Friday Church: 11/13/09 #sundaysetlists

Part of Fred McKinnon’s #SundaySetlists.

Our Friday night motel outreach functions just as any other church.  We may differ in this:  the children and adults are together for a psalm reading, worship, and the memory verse.

Fridays, we generally have me on guitar and vocals, Nicole on vocals, Warren on lead guitar (acoustic), and Camille on cajon (or d’jembe).  Each week is different.

Here is the set:

Holy is the Lord
Chris Tomlin & Louie Giglio © 2003 worshiptogether.com CCLI# 4158039

Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Daniel Grul, John Ezzy, Steve McPherson © 1992 Hillsong CCLI #1198817

You Gave Your Life Away
(c) 2007 Paul Baloche/Kathryn Scott CCLI #4994688

Might Be Today
1995, 1998 Greg Fadness CCLI # 2198527

I’ll Fly Away
Albert E. Brumley © 1932 Wonderful Message

November 2009 Free Download: “Call Unto Me”

For the month of November you can download this sweet ballad track for free: “Call Unto Me” from CDBaby.com

Here is the link:. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bwillard

Chart for the song (click here) CCLI #4570473

I love songs set to scripture.

Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)

‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

Call Unto Me

Jeremiah 33:3

“Call Unto Me” is also one of my very first songs. I make a habit of reading through the Bible, starting simultaneously in Genesis, Psalms, and Matthew, and read forward until I am finished with the Bible and I begin again. Most of the time I have no idea what I am reading. However, I was praying and conversing with the Lord asking Him to reveal to me something from Jeremiah and this was the first passage in Jeremiah that ever spoke to me. Jeremiah 29:11 seems to have more fame, but this verse blew my mind, and it still does. We have no idea what the Lord will do for us, if we will just call to Him.

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Friday Church: 10/30/09 #sundaysetlists

Part of Fred McKinnon’s #SundaySetlists.

Our Friday night motel outreach functions just as any other church.  We may differ in this:  the children and adults are together for a psalm reading, worship, and the memory verse.

Fridays, we generally have me on guitar and vocals, Nicole on vocals, Warren on lead guitar (acoustic), and Camille on cajon (or d’jembe).  Each week is different.

This week it was me and Camille.  For some reason I have a mental block on 6/8 (or 3/4 for that matter) time signatures.  Between the first and second songs, this came back to haunt me, live!  It took me until the first chorus of “Oh My Redeemer” before I was actually in 6/8; poor Camille, trying to figure out what in the world I was doing.

Here is the set:

Here Is Love (D)
Reese, Williams / Robert Lowry

This is the song that kicked off my “Hymn-Theology” posts.

Read my post here.

Oh My Redeemer (D)
Richard Smockovich & Mike Duran © 1999 Mike Doran Music CCLI # 2946360

I don’t remember when I first heard this song, but I really like it.  I’ve been using it often on Fridays.  People pick it up fast.  It’s easy to sing and has great lyrics.

Father, I Adore You (D)
Terrye Coelho  © 1972 Maranatha Music CCLI# 26557

Driving in the car today, I heard a really new version of this song on the radio (KFSH 95.9).  This is one of the first songs I loved when I started going to Calvary Chapel back in 1995.  Even at that time, the song was old, but new to me.

Your Love Oh Lord (A)
Powell, Mac et al © 1999 New Spring  CCLI#1894255

This is a great standard.  I love it.  It’s from Psalm 36:5-6; you can’t go wrong with Bible verses as your lyrics.

Revelation Song (A)
(c) 2004 Jennie Lee Riddle/Gateway CCLI #4447960

Like I said in my post from October 2:

I’ve wanted to do this song since I heard it on SongDiscovery #50, but ended up forgetting about it until I heard the worship team at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa do it a few weeks ago.  I hear it’s also covered by Kari Jobe.

It was well-received song.  This will be it’s second rotation.

Metrolink Madness: Sharing and Observing Personal Space

Chronicling my people watching, observations, experiences in my daily commute on Metrolink, for no other reason than to pass the time and smile a bit.

hen you become part of mass transportation, you have to learn to share, kind of like pre-school, only for grown-ups.

Now, I do realize that the concept of personal space as a basic right is uniquely American in origin, God forbid we ever have to stuff people on the train like they do in Japan  (see video here), and although there are some rights that we relinquish in order to benefit from mass transportation, there are some we retain.

Typical upstairs seating on Metrolink Trains

There are three levels of seating on a Metrolink train: all of which have similar configurations and are, basically, closer than sitting in a movie theater, but not as close as the Honda Center (see previous post here).

Most of the seating has pairs of seats facing each other for a group of four, some with tables but most do not have those.

Typically, I don’t sit in a group with tables, as I believe they should be saved for the laptop people, which brings me to today’s post.

Friday Church: 10/23/09 #sundaysetlists

Part of Fred McKinnon’s #SundaySetlists.

Our Friday night motel outreach functions just as any other church.  We may differ in this:  the children and adults are together for a psalm reading, worship, and the memory verse.

