Rob World Worship

Advent blogs

Here is a link to a wonderful daily blog on Advent by Sara Beth Bennett.  http://somanyforeignroads.blogspot.com/ Follow the journey.

The image below is from a link on jd walt's blog. Cool Advent ruminations there too.

MINISTRY TO THE LORD

via www.worshipcentral.org

I really like JD Walt's insights on worship leading and planning, and worshipcentral.org has some great resources. I recommend reading his article and the Watchman Nee excerpt. There's a difference between ministering to "the House of the Lord" and ministry just "to the Lord". Worship leaders have to minister from the inside out, so I'm looking forward to applying this idea:

"Getting practical about it. 1. Eat this Word, Hebrews 10:19-22. So much is going on here that must be absorbed in the power of the Spirit. 2. Create a new place—a specific place—that is hidden and set apart, not generally accessible; a hiding place of sorts. 3. Go there each day this coming week and simply and literally stand before the Lord. (try 5 to 15 minutes) Say nothing. Ask for nothing. Renounce every distraction. Gather up all your attention and simply behold your God. Wait upon him. Renounce the idea that doing this is for your own transformation or so that you might be more effective in ministry. This is for the Lord alone. Call on all of your faculties to simply and quietly behold the Lord in Love. Ministry to the Lord, though quite simple, may be the greatest challenge of our time. That will be enough for now."

Try this and share your experience.

Live Video from Belmont Songwriters Guild Writers Night Oct 29, 09

I'm learning how to use youtube, this is my first upload ... Sent Together To Heal (lyrics below)

Sent Together To Heal

A broken heart and a contrite spirit

Is all I have to give you Lord

I’m wounded and I need your healing

So I’m humbly asking Lord

Have mercy now Jesus

Oh Son of God Son of David

Have pity Lord and touch me now

Cause I know You were sent here to heal

 

I’m giving up, I’m not trying any harder

There’s nothing more that I can do

I leave it all in your hands Lord Jesus

I commit my spirit to you

So change me now Jesus

Oh Son of God, Son of David

Transform me Lord into your image

Cause I know – I’ve been sent here to be healed

And all of us groan

Crying for freedom

To be touched by the Healer

Redeemed by the Redeemer

Oh ………..

 

Heal us now Jesus

Oh Son of God Son of David

And send us out (as) wounded healers

By your grace – we are sent together to heal

  © Feb 13 2009 Rob Still, RobStillMusic (ASCAP)

Sept 12/13 Worship Music @ Belmont Church

Here's this weekend's worship music @ Belmont Church Nashville, TN. We've also recently begun web streaming our 11am service.  This post is part of the worship set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches. 

Call to Worship: Psalm 24:3-6
Rain Down (Stuart Garrard / Martin Smith; Curious? Music UK, EMIcmg)
Be Lifted Up (Paul Oakley, Thank You Music) For 8:30 only
Lord Let Your Glory Fall (Matt Redmond)
You Never Let Go (Matt Redmond)
Hosanna (Brooke Fraser, Hillsong)
Holy (Matt Gilman, Forerunner Music)
Give Me Jesus (public domain?)
Communion meditation:
God of This City (Passion, Sixsteps, worshiptogether.com)

We have 3 assemblies; Saturday night 6pm, Sunday 8:30 and 11:00am. 

Worship Team:

Vocals/Leader: Abbie Cox

Electric Guitar/ Vocals/Leader: Trevor Mathiesen

Piano/Vocals/Leader: Cathy Carter-Heiser

Drums: Jim Thistle

Bass: Bryan Grassmeyer

Electric Guitar: Scott Parker

Sept 5/6 Worship Music @ Belmont Church

Here's last weekend's worship music @ Belmont Church Nashville, TN. We've also recently begun web streaming our 11am service.  This post is part of the worship set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches.

Call To Worship: Psalm 100

Your Love Never Fails (Chris McClarney, Anthony Skinner; worshiptogether EMIcmg)

Cannons (Phil Wickham, Simpleville Music)

Holy Spirit You Are Awesome (Ross Huskinson, Scott McLeod, Anthony Skinner, worshiptogether.com)

O Lord You're Beautiful (Keith Greene, EMIcmg)

Holy (Mat Gilman, Forerunner Music)

Communion meditation

Where You Go I Go (Brian Johnson, Jon Mohr; Integrity Hosanna)

Shout Unto God (Joel Houston, Marty Sampson; Hillsongs Publishing)

After the message: I Love Your Presence (Darren Clarke, Jessie Lane, Vineyard)

Worship Team:

Piano, Vocal, Leader: Michael Kendrick 

Acc Guitar, Vocal Leader: Jillian Harding

Vocal: Julia Cecere

Electric Guitar: Will McKelvey

Drums: Dillon Frazier

Bass: Carl Dobbins

Michael and Jillian are college students, they did a wonderful job leading us in worship.

Aug 29/20 Worship Music @ Belmont Church

This week I'm posting a blog about the weekend worship music @ Belmont Church Nashville, TN. We have 3 assemblies; Saturday night 6pm, Sunday 8:30 and 11:00am.  We've also recently begun web streaming our 11am service.  This post is part of the worship set list blog carnival at fredmckinnon.com, featuring many different kinds of churches.

It looks like a lot of songs, but music only took about 35 minutes total.  One twist was slowing down "Open the Eyes"  as a prayer of longing/adoration,  wrapping it around the scripture reading and the verse from "Dove's Eyes" . Pleasant surprise, "Oh Come Let Us Adore Him" was spontaneous response @ the 8:30 assembly.  The entire service was about 90 minutes. By the way, we love Planning Center Online, too.

