When the congregation sings it touches my heart! That was really the case this morning. We layered the instrumentation on O Come, O Come Emmanuel beginning with my acoustic guitar on the first verse and adding as progressed through the song. We also changed keys after verses 2 and 4 to help build too. Brad and Brian did an excellent job of making that build happen instrumentally. The congregation took care of the vocal build instinctively. It set the tone for the singing.
I had some problems with the guitar intro on Rejoice the Lord Is King, but sorted it out before we started singing. I really like Tommy Walkers new arrangement; we did it in G, capo 3 and, after some input from Dawn and Rayann decided to have the men and women alternate between pairs of lines in the added lyrics. I thought it worked really well.
Thursday night, the team throttled me back on You Are My King, so I went home with a slower metronome setting to practice with. I have to admit the slower tempo worked much better this morning and the song was more reflective.
We also ended up bumping up the last two songs a half step from what we normally do them. It’s a blessing to be a part of a team that works well together and is willing to experiment!
Pastor Mark got us off to a good start in Advent by reminding us that Our hope is in Christ-the very essence and manifestation of God.
Here are all the songs we did:
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
0 Rejoice the Lord Is King Opener-Come to Worship
©2012 McKinney Music, Inc(BMI) (adm by Music Services,Inc) Words Charles Wesley, Music John Darwell, New words & music Tommy Walker
SERMON: Christ, the Hope of the Gentiles – Isaiah 42:1-4 (Pastor Mark)
1 Spirit Prayer-Holy Spirit
From Hymns of the Russian Church by Brownlie, John, 1920 Arrangement by Doug Thorsvik ©2005
-1 You Are My King (Amazing Love) Prayer-Holy Spirit
2456623 Billy James Foote ©1997 worshiptogether.com songs
1 Behold the Lamb (Communion Hymn) Communion
5003372 Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend/arr. Albritton ALFRED PUBLISHING
1 Let The Joy Overflow Closer-Evangelism/Missions
Eliza E. Hewitt, 1917, arrangement by Doug Thorsvik ©2007
3 'We-I' Balance 
MLCC 12/2/2012 Leadsheet PDF for songs above.
Leader/Acoustic Guitar/Vocal – Doug
Acoustic Guitar/Vocal – Dennis
Vocals – Dawn & Rayann
Bass – Brian
Drums – Brad
AV Techs – Greg & Shani
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