Message Series: “Living the Anonymous Life”

Song / Version / Key / Leader
“Running” – Hillsong – Key of E – Female 1 Lead
“At Your Name” – Phil Wickham – Key of A – Male 1 Lead
“Never Once” – Matt Redman – Key of G – Female 2 Lead
“Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace)” – Hillsong – Key of G – Female 1 Lead
“Something In the Water” – Carrie Underwood– Key of G – Female 1 Lead

This week was the last week of our “Living the Anonymous Life” Series as well as our first time doing Baptisms. So, thematically I planned accordingly. We brought back “Running” as our opener from launch day as well as “At Your Name” from three weeks prior. We used the midi keyboard to transition smoothly between these songs via Ableton pads. Details of why I chose these songs are on the previous posts when we introduced them!

After, I had our second female leader lead “Never Once.” Like the song “Cornerstone” from last week, this too is typically a male led song. However, changing it up was a fresh twist for our church. I feel “Never Once” has a message that everyone can relate to, so it really is an easy win in any set.

“Broken Vessels” was then introduced in light of Baptisms. This modern hymn was a hit with our church, especially with the classic “Amazing Grace” chorus as its pre-chorus, not to mention the beautiful picture of salvation as its chorus. It also ends with the line, “raising up the broken to life,” which worked perfectly with Baptism. The one change we made for this song that was different from the recording was we cut it at around 6:10.

Concluding the sermon, after response time (we played “Broken Vessels” instrumentally), Pastor dismissed those who were going to be Baptized to get changed and ready, and we sung “Something in the Water” while a video about Baptism played simultaneously. The idea of doing a song that wasn’t a worship song was something that I really wrestled with. The reason for that was I never want our team to come off as we are trying to give a performance during service, because leading worship is the total opposite of that. However, I really loved the story and the imagery of this song and it really went well with the video. Later, we received several encouraging comments and it helped connect and emphasize the idea and testimony of Baptism.