Worship Leading

I had the opportunity to lead worship at our international church here this morning. Six songs, two services, and an early morning - but that's par for the course with worship leading.

Nothing too out of the ordinary. I think it's universal that people refuse to clap and move around a little bit until they're "given permission" to do so. (It's also universal that people are always late to church!) From what I'd seen of this particular congregation in previous weeks, I really didn't think they had it in them when nearly everyone in the room started clapping and smiling after a little encouragement to do so!

The music was far from perfect but we had fun and I think the church was able to meet with God during the musical portion of worship and left encouraged.

One of the cool parts of leading here that you don't always experience in the States is that, not only is the congregation very diverse, representing nearly 50 different countries throughout the world, but so are the teams that you play with. Today we had a vocalist from South Korea, a drummer from the Philippines, a guitar player from Canada, a Korean-American bassist from California, and a couple white guys from Wisconsin...(me and Tom).

Here are a couple pictures from this morning. God bless!