Consuming Worship

The List

So today I’m trying to wrap up the song list for Sunday morning’s gathering. We’re at the end of our iLife series on the spiritual disciplines, and the final discipline is “celebration.” I’m going through my notebook of “active” songs trying to find the best fit for the feel and theme of the service.

I know that a great deal of you who read this blog are at churches that are much more contemporary in style than mine is currently. We are, as I’ve said many times, a church in transition. Ten years ago this church would have been solely considered a country church, but in the last five to six years the city has been growing out toward us. We are at the edge of a highway corridor that has seen explosive growth—along the lines of 2000%. So, the culture around us is changing, and our church is slowly changing with it. This is one of the reasons they hired me in the first place, to take their corporate worship style from barely blended to at the very least a more balanced offering.

After reading so many of the other blogs in my circle, I sometimes forget that I have been allowed to push the boundaries pretty hard. Maybe I’m not cutting edge like some of you, but I’m beginning to see I’ve taken some pretty big risks during my time here. Keep in mind that it really wasn’t all that many years ago that this church didn’t use a projector, and didn’t sing anything that wasn’t in the hymnal.

So, I thought I would compile a list of songs that I’ve introduced to this church in my time here. There are some obvious ones that will be missing, lots of stuff that they were already experimenting with when I came (Above All, Breathe, etc.), so if a song isn’t on the list it doesn’t mean we don’t do it, just that it wasn’t me who introduced it.

Agnus Dei // Michael W. Smith/Third Day
All Creatures #2 // DC*B
All I Want to Do // Ginny Owens
All of My Days // Hillsong
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) // Chris Tomlin
At the Foot of the Cross // Kathryn Scott

Be Glorified // Tomlin
Beautiful One // Hughes
Better is One Day // Redman
Blessed Be Your Name // Redman

Cannons // Phil Wickham
Cannot Say Enough // MercyMe
Center // Redman & Hall
Come and Listen // DC*B
Come Let Us Return to the Lord // Redman
Come, Let Us Worship // Miller
Come Thou Fount // DC*B
Come Ye Sinners // Robbie Seay Band

Doxology // DB*B
Draw Me Close // Kelly Carpenter

Eagles’ Wings // Hillsong
Enough // Tomlin & Giglio
Evermore // Geron Davis

Facedown // Redman
Famous One // Tomlin
Fire Fall Down // Hillsong United
Forever // Tomlin
From the Inside Out // Hillsong United
Fuel // Tom Wuest

Give Us Clean Hands // Charlie Hall
Glory in the Highest // Redman & Tomlin
God of Wonders // Byrd & Hindalong

He is Exalted // Shane & Shane
Here is Our King // DC*B
Holiness // Sonicflood
Holy is the Lord // Tomlin & Giglio
Holy Spirit, Breathe on Me // Nelson & Smith
How Great is Our God // Tomlin

I Can Only Imagine // MercyMe
I Could Sing of Your Love Forever // Delirious?
I Give My All to You // Portland Bible College
I Give You My Heart // Hillsong
In Christ Alone // Getty & Townend
Indescribable // Laura Story
I Saw the Light // DC*B
It Is You // Newsboys
I Want to Be Clean // Danny Myrick
I Want to Know You // Andy Park

Jesus, I Surrender // Jeff Deyo
Jesus, Lover of My Soul // Hillsong
Jesus Paid it All // Stanfill version
Jesus, What a Beautiful Name // Hillsong

Kindness // Tomlin & Giglio

Let Everything that Has Breath // Redman
Let My Words Be Few // Redman
Let it Rise // Holland Davis
Lord, Reign in Me // Brenton Brown

Made to Worship // Tomlin
Majesty (Here I Am) // Delirious?
Meet with Me // Lamont Hiebert
My Hope // Anne Barbour

Not to Us // Tomlin
Nothing but the Blood // Redman

Ocean Floor // Audio Adrenaline
Once Again // Redman
Only You // DC*B
O Worship the King // Charlie Hall version

Psalm 118 (This is the Day) // Shane & Shane

Raise Up the Crown // Tomlin

Saviour King // Hillsong United
Seeing You // Redman
Shine // Redman
Shout for Joy // Miller
Shout to the North // Delirious?
Sing to the King // Billy Foote
So You Would Come // Hillsong

Thank You for Hearing Me // Sinead O’Connor & DC*B
Thanks // Cymbala (Brooklyn Tab.)
The Potter’s Hand // Hillsong
The Unclouded Day // Alwood (traditional)
The Wonderful Cross // Tomlin
There is None Like You // Lenny LeBlanc
This Is Our God // Tomlin

Unchanging // Tomlin
Unfailing Love // Tomlin

We Fall Down // Tomlin
What the Lord Has Done in Me // Hillsong
Wonderful King // DC*B
Wonderful Maker // Redman & Tomlin
Worthy, You Are Worthy // Redman

Yahweh // Shawn McDonald
You Alone // DC*B
You Are My Strength // Hillsong
You Are So Good to Me // Pasleys (Third Day)
You Never Let Go // Redman

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