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comments on the new software

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:08:00 +0000

Hey everyone -

As I mentioned in the email, I'm testing a new software.

I'll be honest, I love it. But I have some concerns - specifically the font size on the printouts of the charts. I'd love to hear some feedback on that and on the format in general.

Ultimately we'd still keep this site up and running, but it would become more of what it was intended to be - a forum for discussion - rather than what it's become - the place to post the list.

Let me know your thoughts about all of the above (and more) by posting a comment.

thanks.

order of worship 3/15/09

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:35:00 +0000

Hello all -

Here are my thoughts for this Sunday.

If anyone has any questions/comments/suggestions, just send them along via post.

Thanks to all of you.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	How firm a foundation (right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 2	What a Savior (click here for the audio - FREE download - and here for the chart)
Song 3	God over all (click here for the audio and here for the chart)
Song 4	All hail the power (right click here for a chart)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	I come by the blood (click here for audio and the chart - get the one that mentions a congregational key)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Let it be said of us (I hope to post a chart on Thursday)
Message
Song

For a printable copy of the order, right click here

order of worship 3/8/2009

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:47:00 +0000

Hey everybody -

Here are my thoughts for this Sunday.

Jake - plan on the electric this week.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions, just post them.

Thanks guys.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Let your kingdom come (for downloadable audio and for the chart, click here) - the cd is also available at that link for $8.
Scripture reading
Song 2	He is Jesus (download audio here, and the chart here)
Song 3	Indescribable
Song 4	I want to be where you are
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	I will glory in my Redeemer (audio can be downloaded here, and the chart is here)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Speak O Lord (right click here for a chart)
Message
Song

To download a copy of the order, right click here

order of worship 3/1/2009

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Hello all -

What a great morning we had yesterday. I was tremendously blessed by the entire service. Encouragement after encouragement throughout.

This week, in an effort to shorten things up in light of the ministry fair, things are getting shuffled a bit.

The Announcements/Ministry highlights are simultaneous to the Offering and both happen immediately after the first set of songs rather than after Communion. Once the offering has been taken and the ministry highlights have been completed, we can make the transition to the Lord's table. We'll sing during that and then after the song and prayer of response we can dismiss the kids. I think that should keep things fairly short, all things considered.

Ernie - great passage yesterday, thanks for your work in selecting it. This week, since we're trying to shorten everything, something a little more brief might be in order.

Jake - let's go acoustic all the way this Sunday.

If anyone has any thoughts or comments, let me know.

Thanks to all of you. I was re-listening to Steve's last message about a passion for the people of God in Philippians 1, how Paul says that he thanks God always, in every prayer. I can't claim to be as frequent in my remembrance or in my prayer, but I can say that I do thank God for all of you and I do it frequently. I love serving with you all and I look forward to it every week. God is good, and he's good to me through all of you. Thanks for your love for the church and your commitment to serve.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	All I once held dear (right click here for a chart)
Song 2	Be thou my vision (right click here for a chart)
Song 3	High above all things (audio and lyrics available here)
Scripture reading
Song 4	Jesus will reign (chart available by right clicking here)
Welcome and Announcements	Offering
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	There is a fountain filled with blood (right click here for a chart)
Message

A printable copy of the order is available by right clicking here

order of worship 2/22/09

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:18:00 +0000

Hello all -

Here are my thoughts for this week. No extended intro. If anyone has any thoughts, post a comment.

Jake, let's go with two acoustics this week and change up the feel a bit.

Thanks,

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	O for a thousand tongues (for a copy of the chart, right click here)
Song 2	He reigns (I'll post a chart soon. To hear the song streaming, click here)
Scripture reading
Song 3	In Christ alone (for a copy of the chart, right click here)
Song 4	It is well (I'll post a chart ASAP - melody will be traditional)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	Jesus thy blood and righteousness (I'll post a chart - melody will be traditional)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	High above all things (click here for downloadable audio and the chart - the album No Greater Love is also available at this link for $6)
Message
Song

For a printable copy of the order, right click here

order of worship 2/15/09

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Hello all -

Here we have the thoughts for this week.

