1st Sunday in AdventWe began O Come, O Come Emmanuel with just an acoustic guitar this morning and the congregation sang out boldly. By the time we added the drums and bass in verse 3, I knew it was going to be a great service.
All Things New was a new song last year at this time, we know it well now, and it’s a great upbeat song for advent.
I finally transposed Revelation Song from D to G, put the capo on the 4th fret to drop the song down a half step; now it’s much easier to sing. I should have done it a long time ago.
Pastor Mark walked up to the platform with tears in his eyes; it was that kind of set. It’s hard not to be encouraged when the pastor is moved! It would have been difficult not to sense the presence of the Lord.
Our new song for this morning is Blessings, and we will be singing it the next two Sundays. It’s a piano driven song and proved to be a challenge to capture the essence of it on the guitar. I have been working on it longer than I want to admit and was pleased at the response to it this morning. I think the song will be a good fit for our congregation. The lyrics are so rich and encouraging for those who are struggling.
We closed with Let the Joy Overflow which is an old hymn that I don’t know the tune. I really like the words and put the song to a simple new tune. For the first two weeks of advent I want to end the service focused on joy
, so we will do it again next week.
Here are the details:
0 O Come, O Come Emmanuel Christmas/Advent
Public Domain John M Neale, 1851 Henry Sloane Coffin, 1916 1 All Things New Opener-Come to Worship
5518953 Carl Cartee, Ronnie Freeman, Jeromy Deibler, Jason Ingram ©2009 New Spring admin by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing 1 Revelation Song GITS-Jesus
4447960 Jennie Lee Riddle ©2004 Gateway Create Publishing (Integrity's Praise! Music)
SERMON: Preparing Ourselves for the Rapture – 1 Thess 5:12-28
(Pastor Mark)
1 Spirit Prayer-Holy Spirit
From Hymns of the Russian Church by Brownlie, John, 1920 Arrangement by Doug Thorsvik ©2005 1 Blessings Response-Prayer
5897818 LAURA STORY ©2011 New Spring (adm by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing,Inc.) 1 Let The Joy Overflow Closer-Evangelism/Missions
Eliza E. Hewitt, 1917, arrangement by Doug Thorsvik ©2007
5 'We-I' Balance
MLCC 11/27/2011 Leadsheet for songs above
Leader/Acoustic Guitar/Vocal – Doug
Acoustic Guitar 2/Vocal - Dennis
Vocals – Susan & Ted
Bass – Brian
Keyboard – Riley
Drums – Liam
AV techs – Clint & Brad
I hope you had a great Lord’s day today, too!
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