THE PRAISE &

WORSHIP
TRAINING MANUAL
Core Training In
The Heart & Skills Of The
Effective Worship Leader

by KARNATAKA FIRE REVIVAL CHURCH

Bro. Arun Daniel & Bro. Shekar
Seminar Schedule
1. Registration & ID card - 8.30 am to 9.00 am

2. Worship - 9.00 am to 9.30 am

3. First Session - 9.30 am to 11.00 am

4. Tea Break - 11.00 am to 11.15 am

5. Second Session - 11.15 am to 12.30 pm

6. Lunch Break - 12.30 pm to 1.00 pm

7. Activity - 1.00 pm to 1.30 pm

8. Third Session - 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm

9. Tea Break - 3.30 pm to 3.45 pm

10. Final Session - 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm

11. Worship & Feed back - 4.45 pm to 5.20 pm

12. Closing Prayer - 5.20 pm to 5.30 pm

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Contents :
Session 1 & 2 – Bro Shekar (EPT)

1. Benefit for Us & for Others

2. Ways of Praise & Worship

3. Worship Leaders from Bible

4. Preparation for Praise & Worship

5. Difference of Praise & Worship

Session 3 & 4 Bro. Arun Daniel (KFRC)

1. Worship Leading Skills

2. Worship Leadership Skills

3. Worship Song Selection & Writing Skills

4. Worship Values

5. Worship Theology

6. Worship History

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  Worship Workshop
Ready, Set, Grow. No matter how you choose to grow with us, we
trust Essentials in Worship will encourage you, inspire you, and
renew you in your understanding of worship and its leadership in
the 21st century.

A. The Holy Mission

I have now been a worship leader for over 25 years and have spent most of that time
learning, and growing as a leader of worship. I’ve spent much of that quarter of a
century studying the habits and skills of some of the most effective contemporary
worship leaders of our generation. This section is built on those insights, and I pray
they help you to become the unique worship leader that God intended you to be.

Who Are We to Lead Worship?

Every Sunday morning, a man or woman steps up behind a microphone in the
congregation small group or gets up in front of the youth to lead them in worship.

Who are we to lead anyone in worship? If you’re like me, I often think to myself,
“What am I doing here? If they only knew me, they wouldn’t let me lead this
congregation anywhere!” But God knows better. Who are we to lead worship?

We are followers of Jesus who are able to sing and/or play an instrument and who
have a calling from God to create musical spaces in which people can enter into
conversation with the Lord of their lives.

Our role as worship leaders works in tandem with other roles, like a harmony. The
pastor, children’s leader, small group leader, musicians, artists, techs, and ushers all
have a part to play in creating a space in which people can interact with the Lord of
our worship.

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The Holy Mission

Our Lives Lead the Worship

In a culture that idolizes musicians and elevates emotions, we stand in front of
people, behind a microphone and up on a stage discipling people. We are training
them with our musical choices and worship sets to be like Jesus.

We must always remember that our lives sing louder than our musical instruments,
and our pastoral leadership in worship shapes people in ways we never before
thought possible.

Excitement and danger—that is the privilege of worship leading.

Becoming an Effective Worship Leader

The worship leadership stage is where we learn to be givers in this life instead of
takers. Stages and microphones do funny things to people; we hold our ground and
lead worship as spiritual leaders and not just as artists.

As 1 Corinthians 12:7 says, “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given
for the common good.” In other words, we are given gifts and callings not for the
service of our own visibility or personal sense of fulfillment—we are given the gifts
we have to serve others around us, while being energized by that service.

Welcome then, to the humbling, exciting, transforming, enlightening, shocking,

challenging, artful world of worship leading.

Welcome to Important in Worship Leading

This section has been designed to help you along in your quest to live your life in the
presence of God as a worshipper, to serve your church community with your heart to
lead worship, and to grow in the skills that make a functional song leader into an
effective lead worshipper.

