Luke Haldeman | Keep That Eye On Your Fence Post (Worship Center Remixed) @haldemanl | Uploaded September 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Download this song: lukehaldeman.bandcamp.com/track/keep-that-eye-on-your-fence-post-worship-center-remixed
Instrumental: youtu.be/W2D6Yye2DGg
Vocals: youtu.be/PFVZNKOpZ6c
Details:
A remix sampled from recorded sermons at Worship Center church in Lancaster, PA, celebrating Pastor Sam Smucker's forty years of service as Lead Pastor and embracing Matt Mylin's transition into the role. For the official transition, Pastor Sam gave a short sermon and explained the symbolic meaning of several physical gifts he would give to Pastor Matt as he stepped into the lead pastor role. In order to pass all the gifts over at once, he had a picture made containing all of them, which he passes to Matt in the video. Afterward, new lead pastor Matt Mylin gave that Sunday's main sermon. Parts of these sermons and others were used to make a musical recreation of that event, which in my opinion is quite a bit more entertaining than the original.
In 2012 I made a similar remix using a music track from Melodysheep, and since then I've been meaning to make one with my own original music track. Five years later, I finally got around to it. 2012 remix video can be found here: youtu.be/LHgYMoXCLs0
Source material: Twelve sermons found on Worship Center's Vimeo page were used as source material, spanning the years 2010 to 2017: vimeo.com/worshipcenter
Software: Reason 9.5, Audacity, Blender
Lyrics:
[Sam Intro]
My dad taught me a lesson about vision; I didn't realize it was a lesson about vision back then, but one day he told me- he said, "Uh, Samuel, today I'm gonna teach you how to plow."
He said, "Don't look to the right or to the left."
He said, "Get your eyes on that fence post, and don't let your eyes off the fence post until you get to the other end!"
And when you have a vision or a dream in your heart, in order to see that dream or vision come to pass, you have to keep your eye on it.
[Sam Chorus]
Keep that eye on your fence post,
Always be thankful,
Fight the good fight of faith.
Maintain a thankful attitude,
We're not perfect,
So be on the edge.
Your words and your heart
Have to be in one place.
Being thankful produces a well of joy in our lives.
We thank God for the cross,
We thank God for the empty tomb,
We thank God for our salvation built on that foundation.
[Sam Verse 1]
We started a journey we've never walked before:
Passing the role.
And Matt took on the responsibility
And its many facets of ministry.
So Matt as you step into this role,
[Sam Chorus]
[Sam Verse 2]
That's my charge to you today, be prepared.
That's why we exist as a church.
Go and preach the word of God.
Go and make disciples.
This is the official transfer, right now.
[Matt Verse 1]
Your mercies are new every morning.
Your love never fails.
It's only by God's grace that you've been saved.
Don't give up on God.
Don't give up on his word.
[Matt Chorus]
Be strong and courageous,
Do not be afraid or discouraged,
For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
We can be a light to this world where there's darkness,
Hope, where there needs to be hope.
Have a faith that is strong,
And then you'll teach the people.
[Matt Verse 2]
Show others the goodness of God for he called you
Out of the darkness, into his light.
This could be life changing,
So, what will you do?
Go a little deeper as a church,
Maybe take a little shift for Jesus.
This could be life changing,
So, what will you do?
[Matt Chorus]
[Bridge]
(Matt) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Matt) (For we are God's masterpiece.)
(Matt) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Sam) (For we are God's masterpiece.)
(Matt) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Sam) For God has not given us the spirit of fear, and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
(Sam) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Matt) You have poured your lives into this vision, and now have handed it to the next generation.
[Final Chorus]
(Matt)
Be-be-be strong and courageous,
Do not be afraid or discouraged,
For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
(Sam)
We-we-we thank God for the cross,
We thank God for the empty tomb,
We thank God for our salvation built on that foundation.
Keep that eye on your fence post,
Always be thankful,
Fight the good fight of faith.
