Sunday Recap – December 4th, 2011

Contemporary Services

Christmas is underway at Bethel! We kicked things off with Third Day’s version of “O Come All Ye Faithful”, which is a very singable, upbeat arrangement of the classic carol.  One of the guys in our church, Barry (not this Barry), sang a song by Denver and the Mile High Orchestra during the offering – “Born Tonight”.  It gave our band a nice challenge to play, and Barry did great on the solo. Celebrating communion along with Christmas is always a challenge, but “Jesus Messiah” worked well as a nice bridge between the two themes – praising him for being both our Messiah and Immanuel along with our Redeemer and Savior, and several communion references.  During communion we used “Stronger” and “Amazed”.  I actually wrote a new verse that we used with “Amazed” – same chorus, new verse relating to the cross.  You can watch the video of this service and see the Planning Center details.

 

Cafe Connection Service

Marv led a very full team in the Cafe this morning, and it sounded great!  You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

 

Traditional Service

  • “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
  • “O Come All Ye Faithful”
  • “Go Tell it On the Mountain”
  • “A Communion Hymn for Christmas” (Margaret Clarkson and Tom Fettke)
  • “Tell Me The Story of Jesus”

This service at Christmastime is where we do all of our traditional Christmas carols, so it was nice to start the morning off with familiar songs to help us ring in the Christmas season.  With Communion also today, I pulled out “A Communion Hymn for Christmas”, which is a nice text contrasting the manger and the cross.  You can watch the video of this service and see the Planning Center details.

This post is part of the Sunday Setlist blog at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share setlists and recaps from this weekend’s worship services.  Thanks for reading!

Sunday Recap – November 27, 2011

Contemporary Services

We celebrated Thanksgiving one more time this week, even though some may have started the Christmas season this week.  Most of the songs we used this morning were a bit older, and well-known. I added one new song this morning, so I wanted to be sure the other songs were familiar, as well as focused on our theme of Thanksgiving this morning. We had a Baloche/Hillsong/Tommy Walker morning! It’s been a while since we’ve pulled out “Worthy Is the Lamb”, but what a powerful song, and it tied in so well with our Thanksgiving focus.  The new song was one from Tommy Walker’s Overflow CD, called “I Give Thanks”.  If you’re not familiar with it, check it out; it’s a great song for Thanksgiving with an easy to learn chorus and that familiar Tommy Walker sound. You can watch the video of this service and also see the Planning Center details for this service.

Here is the new song we introduced this morning – “I Give Thanks”

 

Cafe Connection Service

Zack led the team this morning in the Cafe, and following along the Thanksgiving theme, chose some great songs!  We had a little glitch with the Picture in Picture on our video feed today. I’ll have to take a look at that this week! You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

 

Traditional Service

  • “We Gather Together”
  • “Come Ye Thankful People Come”
  • “Rejoice, Ye Pure In Heart”
  • “Give Thanks”
  • “For The Beauty of the Earth”
  • “Count Your Blessings”

I led in here this morning, and it was great to pull out some of the hymns we sing just once a year for Thanksgiving.  We also had a drama sketch in all of our services this morning called “Thanksgiving Nic-Nacs”.  You can see the video of this service and see the Planning Center details.

This post is part of the Sunday Setlist blog over at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share setlists and recaps from this weekend’s worship services. Happy Thanksgiving!

Sunday Recap – November 20, 2011

Contemporary Services

Another great morning of worship today! Pastor Tim was gone, so we had one of the missionaries that we support, Paul Hill, missionary to Argentina, speak this morning.  The songs went well this morning, with the team doing a great job on their parts.  We started with “Rising”, a favorite tune from Paul Baloche, and a great way to open the service.  Today was the first day using a click/loop on “Revelation Song”, and it really helped to hold things together, keep a reign on the tempo, and add in some extra sounds.  We bumped it up to 64, instead of the original tempo of 60.  That’s one thing I love about using Ableton Live! If the tempo feels too slow, you can just speed it up and the loop maintains the tuning, even at a faster speed.