The 4 areas of worship leadership we will look at will be our building blocks for
learning how to become more effective worship leaders. No matter your level of
experience, there is something here for everyone. I look forward to the journey with
you. Welcome to Importance in Worship Leading
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 TOPICS - Session 1 & 2:
 TOPIC 1 : BENEFITS FOR US & FOR OTHERS

1. Invites the presence of God - 2 Chronicles 5:11 to 14

2. Brings Deliverance from Enemies - Psalms 18:3

3. Brings Victory - 2 Chronicles 20 : 15 to 20

4. Strengthens Our Faith - Roman 4:20

5. Brings us closer to God - James 4:8

 TOPIC 2 : WAYS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP

1. Praise him by lifting your hands- Psalms 134:2

2. Praise him with singing - Psalms 147:1 & 100:2

3. Praise him with your words - Hebrews 13:15

4. Praise him with dancing & Instruments- Psalms 149:3

5. Praise him in fellowship with other believers –Hebrews 2:12

 TOPIC 3 : WORSHIP LEADERS FROM BIBLE

1. Moses, Meriam & Aaron - Exodus Chap.15 & Numbers 12:6 to 10

2. David - 2 Samuel 6:14

3. Paul & Silas – Acts Chap. 16

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 TOPIC 4 : PREPARATION FOR PRAISE & WORSHIP

I. Functions of a Worship Leader

II. Preparation

i. Sanctify yourself
ii. Wait upon God
iii. Keep a list of choruses

a) Choosing Songs
b) Arranging Songs
c) Know your Songs

III. Practical points in Worship Leading

A. Lead with your voice

B. Sing the melody
C. Let the Joy of the lord be seen
D. Lead the people to the Lord, not to you
E. Be open to what God wants. Do not put him in a box
F. Encourage the people as they worship but don’t talk too much so as
not to break the flow of free Worship.
G. Smile & Keep a cheerful expression on your face
H. The worship leader must not stand before the people with eyes
closed. Others may you cannot. Blind leading the blind.
I. Make a Song list, Check the keys, Make sure team & Musicians know
the songs.
J. Practise with the team, make sure there is a good flow. Be aleart for
any problems.

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 TOPIC 5 : DIFFERENCE OF PRAISE & WORSHIP

 PRAISE  WORSHIP

1. In reference We Praise God for 1. When Worshipping a person

what He has Done for us. submits himself Completely
before God. It is Known for
Humanity & Surrender

2. In Bible is replete with 2. Bible tells us to Worship in Spirit

instructions & examples to do. & Truth [John 4 : 23 to 24]
Biblical E.g.: Both angels &
Human singing, Dancing,
Shouting & Playing Musical
Instruments.
[Psalms 69:30, 148 : 1 to 14]

3. Praise is presented as joyful & 3. Through true Worship that We

uninhabited. invite the Holy Spirit to speak to
Jesus Said that if people don’t Us convict Us & Comfort Us.
Praise God, Even the stone will [2 Chronicles 29:28 , Hebrews 11
cry out [Luke 19:40 : 21 & Revelation 19:10]

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 TOPICS - Session 3 & 4:

 Topic 1 : Worship Leading Skills : Worship leaders in all

areas of your church, including those serving in main session,
youth group, small group, men and women’s group, and
children’s ministry.

 Three Reasons We Lead Worship

 Character & Skills of the Worship

 Topic 2 : Worship Leadership Skills : Worship leaders, worship

pastors, and worship pastors— anyone who oversees a
worship leadership ministry in a local church.

 The Challenges of Leading a Worship Ministry

 The 4 Relationships That Make or Break Us
 The 9 Roles of the Worship Pastor / Leader

 Topic 3 : Worship Song Selection & Writing Skills : Worship

leaders, songwriters, musicians, and congregants— anyone
who would like to write a song and learn the basics of the
process.

 The Qualities of a Great Worship Song

 Getting Started with Your Song Vision

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 Topic 4 : Worship Values : Worship leaders, musicians, techs,
and pastors —anyone who cares about the primary values that
reveal why we lead worship.

