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Song Lists for Contemporary Worship Style Congregations
- By Ryan Dahl
- Published April 14, 2008
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Ryan Dahl
Ryan is the founder of PraiseCharts, which began in 1998 when he served as a worship pastor in British Columbia, Canada. Since that time, PraiseCharts has experienced tremendous growth and depth, as Ryan leads a team of artists, writers, arrangers, producers who share his heart and desire to serve churches all around the world. Ryan is an active member of Victory Christian Centre in Surrey, BC.
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If you consider yourself to be a part of a main-stream, evangelical
church with a contemporary worship style, we are interested in what
songs you are singing from week to week. Give us a window into one of
your Sunday mornings.
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55 Responses to "Song Lists for Contemporary Worship Style Congregations"
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said this on 14 Apr 2008 7:50:37 AM CST
Here is a link to the list of contemporary songs we are currently using at North Park Community Church in London Ontario, Canada. We keep it up to date at http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pW-tk8yAQ3BbKY9bjg9VTCg - we try to add about a dozen songs every 3 months (and we "retire" songs periodically as well.)
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said this on 16 Oct 2008 5:20:25 PM CST
thanks for recommending songs that have worked in your congregation!
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said this on 29 Oct 2008 7:22:47 PM CST
I would love to copy your spreadsheet and adapt it to our church. Would you mind? I don't believe I can download the spreadsheet and edit it without your permission.
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said this on 08 Mar 2009 7:17:59 PM CST
Just highlight, copy and paste to EXCEL - it works. God bless!
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said this on 16 Jun 2009 2:33:33 AM CST
Bob,
Thanks for sharing your spreadsheet. It is excellent! I too will copy your spreadsheet and adapt it for our purposes. I too have been trying to utilise Google Apps for my worship/music/volunteer teams. I ran into trouble including the lyrics of the songs into the spreadsheet. I want to include the lyrics so that worship leaders can do a keyword search for songs to include in a service set. Have you had any luck including lyrics? If not, do you only rely on the general categories included in your spreadsheet (e.g. "Celebration", "Adoration", etc)? |
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said this on 16 Apr 2008 2:54:14 PM CST
Hey there - this Sunday, our song list will be as follows:
Mighty to Save (Hillsongs) Hallelujah to my King (Baloche) Exalt the Lord our God Everlasting God (Lincoln Brewster version) Almighty God (Hughes) The Glory of it All (Crowder) Come Thou Fount of Many Blessings Days of Elijah |
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said this on 23 Apr 2008 11:04:37 AM CST
This coming Sunday, our song list includes: Majesty (Jack Hayford), Kyrie Eleison (Larry Olson), How Can I Be Free from Sin (Graham Kendrick), The Feast Is Ready (Graham Kendrick), & Everlasting God (Brenton Brown & Ken Riley)
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said this on 23 Apr 2008 11:26:50 AM CST
This weekend we are doing the following -- Everyday (Houston/Hillsong), My Savior Lives (New Life Worship), Love the Lord (Brewster), Here I Am to Worship (Hughes), and Enough (Tomlin). We typically add about 15 new songs per year. We keep busy with crazy prelude songs.
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said this on 09 May 2008 8:10:33 PM CST
I could think I wrote this myself. Just curious to where you're from and what type church. We're approx. 150 weekly, non-denom. and in Western PA.
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said this on 23 Apr 2008 10:25:58 PM CST
This Sunday we are doing: Prelude: King of Love (Doug Horley); Service: Agnus Dei (Key-A) , Mighty to Save (A) , Your Grace is Enough (E);
I Will Boast (D), He Knows My Name (D); Hungry; Shout to The Lord. |
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said this on 26 Apr 2008 3:27:28 PM CST
Tomorrow, we are doing the following: Alive (Isreal), No Weaon (Ronnie and Sephanie Harrison - World Harvest Church), and Lion of Judah (Eddie James) - Also It's Raining (Isreal - Live from South Africa) Worthy (Clint Brown).
