Worship Confessional – Sunday, January 10, 2010

Well it’s been a real long time since I’ve done one but I’m back with a worship confessional. We started a new series after Christmas called “Good News for Bad News” – we are working our way through the first 3 chapters of the book of Romans. If you are familiar with these chapters, you will know why the title makes sense. Good news, indeed!

Here’s how our morning looked at Orangeville Baptist Church -

Sunday, January 10, 2009 – “Good News for Bad News”
Romans 1:8-20
Opener – Song of Hope – Robbie Seay Band
Announcements/Meet & Greet
How Can I Keep From Singing – Chris Tomlin – G -> A
Jesus Messiah – Chris Tomlin – A
Your Grace Is Enough – Matt Maher – F
Communion
Lead Me To The Cross – Hillsong United – E
This Is How We Know – Matt Redman – Bb
Message – “I Am Not Ashamed“
How Can I Keep From Singing – Chris Tomlin – G

Three things from this past Sunday -

1. It was a Chris Tomlin morning but I’m fine with that. Don’t freak out about playing several songs from the same artist – there’s only one person in your whole church will realize it and they won’t be bothered by it. Those songs work together well because they have the same writer – similar feel, similar lyrical direction, etc. Don’t do it every week but don’t be afraid of going with it if it makes sense.

2. We had some important info to communicate to our people. We didn’t want to break up the flow of the service from the songs to communion to the message. So we opened our service with an upbeat, high energy song (Song of Hope) and then did our announcements in two separate sections with our meet & greet right in between. That whole opening section took about 10 minutes but it was worth it – the things we needed to communicate to our church family deserved that time.
3. There were beautiful moments of worship during “Lead me to the Cross” at both our 9:00 and 11:00 services on Sunday. It’s hard to describe what those moments are like but you know that you’re in them when they happen. People focused on the cross, remembering the sacrifice of Christ and the new life that we have because of Him.

Hope you’re having a great week. Stay focused. Keep going!