Seacoast Worship Recap (05/22/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival going on over atTheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

This week at Seacoast Church, we had the privilege of having Carlos Whittaker lead worship for us.  It was great, and quite honestly, surprising.  For the 5% of you out there who don’t know about Carlos (aka Los, aka Ragamuffinsoul, aka @loswhit), he is a worship leader/blogger that has recently gotten a lot of national exposure through this (LA Ink episode) and this (Youtube video).

I say it was surprising, not because I didn’t expect it to be good.  What I mean by that is I expected Carlos to be promoting his new album and sharing some about the direction his ministry is going.  I guess I expected worship to be a mini-concert of sorts.  Don’t get me wrong.  I’m not even saying that would have been a bad thing.  God is doing amazing things through Carlos, his family and their ministry, and more people need to know about it.  What we got however, was so much better.  An anointed dude, simply worshiping God and begging us to come along with him, with zero self promotion (out of a 5-song set, he only did two of his own songs).  So, if you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and check out his blog, follow him on twitter & buy his new album.  You can thank me later.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

• Jesus Saves – Carlos Whittaker
• Marvelous Light – Charlie Hall

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Josh continued a series entitled “Liberated”, based on Acts 26-28.  Tonight, Josh talked about preparing your boat for “The Storm”.  It was a very timely message, for me anyway.  If you’re interested, you can get the sermon notes on YouVersion.com here.  Also, you can download the audio message from iTunes here or watch the video here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Worship/Response:

• Give Us Clean Hands – Charlie Hall
• God of Second Chances – Carlos Whittaker
• Salvation is Here – Joel Houston

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast Church this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Oh, and one more thing.  I’m giving away a free copy of Andy Andrews’ new book “The Heart Mender” this Wednesday, here on my blog.  If you’re interested, click here to find out how to enter the drawing.

Seacoast Worship Recap (04/17/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival going on over atTheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

• Salt & Light – John L’ecuyer
• You, You  Are God – Walker Beach

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Greg continued a series entitled “Arrested”, based on Acts 21-25.  Tonight, he asked the question “Can your faith take a beating?  It was a great (read challenging) message.  If you’re interested, you can get the sermon notes on YouVersion.com here.  Also, you can download the audio message from iTunes here or watch the video here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Worship/Response:

• Pledge My Head to Heaven – Keith Green (Love this song…so powerful!)
• Enough - Chris Tomlin
• My Savior Lives – Glenn Packiam / Jon Egan

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast Church this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (03/20/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival going on over atTheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

• Everlasting God – Brenton Brown
• Let God Arise – Chris Tomlin

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Greg continued a series entitled “Proclaimed”, based on Acts 17-19.  He spoke tonight on “Messy Evangelism”.  One of the best quotes from his message was this: “Anxiety is nothing more than repeatedly experiencing failure in advance.” If you’re interested, you can get the notes from YouVersion.com here.  Also, you can download the audio message from iTunes here or watch the video here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Worship/Response:

• One Pure & Holy Passion - Mark Altrogge
• Mighty to Save – B. Fielding/R. Morgan
• Happy Day - Tim Hughes

Also, if you are anywhere near Colorado Springs (CO), Arden Hills (MN), or Charleston (SC) between now and Easter, you should definitely make plans to see The Thorn (<— Click for the promo video)!

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast Church this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (03/13/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival going on over at TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

• Power of the Cross – Martin Chalk <—NEW Album Available now!
• I am Free – Jon Egan

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Greg started a new series entitled “Proclaimed”, based on Acts 17-19.  He spoke tonight on how to become effective in sharing the gospel.  For some reason, they didn’t post the sermon notes on YouVersion.com this week, so I posted them here.  Also, you can download the audio message from iTunes here or watch the video here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Worship/Response:

• Beautiful – Kari Jobe
• Lead Me to the Cross – Brooke Fraser
• Sing to the King – Billy Foote

Also, this week was the first time I got a chance to see this year’s set of The Thorn (our annual Passion Play) at Seacoast.  It is going to be incredible! If you are anywhere near Colorado Springs (CO), Arden Hills (MN), or Charleston (SC).  You should definitely make plans to see this (<— Click for the promo video)!

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast Church this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (03/06/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival Extravaganza going on over at TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

1. Everlasting God – Brenton Brown
2. You Deserve – Matt Crocker

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Greg continued the series entitled “Compelled”.  He spoke on learning to balance the real and the ideal.  If you’re interested, you can get the notes from YouVersion.com here.  Also, you can download the audio message from iTunes here or watch the video here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Closing Set:

1. Take My Life – Chris Tomlin
2. Mighty to Save – B. Fielding/R. Morgan
3. My Savior Lives – G. Packiam/J. Egan

On a side note, I took the kids to 5Guys for dinner before church tonight, and picked up an assorted dozen from Cupcake for afterwards.  I will pay for that later, but it was worth it!  My 11 year old son got to pick the music for the 30 minute ride home…Flyleaf’s “I’m So Sick” at about 80% volume.  My ears are still ringing. 