We try to add 6 or so new songs each season and retire some as we add. This fall, one of the new ones we will be adding is Lord of the Harvest. For the summer we are adding Say So (Isreal), I Know who I am (Isreal and Chris Tomlin), I Wanna Thank You (Clint Brown), Awesome God (Clint Brown), What He's Done for Me (Martha Munizzi), and Favor of God (Martha Munizzi) |
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said this on 03 May 2008 10:43:05 AM CST
This past Sunday in Yorktown, Virginia we sang these songs: Everything That Has Breath (Hillsongs), Jesus is Alive, You Led Me to the Cross, Never Gonna Stop, Blessed Assurance, Be the Center, Holy, Spirit, Rain Down, Those Who Trust, I See the Lord (Baloche)
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:18:45 AM CST
A typical Sunday for us includes: You, You are God and Reason I'm Alive (Gateway); Mighty to Save (Hillsong); Amazed (New Life); You Alone (Clint Brown); Forever (Tomlin). We add two to three songs a month--sometimes more if the band learns an additional song for a soloist or instrumental feature.
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said this on 16 Sep 2008 11:17:58 AM CST
Hello, Cliff,
glad there's another Cliff Worship leader, add to that Cliff Young of Caedmon's Call Our Idea of Blended is including Hymns to contemp style music. My younger children ( Teens-Twentys) are helping me find songs in " out of the box "places-( Rush of Fools-Santcus Real-Leeland-Skillet-Maev e-others) Great stuff out there. Peace, Cliff Conti |
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said this on 07 May 2008 6:22:58 AM CST
In Harrisburg, PA we sang Indescribable, Only A God Like You, Hallelujah, Jesus, The Power of Your Love, Holy, Holy, Holy (hymn) and He Is Able last Sunday. On Mother's Day we'll sing Made to Worship, How Great Is Out God, Enough, Thank You, God, and for the Beauty of the Earth.
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said this on 07 May 2008 7:05:02 AM CST
This Sunday in Jamestown, KY we are singing the following: Mighty to Save (Hillsongs), How Great Is Our God/How Great Thou Art (Tomlin), Hallelujah (Rick Mann), Your Name (Baloche) and Come Home Running (Tomlin). We add about six new songs a year.
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said this on 07 May 2008 7:13:33 AM CST
we do everything from Days of elijah to I want the joy (rita Springer) Hosanna, my savior my god, amazing grace chains are gone, you are my king (amazing love) friend of God Blessed be the name, we give you glory, we do everything if it's Got to do with God !!
Marilyn Lancaster, Pa |
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said this on 07 May 2008 7:45:04 AM CST
This past weekend we worshipped the Lord using the following songs: "By Faith", "Kingdom Vision", "I've Come" and "Treasure of My Soul". These songs were all written by Jeff Dessommes, who is a member of one of our worship teams and an uber-talented songwriter. We also sang "Everything I Am" (Horness/Dyer), "Give to the Lord" (Kenoly) and "I Give You My Heart" (Morgan). However, this coming weekend, our Men's Quartet is leading worship, so it will be much more traditional. We are truly blessed to have 6-7 different worship teams - each with a different style.
