Tuesday Setlist – June 16, 2009
Posted by Jay | Filed under sing.
Our drummer Mark Anthony Linton, keyboardists Alex Fernando and Ben Harrell, and bassist Sam Brooks are in California for the Bethel School of Worship, so things are going to be rather laid back through the middle of July. Please pray for them as they learn how to better serve our community through our corporate worship experience.
They had a songwriting workshop with Jeremy Riddle this past week. I can’t say I’m not envious. Perhaps one of our team can be encouraged to work their notes into a post for next week?
Our focus for song selection is threefold this year:
- Vertical – lyrics that are not only God and Christ focused but directed to Him.
- Biblical – should be obvious, but we’ve encountered some whack stuff in contemporary worship songs. More on that later.
- Flexible – songs that are not restrained to a fixed arrangement. Again, more on that later.
We presently have about 32 songs in our rotation. Though it seems like Jesus Culture songs make up the majority, that is the case with this week’s set but not typical.
Your Love Never Fails – G – Jesus Culture
Amazed – D – Jared Anderson
Where You Go I’ll Go – Dm – Jesus Culture
You Won’t Relent – E – Jesus Culture
I co-led this week with my friend Kellen Lariscy, who did an outstanding job singing, especially since I had some friends in town from ATL and called off rehearsal Monday.
I am participating in Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Setlists but, since we meet on Tuesday night, this post is really about Tuesday, see?
To fully experience this set, I suggest you obtain a copy of said songs, turn the stereo up loud, close your eyes, and lift up your hands…unless, of course, you are behind the wheel of a moving car. That could be dangerous.
13 Responses to “Tuesday Setlist – June 16, 2009”
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Samuel Sellers Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 amHey
I'm familiar with Jeremy Riddle and I hope the guys are infused with creativity as they soak it up in California! It would be great to hear more local musicians on the creative end of writing and producing worship that has a local vibe! I don't think we have enough of that! When we were in Minneapolis and frequented Solomon's Porch they were very organic with a "Cities" sound that was refreshing to hear. I'll check out the Jesus Culture stuff and let you know what I think! Good communication on your end!Tommy Sellers
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Ben Harrell Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:24 amARGH! I wish I was wit' chu'!
Still, Cali is flippin' SWEET!!!
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fmckinnon Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 amSweet, and way cool blog, btw – very nice, didn't know this existed! I didn't realize those guys had left already – I just saw Sam the other day. I'm jealous.
Miss seeing you guys on sunday am? I had no electric today (guilt, guilt, guilt), no seriously, it was refreshing, a very cool, much-enjoyable acoustic vibe … I could hear the crowd singing on every single song, even the special. It was one of my favorite Sundays in a while.
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TJ Thompson Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:21 amA strong opinion for a first post, but let's get the ball rolling…
In response to your 3 fold song selection process:
the biblical song writer never had a bible to draw inspiration from. They only had their experiences and God's creation. this is how many "secular" song writers obtain there material. never count out a song just b/c it doesn't have a ccli #. God used a donkey….He could use katy perry…but would anyone listen? -
lesliebrooke Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:42 amWe miss y'all too! Can't wait to see what you've all learned out in the land of fruits and nuts
Looking forward to you guys bringing it back & rocking it at Elevate! -
gurumarine Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 amWhat's an electric guitar? I haven't touched that in a month and probably won't until the team gets back from Cali. Acoustic vibes are my current favorite.
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gurumarine Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 amIs it legal for a church to use a song that doesn't have a CCLI#? Won't that make Chris Tomlin kill a kitten?
Seriously though, for corporate worship, I prefer to use songs that are what Mark Driscoll would call "love songs to Jesus," not narratives about my dear aunt Sally or whatever. Leave the pop songs for the radio.
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gurumarine Says:
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:57 amThere is a group of local musicians and songwriters that meets on every other Tuesday night at the Chapel. The meeting is hosted by a young lady named Christine Vales. I'll send the info over to you by email right now, in case you have an interest.
Thanks for joining in on the discussion. I hope to hear more from you soon.
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JustinK Says:
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pmLove Jesus Culture tunes- Your Love Never Fails is probably one of my favorite songs.
Jeremy Riddle is awesome too.Great set list.
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Dennis Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 4:35 amJay, thanks for sharing your criteria for song selection – I love to hear/read about the how and why of song selection with other WLs. So before go to bed tonight…I will be playlisting your set list! Blessings!
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Jay Sellers Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 12:01 pmI have a harder time working Jeremy Riddle songs into corporate worship, but Jesus Culture makes it much easier. There was a time, by the way, that pretty much every song that I chose would come from Hillsong or United. Plus, I started out leading worship in 1998 with a 4 foot tall stack of Vineyard Music. Good stuff too.
I don't doubt that spending almost a month with the Jesus Culture team at Bethel is going to have a profound impact on our team and our community.
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Jay Sellers Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 12:03 pmNo problem man. Hope you enjoyed the playlist!
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June 28th, 2009 at 4:47 pm[...] myself and we have just the team to do that, especially since every one of the guys that we sent off to Bethel in Cali has already served as a worship leader in some [...]