Set lists 1.1.12 & 1.8.12
The past few weeks I have not put up the set lists. I apologize because I get asked all the time for what we sing at 24/7. It is a huge calling on my life to be a worship pastor and I truly love what I do, but many times I don’t look back on what I’ve been doing and have something to compare it to. I believe that we should all be striving to do more and more in our respective callings. God didn’t call us to sit by casually and let things just happen. He wants us to be actively pursuing creativity and honestly, I feel that I have a long way to go. I can get stuck in a routine of trying to do certain things a certain way. And I want to break free from that.
One area for me is this area of set lists. I don’t want to just keep doing songs the same way and choosing them because they are familiar or something of that nature. I want to get to a place where 24/7 is a catalyst for worship in this city. There are many churches who worship well and I believe that we are one of them but we have a long way to go. And I don’t want to get in God’s way. But here are some songs that we did the past couple weeks to express the heart that God is shaping in us. Let us know in the comments what songs your church is doing. I truly believe that God is calling His church to be the most creative place on earth and I know that I am not even close to expressing that with my life. So let us pray for hard work to come forth from our spirits in order to worship Him most fully and to show His love to a world searching for truth.
1.1.12
1.8.12
2012
Always at the beginning of a year, I do some re-evaluating of my life and it is hard to look back. It is also hard for me to look forward. Do you feel any of that in your life?
I’m not sure why I can’t just embrace each day as the abundant potential contained therein. I just live a life of ease and then regret after many wandering times. But this year, I wish to take it on fully. Being fully present in each moment and holding onto the life that God has called me to live. One that is not meant to be viewed day-to-day but is to be embraced by each experience.
I am excited about 2012 (even though it might be the world’s last). Are you?
Posted on January 2nd, 2012 by jason | No Comments »Outwork
I read this quote on Ben Arment‘s blog yesterday and it stuck out to me. I want to be a success in whatever I do. This is probably the key to why I am not successful as I should be.
Posted on November 26th, 2011 by jason | No Comments »Here’s the thing: I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, one of two things is going to happen: you are going to get off first or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple. I’m not going to be outworked.”
- Will Smith
Set List 11.6.11
This week our church did a few things differently. We set up the chairs differently. Had acoustic worship with just myself and a guitar and a djembe player. We turned out all the lights and had a simple lamp.
And it was phenomenal. God truly moved.
Here was the set list:
He is Exalted/Indescribable – Shane & Shane version/Laura Story
Divine Romance – Phil Wickham
Refuse to be denied – Desperation Band
It is well – Philip Glass hymn
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Be thou my vision – hymn
It was a great time of switching things up and focusing more on the intimacy that should be had in worship. I have found that an acoustic time of worship is very much needed in churches. Too many times we feel that we need a full band with drums, an electric, and more in order to enter into worship. But God is calling us to worship Him with our lives and not our preferences.
What songs did you do at your church this week? And what has God been teaching you about worship?
Posted on November 9th, 2011 by jason | No Comments »Set list 10.30.11
God has truly been realigning me in areas of ministry and I’m truly excited about what God is doing.
This week we had a smaller group leading but it was a great service.
Beautiful the Blood – Fee (Tommy led)
Nothing but the Blood – Matt Redman (Jason)
You are on our side – Elevation worship (Joanna)
Abba – Jonathan David Helser (Tommy)
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From the inside out – Hillsong United (Jason)
It has been great leading with our team because they are all worshipping themselves and leading others into His presence faithfully.
What songs did you sing at your church?
Posted on October 31st, 2011 by jason | No Comments »Transitions
Transition is hard. I believe it could be the toughest thing we will likely go through. I am going to be in the middle of one shortly but I am excited about God realigning my work with my calling. So I wanted to write about what transitions can bring about:
1) Transitions lead us to trust God.
2) Transitions realign what we do with who we are.
3) Transitions lead to brokenness.
There are many more things I could say but these stick out to me right now.
Posted on October 18th, 2011 by jason | No Comments »Set List 10.2.11 (Vision series pt. 4)
Can you believe that it is already October? It is a time of cooler weather, fairs (which Vickie and I attended yesterday and some delicious but ultimately terrible Fried Snicker’s bars and a jumbo turkey leg), and truly the best holiday that doesn’t celebrate Jesus and his birth or resurrection (Halloween).
Yesterday at 24/7 Church, we continued our vision series and we focused on the subject of giving.
Here was our set list:
We are the free – Matt Redman
Glory to God forever – Fee
The greatness of our God – Hillsong
Holy, holy, holy – traditional hymn
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Narrow Road – Hillsong
the precipice of a revolution
There are so many things to discuss on this here blog and I can only begin to tell you how excited I am for those things to take place. God is about to do some amazing things in the lives of the people of 24/7 Church. We are on the precipice of a revolution and revival.
I am not sure why I see this so clearly right now but God is aligning the stars for something big and let me just say that He is starting with me. He is starting in me and its going to work through me. But I want you to realize that its not just through me, or else I would boast in myself.
He’s about to do something through our pastor, through our small groups, prayer group, bible studies, and through so many more people who are beginning to be involved in the life of our church.
I’ve realized that God always does something in us before He does something through us and I am very excited to see this happen.
We, as a leadership team, are working through what it means to disciple. Because without discipleship, we simply have people who make a one-time decision and have nowhere to go. This should not be the case and I pray that we won’t commit the Great Omission (as Dallas Willard so eloquently wrote about in his book of that name). In a new role that I feel God is calling me to, I am working through what it means to truly disciple in 21st century Greensboro, NC.
What does a true Christian look like? What kind of knowledge do they have? How would one pray like that? How would one serve like that? How would one spread the gospel and evangelize in our town?
In essence, this is simply a new way of phrasing what would Jesus do in this place and in this time.
I chose the word precipice because I love the definition of it (“A very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one”). We have a cliff before us and I simply want to ask you, are you willing to take that leap?
Are you willing to jump off the mountain that you have built for yourself and enter the freedom that can only come from jumping?
Let’s take a leap and see what God does.
Posted on September 30th, 2011 by jason | No Comments »Set List 9.18.11 & 9.25.11
This is really late but here were the songs that we did the past couple of weeks. It has been great because God has added a female vocalist to our team and she has been doing fantastic. More than anything, her heart and commitment has truly inspired the others to join in with what God is calling us to. So let’s thank Joanna for helping out in her area of passion and calling. It is also great to have a woman to our all-man team. She is the wife of our drummer, Trevor, and has truly brought a lot to our team.
Set List 9.18.11
One way – Hillsong
Everyday – Lincoln Brewster
Hosanna – Hillsong
Oh You Bring – Hillsong United
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All creatures of our God and King – old hymn by St. Francis of Assisi
Set List 9.25.11
We are free – Matt Redman
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Dancing Generation – Matt Redman
Jesus Paid it all – Kristian Stanfill version
Narrow Road – Hillsong
Set a fire – Will Reagan & the United Pursuit
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The greatness of our God – Hillsong
Things I’m Loving (9.24.11)
- At the top of my list is my new iPhone. Wow, utterly amazing. Why did I ever have a Droid? Goodness, this phone is awesome.
- NFL football is going great thus far. My fantasy team is only 50/50. I am so happy the Panthers are now competitive. Just wish Cam Newton could get that well deserved W.
Read
- The super simple secret to great ideas. Jon Acuff hits it out of the park with this conflicting post about being quiet to be creative.
- Troy is dead. Mark is dead. God is sad. Carlos Whittaker is the best blogger on the planet. He always encourages, challenges, and redirects my life. This post hit me especially since a man who is presumed to be innocent died this past week.
- My top ten worship songs. Speaking of Carlos, he and a few of his friends are writing about their favorite worship songs. I really love these. Mine are (as far as my memory serves me currently) (in no particular order) From the Inside Out, Did you feel the mountains tremble, Heart of Worship, Jesus Paid it all, Nothing but the blood (Matt Redman), Facedown, Divine Romance, Salvation is Here, How Great is our God, and How he loves.
Books
- Writing down the Bones was a great book that truly inspired me to be me in writing.
- IV by Chuck Klosterman is quickly becoming one of my favorite books. I am not really into heavy metal or music writing that much but I will read anything that Klosterman writes. He’s my new Malcolm Gladwell.
- The King Jesus Gospel really hammered down what the gospel story is truly about. We need to stop taking Jesus out of his natural context (that of a Jewish man) and place him back in that story in order to truly see all that He did and had to say.
- The Eleventh Day was a great book about 9/11 and how and why it came to be. Great read that fulfilled my crazy curiousity. Very well researched and thorough. I wish they were going to make a documentary that went just as much in depth.
Watch
- Vickie and I watched Bridesmaids the other day and it is pretty hilarious. Really raunchy but funny. I don’t recommend for everyone (most Christians) but a great laugh.
- We are still watching Cheers and we are currently in season 4 and still loving it. Great, great show. I would give Season 3 a 4 out of 5 stars. Season 2 would be 4 out of 5 also.
- I watched the Office this past week and I love that Andy is the new boss to replace Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and think he is definitely the best choice. I also love the dynamics between James Spader’s character, Robert California, and everyone he encounters. It was so funny to see Stanley have a recurring joke in the show (“shove it up your butts”).
- Modern Family had a great premiere and it was easy to see why it won so many Emmys last week.
- We even watched the new show Whitney. It was good but it made me think that it was more for women. And I’m not one so I am not sure how long I’ll continue to watch.
- I have other shows I wish to watch but either don’t have the time or probably shouldn’t watch them. Here those are: Breaking Bad (just got on Netflix Instant), Mad Men (can’t see what is so amazing about this show but love it and I’ve only seen 3 episodes), the Wire (probably simply because both Michael’s former boss and new wife on the Office came from it but also because I’ve heard it is amazing), Chuck, Psych, Glee (we’ve only season 1 and want to watch the current ones. When is season 2 going to release on Netflix instant?), and the Sopranos.
What inspired you this week? What should I be reading on a blog or a book and what should I be watching?
Posted on September 25th, 2011 by jason | No Comments »