What can I say? Tonight’s eXchange was spot-on solid as a rock. First, the “worship” part:

We opened with a medley of All We Need, Your Grace is Enough and Awesome is the Lord Most High. Solid, high-energy worship to get things started.

Our second set (post-teaching) consisted of I Will Offer Up My Life, Give Us Clean Hands/Kindness and Cannons.

We had three baptisms (woohoo!) and closed with I Stand Amazed.

The band was on it and, even when I threw them a couple curve balls as far as order in-song, they were nimble and ready to adapt. It didn’t hurt that sound was dialed in; that only helped the band open up and be a little more vulnerable on-stage.

An especially fun aside was the inclusion of Bon Jovi’s You Give Love a Bad Name as a special. This week we talked about Gossip (first week of the Taboo series) so the song was a perfect fit. Jack Fox reworked some of the lyrics (no, he didn’t make them “Christian”) to focus less on blood-red nails and more on gossip which came off great.

Jack’s team also busted out a hand-made, old-school, tried and true flannel graph so Scot could make an illustration during the teaching. When’s the last time you saw a naked Noah made of felt?

Once MCC’s media director Scott heard us rock some Bon Jovi during rehearsal he and the team scrambled to put up some chasing lights which helped with the 80s rock concert feel during You Give Love. It’s those last minute details that sometimes make the biggest impact. It was a great touch!

Last but not least Scot brought the teaching, big time. “Put down the binoculars and pick up a blanket.” Confused? The podcast will get updated this week so watch for that, great stuff to help us get centered on where Christ wants us.

Hope you have a great week. How did worship go in your church?