The Worship Files

The current series we’re in is all about making much of 2010, which if we’re to do biblically, it means we’re to make much of God. This song simply says to God that he can have all of us because all that we truly need is Him. Recognizing this is huge when it comes to making much of God because if we can’t exalt Him above all else, we’ll never put him before our own selfish desires.

We’ll be starting off worship with this Sunday morning. It’s a super easy song and will likely be familiar to some of you.

Oh yeah, some of you may remember my new delay pedal…I decided to figure it out a little more and I recorded this video using the pedal which is why it’ll sound a little weird (weird but hopefully good!).

Posted in New Song (Video), Worship
Tags: acoustic, all we need, charlie hall, chords, cover, guitar, guitar tab, lyrics, music, new song, Origins, tab, taylor, Worship

2010 is upon us and though I don’t know that anyone would say they want to waste it away, so many people will. In hopes that people of Origins really make 2010 matter, we’re doing a whole series on what it looks like, biblically, to live in a meaningful way. This week is about praying big, so big that when our prayers our answered, we will know for sure it was the work of God and not ourselves because we’re asking for more than we are capable of. We have many promises in scripture that God will answer our prayers as we seek him in faith.  Here are a few…

Matthew 7:8, Matthew 21:22, Mark 11:24, Luke 11:10, John 16:24, James 4:3, 1 John 3:22, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Psalm 2:8.

As I reflect on these verses I realize how little I pray and how weak my prayers are.  I hope I can step up to this week’s challenge and begin to pray big!

This song, by Shane Barnard, is a reflection of these verses and others.  We’ll sing it right after the message and I hope that it draws us into the message and turns our hearts to worship.  I’m looking forward to this week and what everyone’s response will be.

Posted in New Song (Video), Worship
Tags: acoustic, chords, cover, guitar tab, lyrics, music, new song, shane and shane, shane barndard, shane everett, tab, taylor, Worship, you said

Sermon Podcast from 2010-01-03
Title: Knowledge and Love
Author: Origins Church in Austin, TX
Speaker: Seth Kniep

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Tags: austin, church, knowledge and love, Origins, Podcast, sermon, seth kniep, tx

Wait, a What Offering? Goat. Goat? Yes, Goat.

Hopefully this isn’t surprising or weird to you if you’ve been able to catch the Advent Conspiracy sermon series at Origins. Whether you know exactly what I’m talking about or this is brand new, I wanted to remind everyone of what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. First of all, watch this:

Over these last few weeks we have explored what it would look like to give and love like Jesus by spending and receiving less. There has been a lot of good ideas for how to do this individually and relationally, but in addition, a great way of doing this as a church body. By partnering with World Vision, we are able to purchase goats for $75 each. These goats go to impoverished nations and help to fulfill a multitude of needs. They provide milk for drinking, cheese, and other food products for the families that receive them. The excess can be sold as well, which provides income. Eventually, the goats will meet, perhaps in a bar or on a social networking site, which inevitably leads to baby goats. Baby goats, of course, can also be sold for income. It’s a gift that keeps on giving and we’re very excited about the response we’ve been receiving.

Here’s how this will work on Sunday… There will be two offerings: the goat offering which will fall at some point in the middle of the sermon, then our regular offering. Pray that God will give you a heart to worship through offering, and pray that what we are able to give as a church will go create real and tangible change for the families who receive the goats.

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Tags: 2009, advent conspiracy, austin, christmas, church, goat, goats, offering, Origins, world vision, worldvision

Sermon Podcast from 2009-12-13
Title: Give Like Jesus
Author: Origins Church in Austin, TX
Speaker: Brannen Padgett

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Technical difficulties are par for the course when it comes to leading worship, even more-so when it comes to leading worship at a church where we have to set up and break down the entire sound system each week.  Usually these things happen during setup or rehearsal, or even live but behind the scenes where nobody knows what is happening.

This week, however, it was live and it was obvious, albeit quite funny.  It had nothing to do with the sound system itself, but instead with a new delay pedal I just bought.  It added a really cool dynamic to the acoustic sound this week and I definitely plan on using it again, but I need to learn a few things about it first.  I had literally messed with this thing for a grand total of 15 minutes before Sunday morning and when I switched to the wrong patch in between songs, it became pretty obvious I didn’t know what I was doing.

The best part is when I leaned down to fix it and said “that was weird.”  Well, my guitar has a mic in it that picked up my voice and with the endless repeat that seemed to be on the pedal, everyone got to hear my “that was weird” over and over and over until I unplugged the pedal to turn it off.  I wanted to relive that moment and give you the same opportunity, as well as let people in on what they missed.  With no further ado, I present to you: “That was weird weird weird weird POP” by me, Jason Carroll. Listen carefully for my old man wheezing laugh.

Posted in Misc
Tags: church, delay pedal, Origins, sunday morning, technical difficulties, weird, Worship

Talk about refreshing! I love leading worship and have done it for many years now, but I always enjoy getting to just be in the crowd and not be responsible for organizing, playing, leading, etc. Last night I got the chance and it was awesome! Shane Barnard is a guy who had a huge influence on my earlier playing style and I still use some of the percussive techniques I learned during that period. More than playing style, though, is the guy’s heart. I’ve gotten to hang with him (and jam with him) a couple of times over the years and I also know people who have close contact with him. My experiences and theirs vouch for the fact that this guy really believes what he says and sings. This authenticity always comes through in his music and last night was no exception. It was genuine and worshipful and God’s presence was moving through that place in a unique way. I am thankful that I got to encounter Him that way. I have definitely been challenged in a spiritual and musical way that I hope you will see come through at Origins in coming weeks.

EDIT (adding something I just remembered and wanted to talk about): One of the greatest parts of last night was seeing and hearing a multitude of people worshiping through song.  There was a large diversity of people both in age/demographic and in style of worship.  The most memorable part for me was a guy sitting in front of us who was so old he could barely stand on his own.  He had to get help from the people around him just to stand up, but the guy was determined to be on his feet to worship.  You could tell that while he knew it was perfectly acceptable to sit down, he wasn’t satisfied with that option.  At one point he put all his weight and support on his cane with his right hand so he could lift his left arm high in the air, complete with his old-man top hat in-hand!  Seriously, the dude was like 90+ with a cane and at a Shane Barnard and Phil Wickham concert worshiping his heart out…not the typical concert-goer in my experience.  If I live that old (which I hope I don’t), I hope that is me…rockin at a concert and putting every bit of energy I have into worshiping!

Along with Shane was, well, the other Shane since the band name is Shane and Shane, but also there was Phil Wickham who played right before the Shanes and Bethany Dillon who opened the show. I had never heard Bethany before, but she was quite good, though a tad awkward from the stage. And she married Shane, so I assume she’s got solid beliefs…and it might explain where she picked up some of the on-stage awkwardness. Phil is the guy who wrote that Cannons song that we sing pretty often and he’s got a few on that first album that I want to introduce at Origins soon. The sampling we got last night from his new album seemed pretty good, but I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet. I have been listening to Shane and Shane’s new album a bunch lately and really enjoy it.

Anyway, if you haven’t checked out any of these artists, you really should. All three have brand new albums and are definitely worth buying.

Click the images below to preview and/or buy the album on iTunes.

Posted in Worship
Tags: austin, bethany dillon, concert, everything is different, heaven and earth, live, live music, music, phil wickham, shane and shane, shane barnard, stop and listen, Worship