Into The City

Thoughts from a church plant in Iowa

Rich Mullins’ A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band

  • January
  • 21
  • 2008

If there was ever a “perfect” album to come out of the (largely mediocre) world of CCM, Rich Mullins’ A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band was it. (Are the ‘A’s supposed to be capitalized? It looks funny either way.) This album is fifteen (fifteen!) years old this year, and yet [...]

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Songs for the Inaugural Service

  • December
  • 27
  • 2007

Imago Christi’s inaugural service is just over a week away - January 5, 2008. As I noted previously, it’s a bit of a challenge to pick the music - something appropriate for the first service of a new church, setting the tone for services to come, and having something accessible for those who are [...]

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Selecting music for an inaugural service

  • December
  • 20
  • 2007

We’re going to have our first worship team practice for Imago tonight, which means I need to have music selected for our first service. Selecting church music is normally a bit of a challenge, but selecting music to kick off a whole new church? Intimidating. I’ll need to pick a mix of [...]

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Building a worship team

  • December
  • 18
  • 2007

One of my big initial tasks for Imago Christi is to figure out the worship team situation. Music is going to be an important part of our church “feel”. I had to select a word carefully there. Music won’t be the most important part of the church, not by a long shot. [...]

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