This arrangement is identical to the album release as far as song arrangement goes. The instrumentation is a bit different on the intro where I used a rhodes, the string melody on the chorus out is a bit different and the  verse breakdown after the chorus has some additional ambient instrumentation. If anyone is interested in using it and would like a version without the guitars then I can post that as well or you can download the reason(rns) file which doesn’t have any guitars. In my band I didn’t want to lose the distorted rhythm guitar by playing these leads so it made sense for me to put the lead on the track.

Song: Everything by Tim Hughes, Holding Nothing Back
Key: C
Bpm: 150
Intro: 4 bar intro

Download: aif / mp3 / rns (Reason 4 file)

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We at LCC are smack dab in the middle of our series on Worship Culture and unlike many sermons on worship which target postures, we’ve spent zero time on that topic. But as the congregation is getting taught on redeemed worship and dealing with our idolatry the response and engagement in the music portion of worship has grown. This series is fundamental to our maturity as a church and I think to this point people are really grabbing onto it. We were packed out today with a quite a few families missing, so we really need to add another service quick.

I finally got the loop done to a point that was performable for “You Love Me Forever” by the Merchant Band. I’ve had this song in the queue for quite some time but just hadn’t had the time to finish it. Still a lot of room for improvement in the loop so I won’t post it yet, but we pulled it off and I thought it sounded great.

1. We Cry Out - Kim Walker
   
2. You Love Me Forever - Merchant Band
3. Everything - Tim Hughes
4. Our God Reigns - Delirious
5. Prepare the Way - Charlie Hall (ended up getting cut)

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Programming loops has been a full time job. I don’t have nearly as much time as I need, but each week we build off the last and take another step forward. 4 of the 5 songs had full beginning to end programmed loops. I’ve never played in a band that had this must richness and fullness in live sound. The congregation is adapting to change, I see a lot less attention being paid to the band and that’s a good thing. Hopefully the lack of attention will be due to a consistency in excellence and not because there’s nothing good to pay attention to. Here was our set at Life Connection Church:

1. Rain Down - Delirious
2. Everything - Tim Hughes
3. Gloria - Tim Smith arrangement
4. So Near - Vineyard UK
5. My Jesus I Love Thee (no loop, guitar only)

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Tim Hughes has posted an interesting question on his blog raising the question, “Can we sing songs of worship directed to the Holy Spirit?.” I think the question is more interesting in its choice of phrasing and inference then the actual answer to the question. We should all agree that we can’t sing any songs of redeemed worship but through the empowering of the Holy Spirit. And if we can agree that worship is a response to God rather than self instigated, than the direction of our worship becomes evident by whom we are responding to.

The question posed implies a dissection of our theological view on the trinity. But to me that question is working of an improper assumption that redeemed worship(I quite purposefully distinguish between redeemed/fallen worship) could be “directed”, employed, engaged in, taught or experienced by, to or through anyone but the Holy Spirit. Our model of a perfect life of worship is of course Jesus Christ and Luke 10:21Luke 10:21
English: American Standard Version (1901) - ASV
21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.  

gives us insight into how Jesus worshiped in a trinitarian life:

At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.”

The Son worshiping the Father, full of joy, through the Holy Spirit. Jesus was also full of and led by the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:1-2Luke 4:1-2
English: American Standard Version (1901) - ASV
4 ¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness ² during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.  

). I don’t think we should be fearful of addressing the spirit of God we are to be filled with and led by. For it’s the same spirit that gives us the ability to worship the Father, Son and Spirit at all.

Tim does acknowledge this in his blog and points to more of a practical question of lyrical content.

“…can we sing ‘Holy Spirit, glorify Your name?’”

I don’t think we have any basis for removing worship of 1 part of the trinity. From a trinitarian view that would be to deny the worship of God entirely, and that my friends, I don’t intend to do.