Sing sing sing - Chris Tomlin
We Lift You Up - Jason Morant
Beautiful Jesus - Kristian Stanfill
'Till I See You - Hillsong United
Everlasting God - Brenton Brown
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Set List for 08.23.09
Today is the Day - Lincoln Brewster/Paul Baloche
Salvation is Here - Hillsong United
Heart of Worship - Matt Redman
Center - Charlie Hall
Beautiful Jesus - Kristian Stanfill
If you haven't made it out to River Hills in the past several weeks, I hate to say that you're missing out. God's really been showing up in a mighty way during the entire worship service. I focused on a verse of scripture that struck me last weekend.
Psalms 86:11 says, "Teach me your way, O Lord; and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name."
That was our prayer during worship this Sunday for us to trust in God and stand firm on His truth.
Salvation is Here - Hillsong United
Heart of Worship - Matt Redman
Center - Charlie Hall
Beautiful Jesus - Kristian Stanfill
If you haven't made it out to River Hills in the past several weeks, I hate to say that you're missing out. God's really been showing up in a mighty way during the entire worship service. I focused on a verse of scripture that struck me last weekend.
Psalms 86:11 says, "Teach me your way, O Lord; and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name."
That was our prayer during worship this Sunday for us to trust in God and stand firm on His truth.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Lazy Daze Music Festival
So this past Saturday was the first time the band and I ventured outside of River Hills to play music. The City of Winder put on a three-part music festival this summer, one in June, July, and August. It just so happened that the event in August was slated to be a more Christian oriented event, which worked out great for us considering that's what we do.
Let me just start by telling you that the guys I play with are certified Rock Stars. We were at the festival from 4 p.m. til about 9:30 p.m. Then, everyone was at church the next day around 7:30 a.m. to set up and get ready for the worship service. Their willingness to serve and their unfailing commitment blows me away every time.
The coolest moment at Lazy Daze for me was during the song How Great Thou Art. First off this song is about the raw power and authority of God. At times I feel that I forget exactly how powerful and sovereign God is. I didn't hear any thunder Saturday, but I did in fact see lightning on the horizon as I was singing these words.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed
A chill definitely ran down my spine. I was scared there for a second, realizing that I was not only holding a guitar made with a lot of metal pieces but also surrounded by things that were very fine conductors of electricity, and they were all over the stage. Another cool thing was nobody could actually see the lightning, because it was behind them.
The band could see it clearly.
Thinking through this point just as I am writing this, it maybe more for worship and church leaders. Often times we have a front row seat to see all that God is doing and wants us to do. And it is our job to point them in God's direction. Through our music and words we describe Jesus to them and as we begin to lift high His name people will follow us. We see first hand the awesome power of God and communicate that through whatever medium we were trained and gifted to use. It was a great reminder for me in many ways.
Sorry to get on a tangent, but here are some pics,the set, and a video from Saturday! If you want to see more videos of the band go here.
Set List:
Today is the Day - Lincoln Brewster/Paul Baloche
All Things New - Elevation Worship
All We Need - Charlie Hall
We Lift You Up - Paul Baloche
How Great Thou Art - Charlie Hall
From the Inside Out - Hillsong United
Mighty to Save - Hillsong
Lead Me to the Cross - Hillsong United
All Because of Jesus - Fee
Everlasting God - Brenton Brown
Glory to God Forever - Fee
Let me just start by telling you that the guys I play with are certified Rock Stars. We were at the festival from 4 p.m. til about 9:30 p.m. Then, everyone was at church the next day around 7:30 a.m. to set up and get ready for the worship service. Their willingness to serve and their unfailing commitment blows me away every time.
The coolest moment at Lazy Daze for me was during the song How Great Thou Art. First off this song is about the raw power and authority of God. At times I feel that I forget exactly how powerful and sovereign God is. I didn't hear any thunder Saturday, but I did in fact see lightning on the horizon as I was singing these words.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed
A chill definitely ran down my spine. I was scared there for a second, realizing that I was not only holding a guitar made with a lot of metal pieces but also surrounded by things that were very fine conductors of electricity, and they were all over the stage. Another cool thing was nobody could actually see the lightning, because it was behind them.
The band could see it clearly.
Thinking through this point just as I am writing this, it maybe more for worship and church leaders. Often times we have a front row seat to see all that God is doing and wants us to do. And it is our job to point them in God's direction. Through our music and words we describe Jesus to them and as we begin to lift high His name people will follow us. We see first hand the awesome power of God and communicate that through whatever medium we were trained and gifted to use. It was a great reminder for me in many ways.
