TIme to Wake Up!

I don't know about you, but I'm more excited about what God is doing with us at church at the moment, than ever before! We seem to be going through a period of tremendous blessing, transformation, adventure and encounter at present - all of which is really exciting. However, as we enjoy this season of God's favour, I'm also finding that this is a time of real challenge too.

I know how easy I find myself 'getting comfortable' at church.  I know how I can settle into predictability and routine - sitting in the same place, talking to the same people and so on. These things in themselves are not really a big deal, but the problem is that, if I'm not careful, I can also allow my expectations of God to become predictable as well - my faith can be limited by my limiting expectations. You see, it makes things nice and easy, keeps them nice and comfortable -  in fact, causes a mindset that leads to apathy and unbelief!

I have felt God challenge me about this recently through a song. It is one I have listened to a lot, and  two particular lines have stood out for me: 'Awake my soul, awake my soul and sing! and 'I hear Your voice and this is my awakening.'  As I was singing this last week, I felt God ask 'Well...?' (He didn't need to say anything else - that was enough!).

The song is really about us crying out to God to bring revival, filling His people with His Spirit. Well, I guess I have been reminded that 'revival starts with us' and for me, it is time to 'wake up!' What does the song stir in you?
Simon

Sitting at Jesus’ Feet

Thoughts from... Claire Burford

After listening to Aled preach recently about the Mary and Martha story, I have been pondering why it always seems so difficult to spend time sitting at Jesus’ feet and what that really means?

I have recently read an article from a book called ‘The Lord’s table’ which I found really helpful.

Sitting at Jesus’ feet indicates:

 Humility;

 Submission;

 an attitude of learning;

 faith in what Jesus had to say;

 Mary’s love for Jesus (she was hanging on his every word);

That Mary was holding to His teaching (she was sitting still, intent on hearing, believing and obeying).

So let’s try starting our times with the Lord by sitting at His feet.

Turn off the worship CD, say nothing, be intent on hearing from Him and hang on to His every word. We may be surprised at what we hear!

Worship, 4th November

Hiya,

Line up this week is

Bekky - Lead Vox
Aled - Acoustic and Vox 
Caner - Electric and Vox 
Clare - Vox
Nic - Electric
Veronica - Keys
Jon - Bass
Simon - Drums 

And the songs are 

When I Was Lost - F
Christus Victor - G
Amazing Grace (My chains are gone) - E
--------- Kids out --------
Back into Amazing Grace
When I survey - C
Forever Reign - C
Into Your Hands - C
Jesus Be The Centre Of It All - E
Better Is One Day - E

-------Preach------

A song that is yet to be decided...But will be in E :)
I See The King Of Glory - E

See you Sunday!!

God bless,
Bekky

Worship this sunday

Hi guys, lineup this week is:

PA - Andrew Belcher

AV - Louise Cousins

Electric and Vox 1 (left of stage) - Aled

Acoustic and Vox 2 (Centre stage) - Matt S

Vox 3 (right of stage) - Bekky

Lead - Paul R

Sax/Flute - Martin

Drums - Dan

Keys - Veronica

Bass - Max

Songs are currently:

O Lord my God (Bb)

To God be the glory (Bb)

I am chosen, I am free (Bb)

Children out

At Your name (A)

Majesty (A)

O God of love (start… how good it is) (A)

Preach

Here is love (no love is greater) (E)

Bless the Lord, Oh my soul (E)

I see the King of Glory (start… Hosanna) (E)

Let it rain (refrain) (E)

Hallelujah, what a saviour (E)

Run into your arms (C)

Happy day (C)

Song List

Hello band, sorry I never told you whats going on earlier, but here's what I'm thinking:

Let God Arise - E
Open my eyes - G
All Glory - B

Notices

My Soul is well - A

Preach

Light of the world - D
When the music fades - D
Jesus all for Jesus - D
Jesus be the center of it all (possibly) - G or A
Consuming Fire - G

God Bless, see you all tomorrow.

Caner

Song List and Line Up for 7th October

Hi guys, 

So the line up for this Sunday is

Bekky - Lead vox

Aled - Acoustic, vox 2
Claire - Vox 3
Caner - Electric, vox 4
Nic - Electric
Simon - Drums
Jonathan - Bass
Veronica - Keys

And the song list is

We come in Your name (revamped!!!) - G
Blessing and honour - C
Praise Him in the sanctuary - C
                                                         

Welcome in new members, kids go out
                                                        

Oh to see the dawn - C
                                                       

Preach
                                                       

The splendour of a King - B
To Him who sits on the throne - B
Revelation song (new, see video) - B
Lift up His Name - B
And another song during the Gift day, but we don't know what it is yet!