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said this on 07 May 2008 8:00:55 AM CST
We will be doing the following songs this coming Sunday, May 11, 2008:
Your Love is Deep (Jami Smith) for Call to Worship and the following songs for our main worship set: The Power of Your Love (Geoff Bullock) (G Maj) Draw Me Close (Kelly Carpenter) (G Maj) Your Love O Lord (Third Day) (G Maj) Our Altar Call will be an instrumental version of the traditional hymn I Love You, Lord |
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said this on 07 May 2008 8:02:41 AM CST
This Saturday in Macomb Township, Michigan we are having a worship concert! We actually asked our church to submit their favorite songs and we are including their top votes along with a few others and a couple of songs that will be new to them. We do everything from old hymns (once in a blue moon) to Hillsong to Tomlin to Skillet on our Sunday mornings! Here is the list for our Saturday event: You Are Good (Israel Houghton), My Savior Lives (New Life Worship), I Am Free (Egan), Everyday (Houston), Happy Day (Hghes), Here I Am To Worship (Hughes), How Great Is Our God (Tomlin), You Never Let Go (Redman), Be Still My Soul (Eiseman - Willow Creek), Grace Flows Down (Giglio), He Lives (Lakewood), God of This City (Bluetree), One Life (Ferguson, Willow Creek)
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said this on 07 May 2008 8:08:43 AM CST
This past Sunday are list was as follows: Sing (Lakewood/Israel), Friend of God, You Are My All in All, He Knows My Name
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said this on 07 May 2008 8:08:54 AM CST
Come To The Cross – from 3:16 The Musical
Your Grace Is Enough – MSPW4 Glorious – from 3:16 The Musical Take My Life – PraiseCharts He Knows My Name – MSPW2 http://www.parkwaybaptist.com/clientimages/19249/morning050408.pdf |
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said this on 07 May 2008 8:10:48 AM CST
Music for May 11th -
Awesome Is The Lord Most High – PraiseCharts Mighty To Save – PraiseCharts Word of God Speak – MSPW3 On My Knees – Experiencing God book What A Friend We Have in Jesus - HPW http://www.parkwaybaptist.com/clientimages/19249/morning051108.pdf |
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said this on 07 May 2008 8:28:04 AM CST
This past Sunday our congregation worshipped with: Everybody Praise the Lord (Brewster), Everlasting God (Brewster), Glorious One (Fee), You Are God Alone (Foote) and Came to My Rescue and we introduced Everything (Hughes). We introduce about 12 to 18 new songs a year.
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:19:54 AM CST
Makes me wonder what the songs we are not doing sound like. Our group of musicians are mostly all currently playing professional gigs as well as church. We are fortunate in that respect. Songs are selected on Sunday, learned on Monday and Tuesday, practiced on Wednesday, with a practice
preformance before services early Sunday morning. Sunday mornings are heavy duty coffee for some. The keyboardist/pianist (me) is the only one who uses lead sheets and chord charts. I'm the slow learner. New songs are added as the service focus changes. |
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:25:19 AM CST
This Sunday (5/11) we'll be doing: Salvation Is Here (Hillsong United), Everlasting God (Brenton Brown version), The Stand (Hillsong United), Shine (Matt Redman)
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:27:44 AM CST
I worship at a Lutheran church. We currently have 2 services each week. 1 Traditional and 1 Contemporary. We have a worship band in which I'm a part of. The traditional service uses all hymns and cantacles. The contemporary service we kinda use the 1/3 approach. 1/3 is from Lutheran resources, 1/3 is from CCM (stuff you might hear on contemporay Christian radio and 1/3 material the worship band writes. We try to introduce 1 new song per month. We're always looking for resources in which to draw from.
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:37:40 AM CST
Here is what we will be doing this week: Beautiful News (Redman), King (Tree63), God of This City (Tomlin), Happy Day (Hughes). Salem UMC Council Bluffs Iowa
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:40:06 AM CST
Last week included two song written in-house, plus Glory (Hillsong), Made to Worship (Chris Tomlin), Consuming Fire (Tim Hughes), and 'Til I See You (Hillsong).
This week we'll have I Will Boast (Paul Baloche), God of this City (Tomlin), the chorus of Awesome God (Mullins), IGive You My Heart (Hillsong), Be the Center (Vineyard UK), and Today (Brian Doerksen). |
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:40:10 AM CST
This past Sunday we opened with a contemporary version of "Victory in Jesus," then went into set of "Cover the Earth (Lakewood)", "Say So (Israel Houghton)", "The Stand (Hillsong)" and ended with Creative Arts joining us on "Free to Worship (Houghton/Crawford from Joel Osteen Ministries Cd).