Musicians - we're going to try something this week with "How great thou art" and "Thank you for saving me." We're going to sing the first two verses and the chorus of "How great" and then move to the chorus of "Thank you." We'll sing through the entirety of "Thank you" before going back to the final verse and chorus of "How great." Thematically, I think it will work really well. Musically, it'll get a bit tricky. Practice both songs, if you would, this week. I don't have the keys yet (they probably won't be as written - at least for one of them), but getting a feel for both songs will help.

Tech team - note the transitions above because it will come into play with the slide transitions.

Thanks everyone - if you have any questions or comments, post them.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Blessed be your name (I'll post a chart, for audio download Matt Redman's original on iTunes or click here to hear it stream on youtube here)
Song 2	So I will trust you (for a chart, click here. for downloadable audio, click here. to download or order the cd from Sovereign Grace Music - $6 - click here)
Scripture reading
Song 3	How great thou art (right click here for the chart. For audio check out Paul Baloche's arrangement on his Our God Saves album on iTunes or click here for a streaming video)
Song 4	Thank you for saving me (I'll post a chart. For audio, downlod Delirious's original from iTunes)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	The gospel song (click here for audio and the chart)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Receive the glory (click here for the audio, here for the chart, and here to download/order the cd - $6)
Message
Song

To download a copy of the order, right click here

order of worship 2/8/2009

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:05:00 +0000

Hey all -

The singing will be slightly abbreviated this Sunday due to a bunch of other stuff that will be taking up time. So, we'll do two songs prior to the Scripture reading and then one afterward. We will be ready to do "Speak, O Lord" during the offering/before the message, but I have a feeling that we won't be end up singing it due to time.

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions, please let me know via comment.

Thanks for all the care you give to the church through your ministry.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Praise the Lord (click here for audio - FREE song download - or, purchase the cd - under half price at $6. click here for a chart)
Song 2	O for a thousand tongues (right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	I bow down (click here for audio download and for the chart. or, buy the album for $6)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	Alas and did (click here for downloadable audio/chart. or, download the album for $6)
Welcome and Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during the offering)	Speak O Lord (right click here for a chart, click here to watch a video someone made to play with the song)
Message

To download a printer friendly version of the order, right click here

order of worship for 2/1/2009

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Hello all -

Welcome to MuTe to those of you who haven't been here before! We have a few recent additions/upcoming additions to the tech team and they're probably jumping on the site for the first time. Thank you for being willing to serve God in the local church by joining a ministry team and using your talents. It's helpful and it's obedient. And those two things mean that your joining and service is an evidence of God's grace at work in your lives. Be encouraged!

To all of you new techies - the music team hears me say this probably more than they care to (so if you're on the music team go ahead and skip to the next paragraph). If you look at the last post on this blog you'll see that Sovereign Grace is about to launch a huge sale. One of the things that I think is tremendously important for our spiritual walks and for the quality of our ministry on a Sunday morning is that we all are familiar with the songs that we're doing. For the power point crew on Sunday mornings, it helps on multiple fronts:

1. When making new slides, it's helpful to know how the phrasing of the music goes so that you can divide the lines accordingly.

2. When the congregational worship is underway, familiarity with the music will enable you to follow along more easily to feel where the song is going to go for slide changes.

3. The more that you're familiar with the music, the more that you'll be able to engage with the worship even while you're serving on the power point team. If you don't know the songs, you'll be distracted by reading along to make sure that you don't miss a cue. If you're familiar with the music, on the other hand, you'll have more freedom to sing, to raise your hands, to clap, and generally to worship while you're still serving the church well.

So, it's my recommendation that you check out that sale and select a few cds that you can listen to, enjoy, make a part of your spiritual walk, and use in your service to the church. Thanks again guys, great to have you on the team.

This week is going to be a bit different than the usual. We're jumping into what will be a series of messages on the core values of TFC. The messages will be spread throughout the year. I think the typical schedule is once per month (give or take).

I'll be preaching this week on our core value of Singing in Worship. Since singing is the theme of the message, I thought that it might be appropriate to have the bulk of the singing after the message to allow people to respond.