Sorry to get on a tangent, but here are some pics,the set, and a video from Saturday! If you want to see more videos of the band go here.
Set List:
Today is the Day - Lincoln Brewster/Paul Baloche
All Things New - Elevation Worship
All We Need - Charlie Hall
We Lift You Up - Paul Baloche
How Great Thou Art - Charlie Hall
From the Inside Out - Hillsong United
Mighty to Save - Hillsong
Lead Me to the Cross - Hillsong United
All Because of Jesus - Fee
Everlasting God - Brenton Brown
Glory to God Forever - Fee
Set List for 08.16.09
All Because of Jesus - Fee
Marvelous Light - Charlie Hall
Glory to God Forever - Fee
My Deliverer - Chris Tomlin
From the Inside Out - Hillsong United
It was a great Sunday yesterday! God is ever faithful to us as He continues to show up and reveal Himself. Here is a video from the previous Sunday (08.09.09) if you missed out. Check out the new lighting and let us know what you think!
Marvelous Light - Charlie Hall
Glory to God Forever - Fee
My Deliverer - Chris Tomlin
From the Inside Out - Hillsong United
It was a great Sunday yesterday! God is ever faithful to us as He continues to show up and reveal Himself. Here is a video from the previous Sunday (08.09.09) if you missed out. Check out the new lighting and let us know what you think!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Set List for 08.09.09
WOW!
That's all that I can say regarding worship yesterday. It was pretty incredible, by far the best service that we've ever had at River Hills. I've got to give it up to the band. They especially sounded great and came ready to rock it out. You may not realize how much time and effort they put into Sunday mornings, but we are truly blessed to have some of the best and most committed musicians involved with our worship team.
We finally got our new lighting set up and the difference that it made was unmeasurable. The energy was great and it was an amazing experience to worship such an awesome God with so many wonderful people.
Since we started our Deadliest Catch: Anchoring Your Marriage sermon series, we thought we would kick off the service with fun song. Megan rocked it out!(I'm married to her by the way, how cool is that?) Here is the set from Sunday. (if you missed it you can download Chip's message here)
Set List:
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Sing, Sing, Sing - Chris Tomlin
Made to Worship - Chris Tomlin
How Great is Our God - Chris Tomlin
My King - River Hills Worship
Hosanna(Praise is Rising) - Paul Baloche/Brenton Brown
That's all that I can say regarding worship yesterday. It was pretty incredible, by far the best service that we've ever had at River Hills. I've got to give it up to the band. They especially sounded great and came ready to rock it out. You may not realize how much time and effort they put into Sunday mornings, but we are truly blessed to have some of the best and most committed musicians involved with our worship team.
We finally got our new lighting set up and the difference that it made was unmeasurable. The energy was great and it was an amazing experience to worship such an awesome God with so many wonderful people.
Since we started our Deadliest Catch: Anchoring Your Marriage sermon series, we thought we would kick off the service with fun song. Megan rocked it out!(I'm married to her by the way, how cool is that?) Here is the set from Sunday. (if you missed it you can download Chip's message here)
Set List:
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Sing, Sing, Sing - Chris Tomlin
Made to Worship - Chris Tomlin
How Great is Our God - Chris Tomlin
My King - River Hills Worship
Hosanna(Praise is Rising) - Paul Baloche/Brenton Brown
Friday, August 7, 2009
Let's See How Far We've Come...
Every Tuesday at The Oconee Enterprise when I finish work, I fill out a time sheet. In my normal routine of the past 20 or so months, I drop my time sheet in the shelf on the General Manager's door. However, being concerned with shutting off the lights and making sure the door was locked, I simply carried the time sheet with me out the door. As I sat in my car I realized that my time sheet was still in my hand. Not having a key, there was nothing I could do.
Out of the 20 some months I've been an employee at The Enterprise this is only the second time that I have misplaced my time sheet. The Manager blames it on me recently getting married stating with a chuckle, "You've got one more thing to think about, so I guess your time sheet got knocked off the list."
Seems logical.
I say all this to say that I made an extra trip to Watkinsville this morning to return my time sheet to its rightful place in the universe...and so I'll have a paycheck awaiting my arrival next Tuesday. Since I was going to be in the area, I decided to spend some time in one of my favorite places, Panera Bread.
There is a point this, so stay with me.
