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Excited to be leading worship again. It’s been since August since I’ve led.

This is a pre-post. We’ve already had rehearsal, but not service yet.

Today is the last Sunday my parents will be at The Sanctuary in Jefferson, Ga. God has made some incredible moves and the church will be merging with a church called Hope Crossings. For the last 5+ years, my parents have paved the way for this awesome change and will be stepping out of the way to let the other pastoral family come in and lead the new church!

They are excited about what the future holds both for themselves and for the new church!

My parents are so amazing. I’d like to publicly honor them here on the blog and let the world know that you won’t find two more incredible pastors. They have poured time and energy into the lives of hundreds of people over the years, encouraging, edifying, and equipping the saints for the work of the ministry and I am so proud of them.

You won’t find better examples of Christ-like humility and a willingness to serve. You won’t find better examples of Godly parents. Of course, I’m a little biased, but I mean every word.

There’s been ups and downs and lots of hurts along the way, which is unavoidable when you spend your life pouring out your own life into others.

But there’s also been joy and accomplishments. Some outward, but many more seeds planted and watered, only to blossom and grow into plants long after.

I love you, Dad & Mom!

Setlist:

1) Glory to God Forever (Fee): Key G. Was planning to do this in A, but forgot my capo so I just rocked it in G. Good range for the team. Worked out great.

2) Psalm 93 (The Lord Reigns) (Hutto – me): Key G. This is a brand new one that I wrote just last month. I wanted to share it in a corporate worship setting and it’s gone over very well. It’s catchy and singable. One of my favorite originals at the moment.

Listen to my scratch demo: http://twt.fm/337786

3) How Great is Our God (Tomlin): Key G. After introducing a new original I always like to follow it with a good solid familiar song that people know and love. It’s a great way to bring people back in, especially if people aren’t catching on to the new one, which isn’t really a problem with the new one today, it’s going over well. But still that’s my formula (if you will).

Great to be worshiping with a band and team in another part of the state this morning, and knowing that we’re all lifting our worship at different times this weekend. Awesome when you think about how many voices are raised (as one) each week in praise and worship to our God!

Join us in sharing what your voices were singing this week at Sunday Setlists.

Got to play on the team at St. Simons Community Church this morning. Really enjoyed it. I played some on acoustic guitar and some on keys (string pads while Fred jumped on the piano).

Met a few new singers and as always enjoy playing with the rhythm section there (Rick, Kimbo, Gary).

Also, snuck into FamJam for a few minutes. It was awesome! It’s a once a month children’s service geared towards kids AND their parents. The energy was great. The production was top notch. The production crew was right on. And the FamJam performers were very funny! Great stuff.

1) Gloria (MercyMe). Key D. Pretty straight forward arrangement.

2) Glory To God Forever (Fee). Key A. I hadn’t played or sung this song before coming to SSCC and heard it for a while and it never really clicked with me. However, after actually playing it a few times, I really enjoy it. Great tune. I just play it in G (capo 2).

3) O Come All Ye Faithful (Carol). Key G. Getting close to Christmas! Todd led out and did an awesome job!

4) Agnus Dei (MWS). Key G. Great song. Loved our arrangement.

5) Hosanna (Brooke Fraser). Key E. Believe it or not, as popular as this song is, I’ve never played or sung it. We had a young lady (from the youth) lead out on this one and it was great!

6) Glorious Impossible (Joe Beck, Carl Cartee, and Wendy Wills). Key E. Enjoyed playing this service closer. Jumped back on guitar for this one. Todd did a great job leading this one.

John Blankenship gave a great message today.

I also had the privilege of participating in the InsideOut (youth) band Wednesday night too. Played keys. It was fun.

To see what other worship leaders/teams/worshipers are doing be sure to particpate in Fred Mckinnon’s Sunday Setlist carnival.

Had a great time squeaking out some high high high tenor parts this past Sunday at www.sscommunitychurch.com. Not that they’d be high for a tenor, but I’m not really a tenor! More like a lazy baritone! But I was a trooper and squealed them out.

1) Glorious (Munizzi): Key Gm. I’ve done this one for years but never really had to actually sing! Did I mention my part was high? It was a fun song to open up with. Fred had a nice click and accompany track set up and the band played the arrangement well. This isn’t an easy song to pull off.

2) Glory to God (Fee): Key A. This js the first time I’ve sung this one. Really enjoyed it.

3) Take My Life (hymn): Key(s) D, Eb, E. One of my favorite hymns of all time. Used as the “prayer” of consecration over babies and their families in a time of baby dedication. Was vey nice!

4) Revelation Song (Riddle): Key D. Not the rocked out arrangement I’m used to leading, but I wasn’t leading, just singing high tenor, so I just rocked that! Ha just kidding. I love this song backwards and forwards so you could play any arrangement and I’d eat it up. This one was REALLY easy to jump right in and sing with. I slipped over on to the keys (Fred slipped back to the grand) and I added some nice string pads while singing the tenor.

5) If You Say Go (old vineyard): Key D. Hadn’t heard this one in a really long time. But it ended the message time really well. I think people really responded as we closed with this one each service.

Loved being a part of the team this week and I’m looking forward to many more!! Join me and other worshipers from all over sharin our Sunday experiences!

I’m posting this via iPhone, since I’m currently without Internet at our new place here in the beautiful Golden Isles region of Coastal Georgia. We’re still unpackig boxes, but we are OFFICIAL residents of our “dream” area!!

I was invited by my good buddy, Fred McKinnon, to sit in with the St. Simons Community Church band this Sunday. Definitely an honor and an opportunity I wouldn’t miss!

Fred was out of town on a mission/training trip for Compassion and so he asked me to fill the “keys” slot in the band.

Rehearsal thursday night went great. I jumped right in and added what I could when I could. Apparently it was sufficient because everyone was very nice.

Sunday morning went well.

1) I See The Lord: I think it’s an old Ron Kenoly tune. Key G.

2) The Rock: and old gospel, bluesy tune. Key G. This one was fun. Got to cut loose with some bluesy stuff and even play a little solo in the middle.

3) Hosanna: (Baloche) Key G. Pretty standard arrangement.

4) I Can Only Imagine: Key E. Switched over from keys to grand piano on this one. Love playing a REAL piano!! Went well. Standard arrangement.

5) 6) 7) Medley of Come to the Table, You Are My King and On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand: Key D. These were during the after message communion set.

I really enjoyed playing this week. It was VERY nice to come in to a well running ministry and just offer my talents to serve the congregation and to worship God in music WITHOUT wearing the leader’s hat. Everything was so smooth and well thought out: from the organized and labeled IEMs, to the snacks in the green room, to the communion for the team in the back between services. I loved my first day of serving with the band.

It was a pleasure and I hope to do it again soon!

join me and other worshipers as we share our Sunday experiences and Sunday Setlists.

Today was my first day volunteering at St. Simons Community Church.

We do a livestream for each service and one of the volunteer stations is manning the chat and camera work for the internet stream. I really enjoyed it. For most of my participation in Sunday Setlists I’ve been singing or playing an instrument in front of everyone.

It’s REALLY nice to sit back and serve BEHIND everyone!!

Looking forward to next week too. I’ve been invited to sit in with the band on keys.

My favorite “moment” of this week was A Mighty Fortress (Christy Nockels): The team did an AMAZING job with this one, and honestly I didn’t want it to end.