So, we'll have only one opening song and then we'll go into Communion, welcome, offering etc. Hopefully I'll be preaching by 11:30-ish and we'll be back to singing sometime between 12:15 and 12:30. We'll close out the service with music.

Rich and Pat are both away this week, so Shelly will be filling in.

If anyone has any suggestions or questions, feel free to post.

If you would, please be praying for me as I prepare both the music and put finishing touches on the sermon.

Thanks guys,

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Not what my hands have done (right click here to download the chart)
Communion
Song 2 (during communion)	A debtor to mercy alone (click here for downloadable audio and for the chart)\ Click here to purchase a copy of Upward: the Bob Kauflin Hymns Project - $8.00 Click here to purchase the mp3 download package of Upward: the Bob Kauflin Hymns Project - $6.00
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 3 (during offering)	Famous One (click here for a youtube video of the Chris tomlin original - or purchase from iTtunes, right click here for the chart)
Message
Song 4	Arise (i'll try to get a chart up ASAP)
Song 5	Greater than we can imagine (click here for downloadable audio and click here for a chart) Click here to purchase a copy of Psalms in cd format. - $12.00 Click here to purchase the mp3 download package of Psalms - $9.00
Scripture reading
Song 6	Praise the Lord (click here for downloadable audio, and here for a chart) to purchase a cd or download the mp3 package of Psalms see the link above
Song 7	Your great name we praise (click here for downloadable audio and for a chart) to purchase a cd or download the mp3 package of Upward: the Bob Kauflin Hymns project use the link above
Song 8	Holy holy holy (right click here for a chart)

resources

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Well, I found out today that a bunch of resources that I had just ordered had arrived. And I also found out this morning that Sovereign Grace is about to kick off a huge sale for all of their resources.

I ordered a week too soon!

Guys, I cannot encourage you enough to check out this link and the information on it. SGM is cutting costs by an average of 50% on these things - sovereign grace books, pursuit of godliness books, cds, etc. Last year when this sale was going on, I stocked up on some stuff. I'd highly recommend that you take advantage of it.

Take a look by clicking here

order of worship 1/25/09

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:06:00 +0000

Hey everyone -

Here are my thoughts for Sunday. We'll be hearing a message from Phil. 1:6 - "he who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it..." So the themes of the songs center around God's securing grace and how we, though tempted to wander and wandering, though sometimes feeling as though we have fallen too far for grace, are tightly bound up by the finished work of the cross. "Those whom he called he also justified, and those who he justified he also glorified." Rom 8.

So that's what we'll be dwelling on in the songs - our objective security, whether or not we feel as though we are secure.

If anyone has any thoughts on the order, just post them.

Thanks to all of you for your service to the church.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Not what my hands have done (right click here for a chart)
Song 2	Come you saints (click here for downloadable audio and the chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	Jesus, my only hope (click here for downloadable audio and the chart)
Song 4	His forever (click here for downloadable audio and the chart)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	How deep the father’s love for us (right click here for a chart)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Come thou fount (right click here for a chart)
Message
Song

To download a copy of the order, right click here

order of worship 1/18/2009

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:24:00 +0000

Hi all -

Very sorry for the late notice. We just got back from the marriage conference (a real blessing - I'd highly recommend it, if you weren't able to attend this year).

The order is below. Since this is so late, clearly, I don't expect anyone to have learned anything new or have practiced ahead of time. Just come with all your stuff and we'll see what we can do last minute.

Thanks to all of you for your faithful work and service.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	O great God
Song 2	As long as you are glorified
Scripture reading
Song 3	Isn’t he good
Song 4	Great is thy faithfulness
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	What a savior
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Speak O Lord
Message
Song

To download a copy, right click here

sunday evaluation and the value of owning the music

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:17:00 +0000

Hi all -

I don't have much by way of evaluation except to thank and encourage the team of musicians from this Sunday. Each of the musicians mentioned on Sunday that they own the Psalms cd that had the new song "Greater than we can imagine" recorded.

