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Monday, August 3, 2009

Sunday Setlist 8-2-09

Sorry its late, but here is the Sunday Setlist from the Kansas City Baptist Temple:

O Praise Him – a rousing version of this David Crowder Band tune with Jondy Britton leading on acoustic. Horns added.

Everlasting God – Nice high-energy song with a nod to the Anthony Evans, Jr. version performed at the National Worship Leader Conference. Congregation is beginning to pick up on non-lyric vocals. Cool!

God With Us – Mercy Me from 2007, beefed up with live syncopated horns and a 6 piece backup vocal section. Ended with a repeat of the chorus acapella. Very powerful.

Praise To The Lord, The Almighty – This for the trad-hymn fans. A contemporary styling that still kept the original feel. Jesse Bowman added some nice muted trumpet fills, and a very worshipful chorus was added.

Let The Church Rise – Israel Houghton & Jonathan Stockstill. A new song for our church today. They did well. It started as the “special” music for the offering, then we had people stand once the ushers completed their duty. Jamie Hamilton jumped into the fray with some tasty alto sax licks, followed by Jesse Bowman again on trumpet going into the bridge, then I joined in on tenor sax at the key change. The chorus ended up high with a full complement of background vocals, the horn section’s best impression of a brass choir, then the words “Let us be light in the darkness; let the church rise, let the church rise.” Leading into the opening prayer by pastor Tim Mensendiek, who preached today in Dr. Jeff Adams’ absence. Tim preached on Isaiah 61:1-4 “The Treasure in the Trash.”

The “front of house” worship singers were Dan Greenbank, and Janice Haley. Guest guitarist in Arturo’s absence was young Mr. Becken (fantastic job, young man!). The worship leader was Jeremy Schell. Props to Sarah Stavig on the lighting board.

This Sunday, our congregation did not seem to have as much problem with all the construction inconvenience going on. We seem to be “getting used to it”, so to speak!

That is it for this week’s Sunday Setlist!! Be sure to check out the other Sunday Setlists on Fred McKinnon's blog!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Sunday Setlists - July 26, 2009

After a week of the National Worship Leader Conference, it can be hard from some perspectives to get back into the swing of things. 2,000 people who can and want to sing, and sing well surrounding you while standing just a few rows away from the biggest names in worship music doin’ their thing live in a huge auditorium has a tendency to spoil you a bit. But, we had a great service, and an equally great message from our pastor, Dr. Jeff Adams at Kansas City Baptist Temple (www.kcbt.org).

Set:
Because of Your Love – great Paul Baloche tune. We added a punctuated horn section part to the essentially “Balochey” arrangement.

My Redeemer Lives – a rocky version of the Reuben Morgan classic song. We indeed have reason to sing because our Lord HAS conquered the grave, and right now, he LIVES!

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms – Great hymn by Elisha Hoffman, given a bluesy shuffle treatment, starting with a sax riff by me, then into the chorus, and 3 verses.

I Give You My Heart – The Reuben Morgan tune on reflection of wanting nothing more than to honor the Lord, and praise Him with all we have within us. This is the first step to really dealing with all of the ‘crap’ in our lives.

The Church’s One Foundation – a vocal-heavy arrangement of the hymn about the true foundation of the church, Jesus Christ our Lord. A sax interlude solo after the second verse helped to reflect on the first verses and prepare us for the last two.

King of Wonders – Matt Redman song, the last song of our set, before the message by Dr. Jeff Adams. Standard arrangement, nice muted trumpet fills by Jesse Bowman. What a song to end our set, leaving off with thoughts about the King of Wonders, who knows the way to our hearts.

That led into the message, which was a continuation of the series in Nehemiah, “The Men Behind The Wall.” Today, we were in chapter 3, verse 14, talking about the dung gate. Now how many churches can you go to and talk about a “dung gate?” Yes, its what you think. Short story is that we all need a dung gate to deal with the “crap” in our lives. This was a dirty job, and no one really wants to deal with this stuff. What a picture – we certainly know that dealing with the dirty baggage in our lives is not fun, but through humility and a relationship with God through his Word and the Holy Spirit, we can take our load of you-know-what to the dung gate, where there is a continual burning fire to consume it. Could spend a lot of time on it, but better to actually watch the video online here: KCBT Video Page

This Sunday Setlist is part of the bigger #sundaysetlist carnival on Fred McKinnon’s Web site. Check out other Sunday Setlists on Fred McKinnon's blog.