Message Series: “Love One Another: Part IV”

Song / Version / Key / Leader
“Open Up The Heavens” – Meredith Andrews – Key of B – Female 1 Lead
“God Is Able” – Hillsong – Key of B – Male 2 Lead
“Your Great Name” – Natalie Grant – Key of A – Female 1 Lead
“Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace)” – Hillsong – Key of G – Female 2 Lead

We wrapped up our series on loving one another, which was centered around the purpose to encourage people to engage in community and ultimately join a connect group. Because one of the goals of the service was focused on pointing people to the sign-up and group leader meet and greet time following service, we did not have an extensive response time at the end where we concluded with a worship song as normal. Rather, we really wanted to give people extra time before they needed to pick up their kids, etc. to mingle and spend time with community. (Trying to remove any obstacles or excuses they might have not to sign-up for a group.)

Having said all this, we kept the worship set pretty simple, yet ensured lyrically, it was impactful. Therefore, we began with “Open Up the Heavens,” a newer favorite of our church, and continued in the key of B for “God Is Able,” which was lead by one of our male leaders. We ended with a down chorus, smoothly transitioning to the key of A via pad for “Your Great Name.”

We again ended with a down chorus, tagging “your great name…” to move swiftly to “Broken Vessels” in the key of G, led by another female leader. I really don’t recommend changing keys as much as we did with the last three songs, because it just creates opportunity for a seen and heard abrupt transition. However, in this case, we ran transitions several times and really focused our energy in making them seamless, since there was the added element of a key change. Remember, the goal is to not just minimize, but hopefully eliminate any possible exit ramps people might take to disengage from worship.