Created During The Service
PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:32 pm
At my church we've got a big projecter controlled by a computer terminal at the back. I'm the one, every Sunday morning, who is controlling the words appearing behind the band. At the same time I make quick revisions to song words, type in new songs and choose backgrounds for those coming up, all the while praising God with the rest of the congregation. It's an important job that I take some degree of pride in, even though my efforts are widely unnoticed by the others. It's good to help out at church.
Anyway . . . I get a long break while the pastor's talking. I always listen to what he has to say, but sometimes the Lord calls me to do more with my time than that. That's when I type while listening. I mostly write poetry and songs there. My previous in-church masterpieces are attatched below, but a big shift came today.
This morning, I passionately typed the words that came into my head and and soon created this (It was a little different at first.):
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You
Samuel Fraser
Sequence
Verse 1; Chorus; Verse 2; Chorus; Bridge; Chorus
Verse 1:
Inferno from the heavenly realm
Burn the chaff
Purify the gold
Water from the righteous flood
Clear the trash
Restore my soul
Verse 2:
Spirit of the Sovereign One
Come with might
Revive our fire
Son of God who reigns above
Show Your light
Please bring us higher
Chorus:
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
The Three in one, the Trinity
You command the celestial host
And yet You speak to me
Bridge:
Oh, Lord!
Burn the chaff
And clear the trash
Purify the gold
Oh, Lord!
Restore my soul
Come with might
And show Your light
Revive our fire
Bring us higher
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I decided it was my best song up to date and after the service ended I shared it with my parents. They were ecstatic, as I had suspected, so I decided to share it with the worship leader who'd shown an interest in my work. He got even more excited.
I can't remember all the details, but within an hour he and I, with the help of one other musician and my father, had recorded a first run through of the words accompanied by a guitar solo. The pastor was listening in and once we had finished he told the worship leader to have that song ready to be performed for next week's service!
There are now three copies of the rough run-through of the lyrics that will be used to figure out changes for next Sunday's performance.
This is sort of a general topic, but people come to this thread expecting to read and there's going to be a lot of it here. I've decided to post all of my God-inspired, Sunday morning creations.
Anyway . . . I get a long break while the pastor's talking. I always listen to what he has to say, but sometimes the Lord calls me to do more with my time than that. That's when I type while listening. I mostly write poetry and songs there. My previous in-church masterpieces are attatched below, but a big shift came today.
This morning, I passionately typed the words that came into my head and and soon created this (It was a little different at first.):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You
Samuel Fraser
Sequence
Verse 1; Chorus; Verse 2; Chorus; Bridge; Chorus
Verse 1:
Inferno from the heavenly realm
Burn the chaff
Purify the gold
Water from the righteous flood
Clear the trash
Restore my soul
Verse 2:
Spirit of the Sovereign One
Come with might
Revive our fire
Son of God who reigns above
Show Your light
Please bring us higher
Chorus:
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
The Three in one, the Trinity
You command the celestial host
And yet You speak to me
Bridge:
Oh, Lord!
Burn the chaff
And clear the trash
Purify the gold
Oh, Lord!
Restore my soul
Come with might
And show Your light
Revive our fire
Bring us higher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I decided it was my best song up to date and after the service ended I shared it with my parents. They were ecstatic, as I had suspected, so I decided to share it with the worship leader who'd shown an interest in my work. He got even more excited.
I can't remember all the details, but within an hour he and I, with the help of one other musician and my father, had recorded a first run through of the words accompanied by a guitar solo. The pastor was listening in and once we had finished he told the worship leader to have that song ready to be performed for next week's service!
There are now three copies of the rough run-through of the lyrics that will be used to figure out changes for next Sunday's performance.
This is sort of a general topic, but people come to this thread expecting to read and there's going to be a lot of it here. I've decided to post all of my God-inspired, Sunday morning creations.