This Sunday at Cody CMA, we were in week three of our six-week Irresistible Influence series. We’ve been focusing on what it means to be people and a church of Irresistible Influence in the world around us according to Christ’s command in Matthew 5:14-16. Our focus this morning was on the Sanctity of Human Life, a topic that we have not really focused on a whole lot before. It was a challenging topic, but one that was handled well by my senior pastor.

Our morning looked like this:

Welcome/Announcements
Greeting
Call to Worship from Zephaniah 3:14-17
Mighty to Save (G) (Fielding, Morgan)
How Great Is Our God (G) (Tomlin, Reeves, Cash)
How Great Thou Art (G-A) (Hine)
Prayer
Agnus Dei (A) (Smith)
Offering
Glorious (A) (Tomlin, Reeves)
Video: “99 Balloons” from Igniter Media
Message from Psalm 139
Video: “Psalm 139” by Amena Brown from Bluefish.tv
Reflection and Prayer
Blessed Be Your Name (A) (Redman)
Dismissal

Our first few songs were designed to flow together as a medley. It worked really well. In the first service, we had the prayer focus (dealing with confession) after Agnus Dei, but in the second service put it in between How Great Thou Art and Agnus Dei, We then hung on to the A chord as we introduced the offering and moved in Glorious. MIghty to Save is new for us, but the team is doing a great job with it, and I think the congregation is catching on.

The video we used, 99 Balloons, is a great story and really connected with people. If you’ve never seen it, you should watch it. We chose it because it communicated the value of life through a story and choices, and we didn’t want to inundate people with facts about conception which we felt they already knew.

The end video, Psalm 139, helped people reconnect with the Scripture. Amena Brown is an awesome poet. You should check her stuff out.

If you’re interested in other Sunday Set-lists, be sure to check them out over at Fred McKinnon’s blog.