August 9, '09

Hey everyone - Hope you're all doing quite well. See below for this week's roster and line-up. Be sure to look at the bottom for the roster for the 23rd which is presently designated as FULL. I'll have the September and October Worship Team calendars this Thursday at rehearsal. You can also get them out of my mailbox at church anytime after this weekend. See you soon -E.T.

Ensemble: DOVE
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Josh (Drums)
Kathy (Voice)
Lynea (Voice)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)

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Gathering Song – "Meet With Me" (A)
Opening Songs:
- "Sing A Song" (C) New Song!
- "We Are Transformed" (C)
- "Amazing Love (You Are My King)" (D)
Offering Song - "I Can Only Imagine" (E)
Closing Song - "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (G)

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COMING UP:

August 23rd
Ensemble: FULL
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Jerry (E. Guitar)
Josh (Drums)
Kathy (Voice)
Kristen (A. Guitar, Voice)
Margaret (Keyboard)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)
Wendie (Voice)

If you're unable to play/sing on that date (and the Thursday before) please let me know.

P.S. - Something fun from YouTube and one of my most favorite romantic comedies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjRznETGEQ

August 2, '09

Hey - This week we're down to a trio...I love it! We'll represent the three "Lost Eagles", Don Felder (Alex), Randy Meisner (Tom), and Bernie Leadon (Eric). See below. See (even further) below for the line-up for the 16th. See you soon - E.T.

Ensemble: EAGLE
Alex (A. Guitar, Voice)
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)

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Gathering Song – "Meet With Me" (A)
Opening Songs:
- "Holy Is The Lord" (G)
- "Here I Am To Worship" (D)
Communion Songs:
- "Jesus, Lamb of God" (D) (Eric)
- "All Who Are Thirsty" (D)
- "Draw Me Close" (G)
- "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (G)
Closing Song - "In The Secret" (G)

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COMING UP:

August 16th
Ensemble: FULL
Connie (Voice)
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Josh (Drums)
Kathy (Voice)
Kristen (A. Guitar, Voice)
Lynea (Voice)
Margaret (Keyboard)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)

If you're unable to play/sing on that date (and the Thursday before) please let me know.

July 26, '09

Hey - In light of so many of our youth attending CreationFest to worship God (and suffer potential dehydration) members of the Adult Team are going to fill in. Thus, we don't have YOUTH or FULL, but YOUTHFUL. Clever, right? See below for the roster and the song list.

Ensemble: YOUTHFUL
Alex (E. Guitar, Voice)
Alyssa (Voice)
Carter (Drums) Welcome, Carter!
Diana (Voice)
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Margaret (Keyboard)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)
Wendie (Voice)

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Gathering Song – "Come, Now Is The Time To Worship" (D)
Opening Songs:
- "You Are Worthy Of My Praise (I Will Worship) (G)
- "For The Lord Is Good" (A)
- "Give Thanks" (D)
Offering Song - "Mighty To Save" (G)
Closing Song - "Dancing Generation" (D)

If you have any questions or concerns do let me know. See you Thursday @ 6:30. - E.T.

P.S. - Please look at the calendar for August and let me know if you won't be able to sing on a particular Sunday. If you need a copy of the August calendar they are avaialble in my mailbox at church.

P.P.S. - This is one of my most favorite Spanish worship songs of them all. Take notice of the simple beauty of the song, a guitar (Taylor 400 Series), keyboard, voices, and a lead voice. This is something i'd like to do eventually: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkpF5DymbM

July 19, '09

Hey - A few folks became unavailable to play this weekend so the line-up has changed since it was posted two weeks ago. See below!

Ensemble: FULL
Alyssa (Keyboard)
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Josh (Drums)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)
Wendie (Voice)

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Gathering Song – "Your Love Is So Amazing" (E) - NEW SONG!*
Opening Songs:
- "Change It Up" (G)
- "God of Wonders" (G)
Communion Songs:
- "Heart of Worship" (D) (Eric)
- "Kairos Medley" (D)
- "Draw Me Close" (G)
Closing Songs:
- "Every Move I Make" (G)
- "God Is So Good" (A)

*I'll send out an e-mail with the mp3 and lead sheet for the new song. It's pretty simple, but it'd be great if you all would get comfortable with it before Thursday.

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We will be rehearsing for the parade after rehearsal this Thursday. If you'd like to sing in the parade please be at the church around 7:30. As soon as we're done with music for this coming Sunday we'll move on to the parade music. We'll only prepare about 20 minutes of music as the parade route is very very short, indeed. If you can't make the parade rehearsal but still want to sing with the group on Saturday, show up at the Safeway parking lot (it has been changed from Kohl's) at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday! NOTE: Meet at the SAFEWAY Parking Lot @ 9 on Saturday!

If you have any questions feel free to e-mail. See you all very soon - E.T.

July 12, '09

Hey - See below...

Ensemble: DOVE
Eric (A. Guitar, Keyboard, Voice)
Josh (Percussion)
Lynea (Voice)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)
Wendie (Voice)

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Gathering Song – "I Will Call Upon The Lord" (D)
Opening Songs:
- "Amazing Grace (Peaceful Easy Feelin')" (D)
- "Open The Eyes Of My Heart" (E)
- "They'll Know We Are Christians" (Em)
Offering Song - "I See You" (E)
Closing Song - "Your Love Is Amazing" (G)

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I've put together a calendar for the next two months (July and August) which have all of the ensembles "locked" into place for the next 9 weeks. While these calendars forecast who's playing in the weeks to come, you must check the blog to make sure you know when you're expected to sing/play/etc. The "FULL" ensemble is not a "set" ensemble, but a group of players pulled from the general "pool" of musicians in the worship team. In other words, "FULL" can mean anyone. This also opens up opportunities for us to try more unique combinations of instruments/voices that we've not tried before. Another reason to check the blog often. The "roster" for the upcoming "FULL" ensemble will be posted two weeks in advance. If you have any questions about this procedure please feel free to e-mail me. We're just trying it out for now and will re-evaluate it come the end of August. If it works well then we'll continue into the fall at which point we'll forecast the entire school year. That should help to overcome some of the scheduling difficulties we've encountered. I hope this is helpful to you.

