O sing unto the Lord a new song!

Nov 4, 2008

By Michael Bell

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As regular readers to this blog may know, I have the privilege of collaborating with Peter Heath on the occasional song. The internet is a wonderful tool that lets us do that even though he is half way around the world from me.

Here is a new song by Peter (with a little input from me). Read the lyrics, listen to the music, and let us know what you think. The song lends itself quite well to congregational worship.

So, live from the the Evangelical Community Church of Abu Dhabi, here is:

Everything I Want – by Peter Heath

You are perfect, holy, Infinite love and mercy
You are purest of light, I am a shadow of You,

You are perfect, holy, Wonderful grace and beauty
You are purest of light, Glorious, awesome God

You are everything I want, Everything I need
You’re beyond my reach Until you reach for me.

You are everything I want, Everything I need
Oh, draw me in Till you are all I see.

Listen

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Planning Worship – A Time Analysis

May 31, 2008

trebleclefAs an eclectic Christian, I have learned to appreciate several different types of worship. Admittedly most of my exposure has been in the Protestant stream of Christianity, but I still learned to enjoy what I would categorize as Classical, Traditional, and Contemporary worship.

It has also been my privilege to lead worship in a variety of churches, denominations, and para-church settings. I have been doing this for most of the last 27 years. One of the things that I find most important in doing what we do at church, is having a commitment to quality. The things that we are doing we are doing “to the glory of God”. God expects us to do our best at the tasks that he has given us.

For me, this commitment to quality means that on the Sundays that I am leading worship, many hours of preparation would have gone into planning in the previous week. Here is how the breakdown looks. Read the rest of this entry »

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