There was a time that on Mondays or Tuesdays I would post the set list and a review of the Sunday before.  I would talk about the songs, what they mean, and how things went.

Lately I have been feeling that this is kinda one-sided and mostly beneficial for me and other worship leader-types.  (Then this idea was confirmed and became something new through a conversation I had with Jeremy.  He’s rad and way smarter than me.)

I am gonna pull a Missy Elliot and “flip it and reverse it.”  But in a way less raunchy way.

At the beginning of each week, I am going to post the upcoming weeks set list, and link to where you can listen to the songs, and talk a little bit about why those songs were picked and other things of that nature.

My big hope is that the people of The Gateway Church will start to use this as a tool and resource for their personal worship during the week.  Worship doesn’t begin and end on a Sunday morning at church.  We are called to worship all week long through our actions and conversations, through our thoughts and prayers, and yes…also through song.

I absolutely believe that if you and I spend the next 6 days thinking about the words to these songs, singing them (in the car, office, or wherever), and meditating on them in our hearts, that we can have the most sincere, authentic, and passionate worship experience on Sunday mornings.

A few weeks ago Dashboard Confessional was in town.  My wife is a huge fan, so we got tickets.  Well she spent about 2 weeks before that listening to his songs; learning new ones and refreshing her mind with the old ones.  She couldn’t stop talking and thinking about it.  She wanted to make sure that when he took the stage and she was standing there with 400 other people, that she was ready.  It was almost like she was a love-struck 19 year old girl again!

Well, I want to make sure that when we come together on Sunday morning (with the desire of giving Christ center stage) that we are ready.  That we have spent time preparing our hearts, thinking about what is to come, and just plain old getting excited!

So here is my encouragement and my challenge:

If you go to The Gateway Church, listen to these songs.  You can listen to them online or buy the album for yourself.  Spend time with these songs, and let’s get excited to worship God together!

Click here to listen to this Sunday’s songs.

~chris