Well here goes…

This week was an odd one at Missio Dei. We are wrapping up our series “Exposed: The Naked Truth About Roles, Relationships, & Sexuality”, and this week’s sermon was on Divorce and Remarriage.  Not an easy item to discuss but I think Kurt did a great job of bringing it all back to Jesus.  For some reason, I just felt we were a little ‘off’ musically, even though people seemed to be responding well to the songs.  Part of it may have been that the normal Sunday morning routine got thrown out of whack, which really seemed to throw me out of whack this week.  Our setup leader called in sick, and so I ended up doing a lot of the things I normally don’t have to look after.  Then we got a very late start with rehearsal, and finally we had projector issues right before 10am, which really threw me for a loop since we were doing a new song Sunday.  Here was the setlist for this week:

Welcome/Prayer:  Congregational prayer for the third Sunday of Lent

Song:  Come Ye Sinners – A great tie in to our prayer about admitting our sin and trusting in God’s forgiveness

Song:  Nothing But the Blood of Jesus – We love this hymn, but tried a new arrangement thanks to Brian Eichelberger of Mars Hill Church.  It was great!  Gotta love the tambourine!!

Sermon:  Divorce & Remarriage – As I said, Kurt did a great job explaining that we were never intended for divorce, but at the same time, showing how people who are in or have been through these types of difficult situations can bring their issues to Jesus and seek reconciliation.

Response/Communion

Song:  Mighty to Save – I historically hate Hillsong, just seems to be a lot of fluff without much depth, but I liked this song enough give it a go.  Great response from our people.

Song:  Jesus Paid it All – We did this way too much in ‘08, so it was nice to bring it back and again, great loud singing from the congregation.

Song:  O To Be Loved By Jesus – Thad Cockrell is a great dude, and an amazing songwriter.  I love singing his songs, and so do our people, especially this one.  And a great encouragement to those struggling through relational issues.

At the end of the day, people responded well and I got a ton of positive feedback, which just proves that now matter how much we put into it in our flesh, the Spirit is still doing His work in His people in His church.  I need to stop in moments like that and realize that I am not trusting in the gospel, but trying to do it all myself.  Thankfully, God is merciful and still chooses to do His think despite my efforts.

Today’s Sunday Review is posted in collaboration with other church music ministries at Sunday Setlists.