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast Church this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (01/30/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival Extravaganza going on over at TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

1. You Are Good – Israel Houton
2. Happy Day – Tim Hughes

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Shawn finished the series entitled “Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?” (inspired by a blog post by Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing).  He spoke on living a lifestyle of worship.  If you’re interested, you can get the notes from YouVersion.com here.  Also, you can download the audio message from iTunes here or watch the video here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Tonight also marked the official end of our 21 days of fasting (Awaken) at Seacoast.  For me personally, it was probably the most fruitful extended fast I have ever participated in.  I hope to blog more on this in the coming days.

Closing Set:

1. Take My Life – Chris Tomlin
2. Dessert Song – Brooke Fraser
3. Song of Hope – Martin Chalk <—NEW Album Available now!

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (01/24/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival Extravaganza going on over at TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

1. Beautiful One – Tim Hughes
2. Your Love Never Fails – Chris Quilala

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Greg continued the series entitled “Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?” (inspired by a blog post by Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing).  This was a very challenging message on stewardship.  If you’re interested, you can get the notes from YouVersion.com here, or you can download the message from iTunes here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Pastor Greg also anounced the results of our Hope Epidemic drive that ended around Christmas.  Through this drive we raised over $280,000 dollars!  This money will be used to meet significant needs in communities around the world in need of clean drinking water.  In fact, some of the results of this drive are already on the ground in Hati, providing relief there.  You can still give toward this here if you’re interested.

Closing Set:

1. Soon – Brooke Fraser
2. Enough – Chris Tomlin
3. Power of the Cross – Martin Chalk <—NEW Album Available now!

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (01/10/10)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival Extravaganza going on over at TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

This is my first worship re-cap in a while.  I took a break from blogging for a few months, but it’s good to be back!

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

1. Awesome is the Lord Most High – Tomlin
2. Your Love Never Fails – Chris Quilala

Message:

This weekend, Pastor Greg started a new series entitled “Why aren’t you dead yet?” It was inspired by a blog post by Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing.  It was a great message.  I can’t wait to hear the rest of the series.  If you’re interested, you can get the notes from YouVersion.com here, or you can download the message from iTunes here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Closing Set:

1. Take My Life – Tomlin
2. Always – Martin Chalk <—NEW Album Available now!
3. All Because of Jesus – Fee

By the way, our church is also participating in Awaken again this year.  The 21 days of fasting starts tonight at sundown.  Visit the site, sign up and join us!

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (08/02/09)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival Extravaganza going on over at FredMckinnon.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.

This week, we are visiting friends in Greenville, NC.  As a result I’m attending Seacoast Online.  I had a bit of problems with my internet connection so I caught the first half of the 9:30 service, and the last half of the 11:15 service.  I think they were having some issues with the live feed because the closing set was the same as last week(?).  Nonetheless, I was blessed!

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

1. Let God Arise – Tomlin

2. You Lifted Me Out – Tomlin (New Song)

Message:

This weekend, was week 5 of the “Road Trip” series.  Today Pastor Greg spoke about “How’s Your Heart”.  Is it hard or soft? It was a great message. (Nice beard by the way Pastor Greg!).  If you’re interested, you can download the message from iTunes here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Closing Set:

1. Take My Life – Tomlin
2. Always – Martin Chalk
3. All Because of Jesus – Fee

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast this weekend.  How was your worship service?

Seacoast Worship Recap (07/26/09)

Even though I normally attend church on Saturday night, this worship re-cap is part of the Sunday Setlist Blog Carnival Extravaganza going on over at FredMckinnon.com.  Check out the other worship service re-caps from this week by clicking here.  And by the way, it’s the 1 Year Anniversary of “Sunday Setlist” this week!

This weekend, we actually attended the 11:15 Sunday morning service. It’s the first time we’ve attended a Sunday service in a while, and it was kinda cool, but I think I still prefer the Saturday night service.  Any way, here’s the recap…..

Call to Worship / Opening Set:

1. Awesome is the Lord Most High – Tomlin
2. No Greater God – Martin Chalk

Message:

This weekend, was week 4 of the “Road Trip” series.  This weekend’s message is brought by the Geoff Surratt.  It was a great message about stepping out of your comfort zone, and making “Bold Moves” to be who God has called you to be. If you’re interested, you can download the message from iTunes here (it may be Monday or Tuesday before it is available).

Closing Set:

1. Take My Life – Tomlin
2. Always – Martin Chalk
3. All Because of Jesus – Fee

Well, that’s how things went at Seacoast this weekend.  How was your weekend service?