We had an unfortunate incident occur in one of our services today. A woman had a medical issue, passed out, and an ambulance had to be called. They brought in a stretcher and took her away in the ambulance. Please pray for Sharon, we haven’t heard any updates yet today.  But, it was a question of what to do during the service. It happened as our guest speaker was delivering the message. He stopped and we took time to pray for her as it became clear what was going on. But then, as we were waiting for the ambulance to come, and as the stretcher took her out, he continued to preach.  People were distracted as the nurse and people around her were helping her out, but he remained calm and focused.  We did end up skipping the last song, which was an upbeat praise song, and ended with a time of prayer for her.  Have you had anything like that happen in a service before? How did you handle it? How would you have handled this?

You can watch the video of this service and see the Planning Center details.

Cafe Connection Service

I always enjoy the opportunity to lead worship in the Cafe.  I usually use many of the same songs as in the Contemporary, but today I did change out one.  Marv introduced a new song last week in here, and I repeated it this week.  “Taste and See” is a nice tune by Tommy Walker that he taught us last summer at a worship conference.  You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • Come, Thou Almighty King
  • Heaven Came Down
  • Redeemed
  • Jesus Saves
  • We’ve A Story To Tell To The Nations

Randy led the team in the Traditional Service today. They did a great job. You can watch the video of the service or see the Planning Center details.

Pie and Praise Service

This evening we had our annual Pie and Praise Service, where we gather together to give thanks and praise for all God has done in our lives. It’s always a wonderful time of testimonies, music, and of course pie!  We had three people planned ahead to give their testimonies, and then two times for open mic, where anyone could share with the church what they are thankful for.  I also used a video from Shift Worship, called “The Thanksgiving Chair”, a simple yet powerful reminder to give thanks in all circumstances. It was a really great service!  You can watch the video of this service, or see the Planning Center details.

This post is part of the Sunday Setlist blog at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share recaps and setlists from this past Sunday. Hope your services went great, as well! Happy Thanksgiving!

Sunday Recap – November 13, 2011

Contemporary Services

We used a couple of tunes from the last Passion CD with “Here For You” and “All My Fountains”.  We did “Here For You” in Bb and “All My Fountains” in B.  The loop from Praise Charts on “All My Fountains” really helped to hold things together.  “Great I Am” is just such a powerful song! The worship choir, worship team singers, band and congregation all joined together in this powerful song of worship! We did The People’s Church version of “Your Great Name”, not Natalie Grant’s version.  The harmonies add so much to the song!  Zack did a super job on the lead for “Follow You” today by Leeland.  You can watch the video for this service as well as see the Planning Center details.

Cafe Connection Service

Marv led the team in the Cafe, and I loved the new songs he introduced! “Waiting Here For You” is also from the latest Passion project, with a nice solo (Christy Nockels on the recording). It’s makes for a great call to worship.  The other new one was “Taste and See” from Tommy Walker’s latest project.  This song works great in this acoustic setting in the Cafe – guitar, percussion and vocals are all you need for this song. You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
  • “Glorify Thy Name”
  • “At Calvary”
  • “Freely, Freely”
  • “I Gave My Life For Thee”
  • “Make Me A Blessing”
Pastor Tim finished his series on generosity today, with a challenge from 2 Corinthians, and the team did a great job on the hymns. We used a clip from a Beverly Hillbillies episode that tied in perfectly with the theme.  You can see the video from this service and see the Planning Center details.
This post is part of the the Sunday Setlist blog at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share setlists and recaps from worship services this weekend. Thanks for reading, and hope your services went great today!

Sunday Recap – November 6, 2011

Contemporary Services

What a powerful morning of worship we had today! God is so good! That’s really all there is to say! I would feel strange talking about how good our team was, or how well things flowed, because that would seem to take away from what God did at our services.  But, I just have to say thank you for a job so well done to our team! It’s been a while since we’ve used “O, The Blood”, but wow, what an amazing song of worship! It led our congregation into a time of taking communion together, as we focused on the cross with “How Deep….” and “You Gave Your Life Away”.  If you haven’t heard “Bless The Lord” yet, by Jared Anderson, check it out! It’s a great service opener, and a fun song of praise to sing/play!  You can watch the video of this service and also see the Planning Center details.

