Another Textfessional
I have a good excuse.
I can’t find the power cable for my video camera.
And I used the last of the battery to record us playing How He Loves Us for Stephen 2 weeks ago.
So here goes another one in text.
Week 2 of Advent Conspiracy.
The topic: spend less.
I was petty stoked about a creative element we added this past week. Â We talked about advertising and the stock that it holds in todays consumeristic culture. Â During the message, Rae Albrecht covered the cross with a collage of advertisements. Â We pointed out that this is what our culture has done at Christmas, covered the cross of Jesus with consumerism and advertisements. Â During the worship time after the message, we invited people to respond y removing the ads from the cross as a commitment to uncover the cross during this advent season. Â It went really well and there were lots of people who responded that I don’t typically see get out of their seat to respond.
As much as I loved the idea, I shared with Chris Gott right before we got going that I was a bit nervous to see how some people would respond to the ads on the cross. Â He said anytime that multiple people die on Black Friday, all bets are off. Â It’s time for people to be shocked into reality a bit. Â Well put.
The set:
O Come All Ye Faithful
Joy To The World (with rewritten lyrics from WWJB.)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Consuming Fire
Jesus Messiah
I Am Free
This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred’s blog. Â Stop by to see what other worship leaders were up to this week as well.
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