Pastor vs Worship Leader

Pastor vs Worship Leader  In my circles, the term “worship leader” is still a relatively new thing, and actually not even used in the majority of our churches unless you are referring to the Pastor. But there are a growing number of churches in our Synod that are starting to use some blended styles of [...]

HOTD

Many of you know that this is an acronym for “Hymn of the Day.”  The HOTD is the musical piece that precedes the sermon.  Lyrically it is the hardest hitting piece of the worship set, is spot-on with the readings and sometimes is even referred to by the Pastor in his sermon.  The relationship between [...]

Ten WEB Resources that I cannot do without as a Worship Leader

http://www.Biblegateway.com – I’m hooked on the searches by keyword and the access to multiple translations. Free lead sheets for Contemporary Christian music: http://www.leadworship.com http://www.worshiptogether.com http://www.greatworshipsongs.com Free sheet music for new hymns & new arrangements of traditional hymns: Truevine – http://truevinemusic.com/ Redmountain Music – http://www.redmountainmusic.com/alb/lyrics.html Tim Bode’s Music Page – http://home.comcast.net/~timbode07/musicdownload.html Indelible Grace – http://www.igracemusic.com/ http://lifewayworship.com [...]

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 [...]

Psalm 29 “The Thunder Psalm” (with “Awesome God”)

Psalm 29 is sometimes referred to as the “Thunder Psalm.”  When I read this psalm, the chorus of “Awesome God” comes to mind.  Here’s a responsive reading that combines both: Congregation Sings: Our God, is an awesome God, He reigns, over heaven and earth, with wisdom, power and love, our God is an Awesome God. [...]

Music and Prayer

If you haven’t tried it yet, music and prayer can be a powerful worship combination when used together.  The next time that the Pastor is praying on behalf of the congregation, have your musicians softly play an instrumental piece in the background.  It can add a new dimension to your prayers.  I would further suggest [...]

Praise Statements?

I don’t know what to call these biblical statements, but I sure do like them.  Can we use these in worship?   Holy, Holy, Holy: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come (Revelation 4:8) Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full [...]

Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you!

A Sermon based on 1 Kings 19:3-8 Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you!  I will be filling in as guest preacher this weekend.  Here’s my sermon: Maybe you’ve been there before; lonely, desperate, down and out, depressed, feeling the weight of sin, or just plain feeling blue for any [...]

Popular Posts from 2008

Dear Readers – I thank our Lord for the ease of spreading His word through this medium that we refer to as the “WEB.”   May 2009 be a successful year for your ministry and may your congregations all grow by leaps and bounds with people eager to hear God’s word and the gospel truth.  If [...]

Enhanced Bible Reading

Here’s an idea that you can apply to almost any scripture reading used in worship.  Take your favorite commentary and splice the commentators thoughts into the scripture text weaving them into a back-and-forth reading.   In the following example we used “the People’s Bible on Revelation” (ISBN #075860453X), together with some of our original thoughts on Rev 5:11-14: [...]