Heart Tune Up

You’ve warmed up your voice, got through sound check, your strings are in tune, now it’s time to get your heart in tune. By: Laying your sins at your savior’s feet before leading the congregation in song. Be at peace with yourself, your fellow band members and the Pastor. Spend a few moments alone in [...]

Try a Little Variety!

Do you use the same singing routine week after week?  If you use only hymns – try a few contemporary pieces. If you use only contemporary songs – try a few hymns. Try singing a familiar congregational song acapella. Try a “call-and-response” type song. Ask a few talented singers in the pews to sing in [...]

A Pastoral Use for Youtube

The following is an excerpt from a Pastor’s electronic newsletter to his congregation: This Sunday our musicians will be introducing a new song by Chris Tomlin called “All the Way My Savior Leads Me.”  This song is rich in content as well as musicality. Please preview and enjoy this song before Sunday by clicking here to [...]

Worship Prep

As a musician, how do you prepare for worship? At our recent Branches Concert, I happened to step into our worship sanctuary about an hour before the concert and each musician was sitting alone quietly in their own corner of the room. One or two had a bible open, and others just sat quietly, I assume [...]

Singing Hints

I’ve been singing in church, in bands, and in choirs for as long as I can remember.  My thoughts on singing are probably just common sense to most of you, but maybe there are a few people out there that this will really help, at least that’s my hope.   Here’s some of what I’ve [...]