Cafe Connection Service

Zack led the team in the Cafe, and they sounded great!  I loved the songs that Zack chose this week, and he even found an additional second verse to “All The Earth”  that I had never heard before. I guess Paul added another verse when he released it on The Writers Collection CD.  Very cool!  You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • “Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him”
  • “One Day”
  • “Bless His Holy Name”
  • “O Sacred Head Now Wounded”
  • “Worthy Is The Lamb”
We had a great service in the Traditional this morning as well.  Familiar hymns with one of the very old praise choruses thrown in. “O Sacred Head” was challenging to sing, but we did the third verse a capella, and the team did a great job on the tricky harmonies!  Pastor Tim began a series on generosity this morning as well.  You can watch the video of this service and see the Planning Center details.
This post is part of the Sunday Setlists blog at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share recaps and setlists from this week’s services.

Sunday Recap – October 30, 2011

Contemporary Services

I’ve been on vacation all this week, so Marv led the team this morning in this service.  I watched a little bit of the livestream this morning, and from what I saw, the team did great. It’s so nice to know that I can leave for a week, and everything is in great hands, not just in this service, but in the other two venues as well.  You can watch the video of this service as well as the Planning Center details.

Cafe Connection Service

Zack led the team this morning in the Cafe, so thanks to him and all the others who were involved in leading this service.  You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • “I Will Sing of My Redeemer”
  • “Glory To Your Name”
  • “He Keeps Me Singing”
  • “In My Heart There Rings A Melody”
  • “Open My Eyes That I May See”
  • “Higher Ground”
Thanks to Rick for leading this service along with the rest of the male trio – Randy and Howard!  Jan and Jen were supporting on the piano/keyboard.  Pastor Tim gave a challenging message from Romans 14 called “When Christians Disagree”.  You can watch the video of the service and also see the Planning Center details.
This post is part of the Sunday Setlist blog at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share recaps and setlists from this week’s services. Thanks for reading! How was your service??

Sunday Recap – October 23, 2011

Contemporary Services

Still inspired by our night of worship with Jared Anderson last week at our church, we introduced “Bless the Lord”, a new song that Jared introduced.  It has a great piano part, and as a keyboardist, it was a lot of fun to play!  It’s a great song – right from Psalm 103, very accessible, perfect for the opening of a worship service.  It had been a while since we did “A Mighty Fortress”, so it was nice to renew that one. Sheri did a great job on the solo, and the loop from Praise Charts really added some unique sounds.  Another highlight today was a song during the offering by a group called 4:00 Edison.  This is a group made up mostly of people from our worship team, and they performed “Summer Rain”, a song written by the group.  You can watch the video of “Summer Rain” and the message from today by Pastor Jamie Lane from the book of Haggai. The livestream sound mix was way off today, so I”m not able to post the video from that, but you can see the video from the special music and message. You see the Planning Center details for this service.

Cafe Connection Service

Marv led the team in the Cafe today and picked out some great songs!  Pastor Tim actually led the service for the first time, switching places with Pastor Jamie today.  All the teams worked hard to make this service come together today! You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • “All Hail King Jesus”
  • “Crown Him With Many Crowns”
  • “And Can It Be”
  • “Jesus Loves Even Me”
  • “O Master Let Me Walk With Thee”
  • “I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go”
The team did a great job on the hymns today, and Pastor Jamie’s message on Haggai was excellent.  You can see the Planning Center details for this service.
This post is part of the Sunday Setlist blog carnival at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share recaps from today’s worship services.

Sunday Recap – October 16, 2011

Contemporary Services/Cafe Connection Services

We not only had a great morning of worship at Bethel, we had a wonderful weekend of worship!!  The team did a super job on these songs this morning, but we were all a bit tired.  Saturday night we had worship leader/songwriter Jared Anderson  and his band here at Bethel to lead us in a night of worship and prayer. It was amazing! We were one of the stops on his “Hear Us From Heaven” tour. You probably know who Jared Anderson is, but if not, he wrote songs like “Rescue”, “Amazed” and a powerful new worship song called “Great I Am”!  It was a wonderful experience, and I’ll probably end up writing a whole separate post all about it.  But, we didn’t get home from church until around 11:45 pm Saturday night, after resetting the stage for our team.  You can watch the video of this service and see the  Planning Center details.

Traditional Service

  • I Will Sing the Wondrous Story
  • Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
  • Glorious Is Thy Name
  • Jesus Is Lord of All
  • Wherever He Leads, I’ll Go
Randy led the team in here, since I led in the Cafe this morning.  Pastor Tim’s message was on the topic of submission from Romans 13.  Tough subject, but great message!  You can watch the video of this service and also see the Planning Center details.
This post is part of the Sunday Setlist blog carnival over at The Worship Community, where you can read recaps and setlists from other worship leaders.