Please have a look at the new song, I will email you the music shortly :) Enjoy your Saturday and see you at 8am Sunday morning :) :) 

God bless,
Bekky

Song list and Line up for Sunday 30th Sept

Hi guys, the line up for this sunday is as follows:

Aled - Electric and Vox 1
Matt S - Acoustic and Vox 2
Dan S - Drums
Max - Bass
Kevin - Keys
Martin - Sax/Flute
Claire - Vox 3
Louise C - AV
Simon C - PA

Song suggestions are as follows:

Wake every heart (Bb)
At Your name (Bb)
We are here for you (Bb)
___________________

My Jesus, My Saviour (Bb)
Who Oh Lord could save (Bb)
You chose the cross (Bb)

After preach - gift day

I'm not backing down (A)
Jesus, Hope of the nations (A)

Don't forget that there is no saturday evening practice and that we shall start the sound check at 8am. There is a prayer meeting at 7am and it would be great to see as many of you there as possible!

G bless,

Aled.

Worship 23rd September

Hello Wonderful Worshippers, hope you're all well.

Remeber we now no longer meet on Saturday evenings, but be ready for soundcheck and run throughs Sunday morning 8am sharp. This weekend is when the season of Prayer, Fasting and Giving begins and we have John Groves Preaching, so it'd be good for a strong time of worship to get things going (you know what I mean).

Here's the song list:

Salvation - G
Open my eyes (In the stars I see Your majesty) - G
Christus Victor - G

- Kids out (probably) -

All Glory - C
I will love You for the Cross (possibly full song, maybe just a chorus) - C
When I survey the wonderous Cross - C
He is jealous for me (How he loves us refrain) - C


Thanks again for all the hard work you put in, have a lovely free Sat evening and see you all Sunday Morning.

God Bless,

Caner.

Song List

Hope all your well, Aled's preaching on Worship this weekend, which is a pretty good theme don't you think? Here's the list :

Great is Your Faithfulness (chorus: So we raise our Holy hands to praise the Holy One) - G
10,000 reasons (folk of course) - G
Here for You - A
All Glory - A
Our God is Holy - E
We bow down - E

Preach

How Great is our God - A
Water You turned into wine - A

If you could listen through and be ready for Saturday 6pm that'd be awesome.

God Bless

Caner

Hey Guys,

Just read this interesting little set of songwriting tips from Brian Doerksen (who wrote Come, Now Is the Time to  Worshihp, amongst others). Some interesting ideas from him - worth having a browse over...

Find fresh ways of singing Psalms
I don’t think the content of the Psalms will ever go out of style or become irrelevant. Granted, Psalm 144 is one of the tougher ones to set to music— but it’s still needed.


Don’t be afraid of the “out of key” chords
In the song ‘Fortress 144’, I use both the flat 6 major 7 and the flat 7 major (Cmaj7 is the flat 6 and D is the flat 7). If you have no idea what I just said, and your heart is being stirred to write music, taking a basic music theory course would be really helpful and actually lots of fun. Understanding the basics of how music works helps unlock all the potential building blocks of music so you can write songs that move other people.


Take a lyrical risk lyrically
Include things that are unexpected but true. I watched a few people raise their eyebrows the first time they heard the phrase “father of lies.” But that is the battle we are in: a battle over our thoughts and coming into agreement with God.


Focus your song around a key word
What is that word that jumps out at you, the one you sense you need to focus on? Build your song around that word!


Bring a little dissonance into your melody and chordal structure
That tension and dissonance reflect life all around us. If everything is too predictable, the song may be dismissed as too sweet. Find ways to let these kinds of tensions tell a bigger story with your songs.


Don’t let a song go by without bringing God and His character into focus
This song is primarily about declaring our choice to follow God. However, the bridge gives me a chance to lift up the character of the One we are following: Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, etc.


Pick one of the lament psalms, and set it to a new melody
Even if you don’t write it for the public to hear, it will do your soul good to enter the world of the psalmist and make it your own!


Write your own lament
Express some of your grief and loss. If you have nothing to lament, maybe you are not risking enough for love.


