Refection CFC - 10th June 2007

We were playing at CFC yesterday for our monthly slot. Three services leaves you pretty exhausted at the best of times but the added heat made it all the more difficult to get up this morning. Our morning set included: Arise, Rescuer, Victorious, The Troubles are O'er, Here I am to worship. I thought the set worked quite well but I am not sure how 'Victorious' was received so if you were there and you have any thoughts please let me know. It gets an applause at the end which suggests that people are engaged but I'm not sure at what level. It might just be the type of congregation as my thinking at the minute is that this will work well at a youth event - Summer Madness will be good testing ground.

It is fantastic to have the opportunity to play the songs and get a sense of what works and what doesn't. We are finding that CFC as a church has really grasped 'Rescuer' and God is continually speaking through this song. We hope this is only the beginnings of where this song will go. We took the opportunity to air another new song yesterday called 'The Troubles are O'er'. This song was inspired by a sense of the importance to write songs that express what is going on at a local level; rather than writing songs with the intention of reaching the nations, but putting words to what has happened on this island in recent months politically and spiritually. I find this a very emotive song, firstly because I think it is great and secondly because I have never heard a worship song of this nature before and particularly one that talks about our situation and what God has done to bring us through the Troubles. I hope you like it too.