I think that the value of owning the music was clearly seen/heard/experienced this past Sunday. Each of the musicians had spent some valuable time listening to and digesting the song. It enabled a lot of freedom during practice so that rather than teaching, we were able to tweak very specific things in our arrangement, sound, and application. So, I want to thank all of you who were involved this last week. And I want to commend these musicians to the rest of you (vocalists and musicians together) as examples of what happens when we learn the music ahead of time. It was a tremendous help to me to be able to spend the 10-15 minutes, that generally would be involved in teaching, by arranging, adjusting, working with transitions, etc. And by extension, I believe it ministered to the church.

I know that a few of you probably didn't particularly "like" the song. But I think that you will agree that, even if you didn't particularly appreciate the style, the execution of the song by the instrumentalists on the team was tight (despite a couple of broken strings). So, I'd ask that you consider their example and seek to imitate it in this small area.

Thanks guys,

order of worship 1/11/09 - guest sunday

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:46:00 +0000

Hi everyone -

Thanks to everyone who was involved this past Sunday. I received several thanks from people who appreciated the songs that we lead.

Congrats to Alan who has a new granddaughter (and a cute one at that)! Thanks, Alan for your willingness to serve even during such a special time. Since my son's under 5 months old, I understand the sacrifice (though I imagine it's somewhat different as a grandfather).

This Sunday is a guest Sunday which creates a bit of a different tone than is typical. We'll do the two new songs that we did last week - Speak O Lord (hopefully to be intro'd by Shelly on her violin with Anna on piano) and Greater than we can Imagine.

I'd like to ask that the musicians be extra prompt this week - if possible, let's be setup to begin practice at 7:30. Usually our goal is to arrive at that time (though we still have some trouble hitting that more weeks than not). I'd like to have not only arrived, but tuned, plugged in, made copies (if necessary - hopefully not), and limbered up the fingers/wrists by 7:30 so that we can dig in to practice and some arranging. And Eric used to say "boy, it's early" at 8:30 as he was taking a gulp of coffee and trying to loosen up his voice! I think that it would serve the congregation and especially our guests if we could maximize our time. So, if we could do that, I'd really appreciate it.

By the way, I've corrected the link for "Greater than we can imagine" so that the chord char/lyric sheet is available, rather than the lead sheet. Also, it looks as though the Psalms cd is on sale for $12. I'd highly recommend taking advantage of that - if you haven't already (and I know that several of you have - and the evidence is clear in your comfort level in playing and singing the songs).

That's about it. If there are any questions or suggestions, feel free to post.

See you then,

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Speak O Lord (click here for a cheesy video that includes a recording of the song, and right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 2	Grace unmeasured (click here for audio and a chart)
Song 3	Greater than we can imagine (click here for audio, and here for a chart)
Song 4	Because of you (click here for a video that includes audio of the original recording - we will not be doing this arrangement. and right click here for a chart)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	Amazing grace (my chains are gone) (click here for a video that includes the audio. I'll try to get a chart up tomorrow)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Before the throne (click here for audio and for a chart/lyrics)
Message
Song

order of worship 1/4/2009

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:44:00 +0000

Hello all -

Here are my thoughts for this Sunday. We're launching into the Philippians series this week and we'll be spending time dwelling on God's word as a means of grace to us. So, some of the themes of these songs as will reflect back towards Steve's message from t his past week as well as dwell directly on Scripture or be pulled from Scripture. One new song - please spend some time learning it before Sunday, if you are able.

Looks like I need to make up a few electronic versions of charts. I'll try to get those up here tomorrow.

Many thanks to you all. See you then.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	How firm a foundation (traditional melody - right click here for a chart)
Song 2	Thy mercy (right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	Greater than we can imagine (click here for a chart and here for downloadable audio)
Song 4	The Gospel song (click here for downloadable audio and a chart)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	My hiding place (click here for audio)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Come thou almighty King (right click here for a chart)
Message
Song

for a downloadable and printable copy of this order, right click here

order of worship for 12/28/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:36:00 +0000

Hey everyone -

It's the last Sunday in 2008. Who would've thought?

Sorry for the delay in getting this out. The Christmas week has thrown the schedule for a loop (and I wouldn't have it any other way).

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions for this list, let me know.

