12.20-24.07 playlist

christmas eve services

“the bucket thing” - thanks to kyle dillard, john hogan, and others….
“little drummer boy” by jars of clay (cd “drummer boy e.p.”)
“hark the herald angels sing” homegrown arrangement
“angels we have heard on high” arr. borrowed from “gloria” by mercy me (cd “the christmas sessions”)
connect
drama - mission nearly impossible - nick and gwenn mangine
video: interview with kids (”what do you want for christmas?”)
message - jBow
“the miracle of christmas” by steven curtis chapman (cd “all i want for christmas”)
carols and candles:
“the first noel”
“silent night”

christmas services were a lot of fun.

started extremely high energy with the bucket thing - a “stomp” inspired extravaganza. 10 guys banging on 5 gallon buckets, water bottles, and a trash can. this was originally performed at willow creek community church in chicago for their 25th anniversary celebration. written by my friend kyle dillard and others. we added a few elements to kick it up a notch.

another highlight was nick and gwenn’s “kid’s story”, which started with nick repelling down from the rafters above the stage, a la tom cruise in mission impossible.

over 2,000 people attended across the 4 services. this is crosspointe’s highest attended weekend ever!

selfishly, my highlight was seeing my wife and daughter dancing and singing along on the front row at the 7:00pm service tonight. this is darby’s first christmas with us. really her first christmas ever, since i doubt they celebrated christmas at her orphanage in china.

THEN, we had an amazing “small world” moment on the way home tonight. i’ll save that for another post later this week…

merry christmas.