Message Series: “The Blessed Life”

Song / Version / Key / Leader
“You Are Good” – Bethel – Key of F – Female 1 Lead
“One Thing Remains” – Bethel – Key of B – Male 1 Lead
“Forever Reign” – Hillsong – Key of G – Female 2 Lead
“Forever” – Kari Jobe – Key of G – Female 1 Lead

Our opening song this week was “You Are Good.” As mentioned before, while the simplicity of the lyrics of this song don’t make it my absolute favorite, our church is more participatory with this opener than any other we do, and that is what matters. Our job is to engage the congregation and get them to participate and focus on connecting in worship.

We then transitioned via Ableton pad to the key of B for “One Thing Remains” as our pastor welcomed everyone. I really love the message of the first verse and bridge of this song and the chorus makes it easy for people to engage as well. We ended with a down chorus and moved to the key of G for “Forever Reign,” which our second female leader sang.

You’ve heard me many times talk about changing the key of certain staples songs that are typically male lead or visa versa to give it a fresh voicing. This went over so well last time, we decided to do it again, and of course when we decided we wanted the whole set to lead to “Forever,” which is also in the key of G, this solidified the decision for transition purposes.

With ended “Forever Reign” with a down bridge and began the keys intro of “Forever.” As the intro was playing I prayed a simple prayer of thanks:
“Lord, we thank you for Your sacrifice on the cross. We thank you for the blood that was shed for us and that you died and rose so that we may be reconciled with you. We thank you that you defeated sin, death, and the grave. We exalt your name in this place, Jesus. We declare there is no one else worthy of our praise and adoration but you and you alone.”
We then sang “Forever” and our Executive Pastor concluded with a prayer of surrender.