 The Values of Intimacy & Integrity

 The Value of Kingdom Expectation
 The Value of Personal Discipleship

 Topic 5 : Worship Theology : Worship leaders, musicians,

techs, and pastors —anyone who would like to begin to
explore big ideas about God, people, and worship.

 You Have a Theology of Worship

 What Is a Worshipper?
 What Is Worship?

 Topic 6 : Worship History : Worship leaders, musicians, techs,

and pastors —anyone interested in exploring how the Church
has worshipped across time.

 Why Does Worship History Matter?

 Worship Languages of Time & Space
 Worship Languages of Prayer & Scripture
 Worship Languages of Baptism & Communion
 Worship Languages of Art & Music
 Drawing From the Wells of Worship

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WORSHIP LEADING SKILLS

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1. God Invites Us to Worship, so We Respond to Him

I used to believe that when people gathered to worship, I was the one
inviting them. I led the team, I called the meeting, and I set the stage. I was
the host. I rehearsed to make it happen; I did the planning and showed up
to deliver.

But that is actually not how it happens at all. It’s not right, true, or accurate
to think that you and I as worship leaders are the ones who have invited
this group to worship.

The true Host of any worship gathering is Jesus. We respond to his

invitation to intimacy by turning our hearts toward worship, and by
creating a space in which others can worship. The lead worshipper then, of
every gathering, is Christ. We, empowered by his Spirit within and
following his invitation, then respond to God rightly in worship.

2. God Has Made a Vow to Us, so We Renew Our Vows

Again, to lead worship is to play the part of the Best Man or the Maid of
Honor in a wedding. In a wedding, the Bride and Groom are sharing vows
— words of mutual devotion and commitment that will help them to
always remember their surrender to the love of the other.

Songs are filled with lyrics that put words of commitment, thanksgiving,
loyalty, love, mutual surrender, and honor in the mouths of the
worshippers. When we as worship leaders are transparent, seeking to get
out of the way while making bridges through music, we are at our best.

3. God Has Pursued Us, so We Remember His Story

According to the whole counsel of the Scriptures, and according to 1 John
4:19, God is the subject of the worship sentence.
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When we put ourselves at the beginning of the worship sentence (and

some worship leaders and church environments do), then we do the work
of worship and we believe that God is primarily responding to what we do.

This creates hype in worship, various forms of religious gymnastics, and

congregations that think their hard worship work will somehow impress
God.

We don’t want that disconnection with God’s loving heart. When we lead
worship, we are helping people to remember the proper biblical ordering
of worship, and to remember that worship is first about God’s loving
pursuit of each one of us.

Like a good Father, God is only impressed, truly impressed, when we

respond to His extravagant love for us. “Embracing what God does for you
is the best thing you can do for Him” (Romans 12:1, The Message).

When we turn all of life into a simple response to the love of God (1 John
4:19), we are truly becoming the worshippers for whom the Father is
searching (John 4:24). God is pursuing us, and we respond.

This is the fundamental premise of worship, and worship leadership, in all

of its forms.

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The Why Comes before the How and the What

Like building a skyscraper, if we don’t get the foundation right, straight,

deep, firm, and stable, we don’t get anything right.

Being an effective worship leader necessitates that we understand why we

do what we do.

If we ever get confused, and start to think that worship leading is about the
stage, or about our opportunity to express our ministry gifts, or about
gaining a stepping stone in our musical worship/rock-star career – then we
should either get out from behind the microphone or get on our faces until
our hearts are right.

So let’s raise the bar. Worship leading can be a tough gig, but with the
calling of God at our back, we can step into this privileged role and by the
grace and mercy of God serve those to whom He calls us.

In a prayer room or in his presence, why we worship matters.

Okay I’ll Do It Again

Again there is this element — how do you present a God who is beyond
presentation? How do you explain a God who is beyond explanation? How
do you sing, how do you pick a song that best describes either who God is
or even how we feel?

