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Worship Recap: 8/29/10

 

This week at Grace we had five of our ladies on the worship team lead. They did AWESOME!  I've heard so many positive grateful comments from people who loved the sound  and energy they all brought in leading worship.  Thanks to Brian King for organizing ad arranging the final song of the morning which was "We Speak to Nations" by Israel Houghton.  Great job Addie, Gina, Stephanie, Meredith and Kristen!!!

Worship leader - If you're looking for a way to mix it up, this is a GREAT way to shake things up. 

I also had the privilege of baptizing Michael Harmelink this morning. It's so awesome seeing the excitement and joy of people taking that step in following Christ!  If you want to be baptized at Grace, email us at [email protected]. Let us celebrate with you! 

Here's the songlist along with links to iTunes where you can purchase. I also posted a short vid of the sound check below

• Sing, Sing, Sing - Chris Tomlin
• You Are God Alone - Cindy & Billy Foote
• Hosanna - by Brooke Fraser
• Revelation Song - Jenny Riddle
• We Speak to Nations - Israel Houghton

All About Worship Podcast: Episode 50 Interview with Matt Papa

We've reached 50 episodes!!! This week we hear an interview Wisdom did with songwriter/worship leader - Matt Papa.  During the recent National Worship Leader Conference here in Kansas, Matt was gracious enough to sit down and talk over dinner.  And, Matt's most embarrassing moment leading worship...it's a doozy. We'll also get to your calls and another giveaway! Oh...and accents...

Listener Messages

• We received a voicemail from a longtime listener, Matt Neff. His question is for all of you "How do you start your worship services? Do you use a countdown clock? Prayer? Announcement?" We'd love to hear your answer. Just drop a comment here or give us a call at 913.735.4229.

Quick Links

• WorshipPlanning.com - Once again, be sure to check out this fantastic tool for worship leaders. Awesome for assigning volunteers, planning music, planning services and communicating with worship ministry volunteers.
• Podbean.com - This week's toolbox item. Check out the podcasting tool we use to make this podcast available.
• Factor7Agency.com - If you need help with podcasting, social media and other web tools, check out how Wisdom can help your local church.
• MattPapa.com - Visit Matt's website.
• Your Kingdom Come - Get Matt's latest album on iTunes. One of Ben's faves of the year.
• Matt on Twitter - Follow Matt @Matt_Papa
• Open Hands - Get the song we shared on iTunes.
• Matt's Facebook Page - Check out Matt's Facebook page.
• WorshipRetreat.org - Check out our next retreat in May.

Giveaway

• Free Music - Don't forget to watch the AAW blog for our CD giveaways during the months of August and September! Lots of music goodies you won't want to miss out on. So...subscribe to the blog and leave comments on posts with giveaways for your chance to win! You can enter once a week!
• Episode 50 giveaway! -  FREE registration to our retreat coming up in May 19 - 21. Learn more about the retreat atwww.WorshipRetreat.org. All you have to do is head over to the website and leave a comment on the giveaway post.

Contact Us

• Twitter - Follow AAW on Twitter. You can also follow Wisdom and Ben.
• Facebook - Join us on Facebook.
• 913.735.4229 - Leave us your own voice message.

Listen

Check us out on iTunes. Feedburner. Or stop by our Archive page and listen in.

Thanks

A special thanks to Matt for stopping by the show! Big thanks WorshipPlanning.com for loving the worship leader by sponsoring the show. Give 'em love friends!

And of course...THANK YOU for listening!!!!

And as promised....Matt Papa is....Napoleon Dynamite:

Original Tunes

I've got some original music drafts sitting on the internet. Thought I'd publish them here for my friends who frequent this blog.  Check them out below. 

Beginnings by babusaada May I Be a Sacrifice by babusaada

Worship Recap: 8/22/10

 Lynnora was back on violin today! After a two year absence on the mission field, we were thrilled to see her back onstage leading worship....refreshing.

Had an amazing worship time with my Grace family. So many new faces joining us these past few weeks as everyone returns from the summer vacation cycle.  Check out the songlist below (click to purchase on iTunes). You can also watch the entire service below.