Thanks and see you all tomorrow.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Our God saves (click here for streaming audio and right click here for a chart)
Song 2	My Savior my God (click here for a video of the song being performed, and right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	As long as you are glorified (click here for audio and here for a chart)
Song 4	So I will trust you (click here fora audio and here for a chart)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	Nothin’ (click here for a video and right click here for the chart)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6	Here is love (click here for audio and a chart)
Message
Song

order of worship for 12/21/2008

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:27:00 +0000

Hey all -

Here are my thoughts for this Sunday. It's the last Sunday before Christmas, so it's all Christmas related here. Tried to spring from this passed week's message by pulling in some themes about praise and the glory of God in the gospel. Hopefully it comes through on some level.

I'm having to make up new chord charts for all of these old carols. Not a quick task. So, I'm going to hold off on linking to any of them until I have all of them - consolidating the effort. It'll probably be Thursday night before they're complete.

If anyone has any thoughts or questions, don't hesitate to post them.

Thanks,

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Let all mortal flesh keep silent (right click here for a chart)
Song 2	Angels we have heard on high (right click here for a chart)
Song 3	Hark the herald angels sing (right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 4	Glory be to God (click here for audio and a chart - both free)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	O come O come Emmanuel (right click here for a chart)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	All glory, laud, and honor (right click here for a chart)
Message

order of worship for 12/14/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:50:00 +0000

Hey everyone -

From what I'm hearing, this past Sunday went pretty well while I was away. I'm glad to hear it!

Things are a bit different this Sunday - my TMS is closing out the series God's Glorious Gospel with a message on God's glory reflected in the gospel and worship as a result of that. So, we're going to push a decent amount of the singing to the end of the service - after the message. We'll have two, possibly three, songs (depending on time) during the first set. Then after the message we'll have another three song set.

By and large our focus is on the glory of God in the gospel through Christmas. Got that?

So, here are my thoughts for songs. There's one brand new one after the service - it's from Sovereign Grace's "Savior" album (great Christmas stuff). The link for downloading is there (and happens to be free on this item) - I'd encourage you all to download the music for that song as well as the other SGM Christmas song "Christ the Lord is born today" which we will be singing earlier in the service. Incidentally, the entire album is available for download and is on sale for $8 (click here).

As always, if anyone has any questions or thoughts, just post them.

Thanks,

PS I'll try to post charts for all of the Christmas songs by Saturday afternoon.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Come thou long expected Jesus
Song 2	Christ the Lord is born today (click here for audio and for a chart)
Song 3 (depending on time)	Joy to the world
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	What child is this?
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	The glories of calvary (click here for audio and for a chart)
Message
Song	Angels we have heard on high
Song	Glory be to God (click here for FREE audio and for a chart)
Song	O come all ye faithful

To download a printable copy of this order, right click here.

order of worship 11/30/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Hey all - sorry about this, I'm reposting the order.

The other day's post was based on the wrong sermon, so I've changed things around entirely. We may just put that order off to next week when that sermon will actually be preached.

Thanks everybody.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Jesus will reign (right click here for a copy of the chart)
Scripture reading
Song 2	All I once held dear
Song 3	The greatest of all (for audio click here, and for a copy of the chart, click here)
Song 4	Take my life and let it be
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	When I survey (right click here for a copy of the chart)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	I surrender all
Message

For a printable copy of the list, right click here

order of worship 12/7/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:42:00 +0000

Hey everyone -

This is a fifth Sunday, which always seems to make things interesting.

The focus of the message will be Rom 15.5-7 and will have a good deal to say about God's welcoming of us and how we should then welcome. So, I've selected a series of songs that have a theme of God's invitation to us as strangers, enemies, and sinners. They're about how he, in his great grace, has opened his arms to call us to himself, to be at his table.

Three of these songs are on the Worship God Live album (which is on the recommended listening list). If you haven't yet purchased that cd or those songs - this would be a great time to do it. They should all be familiar.

If anyone has any thoughts, questions, or suggestions go ahead and post them.

