I guess I'm a little late reviewing this past Sunday's service, but here goes anyway:
Instrumental Prelude: Famous One (E) by Chris Tomlin
Welcome & announcements
-Come, Christians, Join To Sing (G) by Christian Bateman -updated arrangement in 6/8
-Adoration (G) by Brenton Brown
Congregational Reading: 1 Peter 2:9-10
-Marvelous Light (A) by Charlie Hall
Video: "Spiritual Influencers"
-Glory In the Highest (C) by Chris Tomlin
Message - Philippians 3:1-11 - Dave
Knowing You (C) by Graham Kendrick
Benediction - Hebrews 13:20-21
We don't regularly do songs as "old" as Knowing You (written in 1993), but the lyrics fit in perfectly as a follow-up and response to the message, since they come right out of the Philippians passage we were in. I should clarify that I have nothing against old songs - in fact, I love many of the hymns that the church has been singing for centuries. Generally, when we do older songs we stick with the classic hymns that have been around for 50+ years (usually in a modern arrangement, of course). Most of the modern worship songs we sing are those written this side of 2000. I've found that many (not all!) of the songs written in the 80s and 90s are a bit outdated and overdone. And as in any generation of the church, there will probably only be a handful of songs from our generation that survive in the church for years to come anyway! I do think, though, that each new generation is called to "sing a new song to the Lord" (Psalm 96:1), and it is important that we be singing songs that bring fresh expressions to our faith and our worship.
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