Don’t just declare your confident strengths — confess your humanity, your weaknesses, your fragility, and your questions.
For some reason worship songwriting launches into this unending stream of confident declarations — but this confidence puts distance between the song and the lives of most people. Our songs should express who we really are, not who we think we ought to be. One is worship in truth; the other is flattery and religion. Of course there are times when we need to simply sing a song about the greatness of God. But worship needs to be a good balance of all of the human experience. That’s why the Psalms worked so well; you find it all there!

Post your comments and let's hear what you think of these ideas...

Simon

New song : At Your Name - Tim Hughes

Happy Tuesday people, heads up on a new song we may be doing this weekend. 'At Your Name' by Tim Hughes. Have a listen and make sure your ready to give it a go on Saturday.  

God Bless,

Caner

Baptism Sunday - Worship

Just the song list even though I emailed you all, no harm in having it up here. Be sure to listen through and get familar with anything your uncertain with.

Psalm 40 - E

- Welecome -

Open my eyes - G

Salvation - G

- 1st set of Baptisms / then notices and offering (10:15 till 10:35am) -

We shall no be shaken - E

Before the Throne of God above - E

- 2nd set of Baptisms / then Preach (11am-ish) -

Have you heard - Bb

Here is Love (Grace takes my sin version) - F

See you tomorrow. God Bless,

Caner

Worship/Baptisms

Hey guys, just to remind you that this weekend is baptisms so the worship will be a bit shorter and the songs need to be relatively upbeat etc. Keep a look out for an idea of a song list that'll be up on here tomorrow.

Have a good week. God bless,

Caner

New Version of Here Is Love

Hey Guys,


We are going to be using a different version of Here Is Love on Sunday. It will be based upon the version done by Jesus Culture and it's fantastic. The version is a more rocky, dynamic interpretation of the song. Please have a listen to it - listen carefully to the intro/turn around and also the coda that they sing 'Your love is higher, Your love is wider, etc.' The melody is the same as usual, and this is based on the original hymn, so it's in 3/4 time.



We'll work on it on Sat evening.


Love,

Simon

Song list

Hello, here is the song list for Sunday although nothings set in stone yet,

Let God arise - E
New Day - B (new song)
Strength will rise - B
This is how we know - B
 All Glory - B
The Splendor of the King - B

There are some other songs I had in mind to do as well but they'll be confirmed soon.
See you all at the practice, hope you all have a good week till then.

God Bless,

Caner

New Song - New Day

Hey Guys,

Here is a fantastic new song that we are going to introduce to the church this coming Sunday. It is a great song, full of energy and drive. It's called 'New Day' and is very much a celebration of how Jesus has changed our lives - perfect for the early, more praise and thanksgiving part of our meeting.
Please have a good listen to it and come prepared to rock on Saturday at band practice - let's see what we can do with this song!



I'll get the chord chart e-mailed to you before Tuesday this week.

Love

Simon

Trust Me...and JUMP!

Hey everyone,

A couple of weeks ago, our daughters booked up for my wife, Kate and I to spend a day at 'Go Ape' - a sort of high-ropes assault course, 40ft up in the trees of a nearby forest! It was a brilliant day and we got that real rush you get when you do something scary, but exciting at the same time!

At a recent worship hub meeting, I really felt that God used this 'Go Ape' adventure to speak to us as a worship team, and He started off by asking a question:

'How much do you trust Me?'

God wanted us as a worship team to ponder on this for a moment...whether it is as a team serving the local chuch, in our own individual circumstances, or in family life - how much are we trusting God in the challenges that come our way?

For the 'Go Ape' course, Kate and I were kitted out in a safety harness and a series of safety clips that meant we were always connected to the wires up in the trees. We had to climb up to small platforms about 40ft up in different large trees, then step off the platform out onto the zip wire; the scramble net; the balance steps or whatever the obstacle was in front of us. Our harness and system of clips and pulleys allowed us to move freely over the obstacle and go on towards the next challenge. The only way we could do this was to fully trust our training that we had been given and trust that the safety harness was going to take our weight. Of course, the whole set up was rigorously checked every day and was utterly safe - the real issue was actually about us having the courage to trust in it all!

I really felt God remind us as individuals and as a worship team that He is our safety harness and we will always be connected to Him. We have and would continue to face all sorts of challenges in our own lives and together as musicians - we could not simply remain on the platforms, but had to step off and trust Him in order to move forwards.

