Preparing for Sunday, 5/6/12

Well I wanted to just start off this post with a few thoughts about last Sunday, 4/29. What a great morning - not in spite of, but because of the big technical difficulty at the start of the service. If you with us last Sunday you know what I'm talking about - the sound board channels weren't working for us for the first 7 minutes, so we had to stop the music for a little bit. Jordan talked about it a little bit during preaching - we rely so much on technology to make our services happen, and we often expect perfection when we show up for church on Sunday. But if we're really the family of God, gathering to encourage one another in our obedience and worship of Him, then we can do that unhindered even if the tech stuff fails on us. The technology is really always a bonus, that we have to aid the things we do when we gather as a church. We should always be thankful both that we have it, and that it works so well almost all of the time. But God really does remind us every so often (like last Sunday), what really matters for our Church gatherings.

And huge props go to our congregation - after the sound came back on, you guys were ready to sing together, and you did it well! Singing was great, and loud once we got rolling.

So this week, since we had Bread & Cup last Sunday, Jordan will deliver the 2nd half of his sermon, on 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 and unity in the Body of Christ. You can see last week's post for some comments on the passage.

We'll also officially welcome Eric and Ashley Durso and their kids as a returning part of our church family tomorrow, and Eric as our new youth pastor. Make sure you're there to be a part!

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Tomorrow we'll sing the following songs:
1. Your Grace Is Enough
2. O Worship The King
3. Death In His Grave
4. Jesus Thank You

Rather than talk through each song this week, I want to talk a little bit about song #3, "Death In His Grave." If you were with us on Easter morning, you'll recognize this one. We introduced it as special music then, with the intention of bringing it in more and more as a congregational sing later one, which is what we'll do tomorrow.

You can listen to the song below. Basically, it's a story song that creatively retells Christ's crucifixion, and rejoices in Christ's victory over death, and victory over our sin. Christ was crushed by God, forsaken by Him on the cross, and buried in a tomb. But Christ rose from the dead - He "laid Death in His grave," and Christ's payment for sin and His perfect resurrected life are substituted to us by faith. This song does a great job of recasting some of these familiar, but foundational truths of our faith. Give it a couple listens below, and be ready to sing it with us tomorrow!



Death In His Grave (Performance Video) from john mark mcmillan on Vimeo.