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Here are the song lists we used over the weekend at Mobilise USA. You can download the music to the new songs we did, as promised. If you don’t know any of them, you should be able to google the words and music pretty easily.

Session 1 Friday pm

Let God arise (G) – Tomlin
This Is Life (C) – Brading
You alone can rescue (A) – Redman
Have You heard (Bb) – Brading / Kendrick / Fellingham
You chose the cross (Bb) – Layzel
Jesus lover of my soul (D) – Oakley
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The third day (F) – Brading / Redman

Session 2 Saturday am

Salvation (G) – Brading
Happy day (C) – Hughes
You never let go (B) – Redman
Hosanna (E) – Fraser
Be lifted up (E) – Oakley
I will give You all my worship (E) Ruis
I’ll stand (E) – Houston

Session 3 Sat afternoon (Prayer meeting)

Strength will rise (Bb)  - Brown / Reily
The third day (F) – Brading / Redman
Before the throne (D) – Bancroft  / Terrell
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Let the rain come (Bb) – Brading / Hall / Simmonds

Session 4 Sat pm

Our God He reigns (C#m) – Brading / Redman
We shall not be shaken (F) – Redman
Great is Your faithfulness (A) – Redman
My soul is well (A) – Dillon / Brading
It is well with my soul (A) – Spafford
I’m made rich (This Is Life) (A) – Brading
Consuming fire (G) – Hughes
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I will worship (G) – Ruis
He brought me to banqueting table (G) – Ruis
Saviour King (F) – Hillsong
One way (B) – Hillsong
Going Your way (B) – Brading / Tuson
Did you feel the mountaints (B) – Martin Smyth
Dance in the river (B) – Martin Smyth
This Is Life (C) – Brading
Dancing generation (D) – Redman

Well, it’s that time of the year where we up-the-game as a band, and take a quite few evenings out to rehearse rehearse rehearse like crazy as we’re leading worship quite a lot at events this summer, some of which will have albums produced from them… Together On A Mission, Mobilise, Newday, Rendevouz Bible Week France, CCK.

Some of us have been playing together as a band for the last 10 years, whilst the others have joined at some point over this last decade. Over that time we’ve learned a whole lot about what actually makes an effective, fruitful rehearsal… and what makes a frustrating, draining and fruitless one.

So over the next few days and weeks, I’ll try and organise my thoughts on this and get some succinct posts up answering the question ‘What makes an effective rehearsal?’ But in the meantime, here’s a little video of our rehearsal from last night..