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Worship Set April 22

Sweeter - Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff, Israel & Meleasa Houghton
We All Bow Down- Lenny LeBlanc
Blessed Be The Name- Matt & Beth Redman
Amazed- Jared Anderson
You Are- Carvel Avis, Terry Howard

Worship April 15

Majestic - Lincoln Brewster
All The Earth Will Sing Your Praises - Paul Baloche
God is Good - Kim Noblitt
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - John Newton with added chorus - Tomlin/Giglio
Here and Now - Paul Baloche and Brenton Brown

Worship Set on Easter

Christ the Lord is Risen Today - G3 arrangement
My Redeemer Lives - Hillsong
The Power of the Cross - Cottrell, Dean  & Moffett
Revelation Song - Riddle
Oh, to See the Dawn - Stuart Townend
Great is Your Faithfulness - Lifeway (heard this at re:create)

Worship Palm Sunday

  Sunday's worship at Broadmoor. 

In the Name of the Lord - Sandi Patti
Hosanna - Peter Scholtes  (from Travis Cottrell's "Alive Forever")   
How Great is Our God Medley - Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash  arranged by Cottrell
I Stand Amazed - The hymn arranged by Bovee from "You Are God Alone"
There is a Fountain - arrangement from Selah
Jesus Paid it All / You Are My King (Amazing Love) - Billy Foote (arrangement with Cello) awesome song

We had an awesome Sunday service at Broadmoor on Palm Sunday.  Using ideas from Dan Kimball's Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations, we set up 4 different prayer stations inside the worship center...  The Lord's Supper, Garden of Gethsemane, Cat of Nine Tails, the Cross.  The congregation was engaged and it was a tremendous service.  God really blessed.  Thanks to Broadmoor's Dream Team for an awesome job.

Worship Set March 25th

This is what is planned for worship this Sunday at Broadmoor. 
We are leaning more blended this Sunday.
Next week we will lean the other way. 

Hallelujah, (Your Love is Amazing) - Brenton Brown & Brian Doerksen
Shout to the Lord - Hillsong
You Are God Alone - Billy Foote
At The Cross Medley - G3/Robert Elkins arrangement
What a Friend We Have in Jesus - Hymns for Praise and Worship

Tomlin Concert

  Well, what can I say.  This has been a very long but awesome day.  Tomlin, Redman & Giglio were at my church tonight and it was one of the best events I've ever hosted or attended.  Not because these guys are popular or at the pinnacle of Contemporary Christian music, not because we hosted the event or anything like that.  I was great because everyone from the crew to Tomlin himself treated this event as a worship service.  It WAS a very meaningful time of worship.  God's word was proclaimed through the spoken word, music, video... just amazing.  The place was packed.  We had right at 2800 folks who came to worship.  The amazing thing was to hear the crowd sing so strongly.  Tomlin stopped and commented how good the crowd sang.  They couldn't help but know this music.  So many huge songs that have blessed the church and are elements we use everyday.  I can't decide which song people sang the strongest.  It would be a 4 way tie between We Fall Down, The Heart of Worship, Indescribable, or How Great is Our God. 

  Louie Giglio has an awesome message.  Tomlin was incredible, very gracious and humble.  Matt Redman and I talked in the break.  I am very impressed with his testimony and what God is doing in his life.  Don't miss this tour.  It is completely different from any concert event.

The Call

I couldn't sleep last night.  I'm excited about the Tomlin event tonight but I really need the sleep (I will be posting throughout the day on the concert).  But anyway, it's 2am and I've picked up a book that I am re-reading:  "An Hour on Sunday" by Willow Creek's Nancy Beach.  Nancy's writings are to-the-point and resonate with my Call to ministry. 

We are all called to serve God in some form or fashion.  I count myself blessed to be able to use creative arts in the church.  But the thing that totally blows me away is the fact that God uses what I do to transform lives.  There is nothing better in life than being an agent of transformation knowing that lives are eternally changed by God through the truth of His Word communicated by the arts.  That thrill is sweeter than any other job we can do here on earth.

In her book, Nancy writes about the high calling . . .

Lukewarm?

   We possess 5 senses; smell, touch, taste, hearing and sight.  But we typically limit ourselves to two senses when we come to worship.  God created us as multisensory beings and chose to reveal Himself to us through all of our senses.  The Bible included these sensory elements: incense, frankenscense, fragrant offerings, laying of hands, clapping of hands, disciples leaning on one another, casting crowns, bowing to the ground, felt water, touch of the bread, communion, taste of honey, marriage supper of the Lamb, trumpet blast, singing, visual beauty in the tabernacle, bread and cup, color, texture, design and more.  Shouldn't we be willing to worship God using all of our senses?  It may require you to step out of your box to experience more of the mystery of God.  Being "comfortable with how I worship" may be fine for you but lukewarm for God.

So much has been written on this topic.  Check out these great articles on Multisensory Worship.
Faithworks   Randy Elrod   Worship Connection   Christian Standard

What's your favorite Seuss?

I work with a worship Dream Team to craft our worship gatherings.  I love the creative process of worship design.  The makeup of our team is diverse.  We are all different and bring different views to the table. No idea is wrong and I've leveled the playing field.  We also don't dissect our brainstorming sessions away from the group. 

We are currently working on some worship ideas based on the writings of Dr. Suess.  There is alot of thought-provoking theology in the stories of Seuss. One we may use is based on The Steeches.  The message - Diversity...How boring this world would be if we were all the same.

What's your favorite Seuss?    Click HERE for a list of Seuss books.

Lost Your Wonder?

Ever wonder where your wonder went?  As an adult, I find it difficult to be in wonder. But my son has no problem with this.  Here is a picture of Eli in wonder of his very first fish caught with his Granddad back in 2004.
To be in wonder is to be surprised or amazed.  Wonder is astonishment, bewilderment, fascination, admiration and awe.  Wonder is not a casual emotion or fake excitement.  Wonder is much deeper being born in knowledge of His character, His nature, His grandeur and His attributes.  It takes your breath away.

In His article entitled "Wonder, the missing ingredient of Worship", Lamar Boshman writes:
The mystery and the wonder of the Lord and his kingdom are lost in the explained and the contained.  We have become victims of definitions, analysis, outlines, charts and procedures. The church once lived on the dangerous edge of the miraculous, but now we live in the safe fences of our explanations. And we dare not venture out to where the bushes are burning and men lay prostrate before the transcendent glory of God.

I want this.  I need this.  One line in Boshman's article states "When you get off the road of the  explained and the defined and get lost in the forest of His greatness, then transcendent worship can happen."  Lord, don't let us lose our wonder.  May your story not be so familiar.  And may we pause, pray and ponder the wonder of You.