worship at true north

i had the opportunity yesterday to take a worship band from crosspointe to a sister church across town to lead worship. true north church was planted in march by a good friend of mine and former associate here at crosspointe, jon mcclarnon. i love keeping up with true north and with jon’s thoughts as he rides out this adventure by regularly checking in at his blog.

it was a great morning. we started at 8am unloading sound, video and lighting equipment from the truck. we set up the stage, which the theater has graciously allowed them to store under the movie screen. jason, mike, john, and stuart were there to lead the tech side of things. it took me back to my two years of church-in-a-box before crosspointe moved into our current facility (although there were 6 years of it all together). ahhhhh….the good ol’ days!

anyway, even though it’s a new church and i was a guest worship leader, leading with jon was comfortably familiar. we worked together for five years.

the band did great. i was glad to be able to bring a crew from crosspointe with me.

setlist:
Opener - “Theme from ‘The Greatest American Hero’”
“Not To Us” Chris Tomlin (Not To Us)
“All Because Of Jesus” Steve Fee (Burn For You)
“Jesus Paid It All” Kristian Stanfill (Passion ‘06 - Everything Glorious)
“You Never Let Go” Matt Redman (Passion ‘06 - Everything Glorious)

jon was wrapping up a series called “heroes,” in which they’ve been taking a look at the life of joseph from genesis. yesterday’s message was “real heroes refuse to get even.” good stuff.