We are upon the second part of our three-part series called "God's Search and Rescue Mission" this week as we countdown the weeks to the day we celebrate (officially) Christ's resurrection from the dead.
Pastor Todd is teaching out of Luke 15:8-10, so take a minute to familiarize yourself with the passage before you come.
In the same way we ended the service last week, we'll be singing songs that remind us of the new life we've been given in Christ so that we might have passion to share that life with those who are dead in their sins.
We'll start with our version of "How Great Thou Art" as a call to worship and help us focus on the one we've gathered to worship. Pastor Todd will come and pray and welcome new visitors, etc. and then we'll sing "Once Again" which reminds us of what that Great God did for us in sacrificing his Son. Then we'll sing Tommy Walker's "I Have a Hope," which has been one that our church has really embraced, and claimed the truth it contains, and which fits perfectly with God's rescue mission to find lost sinners and give them hope!
We'll watch another short video that has to do with "rescuing" and that should lead us into a time studying Scripture through Pastor Todd's teaching.
We'll respond in song as we recall the song that played during the video last week: "God of this City" so go ahead and check out the video in case you aren't that familiar with the tune.
We'll finish with "Take My Life and Let It Be" as a corporate surrender of our wills to be used by God to accomplish His PERFECT will.
Thanks guys, that's what's happening, so happy preparation!
- - For What It's Worth - - On the video of Tommy singing "I Have a Hope" it's truly a TBN audience, trying to get into the soulful beat of the song by clapping on every beat. Just a little music lesson: CLAPPING OCCURS ON THE WEAK BEAT of the measure, on the 2, and 4, of the four beats. When in doubt, watch when a drummer plays the snare drum, which is the one right between his knees. Clapping on the 1, and 3 beats is a very rythmically rigid-feeling peculiarity that is unique to "white" people, and has contributed to the idea that "white people got no soul." :)
1 comment:
First off, that video of tommy is pretty comical. the shots of the audience with them clapping on every beat, gently, and looking at each other with satisfaction.
Secondly, one would find it most surprising to know that while I was in uganda, and they would sing and dance for us, they generally clapped on 1 and 3. I tried to figure out why this occurs, but couldn't really come up with an answer.
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