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Songs we sang at MEGA Sports Camp!

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June 17, 2012 - 10:45am Worship Songs

Third Sunday after Pentecost

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• God of Wonders (Steve Hindalong/Marc Byrd, performed by Paul Baloche)
• Breathe (Marie Barnett)
• Rock of My Salvation (Teresa Muller)
• God You Reign (Lincoln Brewster)

June 17, 2012 - Hymn Spotlight

How Great Thou Art

     The hymn How Great Thou Art dates back to the late nineteenth century, when Swedish pastor Carl G. Boberg penned the text after considering the majesty of God’s creation one summer evening.  In the decades following, Boberg’s text was translated to German and then to Russian.  In the mid- twentieth century, the British missionary Stuart Hine discovered the text while serving in the Ukraine.  He and his wife translated the Russian text into the English version we sing today.  George Beverly Shea popularized the hymn in America, singing it over 100 times during the Billy Graham Crusades.

     Of the hymn’s significance, Hine said, “When we reach that heavenly home, we will fully understand the greatness of God and will bow in humble adoration, saying to Him, ‘O Lord my God, how great thou art!’”

June 10, 2012 - 10:45am Worship Songs

Second Sunday after Pentecost

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• Awakening (Chris Tomlin/Passion)
• Desert Song (Hillsong United)
• Spirit Fall (Chris Tomlin/Passion)
• Blessed Be Your Name (Matt Redman)

June 10, 2012 - Hymn Spotlight

Great is Thy Faithfulness

     Kentucky native Thomas Chisholm (1866-1960) authored around 1200 poems, among them his best-known text Great Is Thy Faithfulness. About his text, Chisholm wrote, "My income has not been large at any time due to impaired health in the earlier years which has followed me on until now. Although I must not fail to record here the unfailing faithfulness of a covenant-keeping God [who] has given me many wonderful displays of His providing care, for which I am filled with astonishing gratefulness."

     Great Is Thy Faithfulness is hymn of praise to a God who works in simple, everyday ways - a God who has never failed us in the past, giving us no reason to doubt God’s faithfulness in the future.

June 3, 2012 - 10:45am Worship Songs

Trinity Sunday

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• Breathe (Charlie Hall)
• God of Wonders (Steve Hindalong/Marc Byrd, performed by Paul Baloche)
• Open the Eyes of My Heart (Paul Baloche)
• Revelation Song (Jennie Lee Riddle, performed by Kari Jobe)
• Spirit Fall (Chris Tomlin/Passion)
• We Fall Down (Chris Tomlin)
• How Great is Our God (Chris Tomlin)

June 3, 2012 - Hymn Spotlight

Holy, Holy, Holy

     Reginald Heber (b. England, 1783; d. India, 1826) wrote the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! for congregational use on Trinity Sunday in the early nineteenth century. Heber was ordained as a minister in the Church of England in 1807 and was appointed Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming a missionary. Heber’s motivation for writing new hymns was two-fold: He was dissatisfied with the poor singing of psalms in his congregation, and he was inspired by the vital hymn singing of the Methodists. His 57 hymns were published posthumously by his wife in 1827.

     Holy, Holy, Holy! is a hymn of praise to the triune God, calling for all humans, saints, angels, and all of creation to join in praise. Though the holiness of God is cloaked in mystery, we can still experience and praise God’s mercy and mighty power each morning.