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The Worship Team has been asked to play music on the church's float for the Covington Days Parade. This is no small deal. The Parade is on July 18th. If you'd like to play in the Parade I need you to e-mail me ASAP and let me know. (I'll include this info in the e-mail coming out this afternoon.) We won't have space on the trailer for everyone, but we'll need enough people to commit to make it worthwhile. We'll also be limited by the amount of power we can draw from the generator. I imagine we'll be able to support 1 Keyboard (w/ amp), a few singers (not sure how much draw 3 or more mics would create - could have many singers sharing mics, of course), and 3 Guitars (w/amps) with the power available. The drums won't take any power, obviously. We'll prepare a 30-minute set; all very familiar and singer-friendly stuff. We'll rehearse that music after rehearsal on the 16th. If you'd like to sing/play in the Parade you must be at that rehearsal. Any questions? I'll send out more info about that as the date approaches. Ok...wow...a lot there. Please watch your inboxes for an e-mail later today.

See you Thursday @ 6:30! - E.T.

July 5, '09

Hey - Two parts to this e-mail: the regular stuff for this coming week and some more business-like stuff down below. So...to begin with...

Ensemble: EAGLE
Alex (E. Guitar, Voice)
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Jerry (E. Guitar, Voice)
Josh (Drums)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)

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Gathering Song – "My Redeemer Lives" (E)
Opening Songs:
- "Love the Lord" (G)
- "Let Love Rule" (C)
Communion Songs:
- "Create In Me A Clean Heart" (G)
- "Above All" (A)
- "Without You" (D)
- "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (D)
Closing Song - "Lord Reign In Me" (C)

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I've put together a calendar for the next two months (July and August) which have all of the ensembles "locked" into place for the next 9 weeks. I'll be e-mailing out the calendars (which are presently in Publisher format) this afternoon. You can also pick them up at the church; i've left several copies in my box in the Mail Room. While these calendars forecast who's playing in the weeks to come, you must check the blog to make sure you know when you're expected to sing/play/etc. The "FULL" ensemble is not a "set" ensemble, but a group of players pulled from the general "pool" of musicians in the worship team. In other words, "FULL" can mean anyone. This also opens up opportunities for us to try more unique combinations of instruments/voices that we've not tried before. Another reason to check the blog often. The "roster" for the upcoming "FULL" ensemble will be posted two weeks in advance. For example; "FULL" is playing on July 19th, thus, I will post the line-up at the end of this e-mail.

If you have any questions about this procedure please feel free to e-mail me. We're just trying it out for now and will re-evaluate it come the end of August. If it works well then we'll continue into the fall at which point we'll forecast the entire school year. That should help to overcome some of the scheduling difficulties we've encountered. I hope this is helpful to you.

COMING UP:

July 19th
Ensemble: FULL
Alex (E. Guitar, Voice)
Alyssa (Keyboard)
Eric (A. Guitar, Piano, Voice)
Jerry (E. Guitar)
Josh (Drums)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (B. Guitar, Voice)
Wendie (Voice)

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The Worship Team has been asked to play music on the church's float for the Covington Days Parade. This is no small deal. The Parade is on July 18th. If you'd like to play in the Parade I need you to e-mail me ASAP and let me know. (I'll include this info in the e-mail coming out this afternoon.) We won't have space on the trailer for everyone, but we'll need enough people to commit to make it worthwhile. We'll also be limited by the amount of power we can draw from the generator. I imagine we'll be able to support 1 Keyboard (w/ amp), a few singers (not sure how much draw 3 or more mics would create - could have many singers sharing mics, of course), and 3 Guitars (w/amps) with the power available. The drums won't take any power, obviously. We'll prepare a 30-minute set; all very familiar and singer-friendly stuff. We'll rehearse that music after rehearsal on the 16th. If you'd like to sing/play in the Parade you must be at that rehearsal. Any questions? I'll send out more info about that as the date approaches.

Ok...wow...a lot there. Please watch your inboxes for an e-mail later today. See (some of) you Thursday @ 6:30! - E.T.

June 28, '09

Folk - I hope you're all doing quite well. This week we welcome Andrew Potsko, the director of student ministries at Chapel on the Ave., an LCMS outreach ministry on the UW campus. He is a friend to both Pastor Paul and myself and, for as much as I can determine, one of the driving reasons I got into music in the first place. We'll be doing two of his songs, one that i've sung several times at Peace, "Wash My Feet", and a song he recently wrote called "I Am Broken" which he and I will do during the Offering.

Ensemble: DOVE
Eric (Voice, A. Guitar, Piano)
Kathy (Voice)
Lynea (Voice)
Missy (Voice)
Tom (Voice, B. Guitar)
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Gathering Song – "Awesome God" (Em)
Opening Songs:
- "Let The River Flow" (E)
- "Wash My Feet" (F)
- "Let Love Rule" (C)
Offering Song - "I Am Broken" (Bb) (Eric and Andrew)
Closing Song - "You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)" (G)

If you have any questions, do feel free to e-mail, etc. See you Thursday @ 6:30. - E.T.