing the hope we have.  Some phrases work, and some did not.  So, we recorded the ideas from two musicians, uploaded to a collaboration website, and the group will go back later and upload tracks that come to mind as we work on the song individually.

Overall, it was a really good day.  The group’s unity led to some effective songwriting.  Even though we did not complete a song, it was still productive.  As a group, we agreed to begin using Kompoz.com to construct the song outside the songwriting events.  We also agreed to meet once a season to keep the momentum going.  Our prayer is for other congregations to see the value in these songwriting events, and join in on what God is doing through worship songwriting in the North Carolina Triad region.