Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Re-wiring the sounds!

The painters are scheduled to be in the sanctuary all week both weeks, so we will not be able to get in to re-connect our gear until Saturday, March 5. Further complicating the issue is the fact that I may be out of town until from Thursday though that Saturday afternoon. So we may have to schedule our re-connecting party for around 4:00 on Saturday. That's pretty inconvenient, so I will understand if people can't make it, but I can use all the help we can get.

Hope to see you all (or all minus Sometimes Susan) tonight at 7 at Capital Ale on Main Street!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Wednesday plans!

In lieu of practice on Wednesday, we're going to meet at Capital Ale House downtown on Main Street at 7:00. Feel free to bring family!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Worship Planner: 3/6/11


Contemporary Service

Date:  March 6, 2011
Liturgical Sunday:  The Transfiguration of Our Lord
Communion (Yes or No):  YES
Special Events: 


Scripture Lessons:                        First Reading:  2 Peter 1:16-21
                        Gospel:  Matthew 17:1-9
                        Psalm: 2:6-12



Preacher:             Matt Bean
Text:              Mark 5:1-20
Title:                        Essential 100: Healing of demon-possessed man
Theme:         


MUSIC


Pre-service Music: 



Opening Songs of Praise: 
Ablaze
Forever God


Opening Prayer: 
Hungry (v1, c, v2, c)


Confessional Response: 
Hungry (c, c, 1st line)


Song of the Day: 
I Will Run to You


Offertory:
My Cup Runneth Over


Communion Songs: 
What Wondrous Love Is This
Just As I Am
The Potter’s Hand
The Power of Your Love


Closing Song:
Lead On O King Eternal


After Service Music: 



Worship Planner: 2/27/11

Contemporary Service

Date:  February 27, 2011
Liturgical Sunday:  Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
Communion (Yes or No):  No
Special Events


Scripture Lessons:            First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-13
                        Gospel:  Matthew 6:24-34
                        Psalm: 115

Worship Setting

Preacher:             Matt Bean
Text:              Matthew 6:5-7:29
Title:               Essential 100:  Sermon on the Mount, part 2!
Theme:         


MUSIC


Pre-service Music



Opening Songs of Praise
Praise Adonai
I See You
Awesome God (chorus)


Opening Prayer
Here I Am to Worship (v1, c, v2, c)


Confessional Response
Here I Am to Worship (br, c, c, ending)


Song of the Day: 
The Lord’s Prayer


Offertory:
The Heart of Worship


Closing Song:
The River is Here


After Service Music

The price of painting; the schedule of Lent.

The good news is, in addition to our new drum set, we're going to be looking at a fresh coat of paint in the sanctuary! So our gorgeous new sound will be matched by a gorgeous new sanctuary!

The bad news is, everything short of the pipe organ is going to need to be cleared out of the sanctuary for this to happen. And we're going to have to do it on Sunday after worship.

So here's the plan: After worship is done, those of us who can stick around will break down our gear, making sure to label each and every cable and connection before doing so (most of this we've already done). It should only take 30-40 minutes. We're going to leave it all down for about two weeks; I'll lead worship on Sunday the 27th on solo piano. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while now, to give you guys a chance to sit in the congregation and just worship for a change.

Then comes the big pain-in-the-butt day: Wednesday the 2nd will be a re-wire and re-mix everything day. I'm putting Greatest Hits in for the 6th in anticipation that we won't be able to practice much, if anything on the 2nd.

Then, just as we're ready to get back to normal: LENT COMES. As we have the past couple years, we'll be sharing the Wednesday service load with the Traditional music ministry, but not exactly alternating:

March 9: Traditional
March 16: Contemporary
March 23: Traditional
March 30: Contemporary
April 6: Contemporary
April 13: Traditional

This is to allow Cheryl to be out of town on the 6th.

SO! Tonight we're working on Sunday, and the band will be learning Charlie Peacock's "Down in the Lowlands," the Song of the Day this week.

SONGS FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20:


Opening Songs of Praise
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
Forever / Step by Step


Opening Prayer
We Fall Down (v c v c)


Confessional Response
We Fall Down (c)


Song of the Day: 
Down in the Lowlands (by Charlie Peacock) (simpletruth solo)


Offertory:
What Can I Give


Communion Songs
Temple
Bread of Life
We Will Glorify
There Is a Redeemer


Closing Song:
Grace Like Rain