Thanks to all of you for faithfully serving the church!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Hallelujah to my king (for a copy of the chart, right click here. for audio, download from iTunes)
Song 2	You are the way (for audio and a copy of the chart, click here)
Song 3	Jesus thank you (for audio and a copy of the chart, click here)
Scripture reading
Song 4	His forever (for audio and for a copy of the chart, click here)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	What a Savior (for FREE audio, click here. for a copy of the chart, click here)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	Nothin’ (for a chart, right click here. to listen, here's a "music video" - cheesy? yes. but it gets the job done in familiarizing yourself with the music)
Message

For a printable version of the list, right click here

drumming for worshipers

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:13:00 +0000

Dick and Mary (and anyone else who might be interested)

I've been listening to some stuff from this past summer's worshipGod conference. There were some breakout seminars that I thought the two of you might find helpful and i was hoping that you could listen to them.

The first is here: right click to download

It's called "drumming for worshipers" clearly, Mary, you're not a drummer. But the relationship between drums and bass is so fundamental, that I think that it would be helpful for you to hear it as well. The next is "foundations for bass players." Both of you could benefit from that one as well, I think. I'll try to post that one tonight.

Dick, you've been doing a great job of late. That syncopated part that you we worked on this past Sunday was great. The good thing about changing stuff up like that is that it can give a song a new feel that can actually serve to bring people's focus to the lyrics in a different way. It can be really helpful. Thanks for your commitment to practice. I think there are some helpful, practical tips on here that might enhance the practice time that you're already spending on your instrument. Thanks again because you are a great example of Jordan's final point in this seminar - humility.

Enjoy - and post some thoughts once you have them.

order of worship 11/23/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:05:00 +0000

Hey all -

We're going to do something a little bit different this week. Rob and Anna DeJulia (who most of you probably know) have been coming to the church for quite a while and are increasingly becoming part of the body here. Rob's been faithfully going through the PURSUE men's leadership course that my dad has been holding for quite a while. They live up in north Jersey and so are not able to be with us every Sunday (though I think that they would if they could). Both of them are skilled musicians who have served on music teams in the past - we've been blessed by having Anna fill in now and then on piano.

I've twisted Rob's arm in asking him to cover for me a few Sunday's from now when I will be visiting family, so I want to get them both involved once before that time so that they can get their feet wet. So, I'm going to be passing the guitar over to Rob and picking up the bass instead. Anna will be on the piano. Both of them will be singing.

I'll still be leading, so it'll be a bit out of the ordinary - leading from bass. But I think that it will work and that it'll be a blessing. We can always switch things back at the last minute, if need be!

So, that said - here's the list for this Sunday morning.

David - note that Jesus Will Reign (Jesus Shall Reign) will need a new slide since there are a couple lyrical alterations.

As always, if there are any questions, just leave a comment and we'll hash them out.

Thanks again to all of you.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Let your kingdom come (click here for audio and a chart)
Song 2	Jesus will reign (right click here for a chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	Praise the Lord (click here for audio and here for a chart)
Song 4	How great thou art (right click here for a chart and click here to hear the arrangement streaming)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	O Sacred head (right click here for a chart)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	Receive the glory (click here for audio and a chart)
Message

Right click here for a printable copy of the list

thoughts on sunday/cd recommendations

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:12:00 +0000

Hey everyone - it's been a while since I've posted some thoughts on a Sunday morning. I wanted to do that as well as post those cd recommendations that I've been promising.

Great morning, guys. I was really blessed by it and I believe that the congregation was as well. I received several comments about the songs of the morning. I missed a couple chords now and then, the piano playing was a bit shaky at moments and I changed a turn on Shelly which threw things off. All my fault. But at least a couple of the mistakes were "intentional" in that they were decisions that I made on the fly to let the music fall by the wayside so that we could focus on the content. And I think that those decisions were blessed and that the musical gaps weren't met with confusion or distraction.

Brooke mentioned to me that she noticed both Mary and Dick singing during the music. Guys, that's fantastic. It shows me that you all aren't just playing but that you're participating in the worship and being captured by the songs that we're singing. I really do believe that that encourages the church as a whole. But even more than that, it makes me rejoice because I'm able to know that the Spirit is working in your hearts as we play.

Shelly, it was great to have the violin today. Thanks for bringing it along without being asked. It added wonderfully to the morning and I was really grateful for it.