• Today is the Day by Paul Baloche and Lincoln Brewster
• Beautiful King by Jonathan Lee
• Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) by Chris Tomlin
• You Are God Alone by the Footes
• Offering by Paul Baloche

Watch live streaming video from gracevideo at livestream.com

All About Worship Live: "Sr. Pastor & Worship Leader Relationship" Roundtable

 

On Monday, August 16, Ben and Wisdom will be recording a "Roundtable" session for an upcoming podcast episode.This is our second roundtable since our initial "Manly Worship" back in October, 2009. The topic this time around..."Sr. Pastor and Worship Leader Relationship".

How many of you worship leaders have struggled with your relationship with a "controlling" Sr. Pastor? How many Sr. Pastor's have struggled with your "free spirited" worship leader? The Sr. Pastor/Worship Pastor relationship is extremely important in leading a local church week in and week out.  Join us live on Talkshoe as we discuss this how we can work together as a team with some experienced leaders in the local church and worship leading community.  Meet our roundtable guests:

Tim Howey. Sr Pastor of Grace Church in Overland Park, KS. Tim and Ben have been working in ministry together for ten years. Visit www.TimHowey.com to learn more about Tim.  He will be joining us live from the palatial All About Worship studio.  If you're going to talk about a Sr. Pastor and Worship Leader relationship....why not ask a Sr. Pastor to join us? Tim also facilitated a breakout session at the All About Worship Retreat in 2009.

Troy Kennedy. Songwriter/Worship Pastor from Kansas City will be joining us.  Troy has taught classes on worship leading ministry in conferences around the nation including the recent National Worship Leader Conference 2009 & 2010 and also at the All About Worship Retreat 2009.  Log on to www.NewWorship.com or visit his blog to learn more about Troy.

Fred McKinnon. Songwriter/Worship Leader from St. Simmons Island, GA will be joining the roundtable discussion.  With the “Sunday Setlists” and TheWorshipCommunity, Fred has become an influential member of the online worship community.  Visit www.FredMcKinnon.com and www.TheWorshipCommunity.com to learn more about Fred.

If you have any thoughts or questions that you would like to see discussed regarding this topic, please drop a comment and we'll try and get to your questions.  You can also join us live on Monday on Talkshoe at the link below and discuss with other listeners in the Talkshoe chatroom. The fun begins Monday, August 16 at 10 p.m. EST/ 9p.m. CST. Hope you can join us!

Worship Recap: 8/8/10

This week most of the worship team had the week off apart from myself and Andrew. We pulled out our acoustic guitars and led worship.  I LOVE stripping away layers and playing just bare bones.  Had a blast with Drew.  Check out the songlist below and don't forget to click to purchase on iTunes.  And if you want to watch the service, scroll below.

• Nothing but the Blood by Friends of His (you can get this version on CD at Grace)
• How He Loves by John Mark McMillan
• Beautiful King by Jonathan Lee
• Safe by Phil Wickham

You can view the worship plan here.

Watch live streaming video from gracevideo at livestream.com

BabuLife on Facebook

This week I've decided to tinker with some of Typepad's features that I've been lax on integrating.  If you're a Facebook user like myself, check out the new "Like" button on the far right side bar on the blog.  It's below my profile pic and under the "enter your email address".  If you "like" the blog, you will join my page on Facebook which will then automatically feed any new blog entries into your news feed on you Facebook page.  Nifty huh? Especially if you're one who waits anxiously for a new BabuLife blog post, why not have it feed to your Facebook between recent mob requests and farmville requests.  

Thanks for the "like"!

Here's a link to the BabuLife page on Facebook.

Worship Recap: 8/1/10

 

Since I committed last week to posting the songlists once again...here it is for August 1, 2010. Don't forget to click the titles to purchase on iTunes:

• Your Grace is Enough by Matt Maher
• Here I am to Worship by TIm Hughes check out this great live recording with Tim & Martin Smith.
• We Fall Down by Chris Tomlin
• Beautiful King by Jonathan Lee This was a new one for us this week. LOVE LOVE LOVE this song.
• You are God Alone by Cindy & Billy Foote Another newbie for us at Grace this week.

Once again, feel free to peruse the worship order here. And if you want to watch, check out the service here.