When planning the typical worship service, the song service is often an after thought. What I mean by this is, many song leaders are content to hurriedly pick out the congregational songs at the last minute. This practice is totally unacceptable and will lead to making several mistakes. 1. The mistake of contradicting the message… Read more
Song Leading 101: Before You Lead Your First Song
Song Leading Essentials According to the National Congregations Study of churches across America, 66% of churches fewer than 100 people in their congregations. Most of the time in these smaller churches, the pastor will conduct all the services, direct the song leading, do all the preaching, handle all the visiting and counseling, while also taking… Read more
Selecting Worship Music | Does God Care What Method We Use? Part 2
In our previous article concerning worship music we discussed in detail God’s method of worship. Let’s continue that thought and look at what God would have us reject concerning our methods of worship. 1. God Wants Us to Reject Our Own Methods of Worship Lev. 10:1-3 helps us understand this truth; “And Nadab and Abihu… Read more
Taking Song Leading to the Next Level
Beyond the Ability to Lead Singing: Conducting If you’re interested in music or accustomed to singing then it is entirely possible that one day you’ll be asked to lead singing in front of a group. I can still remember my music director asking me to lead singing for our opening Sunday School assembly. At first, I… Read more