22 Essential Traits of a Great Worship Musician These are in no particular order but are all important when auditioning a new potential band mate: 1. Is a member of the church and attends regularly 2. Takes direction well 3. Humble 4. Easy to work with 5. Skilled at one or more of the following: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary worship’
22 Essential Traits of a Great Worship Musician
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Praise BandTags: Contemporary Christian music, Contemporary worship
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Music to Close Your Worship Service
Posted: January 10, 2012 in Choosing Songs, Getty and Townend, Openers and ClosersTags: Contemporary worship, Keith Getty, Service of worship, Stuart Townend
Finding contemporary music to match the day’s worship theme is not easy, especially if you need to find four or five songs per Sunday. You can make this a little easier by making sure that the hymn of the day (HOTD) is a tight match to the readings but the opening song and closing song [...]
Where have all the choirs gone?
Posted: April 5, 2011 in Choir, Messiah Lutheran Church, Praise BandTags: Choir, Contemporary worship, I Choose You, MLS Choir
Actually and thankfully, many WELS churches still have choirs while a few have relied more heavily on “praise bands” to lead the congregation in musical worship. My church makes use of both, but the most important musical group is the congregation itself. As God’s people we are to lift up our voices in a unified [...]
Strong Worship Songs
Posted: March 22, 2011 in Choosing Music, Choosing Songs, New BLOG, Resources, WELS, Worship Music, Worship ToolsTags: Contemporary Christian music, Contemporary worship
There is a new BLOG whose objective is to identify music in the Contemporary Christian genre that are filled with biblical truths and are fit for use in today’s churches that recognize the inerrancy and importance of scripture. Further, the BLOG writer categorizes the songs by the church calendar to make it easier to find [...]
