Here we go:

Today Is the Day (Brewster/Baloche)

Baptism

Welcome

Alle (Tomlin/King)

Hallelujah (Brown/Doerksen)

I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (M. Smith)

Be Strong in the Lord (Johnson/Fettke) – we just did the chorus of this one

Hungry (Scott)

Revelation Song (Riddle)

Message

Give You the Best (Miears/Carpenter)

We had a great service this weekend!  Our children’s minister, Angela, punctuated many of these songs with scripture just before and sometimes during instrumental breaks… I didn’t play guitar and only played piano at the beginning of “I Will Rise” and I must say that it worked out quite well (not as well as in rehearsal, but it’s a start)!

Lift High the Lord – Carpenter (a little 3-section song that is quick and easy to learn)

Everlasting God – Brown/Riley (just the chorus this week)

WELCOME

Hosanna – Baloche/Brown (led into with John 12:9-13)

VIDEO

By His Wounds – Powell

Nothing But the Blood – Lowry/arr. Carpenter

At the Cross – Hudson/Carpenter

I Stand Amazed – Gabriel/Carpenter

I Will Rise – Tomlin/Giglio/Maher/Reeves

BAPTISM

MESSAGE

Come Just As You Are – Sabolick

Hallelujah – Cohen (secular song, but has a lot of biblical nuggets in it… only did part of it and as an opening special that led into the next song)

Come to the Cross – Smith/Mooring/Bronleewe (was going to give some YouTube linkage… didn’t find a decent version… Michael W. Smith does a great job on this one… not sure if I’ve ever said those words before!)

Oh, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing – Wesley/Gläser/Crowder/Parker

At the Cross – Hudson/Carpenter – (wrote this one literally minutes before practice on Wednesday night… and this is the one song that people seemed to respond to… figures!)

Giving It All to You – Gungor

Undone – Millard/Cochran (YouTube video)

Cares Chorus – Willard

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus – Garo Christians/Clark/arr. Reynolds

A bit of a lighter set this week… I played keyboard and we had one acoustic guitar, a lead guitar, bass, piano, and drums.

Your Name – (Baloche/Packiam)

Shine On Us – (Smith/Smith)

Wonderful, Merciful Savior – (Rodgers/Wyse)

How Great Is Our God – (Tomlin/Reeves/Cash)

How Great Thou Art – (Hine/arr. Carpenter)

As the Deer – (Nystrom)

Surely the Presence of the Lord – (Wolfe)

I Surrender All – (DeVenter/Weeden/arr. Carpenter)

Lord, Reign in Me – Brown

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty – Neander/Winkworth/arr. Carpenter

Unite My Heart – Mull (this was a song written by a kid at Sterling College… came from my songwriting workshops)

Your Grace Is Enough – Maher

Grace Greater Than Our Sin – Johnston/Towner/Carpenter

Sweet, Sweet Sound – Reeves/Cash

Lay It Down – Maher/Brown

I’ve got to stop having dinner with the Bench family… somehow I always leave there feeling guilty about my ridiculously poor blogging habits!  This time, however, Joel offered up a suggestion that I may can stick to… if nothing else, I will try to post what songs we are doing every week as I lead worship at Highland Terrace in Greenville, Texas… and if I get a wild hair about me, I may even list songs that I do elsewhere… so… without further ado:

March 8, 2009:

Come Inside (Carpenter)

Majestic (Brewster)

Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble? (M. Smith)

SCRIPTURE READING – JOHN 1:1-14

We Have Seen Your Glory (Carpenter)

Blessed Assurance (Crosby/Knapp/arr. Carpenter)

Hosanna (Fraser)