We roll ahead the clocks an hour to ’spring ahead’ and we also move our service times to 9:30am and 11am. We were privileged to have missionary Orai Lehmen with us for a Saturday evening dinner and story time, as well as in church to preach Sunday morning. Our men who traveled to Mozambique last summer worked closely with him in their African mission work. This is my second Sunday this month to lead our church in worship. I love it. Here is our order for the morning…

 

Sometimes we kickoff with an upbeat song, but on this morning we’re using a more acoustic approach. Amanda Collicott was planning to lead vocally as I play the acoustic and Chris Saad plays percussion for “Knees to the earth,” but she has been sick this weekend. We went with “To the ends of the earth” on acoustic instead. There are some ‘older’ tunes on the list, but they just seemed to be the right one for the morning. These first three Sunday’s of March are a little different for us, yet still awesome. After “Mighty to save” we transition into “The Stand,” which has a similar feel musically. We have used that song several times since Christmas. Usually our main worship set is straight through, but a few guys who traveled to Mozambique share briefly on video. After “Here I am to worship” there is a video with some of our people holding a sign saying “I am a missionary” as we are singing the chorus of “To the ends of the earth.” Sometimes you just have to be there to see it and understand. 

This week someone told me about an interview with Martin Smith of Delirious where the interviewer asked him how they choose the songs that end up on an album. He basically responded by saying, “God gives us the songs to put on the album.” I guess that’s an answer, but the interviewer was probably looking for a different answer. How do you choose the songs you will use in a worship set? Do you have a particular method?