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:41:47 AM CST
In Lima, NY we sang It Is Well With My Soul (traditional hymn) My Redeemer Lives (R.Morgan), How Great Is Our God (Tomlin), I Will Sing (D. Moen), Near The Cross (Traditional hymn), As The Deer
We are a mix of traditional and contemporary songs. We introduce about 12 new songs a year. |
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:48:09 AM CST
A typical worship service would be: I Know Who I Am by Israel Houghton and New Breed; Alive, Forever, Amen by Travis Cottrell; Shackles by Mary, Mary; Mighty to Save by Hillsongs; Rescue by Jared Anderson
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said this on 07 May 2008 9:58:02 AM CST
This week (May 11th) we will be singing for the AM Service - Highly Exalted(Cruise-Ratcliffe/Houghton/Lindsay), Everything(Houghton) and You Are Holy(Lee Campus Choir). We do everything from old hymns to the more contemporary. Following God's direction is and always will be the main objective! If he says sing "Oh, Happy Day", then we sing it. New or old, it all touches hearts!
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said this on 07 May 2008 10:01:48 AM CST
On May 14 (Ascension Day), we sang Sing for Joy (Lamont Hiebert), All Creatures of Our God and King (arr. David Crowder), Holy is the Lord God Almighty (Chris Tomlin), Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty (Trad. modified for praise band), Holy Spirit Breathe On Me (Nelson).
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said this on 07 May 2008 10:35:28 AM CST
On May 4 in the AM service we did: You Are Good (Houghton), There Is Power in the Blood (Selah version), Forever (Tomlin), Strong Tower (Kutless), Holy Is the Lord (Andy Park), To Him Who Sits on the Throne (good old classic chorus), and Moving with the Lamb (Sibosiso Ntsala). We used Tree63's song King for an instrumental offertory, and did Sion Alford's song God Magnificent with a DVD video track. During communion we sang You Are My King (Foote), and Nothing But the Blood (Your Blood) by Matt Redman.
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said this on 07 May 2008 2:07:19 PM CST
May 4 - Beautiful One (Hughes), We Give You Glory (Camp), Worthy is Not Enough (Gungor), Hold you High (Dennie, Larring), All Who are Thirsty (Brown)
May 11 - Touching Heaven Changing Earth (Morgan), Trading my Sorrows (Evans), Agnus Dei (Smith), How Great is Our God (Tomlin), Undo (Davis) |
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said this on 07 May 2008 4:14:03 PM CST
May 4 - Great in Power, I will Give you All My Worship, Step by Step, Our God Reigns, The Stand, None But Jesus
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said this on 07 May 2008 6:58:55 PM CST
Faith Church in Lawrence Kansas - "Sing With Great Affection" (voice of the people/Nelson pub - Don Chaffer), "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" (Sing to the Lord Hymnal - church of the Nazarene), "Did You Feel the Mountains", "What the Lord Has Done", "I Lift My Eyes Up - Ps. 121" - our benediction every week= "Jude 24 Benediction"
Is there anyone else doing music from "The Voice" (Nelson) or Enter the Worship Circle and/or Waterdeep? peace, Harold |
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said this on 08 May 2008 1:31:25 AM CST
We're a UMC with a traditional service and a contemporary service. At times our traditional service is more "blended" in a traditional way - this past Sunday we sang "He Is Exalted" and "Majesty" as a medley, as well as "Shine Jesus Shine" and the final hymn was the great "Rejoice The Lord Is King" with brass and pipe organ. In our contemporary service, there's a lot of support for pushing ahead with newer music, but this past week we went retro with "Shout to the Lord" and our people loved it. This week's contemporary service will include "All The Earth Will Sing Your Praises" and Jeff Deyo's song "Bless The Lord". We'll also do "Holy Spirit Rain Down" and "Holy Spirit, Come" and finishing up with "More Love, More Power"... usually we sing one or two more songs, but it's Pentecost AND Mother's Day, so our children's choir is doing a little mini-musical in the services.
