What you heard Sunday at Grace was the sound of about 800 guts being checked. Tim brought "it" this week with a strong challenge to the church to get up and participate in the revolution of serving others. Some "controversial" things were said which gave us all an opportunity to check our guts and explore whether or not we're living out our faith. The grumblings began rolling in a day later from a few folks and Tim posted a clarifying statement on his blog which hopefully provided some reassurance and comfort to those he was referring to. Check out his first follow up to Sunday here...then his clarification post here. Looking for a good challenge to your faith? You have GOT to listen to the message here. Seriously...Tim is fired up lately about seeing people get up off their cans to serve Christ. There's nothing more rewarding than this and the pastoral team at Grace want every person to taste the joy and excitement that is serving others for the Lord.
Music
As we kicked off our current series on serving and our desire to see a revolution of service form within the hearts of our people, what better way to kick off the series than with a song with the theme? That's right...Revolution by The Beatles. We cranked it out before the message. Yes...you CAN do that at church. By the way...that's two Beatles songs in one year played at Grace Church. I never thought that'd ever happen.
We had a great time of worship this weekend. Here's the worship setlist:
- God with Us (B) by MercyMe - We played this as our call to worship 5 mins before service started.
- Let God Arise (B) by Chris Tomlin
- How Can I Keep From Singing? (B) by Chris Tomlin
- Reign in Us (C) by Starfield
- The Glory of it All (B) by David Crowder - Played at the close of service during offering.
We also had our communion time this week during services. I've had folks ask me what I'm playing on the guitar during this quiet reflective time. I wish I could say it's something planned...but I'm usually making up tunes on the guitar as I go along. I slapped on a regular Kyser on the 3rd fret then slapped on the Kyser Cut Capo with it to create some nifty sounding chord structures. Give it a shot if you've never done it you acoustic playing folks.
Check out other worship leader recaps on Fred's site here.
