Behind the Mic – February 21st, 2010
February 22, 2010
Worship set for FUEL February 21st:
Salvation is Here – Hillsong United
Lift – LiFT
All I Need is You – Hillsong United
From the Inside Out – Hillsong United
Lord Reign in Me – Brenton Brown
We Shine – Steve Fee
I’ve gotta say, for some reason the week leading up to this Sunday I was a bit nervous for FUEL. I’m not really sure why though. Maybe it was because I was out of town the whole week and just didn’t have a lot of time to really put into the service. However, in the end, FUEL was excellent. This week we did an acoustic set with Brandon and myself playing acoustic guitar, Matt playing bass and Ariel and I singing. I was worried that some of the arrangements wouldn’t really come off well. But they did. It was awesome.
We started with Salvation is Here and Lift. Salvation is Here was great, as Brandon still played the main riff for the song only on his acoustic. It seemed the students were engaged and enjoyed the “different” sound than they are used to. We’ve done several acoustic sets in the past, but this one was a bit different since we added Matt into the mix. It allowed for a more rhythmic feel to the songs, as well as allowed us to do some more up beat songs. After Salvation is Here we played Lift, the first song we ever wrote as a band. Over the years, we’ve definitely played this song a lot and have sort of started to move on from playing it. However playing it like this gives in a bit of new life. It came off great.
After the first worship set, Laura came up and concluded the series on Trasform. She spoke on the Holy Spirit. Explaining that we need to both take hold of the Holy Spirit while at the same time allowing It to guide us.
We followed the message with All I Need is You and From the Inside Out. Both songs came across great and I could really see the students response. Both songs are powerful musically as well as spiritually. The lyrics are deep and powerful. Combined with some great dynamics with the help from Brandon, the arrangements came out great and really glorified God in an incredible way.
We then had our prayer time which we followed with the final worship set. We brought back another oldie, Lord Reign in Me, which came out fine. Honestly it was the least favorite song to play, and I’m really not sure how the students liked it. It was nice to just throw something a little different into the mix. We ended with We Shine which turned out incredibly well. This was the song that I was a bit nervous about playing acoustic. It was amazing though. It is a very minor song and lends itself great to an acoustic sound. Combined with the leads that Brandon played and the percussive bass that Matt added, it turned into an incredible arrangement that I will definitely do again in the future.
Overall it was another great morning. Bringing the intensity of the music down to a quieter, more reflective worship experience, always seems like a breath of fresh air. We love to “rock out” each morning, but once in a while it’s nice to leave aside some of the added distractions that playing as a full band can sometimes bring. Ultimately we want our worship experiences to be about nothing, nothing, but our Creator.