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said this on 07 May 2008 10:36:01 PM CST
I am music director at my church, which is Washington United Methodist church in Washington, Iowa. We have three services two are traditional and one contemporary. We have two praise bands one that consists mostly of youth and an adult band.
Some of the songs we do are: Blessed Be Your Name, Everyday, Everlasting God, Enough, Matchless, Shout to the Lord, Forever, My Savior, My God, Made to Worship, Everything Glorious, Strong Tower, Beautiful One, God of Wonders, Grace Like Rain, He Never Sleeps, Cry Out to Jesus, Oceans from the Rain, Joy, You Never Let Go. There are SO many great, great songs!! We usually do three or four opening songs, something for offertory and then a song right before the blessing. blessings, Linda |
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said this on 08 May 2008 4:10:56 PM CST
I am the contemporary worship pastor at First Baptist Elk Grove. We have four worship teams. Some of the songs we do are: Majestic, Love The Lord, Friend Of God,Everlasting God, You Are Good, Say So, Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone, I Am Free, He Reigns With Awsome God, My Passion, Better Than Life, Sing, Rejoice, Faith, Your Love Is Beuatiful and list goes on. In HIS Hands, Jeff
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said this on 08 May 2008 6:26:29 PM CST
I play the trumpet each week on our P&W team and I mainly use the Lead Sheets to play from. I download all my music strictly from Praisecharts and welcome this question; specifically if it means that you'll be making more song sheets available to download. Here's a list of some of the songs we do each month: I Believe (Hillsong), Taste & See, Mighty to Save (Hillsong), You Are My Strength, Let God Arise (Chris Tomlin), My Savior Lives, Hosanna (Hillsong), I'm Not Ashamed, Nothing is Impossible, Healer (Planetshakers), Revelation Song, I Will Boast, Came to My Rescue, For Who You Are, You-You Are God, Sweetly Broken, The Stand. We sing a lot of Hillsong and Chris Tomlin music. Thanks for asking for samples of our songs. It'll be great to have a bigger selection to download from, if you add some of this music. Thanks!
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said this on 08 May 2008 7:12:18 PM CST
At our new church plant, North Marion Fellowship south of Canby, Or, we will do this Sunday: Sweet Presence of Jesus (T Walker) One Way (Hillsong) Lord I LIft YOur Name (Throwback) Did YOu feel the Mountains Tremble (NOthing but the Blood (Redman) The POwer of Your Love (Hillsong) Open the Eyes of My Heart
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said this on 09 May 2008 12:03:59 PM CST
Our church is located in the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario and has an A Capella worship style. This past Sunday we sang: Arise (p.Baloche), How Can I Keep From Singing (c.Tomlin), Your Name (p.Baloche), The Power of Your Love, Everlasting God (Brown & Riley), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2), At The Cross (Hillsong), and Beautiful One (t.Hughes)
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said this on 09 May 2008 1:41:43 PM CST
This week at Long Hollow (Henderonsville, TN) we will be doing 1) My Redeemer Lives -- Hillsong, 2) Free for All -- Lakewood Live, 3) Today -- Brian Doerksen, and 4) Let God Arise -- Tomlin.
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said this on 09 May 2008 3:33:08 PM CST
We've started updating the music since I've began leading the worship service. We've included this past 10 months: My Savior, My God - (Aaron Shust), Friend of God - (Israel Houghton), All About You - (Lakewood), All To Me, So Amazing - (Oak Fellowship), Revelation Song - (Don Moen), You Are, Surround Me, At Your Feet, Zion/Highest Praise, No Word But Holy, Breathe On Me, None Can Compare, Let It Flow, I Just Came To Tell You, You're All I Need - (Clint Brown), Give You Glory - (Jeremy Camp) Blessed Be Your Name - (Matt Redman), Draw Me Close - (Michael W. Smith), You Are Holy [Prince of Peace] - (Jonathan Noel), God Is Great - (Rachel Hockett) How Great Is Our God - (Chris Tomlin), Close To Your Heart - (The Glorious Unseen) plus more. It has kept my busy and the praise team as well.
