Line-up for 4th July

Hi guys, just a quick post to confirm the line-up for this Sunday:

Aled Cousins - Acoustic and Lead Vox
Simon Thurston - Drums
Paul Rackstraw - Lead
Graham Delves - Bass
Becky Andrews - BVs
Claire Burford - Bv's

Practice is at the normal time of 18:00. Songlist to follow.

G bless.

Aled

Song List for Sunday 27th June

Hey everyone,

Here is the song list for this coming weekend:

There's No Condemnation (I'm Alive) (B)
I Am Chosen, I Am Free (B)
You Are the Lord, the Famous One (E)
Holy, Holy (Lift Up His Name) (E)
Oh How Strong (Hallelujah to my King) (E)
Your Grace is Enough (This Is Our God) (E)
Welcomed In (Face Down) (E - usually in F)

I really want to encourage us again to be Spirit-led and not 'list-led', so please prepare your own hearts before God as well as all your music and chord charts before we meet on Saturday evening.

God bless,

Simon

BAND LINE UP FOR SUNDAY 27TH JUNE

HEY EVERYONE,

I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ALL NOW SEEN THE UPDATED ROTA FOR BOTH THE SUNDAY AM AND PM MEETINGS. HERE IS CONFIRMATION OF THE BAND LINE-UP FOR THIS COMING SUNDAY:

• LEAD - MAX R
  
• ACOUSTIC - MAX R
  
• DRUMS - SIMON T
• BASS - GRAHAM D
• KEYS - KEV B
• ELECTRIC - PAUL R
• BV's - CLAIRE B and EMMA T

I WILL POST THE SONG LIST UP HERE LATER IN THE WEEK

G BLESS,

SIMON

Band Line Up and Song List for Sunday 20th June

Hey everyone,

Here is a reminder of the band line-up for this coming weekend - it's the first week of our new rota, so please keep checking against this since there are quite a few changes on here to our original band line-ups that we've had for some time now.

• Leading and Acoustic - Max
• Drums - Simon C
• Bass - Nick C
• Electric - Paul
• Keys - Simon T
• BV's - Bekky and Jo
• Sax - Martin

Song list is:
- Praise Him in The Sanctuary (C)
- Give Thanks to The Lord (G)
- Here I Stand (Salvation) (G)
- children go out-
- Strength Will Rise (G)
- Jesus, Hope of the Nations (A)
- There's No Lack in All You've Given (A)
- To Him Who Sits on The Throne (A)
- after preach-
-We Are Thirsty (Let it Rain) (Bb)

I will e-mail more details about the morning to you.

G bless,

Simon

New Worship Rota - With Prayer Meeting Rota Included

Hey Everyone,

I have just completed the worship rota with the prayer meetings included. Please take a look at the e-mail I have sent out with this attached. Some of the dates for the prayer meetings are not set in stone, but are my 'guesses' - however, I'd rather have stuff planned and then find that we don't have a meeting that the other way around!

Also, please bear in mind the 'extended practices' that we have planned in for some of our Saturday nights coming up soon. These are going to be really important for the musicians and the PA team as we make the change over to using the new PA system. We are likely to be practicing from 5 - 8pm, rather than our usual 6 - 8pm - more detail nearer the time.

Thanks,

Simon

NEW ROTA FOR WORSHIP TEAM

Dear All, We have been doing a lot of work 'behind the scenes' to put together a new worship rota that will run from 2nd half of June, through until the end of September. There are a number of changes that we have factored into this new rota, in order to try and accommodate the needs of worship team members - so I hope that we have been able to do this. It does mean that we have had to re-arrange the band line-ups a bit - for most people this doesn't actually change the dates that you would have been playing on if we had kept the original format, but for some it might. Please, therefore, have a careful look at the rota. I have e-mailed this to you as an Excel document so that you can easily print it out.

The dates highlighted in yellow are our 'big Sundays', where we have something special happening. Included in this is a full weekend with Julian Adams at the end of September - although this is not yet finalised, it looks as though we will probably have a big meeting on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. We are planning on keeping the same band line-up for this, if possible as it helps cut down on set-up time, etc. As you know, we are working hard to change the auditorium around and install a new stage, PA and AV systems. The PA system is due to 'go live' on 25th July, so we have put in some extended practices around this time - in order for the PA team to have training on using the new digital desk. I'm sure you will appreciate how important this will be for us all, and it will also give the musicians a great opportunity to work on things with a little more time.

I know how much commitment and flexibility people have been willing to give in order to make this happen for the team and I am truly greatful. It is a privilige to serve you all and worship together with you. Every one of you has a wonderful heart and I cannot thank you enough for your willingness to 'go the extra mile' on so many occasions.

God bless,

Simon

Martin Smith on keyboards!

Even the great can have the occasional 'mare!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NjOaV515iQ

Be encouraged and enjoy...

Simon

Song List for Sunday 13th June

Hey everyone,

Here is Aled's song list for Sunday morning:

• Jesus Christ, Holy One (C)
• Dance, Dance Everybody Dance (C)
• Your Light (Mourning into Dancing ) (C)
  

- children go out -

• My Soul Is Well (introduced last week) (A)
• Everyone Needs Compassion (A)
• Giver of Grace (A)
• Draw Me Close (A)

God bless,

Simon

Song List for Mark Stibbe Evening - 13th June

Hey Guys, Aled has asked me to put the song list up for the Mark Stibbe evening, so here it is:

• Amazing Grace (G)
• How Great Thou Art (G)
• Happy Day (C)
• Blessing and Honour (C)
• I Stand Amazed (How Wonderful) (G)
• My Jesus, My Saviour (G >A)
• You Chose the Cross (Lost in Wonder) (A)

Possibly - for after the preach:

• Spirit of the Living God (A)
  
• Light of the World (E)
  
• Jesus, Lover of My Soul (D)
  

See you all tonight, Simon

Band Line-up for 13/06/2010

Hi guys, band is:


Acoustic and Lead Vox - Aled
Drums - Simon C
Percussion - Simon T
Bass - Nick C
Lead - Nic B
Keys - Kevin B
BV's - Claire B & Becky A


Read previous blog for details.


G bless


Aled.

This coming weekend! Paul Mann & Mark Stibbe...

Hi guys, just a quick message to let you know times of rehearsal and sound checks this coming weekend. As you are likely aware, we are showing the England vs USA football match Saturday night so we are having to change the band practice time to 5pm - 7pm.

On the Sunday, we shall be meeting at 4:30pm to practice for the evening of an hour. We'll have to be quiet by 5:30 when people begin to arrive.

I'll post a song list for both morning and evening ASAP.

G bless and have a good week.

Aled

Song List for Sunday 6th June

Hey Guys, Song list for this coming Sunday will be:

• Praise Him You Heavens (D)
• Wonderful, So Wonderful (D)
• I Will Worship (I Will Give You All My Worship) (D)

- Children go out-

• There's No Lack in All You've Given (New song) (A)
• Who O Lord Could Save Themselves (You Alone Can Rescue) (A)
• Here I Am (Majesty) (A)

- Possibly after preach-

• Your Grace is Enough (This is Our God) (E)

Some of this might change as I haven't been able to speak to Paul yet, who is preaching and he might have something particular in mind. See you all on Saturday evening. God bless, Simon

New Song for Sunday 6th June

Hey Guys,

I want to introduce this song on Sunday to the church, so please can you have a careful listen to the track - particularly for your instrument or vocal part. Click on the link to listen. We will spend some time looking carefully at this on Saturday evening. Rest of the song list will follow soon. God bless, Simon

My Soul is Well