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This post is part of Fred McKinnon’s #sundaysetlists.  Head over there and check it out!

I was asked to lead this sunday’s evening service as our usual worship leader was out dealing with some personal issues.  I always jump at the chance to lead so of course I was in.   At the last minute, I was asked to lead the morning service as well and, oh yeah, we don’t really have one full band from either service so we’re going to combine the two bands (kindof) so we have all the parts covered.  No problem, bring it on! 

Our evening service is more rock where our morning service is a little more contemporary.  We had two members of the morning band (piano and bass) and three members of the evening band (acoustic/vocal, electric and drums).  After a rough and long but positive practice earlier in the week, we were ready for sunday.  Our setlist for Sunday morning was:

• Song Of Hope
• Everything Glorious
• Happy Day
• Mighty To Save
• Not To Us

We had some great congregation participation  for Everything Glorious and Happy Day.  Mighty To Save went ok but had very limited participation since it was the offertory song.  Oh well, it was a great service either way.  For our evening service we had to cut a song and did a little rearranging.  Our setlist:

• Everything Glorious
• Happy Day
• Mighty To Save
• Song Of Hope

We got to church early for a quick run through before the service to iron out any kinks and Sean, our electric guitar player was unfortunately MIA.  I got a call from him saying that he had locked his keys inside a house he was housesitting for and the locksmith was 45 minutes away.  All of this coming just over an hour before the service!  We went into “contingency plan” mode and started working on our songs sans electric.  It was pretty rough.  Luckily the locksmith was early and Sean got there with just enough time to run through two songs before the service started.  The congregation for the evening service was smaller than it had been in the last few weeks, but it was good and everything worked out in the end.

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Ok, here’s the deal.  One of these things is a lie, three are truths.  I realize that alot of you don’t know me that well, but this is a game to help know me and allow me to get to know you a little better.

1. I  did time in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2. I’ve had 20 residences in 27 years.
3. I won a snowboarding competition in Colorado when I was 13.
4. I’ve been away for over half of my daughter’s life.

Most of these answers can be found in other areas and other blogs and even recent comments on other peoples blogs.  Here’s where you come in, leave your guesses in the comments and either 1) post your own 3truths/1lie or 2) post  a 3truths/1lie on your own blog and link it with your guess in the comments.  Happy Guessing! (and no, Libby, you can not guess!)

UPDATE: After only recieving two responses (two?!) and having 16 visitors yesterday, I’ve extended this out one more day for people to guess.  Sorry to keep you waiting. … …

UPDATE 2: Ok, so here’s what both of you have been waiting for  ::dum DUM DUMMMM!!!:: First off, I DID spend 6 months at Guantanamo Bay.  Yes I was there for work, but i did “do time”.  Yeah, yeah.  Semantics, I know.  My daughter was born in October 2005.  She is 3 years old.  Since then, I was in Cuba for six months, North Carolina for three months of training before deploying to Iraq for a year.  That leaves snowboarding and a bunch of moving.  I have never snowboarded in my life.  Or snow-skied for that matter.  I’ve lived near the water for most of my life.  I surf, knee-board and jet-ski.  I have moved 20 times since I was born 27 years ago.  I have lived in FL, KY, AL, MS, TX, SD, NC, VA, Germany and Iraq.  I’m definitely tired of moving and am ready to settle down, but I’m not sure I can do that at this point.  I’m just ready to find my “home”.  So, congratulations to all the win…oh wait, there were no winners

I really haven’t been in the blogging mindset the last couple of days.  I want to do another “About Me” post once I get enough questions, I just haven’t had much else to post about.  This is still pretty new and honestly, not the top priority for me right now.  For today, go read these awesome posts from some friends.

Tam Hodge wrote on God’s Sovreignty here and here.

Joshua White wrote on Waiting vs. Living here.

Carlos Whitakker wrote on The Great Hot Assistant Debate here.

Jon Acuff wrote on Quitting Your Job To Follow Jesus over here.

Go check these popst out of you haven’t already.  Got a favorite read this week?  Let me know in the comments!

Got a question to ask for my next “About Me” post?  Put it in the comments.

JG

This post is part of Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Setlist.  Just entering it’s second year, it’s a way for leaders/worshipers to share their Sunday Worship experiences with others, go check it out!

Our leader for our service is dealing with some personal issues and is taking some time off.  We’ve had to adapt and are pressing forward but are praying for his quick return.  While this definitely changes alot of things about our setup and sound, it also gives us an opportunity to explore and evolve our sound a little.  This will also give me a few opportunities to lead in the coming weeks.  Our set for the week is below.

• Song Of Hope
• Happy Day
• God Of Wonders
• Everything Glorius

Our Sunday morning leader Allan took over for the week.  He’s a great leader and took everything in stride.  In the end I think it was one of the better services we’ve had in a while.

Highs:  This was the largest evening service we’ve had in a while.  They actually had to open up one of the side wings that is typically closed in the evening.  Great congregation participation!  Several times I just wanted to stop and listen.  Something about Allan and my vocals mixed perfectly this week, hopefully I can figure out what I did differently.

Lows:  Obviously, we were missing our leader this week.  Josh, we’re all praying for your quick return!