08.03.08 playlist

“everlasting god” by chris tomlin (cd “see the morning”)
“i am free” by desperation band (cd “from the rooftops”)
—-connect—-
—-announcements/prayer—-jBow
new song intro - “healer”
video: “healer” song story
“healer” by hillsongs (as yet unreleased)
—-message—-Doc

as far as the musical portion of our worship experience, i think the day centered around the song “healer”. if you missed today, you can see the song story video that we played below. there’s also a video of the original performance which is worth watching.

this doesn’t happen very often, but this was an audible called on tuesday. i had seen the video several weeks before, but for whatever reason when it was brought to my attention again this past week i sensed that God wanted us to use this song as a way of giving some closure to the “pandemic” series we’ve been in.

thanks to the band, singers and tech crew who rolled with it and jumped in to learn and prepare a new song on short notice. i’m very thankful that God has assembled the kind of servants at crosspointe that love a challenge and give it their best even when there’s not much time.

after 3rd service today we had a baptism party outside. it was 95 degrees and sunny - really hot. but we had 100’s of people stay after to celebrate the 40 plus people who were baptized. don’t know how many people ended up coming, but we planned food and drinks for 250 and we ran out pretty quickly. needless to say, we’ll know how to be more prepared next time. still, it was a great to see that many people in our community come out to celebrate our friends and family as they took this important step.

“Healer” song story:

“Healer” original performance: