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Sunday Setlists #112 – September 12, 2010

September 12, 2010 by 9 Comments

Thank you so much for sharing your Sunday experiences with us!

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of:

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Welcome to the 112th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”. The purpose of “Sunday Setlists” is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn’t work as well as you’d like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don’t have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week.

Click here to receive an email reminder each week to participate.

Click here to view the archives of “Sunday Setlists” posts.

To participate:

1. Blog about your worship services this week. In that blog, mention that you are participating in “Sunday Setlists” at TheWorshipCommunity.Com and link back to this post.

(http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/sunday-setlists-112/)

2. If you don’t have a blog, leave your own recap right here by simply adding a comment to the discussion thread below.

3. Share your information (links, media, etc) and encourage others to do the same.

Oh … and whatever you do … don’t forget to leave a comment below! If you aren’t a member of TheWorshipCommunity.Com, you can register quickly, or just use the “Facebook Connect” login!

Share your Experience:

1. If you blogged about your worship recap, add the link in the “Mister Linky” below. Be sure that the link goes directly to the specific entry about this week’s “Sunday Setlists” post, and not to your blog’s homepage.

2. If you use Twitter, use the #sundaysetlists hashtag. Your “tweet” will show in the box below soon. You can even tag videos or images with the #sundaysetlists hashtag.

3. Regardless, don’t forget to leave a comment in the discussion area. Subscribe to the thread so you can come back and see what others are doing.

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Links: (add a link to your “Sunday Setlists” blog post below)

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The Top 25 Buzz-Worthy Songs (Oct 2009-Mar 2010)

September 8, 2010 by 6 Comments

Every six months Christian Copyright Licensing Inc (CCLI) prints out the results of a survey which lists the most popular worship songs in churches, youth rallies, prayer vigils, and any other community events that use printouts, overhead transparencies, and Powerpoint presentations.  The current Top 25 songs are listed here.  Survey results for the top 100, top 500, and top 2000 are available for purchase. [Read more...]

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Review: Love God. Love People. Israel Houghton

September 6, 2010 by 5 Comments

Thanks to Eddy Mann and Betty Nichols for sharing their thoughts on Israel Houghton’s newest release, Love God. Love People.

Genre: Gospel, Worship
Release Date: August 31, 2010

Eddy Mann

The Christian R & B scene remains in good hands with Israel Houghton’s new release “Love God, Love People”. Once again we’re blessed with a collection of songs that will move you, challenge you and refresh you.

Recorded at Abby Road studios in London, England [the home of all those great Beatle recordings]with the help of some notable gospel players, including Kirk Franklin ["Mercies"] and Fred Hammond ["Surprises"], the songs flow in and out of each other always with a connecting thread that ties up the biblical command that’s found in the opening title song. [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #111 – September 5 2010

September 5, 2010 by 13 Comments

Thank you so much for sharing your Sunday experiences with us!

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of:

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Welcome to the 111th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”. The purpose of “Sunday Setlists” is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn’t work as well as you’d like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don’t have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week.

Click here to receive an email reminder each week to participate.

Click here to view the archives of “Sunday Setlists” posts.

To participate:

1. Blog about your worship services this week. In that blog, mention that you are participating in “Sunday Setlists” at TheWorshipCommunity.Com and link back to this post.

(http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/sunday-setlists-111/)

2. If you don’t have a blog, leave your own recap right here by simply adding a comment to the discussion thread below.

3. Share your information (links, media, etc) and encourage others to do the same.

Oh … and whatever you do … don’t forget to leave a comment below! If you aren’t a member of TheWorshipCommunity.Com, you can register quickly, or just use the “Facebook Connect” login!

Share your Experience:

1. If you blogged about your worship recap, add the link in the “Mister Linky” below. Be sure that the link goes directly to the specific entry about this week’s “Sunday Setlists” post, and not to your blog’s homepage.

2. If you use Twitter, use the #sundaysetlists hashtag. Your “tweet” will show in the box below soon. You can even tag videos or images with the #sundaysetlists hashtag.

3. Regardless, don’t forget to leave a comment in the discussion area. Subscribe to the thread so you can come back and see what others are doing.

Links: (add a link to your “Sunday Setlists” blog post below)

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Review: A Beautiful Exchange [Hillsong Live]

September 3, 2010 by 8 Comments

Thanks to our TWC members for providing their reviews of Hillsong’s latest Live album: A Beautiful Exchange (released June 29, 2010)

Recorded live Nov. 8, 2009, along with thousands of worshipers gathered together in the Sydney Entertainment Centre and led by worship leaders Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech and Jad Gillies, among others, the resulting collective expression of worship launches a series of firsts for Hillsong LIVE.  A Beautiful Exchange will be the first release of brand new songs in the alliance announced last month with EMI Christian Music Group, and it launches amidst the group’s first radio single from the album and first ever U.S. tour. [Read more...]

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Should Worship Be Fun?

September 1, 2010 by 15 Comments

Should Worship Be Fun?

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Reposted with permission from WorshipMatters.com

More than once I’ve heard Christians claim that worship should be fun, or act like they had a responsibility to prove that Christians knew how to “party” in church. I’ve always been uncomfortable with that connection, so I started thinking about the place of “fun” in worship, if one even exists. I’d like to address this question
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