Behind the Mic – Love Mercy Rewind

Worship set for Love Mercy Rewind , February 27th, 2010

I Gotta Feeling/The Time Has Come – Black Eyed Peas/Hillsong United/ arr. LiFT

Beat It/Break Free – Michael Jackson/Fallout Boy/Hillsong United/ arr. LiFT

We Shine – Steve Fee

Mercy – LiFT

Have Your Way/Shout unto God/God of Justice – LiFT/Hillsong United/Tim Huges

Hosanna – Hillsong United

Rise Up – LiFT

At Your Hands – LiFT

I am Free/Jump – Newsboys/Van Halen

Mercy Reprise – LiFT

Well as you can see this was a long evening, but it was simply amazing.  I must say though that leading up to this event I felt attacked with doubts and worries that it wouldn’t come together like we all had hoped and planned.  I knew God was in it though and spend a good part of the day before the event reflecting on God and asking Him to give me the courage and confidence I needed.  You see, the weather was horrific.  It really has barely snowed all winter, and of course, over one of the largest, if not THE largest event we’ve ever planned, it snowed like crazy.  The roads were terrible and I figured we’d be lucky to have 75 people show up.  I prayed though that God would bring people out safely, and, of course, He did.  We probably had around 250 people show up.  And for the weather being as bad as it was, that was outstanding.

Micah Kephart from Poetice (www.poetice.org), also drove in to town to share on his ministry and Reach 4 Life.  R4L is a Bible study designed to raise awareness to African students of HIV/AIDS.  This study/program has already saved thousands of lives and literally transformed schools.  So in continuation of the theme of Love Mercy, LiFT and the Hub staff teamed up with another cause to raise awareness and raise money for this great program.  The following weeks in FUEL our own students will be going through the R4L program.

So…..anyway.  The night was outstanding.  We opened with a quick song to get the crowd engaged and a bit pumped up.  I used the auto tune pedal and sounded like the Black Eyed Peas a bit when we opened with the chorus of their song “I Gotta Feeling” jelling it with Hillsong’s “The Time Has Come.”  It was a great way to start off the evening.  We then followed the welcome with a 3 song set which went great.  We celebrated God’s goodness and the fact that with Christ, we can be His arms of mercy.

Micah then came up and spoke on what I’ve already mentioned and challenged students, and adults, to a 40 day fast of $1 a day to raise money for R4L Bibles, as well as called them to a life of purity. Basically $20 provides the finances needed for an African student to take the course.  (By the way, this is a Christian course, it is the New Testament coupled with articles which specifically and graphically raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.  And this program is taught in the public school system in Africa!)

After Micah finished up, we took the stage and played the Have Your Way medley that we came up with for Baltimore, while students came to the front to accept the 40 day challenge and call to purity.  After Have Your Way we finished the set with Ariel singing Hosanna.  Unfortunately, at pretty much the worst moment, my string broke on my guitar, just prior to me needing to transition into Hosanna.  I successfully switched guitars without much of an issue, however I didn’t get the jack put in all the way and so my guitar wasn’t going through the system.  Brandon, in the nick of time, pushed the jack in the rest of the way and the guitar came back on, literally at the last possible second.  Praise God! It could have been worse.  Ironically, or not, we were singing “the enemy has been defeated and death couldn’t hold You down.” when my string broke.  I believe Satan was trying to fight me on the lyric a bit, however he still lost!

We then had a prayer time and then concluded with a celebrative set, proclaiming our freedom in Christ, and shouting that we would continue to be His arms of mercy!  It was an incredibly successful night.

On a side note, Ignited the student band led worship the following morning at FUEL.  They did incredible.  This past weekend confirmed, yet again, how much I love my job and how privileged I am to be able to work at a place like the Hub.  Praise God for His grace, mercy and provision!

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