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So, where do you stand?
I think it's important to be seen as a worship leader as it is our responsibility to 'lead' people in worshipping God. In the community centre where we meet we stand just to the side of the central t…
Replied Jun 28
Mark Beswick - Worship Leader - how can he help you??
One thing I've often found when looking at things like training courses/workshop days is that they are never very local to us (Wrexham in North Wales) they are normally 'down south'. However I would…
Tagged: resources, band, worship
Replied Apr 30
Introducing new songs
We had the piano playing the melody strongly - I think it was because we were doing it at the end of the service and when you are looking for a resounding final song a new one just doesn't work. That…
Replied Mar 16
Introducing new songs
The reason I ask is that we introduce songs in a number of ways. Sometimes before the service, sometime just sing through a verse & chorus and people pick it up, sometimes just play it for people…
Replied Mar 15
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I think it's important to be seen as a worship leader as it is our responsibility to 'lead' people in worshipping God. In the community centre where we meet we stand just to the side of the central table (which has lecturn etc on it), with the worsh…
One thing I've often found when looking at things like training courses/workshop days is that they are never very local to us (Wrexham in North Wales) they are normally 'down south'. However I would really like the opportunity of meeting someone wit…
Ok last time I will hijack this thread :p
Due to the Easter break and having time off I have been able to write the score to the new tune of "Man of Sorrows" and also finish the recording. There was a suggestion by the music group to play the new v…
I love to hear live music, however there are very few venues to hear live Christian music apart from the weekly services. iIve been toying with the idea of trying to start a 'worship leaders collective 'where people can share, learn and encourage ot…
The main issue we have in our church (congregation of 50 and worship team of 8) is that we only meet for an hour and a half every other Wednesday, we don't have our own building so we get to church at 9:30 to set up from scratch.
One route me and m…
Firstly, I'd like to encourage you to keep writing new songs for your church, and trying them out at least. Probably not all of them will work out, but with devotion and practice your writing will improve, and one day you'll find you have just the r…
For actually teaching the song, I usually do it right at the beginning of the service, before starting for real, so we can just concentrate on learning the song and not worry about trying to worship at that point. I say something to that effect.
Th…
Just wanted to give an update on how introducing the new tune to "Man of Sorrows" went. I introduced it last Sunday evening as i had planned and it went quite well. Had some comments on the new chorus I wrote which I have taken on board.
I am leadin…
hi there,
great post.
for me the way new songs get introduced at our place is pretty hit and miss. i think sometimes it sheer hard work and perseverance. you cant judge a new song till a church has sang it at least 5 times (or more) i think. it ju…
I have introduced a couple of my songs at church, but there is a lot of work involved in getting them to a stage where they can be played by the rest of the music group.
The problem is that I can't really read music and the rest of the team require…
Good observation. Try to keep new songs to the beginning of the phase of the meeting you're in: new praise song - do it at the start of the meeting, 1st or second one in. New worship song - do it at the start of the time when you move into worship.…
Ah-Ha! I think you hit the nail on the head there!
Don't be discouraged though!
We had the piano playing the melody strongly - I think it was because we were doing it at the end of the service and when you are looking for a resounding final song a new one just doesn't work. That was more of an oversight on our behalf. As you sa…
Julia,
We've also done Songs of Praise type evenings with tea and cake. (The cake is a big draw, always home made!)For those, we asked people to nominate their favourite hymn and tell us if they have a story associated with it. We got older members…
Hi John, sometimes a particular song won't work for some reason.
Sometimes, it because the time/context wasn't quite right. Sometimes, it's just the not congregation's collective cup of tea. For eg, we tried hard to introduce Tim Hughes' God of Jus…
The reason I ask is that we introduce songs in a number of ways. Sometimes before the service, sometime just sing through a verse & chorus and people pick it up, sometimes just play it for people to listen. We tend to try and repeat it the following…
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- Wrexham
- Home Church:
- ChristChurch
- Musical Gift(s):
- Vocalist, guitarist
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Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 6:31pm on December 3, 2009,
Kev Plant said… - Hi,
Sounds great, I'm sure some of the others would love to meet up too.
let us know what happens.
Blessings
Kev
- At 8:44pm on November 29, 2009,
Kev Plant said…
- Hi,
Nice to see someone else from the town on here. Maybe we could meet up sometime :-)
Kev
- At 12:29pm on November 26, 2009,
ERIC APPIAH-KUBI said… - Hi John,
I have just started ministering through worship songs and i wanted to know of any events where they need people to minister. I really need your help if there are any events in 2010 where you can recommend us. We are called Reverence and our website site is www.reverenceministry.com
We are based in London, Uk.
My contact number is 00447792608942
Thanks for your help
Eric
- At 8:07am on October 18, 2009,
Yvonne Mason said… - Hi John! Welcome to He Must Increase! Hope you are encouraged and blessed as much as I have been. Great to meet you yesterday, and looking forward to chatting with you in the next few days regarding what may be to come with Worship Leaders in Wales.
Blessings
Yvonne Mason
- At 8:04pm on October 17, 2009,
Phil Williams said… - Hi John - welcome to HMI - great to have you on board!
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