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Show Me

Are you willing to do what you ask your people to do? I've served alongside and for leaders who werent willing to do the things that are "beneath them". I've also served with leaders who display this principal continually. There is nothing more uninspiring than seeing your leader unwilling to roll their sleeves up. People are more willing to follow someone who isn't afraid to get dirty. Someone who is willing to roll mic cables before standing onstage leading worship in front of a thousand people. Or someone who is willing to clean a toilet without fanfare. I've learned so much being a part of a church from infancy to its current stage. I've seen people come to me wanting to jump onstage attempting to convince me of their skill and talent. While I am extremely interested in their musical skill, I'm always most interested in their heart and desire to serve with joy coming not from melting faces...but from seeing people encounter God. So for you leaders, show your people you aren't above doing the little things. I guarantee it will inspire and encourage your people. Let me also say...don't do it then telling people "look what I'm doing...did you see me doing that?"...just BE that person. It really does start with your heart. #babulessons #worship #churchleaders #worshipleaders

A photo posted by Ben Abu Saada (@babusaada) on Nov 18, 2015 at 10:03am PST

Are you willing to do what you ask your people to do? I've served alongside and for leaders who werent willing to do the things that are "beneath them". I've also served with leaders who display this principal continually. There is nothing more uninspiring than seeing your leader unwilling to roll their sleeves up. People are more willing to follow someone who isn't afraid to get dirty. Someone who is willing to roll mic cables before standing onstage leading worship in front of a thousand people. Or someone who is willing to clean a toilet without fanfare. I've learned so much being a part of a church from infancy to its current stage. I've seen people come to me wanting to jump onstage attempting to convince me of their skill and talent. While I am extremely interested in their musical skill, I'm always most interested in their heart and desire to serve with joy coming not from melting faces...but from seeing people encounter God. So for you leaders, show your people you aren't above doing the little things. I guarantee it will inspire and encourage your people. Let me also say...don't do it then telling people "look what I'm doing...did you see me doing that?"...just BE that person. It really does start with your heart. #babulessons #worship #churchleaders #worshipleaders

A photo posted by Ben Abu Saada (@babusaada) on Nov 18, 2015 at 10:03am PST

Know Me

Leaders are cut one of two ways. They are either leaders who make people do their bidding...or those whom people love to serve. The biggest thing I've learned over time in leadership is understanding the importance of just...being. Being yourself. Being who you are. Not trying to be a carbon copy of some leader from somewhere else (tried it and failed). Leaders, if you want people to get on board, just get to know the people you lead. Not in a "check list" kind of way, but in a way that people understand that you're a human with faults, failures and issues just like everyone else. Let the people know you and take time to know the people you lead. Make this priority and I believe you will accomplish so much more. #babulessons

A photo posted by Ben Abu Saada (@babusaada) on Nov 13, 2015 at 1:11pm PST

Leaders are cut one of two ways. They are either leaders who make people do their bidding...or those whom people love to serve. The biggest thing I've learned over time in leadership is understanding the importance of just...being. Being yourself. Being who you are. Not trying to be a carbon copy of some leader from somewhere else (tried it and failed). Leaders, if you want people to get on board, just get to know the people you lead. Not in a "check list" kind of way, but in a way that people understand that you're a human with faults, failures and issues just like everyone else. Let the people know you and take time to know the people you lead. Make this priority and I believe you will accomplish so much more. #babulessons

A photo posted by Ben Abu Saada (@babusaada) on Nov 13, 2015 at 1:11pm PST

Inspire Me

Leaders, your people need you. Don't tell them what they aren't good at. Tell them what inspires them to achieve the "impossible". #babulessons #worshipleaders #churchleaders #leadership

A photo posted by Ben Abu Saada (@babusaada) on Nov 12, 2015 at 4:22pm PST

Leaders, your people need you. Don't tell them what they aren't good at. Tell them what inspires them to achieve the "impossible". #babulessons #worshipleaders #churchleaders #leadership

A photo posted by Ben Abu Saada (@babusaada) on Nov 12, 2015 at 4:22pm PST

Worship Setlist

WOW Grace Church!! You showed up this weekend for Worship!  We had quite a few of you ask for song titles so we wanted to share the setlist from this weekend as well as links for you to purchase them on iTunes for your own personal worship this week.  Enjoy!

