Weekly Creative / Music Set List - 2/7/10

SERIES: THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
MESSAGE TITLE: THERE'S A SCRIPTURE FOR THAT

MUSIC:
-PERFORMANCE TUNES
*Harder, Better, Faster Strong / Technologic Medley by Daft Punk
*Fortunate Son by CCR
*I'm Letting Go by Francesca Battistelli
- WORSHIP
*Salvation Is Here - Lincoln Brewster
*Not To Us - Chris Tomlin
*Your Love Never Fails - Jesus Culture

DRAMA:
-The Culps

VIDEOS:
-Youtube Random Piece

This weekend we started a new series. We knew the topics ahead of time but didn't yet have a brand. At the programming meeting, we came up with "There's An App For That". I was excited because of 2 things...1) we had a brand that is hot. A year from now, that would probably not be the case. 2) The branding/graphic design was 90% done for us. You'd think that would mean less work. Not the case. We worked harder on this series than we have any in past memory. Check out the video bumper.

We like to try and knock the first service of a series out of the park. This week was a grand slam (in my humble opinion).

We started the service with a "Daft Punk" medley all done with the "Daft Punk App" on the Iphone. We edited down the tune and Randy and Sam killed it. The service just built from there.

We had Shack playing bass for us this week. It had a been a year since he last played. Boy is he talented...and he's a great personality. Sitting in on lead guitar this week, we had Jim Fuller. Jim came down with a 24 bug and wasn't able to make it for our rehearsal but came totally prepared on Sunday. What a good guitarist he is.

Last week, we had planned on having the Culps in service but Angela, our lead actress, came down with the flu Saturday morning. We had planned to do the same Culps skit as a "recap" from the last series early on in the service. That was until I saw that Granger had do the Culps last weekend as well. Their topic..."Reading The Bible". That is the exact topic we were talking about this week. So we grabbed 2 sections of their skit and applied it to our and there you have it!

From the drama, we did the tune "Fortunate Son". The tie-in here was that a lot of people don't read the Bible because they feel they don't relate. For example, someone might read about a miracle happening and wonder where their miracles are. The song talks about a guy who doesn't seem to be a "fortunate" person. Great fit. West killed it vocally...and that song is not an easy one to sing. Its REALLY high. We are such a blessed church to have amazing musicians and vocalists.

The message was awesome. Dani spoke this week and really did a great job. The random youtube clip in the beginning of his message was a great illustration about the importance of having context when reading anything (especially the Bible).

Dani followed that up by giving context to the Bible and laying it all out in 6 minutes. The "chapter slides" were a great tool to tie it in (not to mention some pretty funny comic relief).

We closed the service with the tune "I'm Letting Go". Great find by Dan Austin. This was an inspiration tune that really speaks about allowing God to have control of your life. An A+ service. So lucky to be serving alongside such talented folks!

Superbowl Humor...

I couldn't resist sharing this with the game around the corner...

A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a man comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him.

"No," he says, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the world, and not use it?"

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super bowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else-a friend or relative, or even a neighbor to take the seat?".

The man shakes his head.

"No, they're all at the funeral."

Pants On The Ground (The Remix)

Every year, there's always some catchy story line from American Idol. Last year, it was bikini girl. This year it's General Larry Platt's "Pants On The Ground". Leave it to 2 DJ acquaintances of mine (Danny Diggz and Jordan Laws) to put together a VMix (video remix) of the piece. Very creative and funny. Enjoy!

#14

Why blog about the #14? I have great reason to do so. At the end of 2008, I decided to start a blog and had hoped to keep it active through 2009. Result = major fail. I only posted 14 times last year. What a difference a year makes. I've already hit that mark with this very post. I'm really excited that I'm staying comitted to doing some posting every week. I'd love for you to leave me some "comment love" though. I know I'm not as cool as Lori but give me a shout people. Let me know there's a pulse!

Weekly Creative / Music Set List - 1/31/10

SERIES: WASTED
MESSAGE TITLE: OOPS I DID IT AGAIN

MUSIC:
-PERFORMANCE TUNES
*Wasted by Carrie Underwood
- WORSHIP
*Song Of Hope - Robbie Seay Band
*Everlasting God - Lincoln Brewster
*You Hold It All - Desperation Band
*Mighty To Save - Laura Story
*Glory To God Forever - Fee

This was our closeout weekend for the "Wasted" series. In wanting to end it with a bang, we had planned to have the Culps make an appearance. Graeme had been sick for close to 3 weeks with a throat issue but was getting better daily. We practiced every day last week and around Thursday, I could start to feel some sickness coming on (for me personally). It wasn't a huge deal because I was just playing keys. Well, around midnight on Saturday, I get a text from Angela that she's come down with the flu. We waited until 6pm that night but she wasn't any better so we ended up having to cancel the drama piece (major bummer after announcing it in church the week before). But what can you do?

The "Wasted" tune by Carrie Underwood was a perfect tie-in to Eric's message. Thanks for the suggestion Dawn! Paisha knocked it out of the park. We moved into the middle of the service with the Culps piece not being there. Worship was fun this week. Good energy. Jeremy and Paisha led very well. "Everlasting God" was a throwback for us. And we had John Esling back in the band. Been a long time since he last played with us. Fun to serve with him again.

We did the first 3 worship tunes up front. At the end of the service, we wrapped up with some worship. We started with just the chorus of "Mighty To Save" then went straight to "Glory To God". Great series! Now on to the next...

Same story, different day....

Last week I mentioned a little story from my visit to the Tom Thumb. Here's an addendum. I went again this Sunday morning. Same ritual...backed the van in, grabbed the redbull and doughnuts. Came to the register and it was the same clerk from the week prior. First words out of his mouth: "I didn't think you guys worked on Sundays." Wow. Groundhog's Day.

The Burried Life

I've been seeing commercials for this upcoming show on MTV. I'm really intrigued by it. I think it has potential to be a huge hit. What a great concept....living out a dream to do things you've always wanted to do but also HELPING others along the way. I'm getting my TIVO ready. What do you think? Win or Fail show?