My TOP TEN worship songs

Highly subject to change but this is what I got right now

10 “Lord of the Dance” Of all the silly jump around

songs that they do at Chrysalis, this one is my favorite. The youth really go nuts and it is great to see that enthusiasm.

9 “Glory to God” Just awesome. I love that the chorus and verses are down and that the energy doesn’t really go up until the bridge.

8 “Open our eyes Lord” I love simplicity. This is one of those songs I find myself singing to myself over and over. It is less than 30 seconds long but it really drives its point home.

7 “Heart of Worship” This is actually on a lot of people’s least favorite list. Yes the melody is simple… but that’s the point.

6 “My Savior My God” Mostly because of this line “You count it strange so once did I… before I knew my savior”.

5 “Mighty to Save” Running out of things to say here. Like Glory to God the bridge is where all the power of this song comes from.

4 “I am Free” I remember back when I first started

going to Eastpoint this was the big rock song and people just went through the roof when they started that opening riff.

3 “Amazing Grace (My chains are gone)” Just haunting >and beautiful. And who doesn’t love Amazing Grace?

2 “Everyone” By far my favorite song we do at church The dynamics are so great it is something I would never try to do w just me and an acoustic guitar. It takes a team to pull this one off.

1 “Hear My Cry” I wonder if there is anyone out there

that even remembers this song. It’s an old Chrysalis and camp song but nobody

ever sings it anymore and I don’t make people sing it at chrysalis because I

don’t want to be a hypocrite for telling people to stop playing the old songs

so much. I learned it my first year of playing and became fascinated with “A to

A2” and “D to D2” chord switches. Ah the wonders of how a chord can sound sodifferent just by picking up one finger. “And when my heart is overwhelmed please lead me to the rock… that is higher than I”.

Hello...

I'm recently became a “Praise & Worship” leader for a church plant and thought I would write a blog about it. If you are wondering what “Praise & Worship” music is I’ll let you know when I figure it out but it basically means the kind of music played in church.

I started playing guitar during my first year of collage mostly just because I needed a musical outlet since I left band and choir behind in high school. I learned guitar the same way a lot of you will: by myself with a book full of confusing chord charts and cheesy songs. I think “Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore” was the first song I learned. At the time I was excited that I could play any song no matter how old and cheesy it was.

I played in ecumenical groups such as Chrysalis and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. I started playing bass in a local church. From there I got lessons and started playing lead guitar stuff and now I am leading worship for a church plant. I've been in a support role for so long it will be different being the guy who has to make everything happen. It will be interesting.