 

• Your Grace is Enough
• Worth It All
• Always
• Whom Shall I Fear
• I Am

Top 20 Most Played at Grace in 2013

A month later is better than never! It's that time where we show you the most played worship songs at Grace Church in 2013.  As a reminder, this list does NOT speak to how liked a song is...it simply tells how often we played the song during services at Grace in 2013.  Please note for my worship leading/songwriting friends who love the details...I didn't take the time to chase down the individual authors of each song. I've listed the performer who's version we used as a reference point when learning the songs. You can compare this list to the 2012 most played at Grace and the 2011 most played at Grace .  Here's the list for 2013 with links to iTunes for your downloading pleasure:

1.  Always by Kristian Stanfill
2. Whom Shall I Fear by Chris Tomlin
3. Your Love Never Fails by Jesus Culture
4. Like a Lion by David Crowder Band
5. One Thing Remains by Jesus Culture
6. 10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman
7. Holding Nothing Back by Tim Hughes
8. How He Loves by David Crowder Band
9. Lay Me Down by Chris Tomlin/Matt Redman
10. Lord I Need You by Matt Maher
11. Sweetly Broken by Jeremy Riddle
12. Here for You by Matt Redman
13. Open up the Heavens by Vertical Worship Band
14. Forever Reign by Hillsong
15. God is Able by Hillsong
16. Jesus Son of God by Chris Tomlin
17. Cornerstone by Hillsong
18. I Need You Now by Matt Redman
19. This is Amazing Grace by Jeremy Riddle
20. Worth it All by Ben Cantelon and Worth it All by Meredith Andrews (Used both as reference)

 

 

Top 20 Most Played at Grace in 2012

Ah yes...here we find ourselves once again posting the songs at Grace that were used in worship services most.   This list does NOT speak to how liked a song is...it simply tells how often we played the song during services at Grace in 2012.  Looks like 2012 brought back the song "Mighty to Save" from the song retirement shelf to make a strong showing at #2. You can compare this list to the 2011 most played at Grace and the 2010 most played at Grace here.  Here's the list for 2012 with links to iTunes for your downloading pleasure:

 

1 God is Able by Hillsong
2 Mighty to Save by Hillsong
3 10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman
4 Forever Reign by Hillsong
5 Happy Day by Tim Hughes
6 Your Love Never Fails by Mclarney
7 How He Loves by McMillan
8 Lay Me Down by Tomlin/Redman
9 One Thing Remains by Johnson
10 Our God by Tomlin/Redman
11 Cannons by Wickham
12 Christ is Risen by Maher
13 From the Inside Out by Hillsong
14 Jesus Paid It All by Stanfill
15 Lead Me to the Cross by Hillsong
16 God With Us by MercyMe
17 Like a Lion  by Bashta
18 Your Grace is Enough by Maher
19 Holding Nothing Back by Hughes
20 Adoration by Brown
20 Everlasting God by Brown
20 Everything by Hughes

 

Worship Setlist: October 13 & 14

Here's the setlist from this past weekend at Grace Church in Overland Park, KS. Click the titles for links to iTunes.

• Today is the Day 
• Forever Reign
• 10,000 Reasons
• Everything

 

Worship Setlist: May 12 & 13

Here's the setlist from this past weekend at Grace Church in Overland Park, KS. Click the titles for links to iTunes.

• Sing to the King
• Cannons
• Adoration
• 10,000 Reasons
• Mighty to Save

Top 20 Most Played at Grace in 2011

What!?!!? Already!?!?!? As another year closes and a new one begins, it's that time for the yearly blog post of the top 20 worship songs played at Grace in 2011. Now keep in mind, this does NOT speak to how liked a song is...it just tells how often we played the song during services at Grace in 2011.  You can compare this list to the 2010 most played at Grace here.  Here's the list for 2011 with links to iTunes for your downloading pleasure:

1. Forever Reign by Hillsong
2. How He Loves by John Mark McMillan
3. Your Love Never Fails by Jesus Culture
4. Our God by Matt Redman & Chris Tomlin
5. Sweetly Broken by Jeremy Riddle
6. You Alone Can Rescue by Matt Redman
7. God is Able by Hillsong
8. Hosanna by Hillsong
9. A Mighty Fortress by Christy Nockels
10. Cannons by Phil Wickham
11. Jesus Saves by Tim Hughes
12. Adoration by Brenton Brown
13. Beautiful King by Jonathan Lee
14. Beautiful Things by Gungor
15. Because of Your Love by Brenton Brown
16. Everlasting God by Brenton Brown
17. Everything You Do by Carl Cartee
18. Glory to God Forever by Steve Fee & Vicky Beeching
19. God with Us by MercyMe
20. Happy Day by Tim Hughes

Win a Free iPod Touch!

The good folks at WorshipPlanning.com are giving away a free iPod touch. All you have to do is guess the order of the most used Christmas songs in 2010. For details, visit their site here.

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