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Yesterday was Easter Sunday - I was hoping for a great time at church and I wasn't disappointed! There were so many people I could hardly believe it, but it was great. I had also prayerd about my song list choices. I really wanted to capture the essence of Christ's resurrection and the joy we have in that truth as well as reflecting something of the church's (as in the global church) depth of history as well as its fresh vitalily we experirnce in sung worship today. So I gathered together a range of songs that span the ages - and they worked together really well . . .
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Well, it has been snowing here in the UK for the past few days. I shouldn't complain really but it did mean that I cancelled the band practise on Thursday which was unfortunate because I do like getting things right for Sunday. Anyway, as it happened we were able to squeeze about 30min of practise in before the service on Sunday.
On Sunday morning I was woken up with inspiration - I really wanted to re-work a Christmas carol. So I spent a couple of hours working on it and thought I had come up with something pretty good - so printed out the chords etc. However, when it came to the actual service we ran out of time to sing it. Oh well, it gives me more time to craft it further to get it right for next year. It's a re working of 'As With Gladness Men Of Old' - just in case you were wondering.
So what songs did we sing then? Here is the list . . . .
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It is always at this time of year when I start searching for good Christmas songs. I don't mind some of the more traditional hymns but I do like to mix in some contempory worship that is fitting to the season as well, or even a re-done hymn in a modern worship style. This is what I have found so far (my list is still in progress so any suggestions are welsom - comment below).
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Today was always going to be an interesting one. We had 2 new people playing with the band, so a few nerves on their part, and when my guitar cable started buzzing and doing strange things through the sound system it was all too easy to think things wre going to go from bad to worse! However, God is good and I was very wrong! The congregation responded very well and the new electric guitar playing the riff on 'Our God Saves' really lifted the sound and added the intensity I've been looking for. Also the keys did great in 'King of Glory (Glorious)' playing a Coldplay-type keys section on the bridge 'I can't turn my eyes away'.
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