Good Friday we are doing some stuff from the John 3:16 collection and using the format of Lucado’s book as a structure for the service – He Loves, He Gave. We Believe. We Live. I have asked 4 different pastors to share for 5 minutes on each topic with songs in between. We end with communion.
The songs we are using are:
Orchestra: How Beautiful
The Old Rugged Cross (with a video we created)
Choir: God So Loved the World (Goss version of old standard, Word)
O Precious Lord (a cappella piece from an old Easter musical, He Lives, Word)
What a Friend (from 3:16, Lifeway)
In Him (from 3:16)
Worthy the Lamb (from He Still Leads collection, Christ Church )
* I really like the choir arrangement of Michael W. Smith’s Come to the Cross in the 3:16 book. We are using it on Palm Sunday.
Ensemble: Lead Me to the Cross
For Easter, we have made this a big outreach day and are hoping for lots of new faces.
Orchestra is planning Sing to the King as a prelude (arr. by Scott Bennett)
We are opening the service with choir singing Happy Day (Word).
Praise and Worship package is Beautiful One, Mighty to Save and Jesus Messiah
Choir also does He Lives (Word, Goss) at offering time.
For the message, our drama director has written a script that reenacts 5 scenes out of John 20. We are going for the look that Willow achieved with the Portraits of the Passion production a few years back … kind of beautiful and classic, Great costumes w/ a “less is more” concept for the set. Between scenes there are 3 teaching moments by the pastor, 2 songs and connector videos featuring scripture passages.
Songs in the drama are He Knows My Name (Walker) and Come Home Running (Tomlin).
Steve Candler – New Hope -Augusta, GA
As far as Easter for this year we're doing something different. The last two years we've done vignettes with about 5 to 6 different scenarios... a small drama with a cast of 4 or 5 that last about 5 minutes We'd do the short drama, then our Pastor would come up and speak about what just took place and share for about 5 minutes, then right to a related song as the next drama is getting in place. But... this year we're having guest speaker Dave Roever with us and we're using the format we use on a regular basis.
Which would be: Opener: My Savior Lives, (then I'll greet the congregation followed by a time of fellowship). Then we'll go right into the first song of the praise and worship set as fellowship is winding down.
Praise and Worship: "Happy Day" (Tim Hughes version), "You Saw Me" (from Hillsong / Saviour King), then to a short skit, followed by "Stronger" (from Hillsong / This is Our God)
Next we'll do the offering (Senior Pastor) and at the end of the prayer over the offering we'll go right into our last song before our guest is introduced, "In Christ Alone (with The Solid Rock) by Travis Cottrell.
For the end of the service I may do "Savior King" or "Jesus Messiah"... but not knowing exactly how Bro. Dave Roever will conclude, I'll have to be flexible and ready to change that if necessary.
Quinn Stanfield - First West – West Monroe, LA
Holy Is Your Name - Southeast Christian Church
Glory - Southeast Christian Church
By His Wounds - Mac Powell
Fountain of Life - Travis Cottrell
This is the Day - Travis Cottrell
How He Loves - Kim Walker (during card board testimonies)
Praise You -
We combine all of our teams from our contemporary and our traditional services and do 4 worship services. It's pretty much all worship. No drama or anything like that. This year we will use some dancers and a drum line from ULM..
Hopefully more to come....
Peace!
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