Palm Sunday Contemporary Music – UPDATED

Here’s a place that sells both palms and ashes:  http://www.stpatricksguild.com Here’s a few songs that would work for Palm Sunday: Scripture References: Zech 9:9,10; Php 2:5-11; Mt 21:1-11; Ps 24; Mk 11:1-10; Lk 19:28-40 Song Title Writer, Song Location & Notes No Tramp of Soldier’s Marching Feet CWS 716 Hosanna (Praise is Rising) Paul Baloche [...]

Children’s Message for April 3 – Zebedee’s Request (ref Mt 20:20-28)

Children, wouldn’t it be great to sit next to the President of the United States? Or maybe your favorite singer or entertainer; or maybe even a famous sports legend. These are special seats because you can hear every word they say, you can look them in the eyes and you are so close that you [...]

Epiphany Worship Planning

Epiphany is one of the hardest worship services to choose contemporary music for.  The reason for this is twofold.  First, there isn’t a lot of good contemporary music for Epiphany available to choose from.  And second, your band will have very little time to rehearse due to the busyness of the Christmas / New Year’s [...]

Christmas Music

For our Christmas services we use mostly hymns and carols but our Praise band will be playing four songs this year.  We will be playing Chris Tomlin’s new Christmas song titled “Emmanuel – Hallowed Manger Ground” on 12/20 and Paul Baloche’s “Christmas Offering” on 12/24.  You can hear each selection here: We will also be accompanying [...]

A Christmas Offering

 Every year, around this time, I always try to fit in the song “Offering” by Paul Baloche in a worship service.  It works well during the Offering for the Advent, Christmas or Epiphany seasons.  Paul is very generous with free resources at his website, but you should report usage to CCLI if you have a license. [...]

Parlez Vous Francais?

  Today’s post is meant to be used in a Mission Festival service.  At these Mission-themed services, we like to pick a Country where we have Mission workers and focus part of our worship on that culture.  Often times, we’ll try to get the Missionary serving in that land to guest preach.   Paul Baloche [...]

Any Ten-Stringed Lyre Players Out There?

Psalm 33   Instructions:  Part of this is a conversation between the Pastor & a Lay Reader conversing with each other in front of the congregation.  The congregation is witnessing and listening to the conversation.   Pastor:              Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; Lay Reader:                  it is fitting for the upright to praise him. [...]

Will you be learning a new song this Sunday?

Will you be learning a new song this Sunday?   Last Sunday, our Pastor preached one of those sermons that stick with you through the week.  One of the things that he talked about was how some people have the ability to read through a section of scripture without becoming indifferent, and in fact can [...]

You took the fall, and thought of me, Above All!

Above All   This Sunday we will be singing “Above All” by Paul Baloche and Lenny Leblanc.  I once used the song as the basis for a children’s sermon.  I explained the meaning of the word “all” to the children and told them that it means “having no exceptions.”  Now, read through this song, with [...]