As we prayed into this, one of the group read from Psalm 145: 13 - 16. This wonderful scripture totally confirmed what God wanted to say:

'The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.'



Now that's what I call a pretty good safety harness!


I really want to encourage and challenge everyone...remember that whatever circumstances you find yourself in, God has always got hold of you and will lead you safely through it. That doesn't mean it won't sometimes be scary, but it will always be exciting! Why don't you 'step off the platform' in faith and take some risks for Him! It's time for another adventure with God!



For His glory,



Simon

Worship

Just to clarify,

Band practice, usual time and place,

Band Consists of:

-Bekky
-Matt.S
-Simon.T
-Paul.R
-Veronica
-Dan(PA)
-Liz(Words)

You'll get the songs when were there.

God Bless.

Sunday Worship

Hey Folks, just an idea of what we're doing on Sunday, The theme is...Grace!

The list is as follows:

• Wake every heart and every tongue - Bb
• All over the world - Bb
• Here for You (New Matt Redman song) - Bb
  - Children Out -
• My Jesus, my Savior (Shout to the Lord) - Bb
• When I call on Your Name - Bb
• TAG:Hallelujah, Hallelujah, God is good to me - Bb
• You led me to the Cross - Bb
• The Grace of God upon my life (It is Unending, Unfailing) - Bb
  - Preach (San talking on Grace) -
• Amazing Grace (My chains are gone)- E
• Here is Love - E
  
  
  God Bless,
  
  
  Caner

Songs for this weekend

Hi Folks, Songs for tomorrow are:

Psalm 40 - E

We Shall Not Be Shaken - E

Notices, members, children out

See His Love - Am

Such Grace - C

Pad Through Scripture

Water You Turned Into Wine - G

The Splendour Of A King - G

He Became Sin - G

There Must Be More - G

Let It Rain - G

I have music for you. Please be there by 08:15 - 08:30 at the latest tomorrow.

G bless,

Aled.

Worship

Hey guys,
I'm hoping for a fantastic time of worship this Sunday,keeping in sync what God was doing last week.
The list is as follows:

Strength will rise(opening focus and gather song) pre-chorus/chorus a few times round - Bb
There's no condemnation - Bb
How great thou art - Bb
Back into strength will rise (full song) - Bb
(Children out)
Lord you are an amazing God (looking in the sky) - E
How deep the fathers love for us - E
(Bread & wine)
Here is love (as a response after bread & wine) - E

I'll have a few songs reserved if needed, see you all Saturday

God Bless, Caner.

Worship this week

Okay folks, here's the medley of E this week, written in E, dedicated to E, and played in the beautiful key of open E!

This should allow us to go bananas on transitions of songs this week and flow really well.

Going out on a limb with a new song called 'We will not be shaken'. Funnily enough, we are doing this in E too.

I'll have music for you there tonight and the list is also on the worship blog.

Catch up with you all at 6 sharp please. Lots to sort and pray through.

G bless,

Aled.

P.s. The songs are:

Let God Arise (E)

New life is found (E)

We shall not be shaken (E)

Children Out

Bless the Lord, Oh my soul (E)

Facedown (E)

Your grace is enough (E)

Here I am to worship (E)

Lord you are an amazing God (E)

He is exalted (E)

p.p.s. And any other possible song in E*!

*or any other key for that matter.

Songs for this Sunday

Hey Guys, Just and Idea of some of the songs which we might do on sunday.
It's the 'Vision Sunday', so Paul is giving us and insite to 2012, and is the first Sunday of a full 40-50 min section of worship after 3 weeks or so, which means lots of worship!

In no paticular order:

Give us Your Courage - Bb (maybe) Capo 3-G
We are here for You (NEW)- Bb Capo 3-G
I Lift my hands-Bb Capo 3-G
Here is love - E
Lift up His Name - E
Our God is Holy - E
Saviour King- E
Once again (I look upon the Cross where You died) Not too sure key wise but mabe in E (Orginally in D)
All I once held dear (knowing You, Jesus knowing You) same as once again (Orginally in C)
Welcomed in to the Courts of the King - E Capo 3 - C

We wont't do all of these but its just an idea.See you all for the Sat practice...

Caner.

New Songs - Jan 2012

Hey Everyone,

Here are a couple of fantastic songs that we need to learn so that we can introduce them to the church in the next few weeks. Chord charts will follow soon!

Simon