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Call to Worship: Psalm 135:1-3

A New Anointing /This Is The Day (Rob Still / worshiptogether.com Music/Rob Still Music)

It's Good (Ross Huskinson, Anthony Skinner, Scott McLeod worshiptogether.com/Zadok Publishing)

Your Grace Is Enough (Matt Maher/ spiritandsong.com)

Open The Eyes of My Heart (Paul Baloche / Integrity's Hosanna! Music)

Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:16-18

Doves Eyes (verse only): (Misty Edwards / Forerunner Worship)

Oh Come Let Us Adore Him (Public Domain)

Your Love Is Extravagant (Darrell Evans / Integrity's Hosanna Music)

Communion

I Surrender All (Arr. Rob Still / Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter and Winfield Scott Weeden)

After the message:

In Christ Alone  (Stuart Townend, Keith Getty /Thankyou Music/ EMIcmg)

From The Inside Out (Joel Houston/Hillsong Publishing)

Our God Reigns (Martin Smith /Curious? Music UK)

The Worship Team:

Rob Still: Ac.Gtr/Vx Worship pastor

Brad McKelvey: E.gtr / Vx, co-leader

Jeremy Drinkwine: Vox, co-leader

Will McKelevy : E. Gtr

Bob Rannels: Bass

Javier Santiago: Drums

Kelsie Croes: Vox

Advice for Worship Leaders

I ran across a really insightful article for worship leaders on the Internet Monk blog. (Thanks for the link from JD Walt's Farmstrong blog) Here's some worthy excerpts I'd like to pass on to the tribe:

"The key to worship leadership is to lead as a servant of Jesus and of God’s people. Not to entertain, self-promote, distract or dominate, but to lead; to be a means by which worship’s direction is made clearer and the content of worship is communicated effectively so that a congregation can respond. ....

A worship leader should be deeply committed to the participation of everyone, of every age and ability. This should be reflected at every level of worship leadership, especially in directing the use of music......

A worship leader should be the first one aware of his own weaknesses and be ready to adopt changes or seek help to change.

A worship leader should not be a cheerleader, a brutalizer of sheep or a dealer in guilt and manipulation.

A worship leader should not be insensitive to the presence of guests and non-Christians, but he should lead the congregation and the people of God first, with clarity, simplicity and explanation to outsiders an important, but secondary concern......

A worship leader should know how to lead a simple, brief, direct, non-meandering, non-”uh…just” filled public prayer.

A worship leader should be an adherent of  [their particular] tradition and a person with the ability to be creative and flexible. Neither should dominate at the expense of the other.

A worship leader’s own preferences should not dictate everything about worship."

You can check out the whole article at this link : http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/the-evangelical-liturgy-3-the-leaders#more-4163

Worship Mission: Romania & Sozo (England) Trip

Very soon our Belmont Church team leaves to serve at the Sozo conference in England with our good friend and all-around-impresario Randall Morgan. Sozo has impacted thousands of lives for the glory of God throughout Eastern Europe. Here's the vision of this years event from the Red Hills website :

"In these challenging times God is calling for a fresh work of restoring cultures and the nations of the world for His glory. The purpose of this SOZO Celebration is to challenge and mobilize the body of Christ as ambassadors and agents of change to this generation."   http://www.sozofestival.com

My role will be facilitating worship for the entire conference and leading worship workshops, July 27 - Aug 1.

Sunday August 2 most of the team returns to the US, but I'll fly on to Romania and teach at the Timisoara School of Worship for 10 days (Aug 3 -Aug 13) . http://www.scoaladeinchinare.ro

In the mornings we'll study "Practical Theology of  Worship ", in afternoons I'll teach seminars on songwriting and worship leading. I'm also introducing a new workshop on worship ministry systems. There's more to it than I'm going to write now, but I stay super busy over there. (OK I stay super busy just about everywhere, but so do you, right?)

On Wednesday August 12 I'll travel a couple of hours to the Drumfest Musc & Arts festival in Taut which is a gathering of most of the leading Romanian bands & music artists. http://www.drumfest.ro/  I'll teach several sessions over 4 days on Biblical Perspectives on Creativity, Worship, Music. & the Arts. Probably sing a few songs too.

This trip is all about training and equipping emerging leaders in the ways of God regarding worship and the arts - it's  making disciples.  There's a lot of really cool God stories from my relationships in these endeavors. I'll try to share some of these along the way.  I intend to use this blog, Twitter, Facebook to keep folks informed about what's going on.

So, dear friends, I would really appreciate your prayers over the next 3 weeks! Many thanks.

The Lord be with you!

Worship & Child Like Faith

My takeaway from hanging out at Kids camp last night - we need what they have. Worship expressed with child-like faith is free from inhibition and pretense. Kids don’t care about performance. They are who they are. They do what they do. They can’t be fooled and they are not out to fool anybody. That's authenticity.

God has ordained children to give Him praise that defeats the enemy. That is powerful. It is also humbling because “Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” It's a beautiful thing to worship God like a child. Think about it.

(Psalm 8:2, Matt 21: 14-16, Luke 18:15-17)

21 Days of Prayer

At Belmont Church we've begun a 21 day season of prayer which will culminate on Pentecost Sunday. We'll have an evening prayer & worship service on May 31 as part of the Global Day of Prayer.

In this weeks Belmont Bible reading plan is Mark 1. "Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight". v. 4 "John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins" Later in verse 15 Jesus declares "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

So my prayer today is - Lord, purify my heart.