January-April 2011

Hi guys, a message of thanks to all who have prepared and given their time over this past year to all the changes and events we have undertaken. Whilst it was very unfortunate to have cancelled this years Saviour King event, the effort and attitude of all who served was testimony of a great team who are dedicated to working hard to see Him glorified. 


As New Year is fast approaching, we look to the coming year and some of the changes that shall be occurring. We welcome Katie Sherry as an additional backing Vocalist for my band and Simon Clark shall be getting married in April, resulting in him having a month off from the team. With possible upgrades to some of our other equipment, it is going to be another busy season whereby your patience and hard work shall be very much appreciated. 


The new rota is now complete and shall be distributed by the office via e-mail this week. Additionally, I shall have hard copies available over the next two weeks for those who would like one. Below is an outline of what you can expect.


The sunday morning worship within this quarter shall be divided between 4 teams, that shall follow the A, B, C, D rota of all other serving teams. Please get familiar with which teams you are serving in and contact me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, if you cannot play on any given morning, with as much notice as possible. 


The worship teams are as follows:


Team A


Worship Leader - Nick Clark
Drums - Simon Thurston
Bass - Max Redknapp
Keys - n/a
Lead - Paul Rackstraw
BVs - Clare Burford & Emma Thurston
Sax/Flute - Martin Clarke
PA - Simon Dipple
AV - Peter Rackstraw
Setup - Simon Dipple & Ryden Evans


Team B

Worship Leader - Aled Cousins

Drums - Dan Sparks

Bass - Graham Delves

Keys - Kevin Burford

Lead - Nic Beaney

BVs - Claire Burford, Becki Andrews & Katie Sherry

PA - Simon Clark

AV - Jan Cousins

Setup - Simon Clark, Aled Cousins & Andrew Belcher

Team C

Worship Leader - Simon Thurston

Acoustic - Caner Mutu

Drums - Dan Sparks

Bass - Max Redknapp

Keys - Nick Clark

Lead - Paul Rackstraw

BVs - Clare Burford & Emma Thurston

Sax/Flute - Martin Clarke

PA - Simon Clark

AV - Lix Rose

Setup - Simon Clark, Ian Grove & Aled Cousins

Team D

Worship Leader - Aled Cousins

Drums - Simon Clark

Bass - Graham Delves

Keys - Kevin Burford

Lead - Nic Beaney

BVs - Claire Burford, Becki Andrews & Katie Sherry

PA - Dan Sparks

AV - Jo Wilmont

Setup - Dan Sparks, Simon Clark & Aled Cousins

Dates:

Jan 2nd - Team B

Jan 9th - Team C

Jan 16th - Team D

Jan 23rd - Team A

Jan 30th - Team B

Thanks again for your ongoing support, have a great Christmas and we look forward to moving the team on further in the new year.

G bless,

Aled & Simon

Saviour King 2010

Hey everyone...it's Saviour King time!!



Thought it would be useful to post up the timings of practice sessions etc. for this weekend.

• Staging set up on Wed and Thurs evenings - from 7.00pm
• PA set up on Fri evening. If you want to set your instruments up on Fri, please go up to THC between 6 - 7pm

SATURDAY

• Main band practice from 4.00pm on Sat. Please make sure that you are set up and ready to sound check by 4.00pm - no later
• 6.00pm - dancers arrive - practice their dance
• 6.15pm - choir arrive and sound check
• 6.30pm - full run through
• Finish before 9.00pm

SUNDAY

• Band, choir to arrive ready to start on stage by 3.00pm
• Finish practicing by 3.30pm
• 3.45pm Jubilee Room - team prayers
• 4.25pm on stage
• 4.30pm - Saviour King 1
• 6.15 - 7.00pm - de-brief for band, choir, dancers, PA, AV and lighting teams in Jubilee Room, with pizza and refreshments
  
• 7.30pm - Saviour King 2
• 9.15pm - pack down staging
• 10.00pm - home to bed!

This is a massive commitment from all of you, so I am hugely grateful to every person for all your time and dedication to our largest event of the year.

For His glory,

Simon

This Weekend!

Hi guys, 


Line-up for this weekend is:


Aled Cousins
Nic Beaney
Nick Clark
Dan Sparks
Kevin Burford
Clare Burford
Becki Andrews


PA: Simon Clark
AV: Jan Cousins


Songs are:


VIDEO (in D)
From the highest of heights (D)
Wonderful, so wonderful (D)
In Christ Alone (D)


Refrain - We will worship, we will worship you (D)


Children go out


We stand and lift up our hands (G)
Holy one, holy one (God he reigns) (G)
When we were in the darkest night (G)


See you all at 6.


G bless


Aled

Calm in the Storm!

Having a 'snow day' today has given me the chance to 'be still' for a few hours and take stock during the hurley-burley of life at the moment. Looking around at a few blogs from several worship leaders, one thing was quite striking...the number of people writing about the dangers of burning out and being over-busy in church life, and it made me think!

We all know that church life has been really busy for us as a worship team over the last 6 months. We have had many exciting things happening and God is clearly moving us to a new level with our collective worship ministry. Life is busy even without serving in the local church, but with the addition of practices, sound checks, prayer meetings, special events, and everything else that combine to make church so wonderful, it can be really easy to neglect what’s most important. I know myself that the busier I become, the greater the risk I run of 'squeezing God out' - the very thing that I need most of all!

I really want to encourage everyone in the team to 'set our hearts at rest in His presence' (1John 3:19) as we build up to the busy and exciting Christmas period. Let's certainly 'run the race with perseverance' (Hebrews 12:1), but let's also make time to 'be still before the Lord' (Psalm 37:7); keep our priorities in balance; draw strength, inspiration, creativity and joy from our Heavenly Father!

I can't thank you all enough for the amazing dedication, commitment and humble servanthood that you all show, week after week. It truly is an honour to be part of this fantastic worship team. Let's really go for it over these next few weeks and 'Give Him the glory' through all that we do.

God bless,

Simon