Fridays, we generally have me on guitar and vocals, Nicole on vocals, Warren on lead guitar (acoustic), and Camille on cajon (or d’jembe).

This week was only me and Nicole.

Here is the set in the Key of D:

Joy that Giggles
(c) Don Jackson – Kids Cry Out

Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing)
Brenton Brown & Brian Doerkson © 2000 Vineyard Songs  CCLI 3091812

The Joy Of The Lord
©1991 Ariose Music / Mountain Spring Music
Words and Music by Twila Paris

More Precious Than Silver

I’ll Fly Away
Albert E. Brumley © 1932 Wonderful Message

Here is a live recording at last week’s motel outreach of I’ll Fly Away

My First Professional Sports Game: Lakers V. Nuggets

I realize that the topic of this blog post is an anomaly for this site; however, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts as a first-timer.

My husband has loved the Lakers since they were in their namesake state:  Minnesota, which, I admit dates him a bit.  (You can read more about their history here.)  The point being, that he’s not a “new” fan as I am.  A bit about how I slowly by slowly became a Laker fan is found in this post on Psalm 37:4.  I bought him Arsenal tickets for his birthday, but I was sick and we didn’t get to go.

So, I found out that the Lakers were playing at Honda Center in a pre-season game.  For $38 each, I thought it was a good deal.  October is a late birthday celebration for a February birthday, but it was still very exciting.

I’ve never been to a professional sports game.  Now, I’ve been to the Honda Center back when it was the Arrowhead Pond for a few Gaither concerts, but I’ve never sat in the 400 section before.  Mercier wanted to be sure to see the whole game. He assured me that sitting higher was better, for the overview, and as close as possible either to the center or a goal (the basket).

When will NBA come to Orange County?

Friday Church: 10/16/09 #sundaysetlists

Part of Fred McKinnon’s #SundaySetlists.

Fridays, we generally have me on guitar and vocals, Nicole on vocals, Warren on lead guitar (acoustic), and Camille on cajon (or d’jembe).  This week is was only me.

Our Friday night motel outreach functions just as any other church.  We may differ in this:  the children and adults are together for a psalm reading, worship, and the memory verse.

Tonight will be a bit different.  A bunch of our teaching team is absent so Mercier will be teaching a combined meeting with the kids and adults.

So we’re mixing it up with kids songs, the memory verse, more kid songs, sermon, and more closing worship.

Mercier will be teaching on why bad things happen.

Here is the set in the Key of D:

Joy that Giggles
(c) Don Jackson – Kids Cry Out

The Joy of the Lord

–Memory Verse Teaching

Psalm 119:105
Bridget Willard ©1999 moreofjesus.com CCLI# pending

This post talks about this song’s story.

You can get the simple chart here.

Hallelu, Hallelu

More Precious Than Silver

SERMON

Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing)
Brenton Brown & Brian Doerkson © 2000 Vineyard Songs  CCLI 3091812

The Joy Of The Lord
©1991 Ariose Music / Mountain Spring Music
Words and Music by Twila Paris

I’ll Fly Away
Albert E. Brumley © 1932 Wonderful Message

Psalm 119:105 with Audio

When my grandson was six and a student at Lighthouse Christian Schools I was commissioned to help him dress up as a Lighthouse for School Spirit Week.

We ended up making quite a cute costume and wrote verses on it with a fabric marker.

One of the verses was Psalm 119:105:

Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

I made up a little diddy of a song and marched around the house.  That was great fun.

This week at our outreach, Psalm 119:105 is our memory verse, so I thought I’d get a simple demo recording of it, show you the original costume, and pass along a great memory.

You can get the simple chart here.

5Questions with Julie Reid

Julie Reid
Female
Southern California
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Julie Reid is an wife & mother, writer, and worshiper. She enjoys spending time with friends and family in the Southern California area, and is especially interested in Social Justice and International Adoption issues.

1.  What does worship mean to me?

The meaning of worship over the years has changed for me dramatically. And during different seasons it varies as well. Right now, in this season of my life, worship for me is turning back to God my praise no matter how tough life is, no matter how unfair things seem to be, no matter how rotten things get, I just keep praising and thanking Him for His unfailing ways.   When I do that, in thought or in deed – through loving others or through a song, or through celebrating as a community the Eucharist – well, then I’ve worshiped; and a transformation of my spirit takes place in this exchange.

Read more here.

Rainy day

commercial kitchen exhaust fan dominates the sounds heard from the train platform.
When I close my eyes the background nuances move into the foreground in a single file line, like school children boarding their bus.

Tap, tap, ta tap goes the light drizzle on their instruments: metal flashing on lamp posts. The two ladies next to me have a hushed conversation with a German accent. Faintly, a rooster makes himself known with his morning call and the black crow chimes in his part to the song.

Tha-thump drag drag, tha-thump drag drag goes the rolling luggage-work that was brought home for the evening. Slosh, shlosh, skippity-slosh as a teenager shuffles in her sheepskin boots.

Shh. Wait. What do I hear? Faintly, but boldly, the low hum of the train horn accompanied by the ding, ding, ding tells me that my wait in the cold, rainy morning is over.