This Sunday I helped lead the praise team that launched the new Contemporary Worship Service at Hendersonville First United Methodist Church, Hendersonville, TN.
This was a new venture for the church which offers three traditional services on Sunday in a traditional sanctuary. We set up a stage and sound system in the gym. It was similar to a portable church or church plant situation.
The turnout was fantastic as the gym was filled both with people and the presence of the Lord.
It was a wonderful new beginning.
We opened the service with this video, We Are Here:
Here’s the inaugural setlist:
- Prelude: Everlasting God (during countdown)
- Welcome & Video: We Are Here
- You’re Worthy of My Praise
- Responsive Reading: The Greatest Commandment, Matthew 22:34-40
- Spontaneous Antiphonal Singing
- Holy Is The Lord
- Mighty To Save
- Message
- As It Is In Heaven
- Everlasting God
- How Great is Our God (chorus only)
One thing I’m trying to do within the worship ministry is establish a culture of debriefing, where we can celebrate the win, evaluate and get better.
The four questions of debriefing are:
- What was good?
- What was not good?
- Was anything confusing?
- Was anything missing?
I know one challenge moving forward is establishing systems for the set-up and breakdown for production/audio / video every week. It’s quite labor intensive. Suggestions anyone? Share in the comments.
This post is part of the Worship Community Sunday Set list roundup. See what other communities are doing here: http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/sunday-setlists-170/
