What I'm Listening To:

I wanted to take a brief moment and commend some great music to you. The suggestions I'm giving here I would call worship music, but I believe they are great music for every day as well. Some of what you hear below may show up in our worship services this year!

1. Psalms by Sandra McCracken

This album is very chill, reflective, warm, and comforting. This is Sandra's work at putting various psalms and psalm themes into her own words and giving us great opportunity to sing the psalms! I want to commend this whole album, but in particular "We Will Feast in the House of Zion" and "Almighty God". You may listen to the entire album below.



2. Citizens and Saints

This band is just a lot of fun. This is a perfect example of music that can be enjoyable, artistic, creative, and theological. Please listen to the sampling below. If the style isn't your cup of tea, you may at least appreciate the lyrics that they have put to such beats.









3. The Magnificent Three by Coral Ridge Music

The thing I can most commend Coral Ridge for on this album is their effort to focus on the trinity-- our glorious God who is three persons in one. There's mystery, yet such majesty and glory to praise in who God is. On the whole, the production sounds a little low budget, and it's not necessarily a style I would run to automatically. In the end, I am delighting in the lyrics and message of this album. If you only listen to one song please make it Open Our Eyes because it is good, catchy, and if you're susceptible like me, it will be stuck in your head for a week. You can listen to the entire album below.

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Austin Hilmer

About the Author:
Austin serves on staff at Westchester as Associate Pastor of Corporate Worship

Worship Round-Up (April 19, 2015)

a weekly review of Sunday worship to provide resource and further reflection from our Sunday service.

Sermon:

"Margins"

The Mess of Stress

From Luke 10-- The Good Samaritan

Pastor Dave MacKinnon
Listen here


Music:

In our services week by week we strive for interconnectivity between the songs we sing, words we speak, and the sermon that is preached. There has been much joy that in this series on Stress we have been able to affirm many great truths about who God is without scrambling to mention stress in our songs. Many times, the things that stress us out are a striving after things that God would not desires for us. This week we affirm our trust in God and His trustworthiness and shift our gaze to our need of Him and away from material things. We affirm through "The Solid Rock" that God is faithful in Christ--- His blood, His righteousness, His oath and covenant. We affirm that God is "Enough". We affirm that we "Need" God, and that He hears our cries and prayers. Once again we sing that our "Worth" is not to be found in what we can purchase, what we can gain in acceptance, not in what we can create or do by skill, but only in Christ our Redeemer. We ended the service by affirming again God's faithfulness and sovereignty, and our peace in knowing this great truth.

The Solid Rock

 by Edward Mote | William B. Bradbury
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Enough

by Chris Tomlin | Louie Giglio

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Lord I need You

by Christy Nockels | Daniel Carson | Jesse Reeves | Kristian Stanfill | Matt Maher
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My Worth is Not in What I Own
by  Graham Kendrick | Keith Getty | Kristyn Getty
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All Must Be Well
by Mary Bowly Peters, Matthew S. Smith

Listen on YouTube

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Austin Hilmer

About the Author:
Austin serves on staff at Westchester as Associate Pastor of Corporate Worship

Sunday Worship Round-Up (March 22, 2015)

a weekly review of Sunday worship to provide resource and further reflection from our Sunday service

Sermon
See The One Who Took Our Place
"The Victorious" (Isaiah 53:10-12)
by Pastor Dave MacKinnon
listen here

Call To Worship
Romans 5:18-21

Music

How Deep the Father's Love For Us
by Stuart Townend
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Shine Into Our Night
by Joel Sczebel
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Sing My Soul
by Brooks Ritter, Rebecca Elliott & TJ Hester
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The Wonderful Cross
by Isaac Watts and Chris Tomlin
Listen on YouTube

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Austin Hilmer

About the Author:
Austin serves on staff at Westchester as Associate Pastor of Corporate Worship

Sunday Worship Round-up (March 15, 2015)

a weekly review of Sunday worship to provide resource and further reflection from our Sunday service.


Sermon

See The One Who Took Our Place
 "Silent and Sinless" (Isaiah 53:7-9)
by Pastor Dave MacKinnon
listen here


Music

10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)
by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman
Listen on YouTube
 Amazon mp3

Isaiah 53:7-9
a sung scripture reading
by Austin Hilmer



Jesus Thank You
by Pat Sczebel
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Amazon mp3

Jesus Paid It All

by Alex Nifong, Elvina M. Hall, John Thomas Grape

Amazon mp3

All Must Be Well
by Mary Bowly Peters, Matthew S. Smith

Listen on YouTube

Amazon mp3

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Austin Hilmer

About the Author:
Austin serves on staff at Westchester as Associate Pastor of Corporate Worship