Natsuko, thanks for your willingness to serve even when you don't feel 100% comfortable with some of the songs, and for taking the vocal suggestions that I make with a humble and willing spirit. That shows a spirit of grace that comes only with a work of God's grace. It's a great thing to see.

Those are the only thought that I have for this morning. If anyone has any others to toss into the mix, please just post them as comments.

I've been promising for quite a while that I'd post a list of recommended cds that I think that EVERYONE on the team should have, should listen to, should all but memorize, should enjoy, should be challenged by, should worship to. So, now that I've let too much time go between the promise and the keeping, here's the list. I CANNOT recommend these cds highly enough. They'll enhance your ability to lead on a Sunday morning and they'll enhance your everyday worship as you move through your days and weeks. Here they are:

PSALMS by Sovereign Grace Music (click here or order through the TFC bookstore)

Come Weary Saints by Sovereign Grace Music (click here or order through the TFC bookstore)

Worship God Live by Sovereign Grace Music (click here or order through the TFC bookstore)

Our God Saves by Paul Baloche (click here or order through the TFC bookstore)

I will hold off on additional comment for the time being. But I truly believe that your lives will be blessed by these albums and that our ministry as a team will grow in direct correlation with how many and how frequently you listen to these cds.

Enjoy!

order of worship for 11/16/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Hey everyone -

What a great theme we have for this week - God's vision for the gospel in all the earth! Great stuff. It'll be an energetic morning.

If anyone has any questions or thoughts, send them along.

Thanks,

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Grace unmeasured (click here for audio and a copy of the chart)
Song 2	High above all things (click here for audio and a copy of the chart)
Song 3	God shall arise (click here for audio and here for a copy of the chart)
Scripture reading
Song 4	He is Jesus (click here for audio and here for a chart)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	The power of the cross (I'll try to post a chart before the end of the week, for a video of Kristyn Getty singing it, click here)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	Your great renown (for audio click here, for the chart right click here)
Message

For a downloadable copy of this list, click here

order of worship 11/9/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:03:00 +0000

Hi all -

Here are my thoughts for Sunday. Sorry that they're late. I was trying to get stuff uploaded to the church ftp site but we're having website issues there so you wouldn't be able to download them anyway. So, I'm just now getting around to getting this up for you though I had it done earlier in the week. Sorry about that.

We'll be calling back to mind some of the thoughts of this past Sunday's message and turning the focus towards this Sunday's as well.

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions - feel free to leave a comment.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	All hail the power of Jesus name
Song 2	Let your kingdom come (click here for downloadable audio and the chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	Blessed is the one (click here for audio and here for the chart)
Song 4	And can it be
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	I stand in awe of you (bread) (click here for the audio and lyrics - chart is available here, you have to download the charts for the entire album - not necessarily a bad thing - it's still free.)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	Forever grateful
Message

order of worship 11/2/08

noreply@blogger.com (tim w shorey) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:20:00 +0000

hey all -

Sorry for the delay in thoughts for this sunday. I've been focussing on the sermon to the neglect of the music. Be praying for me this week since I'll be doing double duty.

That brings up an important logistical point - MUSICIANS - I'm changing the time of this week's practice to 8:30. If we can all be prompt (at the least, early would be even better) so that we can be up and running right at that time, it would be great. I want to reserve more energy than I usually do, so I'm cutting the practice time back a bit. Between that and daylight savings, you get two extra hours! SINGERS - please show up at the usual time.

That's it, here are my thoughts. As always - any suggestions or questions, just leave a comment.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Prelude	Music from 9:50 until 10:00
Song 1	Praise the Lord (click here for downloadable audio and here for the lyrics/chart)
Song 2	Famous One (right click here for the chord chart)
Scripture reading
Song 3	Rock of Ages (right click here for the chart)
Song 4	O great God (for audio and the chart, click here)
Communion
Song 5 (during communion)	A debtor to mercy (for audio and the chart, click here)
Welcome & Announcements
Offering
Song 6 (during offering)	Your great renown (for audio click here and right click here for the chart)
Message

For a printable version, right click here