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said this on 09 May 2008 8:44:07 PM CST
Terrific! It's great seeing what others are doing. It helps me compare, since, in my mind, I'm just a simple worship leader out there trying to do my best at what others have sooooo much more ability, understanding and know-how to do.
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said this on 12 May 2008 2:37:11 PM CST
For my services in my very small local ministry, I use the music I have written through the Holy Spirit and public domain - since I haven't joined CCLI as of yet..... In HIM
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said this on 25 May 2008 6:49:26 PM CST
Love the article. Thanks......love to know when you attend another church around the country that God has raised up some incredible "new songs" that so many of our church families connect with. Praise God for our awesome gifted and annointed song writers of our day......
ie: Chris Tomlin, Paul Baloche, Matt Redman, Israel, MW......and on & on & on. |
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said this on 28 May 2008 11:34:52 AM CST
In Bethpage, NY last Sunday we sang He Is Exalted, Open The Eyes Of My Heart, Blessed Be Your Name and The Name Of The Lord (Blessed Be). We introduce about 8-10 new songs a year.
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said this on 09 Jun 2008 8:28:48 AM CST
In Holliday, PA, we have a blended service with a congregation of around 100. We try to introduce 5-10 songs per year, as we have found repetition to be very helpful in helping members learn (and remember!) the songs. The list includes The Power of Your Love, I See the Lord, Great is the Lord, God is Good (under the 'older new' category); and Forever, Enough, Indescribable, How Can I Keep From Singing, You are Holy (Prince of Peace), Trading My Sorrows and Be the Centre (as the 'cutting edge for us' category). We also enjoy traditional hymns with hype, like The Wonderful Cross, Amazing Grace My Chains are Gone, and Paul Baloche's instrumental accomp for All Hail the Power - I recommend this one!!
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said this on 17 Jun 2008 10:02:58 AM CST
This past week at Faith Church in Oklahoma we worshipped with The Lord Reigns (Gateway), I Am Free, In Christ Alone, Mighty To Save and My Savior Lives (New Life Worship). I try and teach two songs a month to the congregation. One fast, one slow. This week we're doing an oldie with Friend of God into The Lord Reigns, (intro) God with Us (MercyMe), My Chains are Gone, and Our God Saves.
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said this on 01 Jul 2008 11:18:06 AM CST
Hello!
Here is my set list for this coming Sunday, July 6. You, You Are God (D); You're Worthy Of My Praise (E); Trading My Sorrows (G); Revelation Song (D); God With Us (A) and Love The Lord (G) |
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said this on 30 Jul 2008 5:11:30 AM CST
Kia ora from New Zealand. What a great opportunity to see what other Churches do around the other side of the world - and it makes you realise that we are all closer than we think! We tend to do alot of songs from Hillsong, Planetshakers, Lakewood and mostly from EQUIPPERS AUCKLAND - REVOLUTION CD. Super anointed and a joy to sing.
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said this on 20 Jan 2009 11:43:05 PM CST
Our songs for this week @ CVBC in Conyngham, PA. Our God Saves, 'Til I See You, Come and Listen, From The Inside Out , He Reigns. Over the past few weeks we've done,Everlasting God,
Amazing Grace (Can't you see)(Our own version of Amazing Grace done to the tune "Can't you see" by the Marshall Tucker Band), Open Up The Sky, Holy Is The Lord, O Praise Him, Amazed, Stars, All We Need. We nomally do about 3 new songs a month. I am blessed with a very talented group behind me that really loves to worship. |