May 20th Set List

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17 responses to “May 20th Set List”

1. 

   Darren

   May 21, 2007

   Processional:
   Alleluia! Sing to Jesus – William Dix – F

   Praise:
   Jesus Shall Reign – Isaac Watts – D
   Our God is an Awesome God – Rich Mullins – Em
   He Is Exalted – Twila Paris – F
   Lord I Lift Your Name on High – G

   Communion:
   In Christ Alone – Brian Littrell – Bb
   My Faith Has Found a Resting Place – Lidie Edmunds – G

   Recessional:
   Rejoice! the Lord is King – Charles Wesley – C

   Dix’s “Alleluia” is a great song to sing for Ascension Sunday, which we celebrated yesterday. It has an entire verse devoted to the subject, which is unusual; Ascension tends to be one of the lesser treated feast days musically.

   During the praise time, one of the priests prayed over all the young people while I played. Good thing I had a lot of music to choose from; I don’t do real well coming up with spontaneous filler.

   I’ve found that Communion is a good place to put gospel songs like “My Faith Has Found a Resting Place.” I really like them, but they don’t fit in either the praise time or the pro/recessional.

2. 

   klampert

   May 21, 2007

   In Christ Alone is Michael english…I like littrells version…
   I love that song….

   Nice set. I stopped doing both awesome god and lord i lift your name. Been a long time. lol

   by the way I will be recording the new gloria we unveiled last week for you soon

3. 

   Darren

   May 22, 2007

   I have mixed feelings about “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High.” It’s a good fast song, and people tend to like it. But the lyrics seriously tend toward the banal (“I’m so glad you’re in my life?” Please. I’m glad that I have a nice house; the word “glad” doesn’t quite do justice to our complete and utter dependence on God.) In addition, it’s a very “me” focused song (“See what I’m doing? I’m praising, I like praising, I’m glad”) rather than a God-focused song. The chorus, on the other hand, is a good description of the salvation story (although, come to think of it, I’m not sure about “You came from heaven to earth to show the way;” that seems to be a reiteration of Abelard’s Exemplary Theory of the atonement, which is disfavored). But I’ve seen God use it to bless people and help them to worship Him, which is what it’s all about, so I use it every couple months.

   “Awesome God” – with this one, we do only the chorus. I refuse to lead people in lyrics that describe God as “puttin’ on the ritz.”

   What version of “Heaven Came Down” did you do that put it in a minor key? I’m only familiar with the old gospel song.

   I’m looking forward to the Gloria!

4. 

   Paul J.

   May 22, 2007

   You mean God DIDN’T put on the ritz??!?!??!?????

5. 

   goofydawg

   May 22, 2007

   I’m curious… In the Catholic Liturgy, we often sing the Psalm, but I didn’t get a sense from your sets that you do that in the Episcopalian Liturgy. Just wondering since the order of services are so similar.

6. 

   klampert

   May 23, 2007

   Goofy: hey yeah roman is usually sung. we at least in some churches. Our liturgy isnt episcopalian because we arent. We arent apart of ECUSA. we just have the word in our name. lol.

   ok with that said currently we just read the psalm but I am going to be working on different Psalm songs from different artists and musicians. I’m pretty excited about even more music integration into the liturgy.

   thanks for dropping by. Im on your site all the time

7. 

   Jaybrams

   May 23, 2007

   I’d love to do 7-8 songs sometimes… I’m lucky if i get time for 4.

   Speaking of “Lord I Lift” … i tend to sing “You came from heaven to earth, my dead toupee” … so yeah, i haven’t sang that one since the mid-90s.

   But it was one of the first songs I learned on guitar, so i guess i do have a soft spot for it.

8. 

   worshipcity

   May 23, 2007

   Wow I’ve never heard such a great argument why NOT to play “Lord I Lift Your Name on High.” That was awesome! I told my church when I was hired on that they were saying FAREWELL to Lord I Lift and Shout to the Lord! HAHAHA!

   We don’t have any Ritz Carlton’s down here so Awesome God never seemed culturally relevant to us 🙂

9. 

   worshipcity

   May 23, 2007

   Oh yeah my songs:
   All over the world – Matt Redman
   Awesome is the Lord – Chris Tomlin
   All Creatures of our God and King 2 – DC*B styled
   Mighty to Save – Hillsong
   Save me/I could sing of Your love forever – yeah that one might need to be explained

   Take it to the streets – Redman again

   This week’s Worship Confessional will be excitingly long. This was a great service and I was very pleased with it!

10. 

    klampert

    May 23, 2007

    conner mcloud…lol no ritz carltons. lol

    Nice set list…WHAT KEYS!

    i love awesome is the lord and all creatures

    save me?
    wow you did take it to the streets…sweet

    our band is scalled back for a while so it’s gonna be unplugged for a month or 2 so take it to the streets may be tough acoustic not to mention I ve like 40 songs we are working on weve never done…>THERE’s TOO MUCH GOOD MUSIC AHHH!!!

11. 

    Darren

    May 24, 2007

    I fully agree with the “too much good music,” Joel. I’ve got a list of 40 some songs that I’d like to add to the congregational repertoire, and that doesn’t even include much that’s been written in the last decade.

12. 

    klampert

    May 24, 2007

    Darren…it’s insane…I’m currently importing my 400+ CD’s into Itunes…and realizing there are like songs on every CD i want to do…AHH THE MADNESS

13. 

    goofydawg

    May 29, 2007

    klampert, I’ve got a bunch of Psalm songs that I’ve written – some even have spec recordings that I create so the guys in my band have an idea of how the songs should be performed. For the catholic Mass, music is required for the Psalm, using a call and response song layout; that is, the congregation sings the “refrain” while the a cantor or the band’s singers sing the “verses.” It’s a great way to engage the assembly!

    In any case, here’s a link to the music I’ve written for Mass: http://www.masshysteriaband.org/orgmusic.asp. If you find something you like, LMK (thedawg@goofydawg.net). If it doesn’t have a spec recording attached, I can whip one up pretty quick.

    For starters, one you might enjoy is Psalm 103: The Lord is Kind and Merciful. I’ve got a link to the spec for that one. My only rule for use is that you just cite me as the song’s author. I don’t have any licensing arrangements or fees – I just want to share my music.

    -GoofyDawg

14. 

    klampert

    May 29, 2007

    Oh wow man…what a great resource…I will check this out and get back to you soon…The other liturgical stuff is of great use too…THanks

15. 

    goofydawg

    June 8, 2007

    I’ve been meaning to get back to this blog, but life just gets busy sometimes… The invitation is still open! I welcome sharing my songs with folks.

    GoofyDawg

16. 

    klampert

    June 8, 2007

    Goofy I checked out the mass page…fantastic…how do I go about asking you for certain songs…lol I want everything.

17. 

    goofydawg

    June 11, 2007

    Just click and download any song you want, though if you want to know how a song goes that doesn’t have a spec, LMK via e-mail (thedawg@goofydawg.net), and I’ll do a quick spec recording for you – it’ll also make me put up the spec on the web page, which I haven’t taken the time I need to take. 🙂

    –GoofyDawg