Sunday Recap – October 9, 2011

Contemporary Services

Well, you may notice something about our songs for today – only two songwriters represented, both start with J – yes, I guess that’s true.  But, what I was pointing to was that three were written by Jared Anderson.  Why, you say?  Well, this Saturday, Jared Anderson and his team will be at Bethel for the “Hear Us From Heaven” tour. I’m very excited to have him here for this night of worship and prayer! So, our prelude CD has been music by Jared, and today I included a few songs of his, just so people are familiar a bit with his music. Of course, some of his songs need no introduction, like “Rescue” or “Amazed”, but others aren’t as familiar.
“Glorified” is a terrific call to worship that sets the tone perfectly for worship, and “Promises” is one of our favorites! We had a bit of trouble staying with the click track today on these first two songs, so I ended up killing it part way through the song.  There was no loop with it, so it was easy to stop. I think the issue was not locking in on the right tempo for the click during our rehearsal Thursday. This is the first time in quite a while we’ve had to kill the click. It’s actually been going very well recently in that area!  “Great I Am” is a powerful new song by Jared Anderson from the new New Life Worship CD “You Hold I It All”.  If you haven’t heard it yet, you need to listen to it. I included the video of our team singing this song below.  After we finished it, it was just one of those moments where we didn’t want to stop! The team was talking about it the whole morning! We ended with “Everyday”, which is always a fun, but challenging song to sing, especially after Pastor Tim’s excellent message today which challenged us to live for Him as a living sacrifice from Romans 12.
Today was also a worship choir day, so we had a full stage this morning! Love these weeks!  God is so good. I wasn’t sure if I’d even be able to sing today! My voice basically went out after rehearsal Thursday, and it was barely back early this morning.  But, lots of people were praying, and my voice held out, and even got stronger as the morning went on. Thank you, Lord! You can watch the video of this service, and also see the Planning Center details.

Cafe Connection

  • “Your Great Name” (Michael Neale and Krissy Nordhoff)
  • “How Great Is Our God” (Chris Tomlin)
  • “How Great Is The Love” (Paul Baloche, Meredith Andrews)
  • “I Give You My Heart” (Reuben Morgan)
Marv led the team in this service today.  He picked out great songs, and the team did a great job! You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • Rejoice, the Lord Is King
  • I Will Praise Him
  • Take My Life and Let It Be
  • I Surrender All
  • Have Thine Own Way
  • Living For Jesus
Pastor Tim gave a great message from Romans 12 today about being a living sacrifice.  It was a good thing I was singing bass this morning, because my voice could not have handled any other part! You can watch the video of this service and see the Planning Center details.
This post is part of the Sunday Setlists area of The Worship Community, where worship leaders share setlists and recaps of worship services from today.

Sunday Recap – October 2, 2011

Contemporary Service

Well, I wasn’t at church today, but from the little I saw on the livestream from home, and from all the comments I’ve seen on Facebook, things went great today! Recent high school grad Zack Burtness led the team today, and did a super job! Zack plays electric guitar regularly on our team, and leads regularly in our Cafe service, but this was only the second or third time he’s led in this service when I’m gone. The whole team did a fantastic job! I didn’t get any calls this morning, so I’m assuming everything went smoothly on the technical side – what a relief! I took some days off this week to do a garage sale (I know, not much of a vacation…), so we went to Blackhawk Church in Madison this morning as a family.  They do a great job there, in all three of their venues.  Of we had to have a little fun with the family, too, so we played Laser Tag this afternoon – what a fun thing to do as a family!  You can watch the video of this service and also see the Planning Center details.

Cafe Connection Service

Zack led the team in this service as well, with the same songs as the Contemporary. You can see the Planning Center details for this service.

Traditional Service

  • For the Beauty of the Earth
  • Immortal, Invisible
  • Redeemed
  • Jesus Paid It All
  • Calvary Covers It All
Thanks to Rob, who led the team this morning in the Traditional service.  The message today was “God’s Special Heart for Israel” from Romans 11.  You can watch the video  from this service and also see the Planning Center details.
This post is part of the Sunday Setlists blog at The Worship Community, where worship leaders share setlists and recaps of their worship services from today.