This week was, like most of you, our first service for 2010.. Seeing as people were on vacation, and kids getting ready to go back to school, I had no clue what our turn out would be.. we ended up with about 75% of our normal congregation, if I had to take a guess.

Something that is very exciting that is happening at Madoc Baptist is that we are in the process of moving.  We’ve sold our building (handed over the keys on Saturday) and now we are officially without a home.. we have been renting another church for the past 6 months, but, it just hasn’t been practical.  We have had to do an 8:30am service, which is not very inviting to new comers.. really who wants to go to church at 8:30 in the morning.. I know I don’t.. it also wasn’t that great for myself and our other sound guy, because we had to be at the church at 6:30 every morning to set up gear.. We are now officially moving to the local High School.  Our first service at the school will be January 17th at 10:30.. with 9:30 all ages Sunday school! I’m pumped for the move, because I think its going to be good for our growth.

This Sunday we were short handed, due to vacations and such, so it was just Jennifer (keys) and I (guitar) but that didn’t stop us from rockin the house!

Here is our setlist from Sunday!

- Praise is Rising (Hosanna) (G) Brenton Brown
- Beautiful One (G) (Tim Hughes)
- Hosanna (G) (Starfield)
- Everlasting God (B) (Lincoln Brewster) We ended up cutting this one due to time restraints
- How He Loves (C) (David Crowder) (Offering)
- Oh For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (D) (David Crowder)
- Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) (G) (Chris Tomlin) This was during communion/closing

Heres the flow sheet from PCO for those interested

Band:
Jennifer Burke: Piano/BGV
Chris Burke: Guitar/Vox

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I had a really busy week this week, and it seemed as though I could not find a sensible time to set up a time to practice with the whole worship band, so, this week, it was just my wife Jennifer and I.. nice a simple, piano and guitar, and 2 vox (I’m sure the sound guy loved it!)

As I said, it was a busy week.. I was coming off of a weekend away, speaking at a conference in Edmonton, so, even though it was the weekend, I still had a lot of things to catch up on.. it seemed as though, while I almost never get important calls/emails, they all decided to come, on the weekend I was away.  To add to the busyness of playing catch up, my wife went back to work this week, after a years maternity leave.. however, Seth was coming off of the end of flu, so, he couldn’t go to his new babysitters, for risk of getting her kids sick.. so, it was a “Seth and Daddy Week” which was crazy!  I love my son VERY much, and would do anything for him, but, I have NO IDEA how Jennifer spends 24/7 with him.. I was loosing it after only a couple days.. so, cudos to her for that.
Now, onto the SetList…

Everlasting God (B) – we introduced this song a few weeks ago, so, decided to bring it back in, as a refresher.
Blessed Be Your Name (A)
Holy is the Lord (G)
Because He Lives (C) – offering (sorry for the lame link version. I couldn’t find a pepped up version like the one we do)
The Wonderful Cross (D)

Today was communion Sunday for us, which we didn’t know when planning out the service, so, we hadn’t planned anything for communion, but, at the beginning of the service, I told the pastor that I could come up with something.. then, during The Wonderful Cross, I broke my E string, and it threw my guitar completely out of tune.. so, I asked Jennifer if she could just play something on the piano during communion, she agreed.. then, while our son was in Nursery, he was having a terrible time, so, Jennifer ended up staying down there with him.. which meant I had to make a choice.. play the out of whack guitar, throw on the iPod, or play something on the piano.. I’m not a very good piano player, I can get by though, so, I decided to play the piano..

And Now My Lifesong Sings (C) I decided to pick an easier song to play, since its been months since I’ve played the piano, and I had no music.

All in all, it was a great service.. afterward, I came home, and fell asleep for a nice 3 hour Sunday afternoon nap.. I woke up feeling worse than I did when I laid down.. guess I slept to long!

Here is the Flow Sheet from PCO for those interested.
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This post is a part of the Sunday Set List blog carnival over at Fred’s Blog

Today started out just like any other day… the alarm went off at 6am, I got up, got clean, and was out the door by 6:40 and headed for the church.. I arrive at the church, unload all the sound gear (I have to set it up every Sunday, because we are renting a building that has a really poor sound system) start setting things up.. no biggie, pretty simple system to set up.. 2 mains, 2 monitors (all powered) run the snake to the back of the room (about 70 feet back) plug it all in, then run mic and guitar chords to the snake, and presto, it all works.. right… wrong.