Starting in September of 2007, I moved to Georgia, returning to the land of my fathers. The reason was simply to help plant a church, River Hills. In the beginning of a church plant, there may not be enough resources to supply certain things such as office space. And seeing how one of the coolest, and only coffee house in Winder with free wi-fi closed, my only resort was to drive to either Athens or Lawrenceville and work out of Panera. Consistently sweet tea and delicious tomato soup had everything to do with this decision. Although, most times I would just order a glass of sweet tea, and with a self-serve drink fountain I'm sure I've drank my weight in tea as I sat there and worked for some 6 hours at a time. I would say most all of the first sermon series graphics took form in this layed-back atmospheric establishment.
Now since the Spring of 2009, River Hills is able to support it's own office space. Which really is a great thing. It gives us a presence in the community and helps us(the staff) be a little more organized. It is a place to make our own by covering the walls with white dry-erase boards.
It's little things like having an office that help you see the progress that River Hills Church is having. It's not much, but I've heard from some respectable church leaders that slow, steady progress is the best way to grow.
The irony in this blog is that every now and then, when the day feels just right, even though we finally have an office, I have the urge to spend a day working in Panera. In a sense, it's a monument, for me, in the life of River Hills that reminds me of the small victories we've had and seen as a church.
Out of the 20 some months I've been an employee at The Enterprise this is only the second time that I have misplaced my time sheet. The Manager blames it on me recently getting married stating with a chuckle, "You've got one more thing to think about, so I guess your time sheet got knocked off the list."
Seems logical.
I say all this to say that I made an extra trip to Watkinsville this morning to return my time sheet to its rightful place in the universe...and so I'll have a paycheck awaiting my arrival next Tuesday. Since I was going to be in the area, I decided to spend some time in one of my favorite places, Panera Bread.
There is a point this, so stay with me.
Starting in September of 2007, I moved to Georgia, returning to the land of my fathers. The reason was simply to help plant a church, River Hills. In the beginning of a church plant, there may not be enough resources to supply certain things such as office space. And seeing how one of the coolest, and only coffee house in Winder with free wi-fi closed, my only resort was to drive to either Athens or Lawrenceville and work out of Panera. Consistently sweet tea and delicious tomato soup had everything to do with this decision. Although, most times I would just order a glass of sweet tea, and with a self-serve drink fountain I'm sure I've drank my weight in tea as I sat there and worked for some 6 hours at a time. I would say most all of the first sermon series graphics took form in this layed-back atmospheric establishment.
Now since the Spring of 2009, River Hills is able to support it's own office space. Which really is a great thing. It gives us a presence in the community and helps us(the staff) be a little more organized. It is a place to make our own by covering the walls with white dry-erase boards.
It's little things like having an office that help you see the progress that River Hills Church is having. It's not much, but I've heard from some respectable church leaders that slow, steady progress is the best way to grow.
The irony in this blog is that every now and then, when the day feels just right, even though we finally have an office, I have the urge to spend a day working in Panera. In a sense, it's a monument, for me, in the life of River Hills that reminds me of the small victories we've had and seen as a church.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Set List for 08.02.09
Unchanging - Chris Tomlin
Joyful, Joyful(We Adore Thee) - Charlie Hall
Nothing but the Blood - Brandt Farmer Arrangement
Center - Charlie Hall
Hosanna(Praise is Rising) - Paul Baloche/Brenton Brown
Sorry if there was any confusion in my last blog about something special for this past Sunday.
Let me explain.
This coming week(08.09.09) we're going to officially have lighting!!! No more bright gym lights! Unfortunately we were going to try to have a dry run this past Sunday, but we've had a lot of issues with the shipping of said lights. So I'm sorry if I was Lucy and pulled the football away from you, Charlie Brown. Anyway, great things coming this week.
We start our new marriage series, "Deadliest Catch: Anchoring Your Marriage." Being a newly-wed, I'm looking forward to seeing what Biblical principles I can apply to my marriage. It's going to be good, don't miss out!
Joyful, Joyful(We Adore Thee) - Charlie Hall
Nothing but the Blood - Brandt Farmer Arrangement
Center - Charlie Hall
Hosanna(Praise is Rising) - Paul Baloche/Brenton Brown
Sorry if there was any confusion in my last blog about something special for this past Sunday.
Let me explain.
This coming week(08.09.09) we're going to officially have lighting!!! No more bright gym lights! Unfortunately we were going to try to have a dry run this past Sunday, but we've had a lot of issues with the shipping of said lights. So I'm sorry if I was Lucy and pulled the football away from you, Charlie Brown. Anyway, great things coming this week.
We start our new marriage series, "Deadliest Catch: Anchoring Your Marriage." Being a newly-wed, I'm looking forward to seeing what Biblical principles I can apply to my marriage. It's going to be good, don't miss out!
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