I'm thankful for the privilege that I've had to serve.
Download this song: lukehaldeman.bandcamp.com/track/keep-that-eye-on-your-fence-post-worship-center-remixed
Instrumental: youtu.be/W2D6Yye2DGg
Vocals: youtu.be/PFVZNKOpZ6c
Details:
A remix sampled from recorded sermons at Worship Center church in Lancaster, PA, celebrating Pastor Sam Smucker's forty years of service as Lead Pastor and embracing Matt Mylin's transition into the role. For the official transition, Pastor Sam gave a short sermon and explained the symbolic meaning of several physical gifts he would give to Pastor Matt as he stepped into the lead pastor role. In order to pass all the gifts over at once, he had a picture made containing all of them, which he passes to Matt in the video. Afterward, new lead pastor Matt Mylin gave that Sunday's main sermon. Parts of these sermons and others were used to make a musical recreation of that event, which in my opinion is quite a bit more entertaining than the original.
In 2012 I made a similar remix using a music track from Melodysheep, and since then I've been meaning to make one with my own original music track. Five years later, I finally got around to it. 2012 remix video can be found here: youtu.be/LHgYMoXCLs0
Source material: Twelve sermons found on Worship Center's Vimeo page were used as source material, spanning the years 2010 to 2017: vimeo.com/worshipcenter
Software: Reason 9.5, Audacity, Blender
Lyrics:
[Sam Intro]
My dad taught me a lesson about vision; I didn't realize it was a lesson about vision back then, but one day he told me- he said, "Uh, Samuel, today I'm gonna teach you how to plow."
He said, "Don't look to the right or to the left."
He said, "Get your eyes on that fence post, and don't let your eyes off the fence post until you get to the other end!"
And when you have a vision or a dream in your heart, in order to see that dream or vision come to pass, you have to keep your eye on it.
[Sam Chorus]
Keep that eye on your fence post,
Always be thankful,
Fight the good fight of faith.
Maintain a thankful attitude,
We're not perfect,
So be on the edge.
Your words and your heart
Have to be in one place.
Being thankful produces a well of joy in our lives.
We thank God for the cross,
We thank God for the empty tomb,
We thank God for our salvation built on that foundation.
[Sam Verse 1]
We started a journey we've never walked before:
Passing the role.
And Matt took on the responsibility
And its many facets of ministry.
So Matt as you step into this role,
[Sam Chorus]
[Sam Verse 2]
That's my charge to you today, be prepared.
That's why we exist as a church.
Go and preach the word of God.
Go and make disciples.
This is the official transfer, right now.
[Matt Verse 1]
Your mercies are new every morning.
Your love never fails.
It's only by God's grace that you've been saved.
Don't give up on God.
Don't give up on his word.
[Matt Chorus]
Be strong and courageous,
Do not be afraid or discouraged,
For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
We can be a light to this world where there's darkness,
Hope, where there needs to be hope.
Have a faith that is strong,
And then you'll teach the people.
[Matt Verse 2]
Show others the goodness of God for he called you
Out of the darkness, into his light.
This could be life changing,
So, what will you do?
Go a little deeper as a church,
Maybe take a little shift for Jesus.
This could be life changing,
So, what will you do?
[Matt Chorus]
[Bridge]
(Matt) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Matt) (For we are God's masterpiece.)
(Matt) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Sam) (For we are God's masterpiece.)
(Matt) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Sam) For God has not given us the spirit of fear, and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
(Sam) For we are God's masterpiece.
(Matt) You have poured your lives into this vision, and now have handed it to the next generation.
[Final Chorus]
(Matt)
Be-be-be strong and courageous,
Do not be afraid or discouraged,
For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
(Sam)
We-we-we thank God for the cross,
We thank God for the empty tomb,
We thank God for our salvation built on that foundation.
Keep that eye on your fence post,
Always be thankful,
Fight the good fight of faith.
I'm thankful for the privilege that I've had to serve.