Once I started running the sound check, I knew that God had something big planned today for someone.. why you ask.. because NOTHING went right.. sure, the system set up went smoothly, but, that was as far as it went.. I started by setting up my Line 6 POD X3 Live.. Live sits on the floor, mic goes into the mic in, wireless system goes into the guitar in, then from the 2 outs, into the snake, channels 2 and 3.. unmute them at the board.. nothing.. very confused.. so, I trace back all my cables, to make sure its all good.. sure enough, it was (after all, I’ve set it up 100 times before) so.. I think, “ditch the Live for the mic feed.. just run the mic direct into the snake” so I did that.. boom, the mic works.. as it should.. so, back the the pedal, to see whats going on.. snake input – left output.. thats all good.. check the pod settings.. yup, guitar (Tone 1) is set to left output, so, that should work.. look at the wireless system.. maybe thats the issue.. transmitter output, to volume pedal input, volume pedal output to line 6 input.. yip, all set up right.. same way I used it the day before at my house.. so, I check the wireless pack.. battery is full, everything is plugged in securely.. but, nothing.. no sound, not even a blip on the meter.. well then I though.. lets ditch the line 6.. see if thats the issue.. so now its XLR input from the snake, to XLR output on the wireless transmitter.. POP, theres some sound… and now its working… (FYI.. I’m still trying to figure out what the heck is going on with the Line 6.. its becoming to be a royal pain in the ass)

So, now my sound is working.. I’ve got guitar, I’ve got vox.. over to the piano player.. piano works fine..after all, its just a grand piano, no mics, no cables, just pop the lid, and play.. piano players vox.. crap.. they just sounded hollow.. We bought 4 Peavey PVM 22 mics a year back, and 3 of the 4 have this problem.. sometimes they sound great, sometimes they sound like crap.. the guys at the music store say they are fine.. mainly, I’m sure, because they know they have to replace them if there is something wrong (yay for warranty’s.. NOTE TO TECH PEOPLE.. NEVER buy those mics.. they SUCK) So, we scramble around, and find a new mic for the piano player.. Over to the drummer.. yay.. everything works..

Now we do the mix.. check the monitors, everything is great.. practice a bit, then, take a breather, pray with the group.. move along.

I go to the back of the church, to make sure the video camera is all set up and working (I’m still training people on how to set this stuff all up) camera is on the tripod, firewire in the mac, open quicktime, video feed works.. but wait.. wheres the audio? I look at the M-Audio Fast Track lights are green, which means its getting sound from the mixer.. but, nothing going to the computer.. 5 mins later, I figure it out, was human error, not computer.. fix that.. Look over to the lyrics guy, he’s got everything set up, but wait.. the picture looks really foggy on the screen.. I go down.. the cap is on the lens.. take it off.. wait.. still foggy.. lens was all fogged up from coming in the building from the outside.. switch the projector over to the other one, which has been climatized.. its now 5 mins late.. and we are suppose to be up playing the first song.. pastor looks at me and says “any time now would be great” so, I run up to the stage, pick up my guitar, the power light on my monitor isn’t on.. odd, I know I left it on.. flick the switch.. nothing.. look at my pedal board, nothing.. we blew a fuse.. CRAP.. now I gotta scramble around to find an extension chord to move everything.. found one.. time to rock.

As you can see, it was a very exciting morning.. I was pretty stressed out.. but, in the end, everything worked out and God was glorified…

Now.. on to the Sunday Set List:

1. Everlasting God (B) new song introduction.. it went great.. the people seemed to enjoy it. I played through the song, then read Isaiah 40:28-end (which is where the song comes from) while the band continued to play.. then back into the chorus.
2. Oh For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (G – David Crowder Version)
3. Hosanna (G)
4. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (C – Just acoustic guitar)
5. Here I Am To Worship (E – this was during offering)
6. In Christ Alone (D)
Sermon – Guide for How to be a Christ Like Husband – Part 1 (Watch it here)
Communion
7. How Great is Our God (G)
Closing Prayer/Get the heck out!

Heres the Flow Sheet from the Planning Center for those curious..

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