Message Series: “Hope Has Come”

Song / Version / Key / Leader
“At Your Name” – Phil Wickham – Key of E – Female 1 Lead
“One Thing Remains” – Bethel – Key of E – Female 2 Lead
“Our God” – Chris Tomlin – Key of B – Male 1 Lead
“Worship The Great I Am” – Gateway – Key of C – Female 1 Lead (Special)
“Cornerstone” – Hillsong – Key of C – Male 1 Lead

To preface our Christmas service, we continued setting up the “Hope Has Come” message with our song selection. We opened with “At Your Name,” which is normally male lead, but this time I led it just to give it a fresh sound. Because of the descriptive verses and chorus declaration, it makes a great invocation song.

Following “At Your Name,” we remained in the key of E for “One Thing Remains,” which was a seamless transition because we were able to keep the pad going to bridge the two. We had another female lead this song, because I rarely lead two songs back to back. Again, with the amount of leaders we have, it just really isn’t necessary. Giving other people leadership opportunity to learn and grow is important.

We then moved to the key of B via Ableton pad for our “throwback” song, which was “Our God.” I really love this song, especially around Christmas because everyone is familiar with it and the lyrics are theologically sound. It also gives a strong depiction of who God is, a perfect song to get into the hearts of the people.

After “Our God,” we introduced a Christmas special from Gateway Church called “Worship the Great I Am.” I would compare this song lyrically and feel wise to “Revelation Song.” However, it is a little bit more difficult congregation wise to follow because it has four verses and two different choruses. Because we loved the message, we presented the song more as a special and used a Multitrack to ensure a full sound.

To conclude the message, we ended with “Cornerstone” for our response song. This is a great staple song for our church and “The Church” as whole, as it points us straight to the meaning of Christmas: Christ.