New Band is getting to a point now where I can't really call them "New Band". First of all, Dr. Jon is now the lead percussionist for our team, so he's playing every week, and second they're just getting better each time they play. Yesterday was a growth moment for the team as a technical glitch at the beginning of the first service kept us from kicking off the worship on time. As I've said before, I'm good with glitches as it pushes us to grow even more. And the team kept cool. Great job fellas.
This was week 2 for our "Let's Fall in Love" series on marriage and dating. Jim Williams did an excellent job Sunday tackling the tough issue of dating. Go have a listen in the Grace audio files here.
Recently from the stage we've seen more "observers" in worship than participators. What does that mean? With the influx of new people checking out Grace Church, I've seen more people observing the worship rather than participating. Is that cool? Yes it is. Here's why...
You cannot expect visitors to engage in worship with a church body they don't know right off the bat. There are some who can and are excited about the music and worship here, but for many folks it just takes some time. Recently in our Johnson County community there have been several churches going through some turmoil. And as expected, many people have been visiting our church looking for a place to heal. Many of these folks may need some time to heal broken relationships with others, their former church and ultimately with God. I could be wrong, but from the stage yesterday it seemed this was the case in the congregation. Many of these folks just need to be welcomed and loved. It's my prayer that our time of worship provides an opportunity for people to do just that.
Here's the setlist from yesterday:
- Praise Awaits - Matt Redman - from the album "Facedown"
- Holding on to You - Paul Colman - No idea what album this is on
- Everlasting God - Written by Brenton Brown - We did the version found on Chris Tomlin's "See the Morning" album.
- Shine - Matt Redman - From the album "Beautiful News"
- Once Again - Matt Redman - From the album "Blessed Be Your Name: The Songs of Matt Redman"
Someone ran up to me yesterday asking where they could find all these songs so I figured I'd add the albums to the list. Great job team!
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