Amazing day at Grace this Sunday. Added a choir (which did awesome!) and also did a few Trans-Siberrean Orchestra tunes. On top of all of that, we had several people raise their hands professing to have received Christ. Seeing that makes all the effort, sweat and craziness of preparing for such a big day worth it all.
Several things to note about yesterday:
- Lighting - Kent Warden did a phenomenal job creating some great visual elements during the music. He spent a lot of hours the day before up at the church. Check out the video below to see a little bit of what he put together for the Christmas Eve Sarajevo song. Great job Kent!
- Choir - Brian King did awesome coordinating the choir leading up to this weekend. Thanks to all of the folks who sang. Beautiful job on "Come Emmanuel". I loved the additional voices to the music.
- Trans-Siberrean Orchestra - Our band never ceases to amaze me. Fabulous job.
- Video - Wow. You guys rolled with the added element of streaming live on the web. Not only that, you pulled out the new camera before I was ready...and you made it happen! Problem with it is this...you've raised the bar and now we'll have to perform like this every week!
- Audio - Scott...nicely done my friend. With all the added elements, you made it happen. Thank you man.
- Stage Team - To Marie, Tami, Jeff...THANK YOU. You're the glue that made it all happen.
- Marie - Thank you for directing in Jason's place. You filled some HUGE shoes and did it! Thanks!
So here's this week's worship setlist:
- Jesus, Light of the World (D) by Third Day (Pre-Service Song)
- All Creation (Joy to the World) (D) by Fee
- O Come Emmanuel (Em) Choir special
- God with Us (B) by MercyMe
- Angels we Have Heard on High (Em) Chris Tomlin version
- Christmas Eve Sarajevo by Trans-Siberrean Orchestra
- O Come/O Holy Night by Trans-Siberrean Orchestra
- First Snow by Trans-Siberrean Orchestra (Post-Service Song)
Check out other worship leader recaps on Fred's site here. Thanks to Brian Vincik for the video of the band's performance of "Christmas Eve Sarajevo". Check it out below.
Grace Band - Christmas Eve Sarajevo & O Come All Ye Faithful from Brian on Vimeo.
