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September 19, 2009
SCEFC Set List (20 Sep 2009)
I'm the music team coordinator this week at the E-Free Church. This month the church started a sermon series on the Gospel of John, spending the last two weeks on John 1, and this week the sermon is on John 2 and entitled "Out with the Old." There aren't exactly a bunch of songs written about Jesus turning water into wine. With it being Jesus' first public miracle, however, I decided to go with a theme in the main set of the greatness of God, His control over nature, and praising God for that. This week the personnel is me on piano, Lance on drums, Mike on bass/vocals and Sue on vocals. At rehearsal tonight we were able to do quite a bit with dynamics, despite only having piano, drums and bass.
Prelude: Great Is the Lord - by Michael W. Smith & Deborah D. Smith
I thought this would be a good tone-setter for the rest of the service, singing about how great God is and how He is worthy of our praise.
Song #1: God of Wonders - by Marc Byrd & Steve Hindalong
Not only is Jesus the Creator-God of the "big" things like stars and galaxies, but He also made and controls the "small" things like molecules and chemical processes. To suspend the normal laws of nature and make wine in an instant is yet another demonstration of His ultimate power over His creation.
Song #2: Beautiful One - Tim Hughes
Jesus is both wonderful and powerful, with His merciful death for us on the cross and displaying His mighty works for us all to see.
Song #3: I Exalt Thee - by Pete Sanchez, Jr.
A God as great as ours deserves to be exalted by us, the crown jewels of His creation. After the previous two big, loud songs, this one starts to bring it down a notch.
Song #4: I Love You, Lord - by Laurie Klein
I think this song works really great coming after the previous one. I decided to close the main set with a quieter, more contemplative song as we move to the sermon. The last time we sing through this I plan to have it be a capella.
Closing Song: He Knows My Name - by Tommy Walker
I chose to end the service with this song to go along with the last part of John 2, which talks about how Jesus knows what is in man. While the passage seems to be casting that in a negative light (that He didn't feel the need to defend or explain Himself because he knows what is in man), I decided to go with this song anyway, which talks about God knowing everything about us in a positive light. That the Creator of the universe knows and cares about us is an amazing thing, and something we can take comfort in.
Posted by Jared at September 19, 2009 10:18 PM