December 2011 Archives - Chris From Canada

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Top 13 Songs of 2011

December 30, 2011 in worship with 3 Comments

I couldn’t let the year end without a legit Top 10 list, so here you go! I was going to give you the Top 10 but the bottom 4 were all done the same number of times so I needed to include all of them. The 13 songs we did the most at OBC this year –

Our God Is Mercy – Brenton Brown, Eoghan Heaslip, Nick Herbert

Glory to God Forever – Steve Fee, Vicky Beeching

Our God – Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Jonas Myrin, Jesse Reeves

Your Kingdom – Chris Vacher, Joshua Seller

Christ Is Risen – Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes

Everlasting God – Brenton Brown, Ken Riley

Here I Am To Worship – Tim Hughes

Holy Is The Lord – Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio

Hosanna – Paul Baloche, Brenton Brown

Joyful (One Who Saves) – Brenton Brown, Jason Ingram

One Thing Remains – Brian Johnson, Christa Black, Jeremy Riddle

Stronger – Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan

Greatness Of Our God – Reuben Morgan, Stuart David Garrard, Jason Ingram

Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm currently on sabbatical this summer - you can read more about my sabbatical here: Personal Update - What's Next

Since I'm away from the blog I've decided to close comments. I love the interaction and discussion that happens with readers and since I'm not able to do that this summer, I'll be very much looking forward to that when I return in August.

My Top 11 Posts of 2011

December 29, 2011 in blogs,canada,funny,ideas with Comments Off

Ha! You & I both know you don’t need another Top 11 post of anything right now.

Happy new year!

For being a good sport, here’s a video of Canadian icon Don Cherry playing his piano desk –

Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm currently on sabbatical this summer - you can read more about my sabbatical here: Personal Update - What's Next

Since I'm away from the blog I've decided to close comments. I love the interaction and discussion that happens with readers and since I'm not able to do that this summer, I'll be very much looking forward to that when I return in August.

Bob Kauflin – Piano in Contemporary Worship

December 14, 2011 in tools,worship with Comments Off

If you’ve been around the blog for a while, you’ll know that I appreciate Bob Kauflin and what he offers the worship leader community. If you haven’t read his book, Worship Matters, you need to change that.

Bob posted outlines and video from a workshop he led recently which I thought I’d share here. I know that I have piano players in my own church who are trained classically but can’t understand how I put chord shapes together, how to read chord charts, when not to play, etc. Bob does a great job outlining some of the ways that a piano can fit into a band mix really nicely for contemporary worship.

Here are links to the original posts –

The Piano in Contemporary Worship, Part 1

The Piano in Contemporary Worship, Part 2

Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm currently on sabbatical this summer - you can read more about my sabbatical here: Personal Update - What's Next

Since I'm away from the blog I've decided to close comments. I love the interaction and discussion that happens with readers and since I'm not able to do that this summer, I'll be very much looking forward to that when I return in August.

Chris Tomlin – Coming back to Canada!

December 13, 2011 in concerts,worship with Comments Off

I’m excited that Chris Tomlin is coming back on tour in Canada and if I’m honest I’ll say that I’m actually a bit more excited to see All Sons & Daughters will be coming with him. This is a tour you will not want to miss!

All kinds of details available from our friends at Unite Productions.

Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm currently on sabbatical this summer - you can read more about my sabbatical here: Personal Update - What's Next

Since I'm away from the blog I've decided to close comments. I love the interaction and discussion that happens with readers and since I'm not able to do that this summer, I'll be very much looking forward to that when I return in August.

Augustine’s Christmas Prayer

December 7, 2011 in christmas,prayer with Comments Off

Let the just rejoice,
for their Justifier is born.

Let the sick and infirm rejoice,
for their Savior is born.

Let the captives rejoice,
for their Redeemer is born.

Let slaves rejoice,
for their Master is born.

Let free men rejoice,
for their Liberator is born.

Let all Christians rejoice,
for Jesus Christ is born.

- Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-440)

James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm currently on sabbatical this summer - you can read more about my sabbatical here: Personal Update - What's Next

Since I'm away from the blog I've decided to close comments. I love the interaction and discussion that happens with readers and since I'm not able to do that this summer, I'll be very much looking forward to that when I return in August.

Chris Vacher Married to Sonya, dad to Avery, Emmy, Isabelle and Anderson. Director of Worship at Orangeville Baptist Church near Toronto. Founder of WorshipRises and doing my best to follow Jesus in the midst of it all.

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Top 13 Songs of 2011

My Top 11 Posts of 2011

Bob Kauflin – Piano in Contemporary Worship

Chris Tomlin – Coming back to Canada!

Augustine’s Christmas Prayer

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