June 11, 2023

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Sermon: 1 John 5:13-15 - “Living With Confidence” - David Rountree

Order of Worship: Download Here

Outline:

Confidence in Salvation (v. 13)

  1. We trust in Christ

  2. We have a threefold love flowing from our regeneration

  3. We possess the Holy Spirit

  4. We are united to Christ Jesus

Confidence in Supplication (vv. 14-15)

SONG List:

How Firm a Foundation
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Jesus What a Friend for Sinners
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Managing Our Worship Song Library

Considering songs for our repertoire

Got a song or hymn you love to sing in worship? I regularly get requests. In addition to individual song qualities, I find it both practical and pastoral to think intentionally about our overall repertoire of songs. Based on several factors, we may receive a new song, reject it, or defer it to be considered in the future. Receiving a song may be for a one-off use or slotting it into regular rotation. Rejecting it may be a judgement call on the song itself, or just that we already have other songs that are too similar.

Here are some of my considerations for managing our worship song library:

  • Individual song strength (see previous article)

  • Song fit within the context of our current library

  • Song fit for our music team to lead well

  • Familiarity and singability in our congregation

  • Song source

For our library we seek a general balance of the following:

  • Perspective (I/me, we/us, and third person songs)

  • Trinitarian (songs about the Father, Son, and Spirit)

  • Type (hymns/songs, old/new, simple/complex)

  • Mood (upbeat/mid/slow, joy/lament, major/minor)

  • Theme (creation, thanksgiving, redemption, heaven, etc.)

CHOOSING songs frOM our repertoire

Core Repertoire (Use 1-2 songs from this column each week) - currently includes 42 staple songs like All Creatures of Our God and King, Christ Our Hope in Life and Death, Jesus Your Mercy, and Who You Say I Am.

Extended Repertoire (Use 1-2 songs from this column each week) - currently includes 49 well-loved songs like 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord), God Is For Us, This is Amazing Grace, and O Church Arise.

Classic Repertoire (Use 1-2 songs from this column each week) - currently includes 74 time-tested songs like Amazing Grace, How Great is Our God, It Is Well With My Soul, and Mighty To Save.

June 4, 2023

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Sermon: 1 John 5:6-12 - “The Testimony God Gave for Jesus” - David Rountree

Order of Worship: Download Here

Outline:

The Problematic Testimony (vv. 6-8)

The Pure Three-fold Testimony (vv. 6-8)

  1. God’s Testimony at Christ’s Baptism—testimony of water (Matt.3:13-17).

  2. God’s Testimony at Christ’s Crucifixion—testimony of blood (1 John 5:6).

  3. God’s Testimony through the Holy Spirit (John 15:26).

The Pragmatic Testimony (vv. 9-12)

SONG List:

Our Great God
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God
Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
God So Loved