It’s always just slightly beyond us, and so there is always that feeling in the
pit of my stomach saying, “What did I do? How did I get talked into this?”

And then I remember, “Oh yeah, God, you called me to do this. Okay, I’ll do
it again.”

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The Role of the Worship Leader: A Space Creator

In a beautiful way, the reality that we are leading people to respond to
God’s generous love can make all the hard work seem to be a grand
privilege (this feeling is not always present at 6:00 am on a Sunday
morning, mind you).

We are in the role we are in, as lead worshippers, to make a way for people
to meet with God and to create a space where simple songs can give wings
to the prayers of those who have gathered to worship.

Again, the worship leader is called to create a space in which God’s people
can respond to the love of God. Keep repeating this truth until you lead
your very last worship set in this lifetime.

The Role of the Songs We Lead: Affection and Truth

In the same conversation mentioned in the last session, Why do we sing

songs in the first place? We do it because it is something that we can do
together. There are probably other things that we could do to express our
love and our worship to God that would be, in one sense, just as valid, but
they’re not easy for us to do together.

Yet we can get ten people, or a hundred people, or a thousand, or a

hundred thousand — whatever number we choose — and we can all get
together and sing a song. That song reflects what is going on in our hearts
and our minds, together.

There is truth that we’re affirming, but there’s also affection that we’re
expressing. That’s why I think that singing as an expression of worship has
stood the test of time.

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When Can I Go and Meet with God?

People come to a time of worship saying in the quiet of their hearts what
the psalmist said in Psalm 42:3, “When can I go and meet with God?” The
worship leader responds, “How about here? How about now?” and leads
them to that place of meeting. We don’t need them to be expressive,
demonstrative, and outward with their worship.
We have a job to do, and we simply do it.
We take our place as a leader of worship.

What Is Your Loudest Instrument?

Biblically and experientially, we understand that a powerful life is the most
permeating, inspiring, transforming, and impacting leadership instrument
the Lord wields in His hand. Put another way, your life and mine are God’s
“worship leading instruments” of choice, especially when they make a
sound that is pleasing to Him.

What Are the Character Traits of the Effective Worship Leader?

In a worship leader, a pastor should be primarily looking for a disciple of
Jesus who is strong in character – and not simply full of gifting (or full of
themselves!). In other words, who a person is in the secret place of their
hearts must be infinitely more important to us than how they play their
instrument, sing, or function in front of a crowd.

Having said that, it is also true that we must value the power of beautiful
and well played worship music – but only if it flows from hearts of people
who are content to give Jesus, and others, the place of prominence.

A worship leader is a spiritual leader who pastors the congregation every

time they step up to lead worship. For that reason, all the qualities that we
look for in any spiritual leader in the Church — be they a pastor, elder,
small group leader, or worship leader — are similar.
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Questions Leaders Must Ask About a Worship Leader

• Are they humble?

• Do they have a vibrant secret life with God?
• Are they able to take direction or correction?
• Are the acknowledge & merit of people too important to them?
• Are they doing what they do to serve or to gain respect?
• Are they good husbands or wives, parents and family members?
• Are they willing to train others to take over for them?
• Are they skilled at what they do?
• Are they teachable and eager to learn?
• Are they willing to quietly care for the poor as much as they are willing to
stand on a stage?
• Are they loving, gentle and generous with all those around them?
• Do they have a substantial interior life with God that reflects itself in their
outward lifestyle?

We want our worship leaders

• To be passionate pursuers of God

• To love the Scriptures and to know them well
• To seek unity in the whole Church
• To live with compassion and mercy toward all people
• To mentor and equip others beyond themselves
• To relationally care for the people around them
• To live generous lives that are outward in focus
• To value simple and authentic ways of living, praying, and worshipping
• To be risk-takers who are willing to go where God seems to be going

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The Skills of the Worship Leader

Now we’re ready to begin talking about the skills of the worship leader.

I’ll assume a few things. You probably either play the guitar or the
keyboard. Most worship leaders lead from one of these two instruments.
Why? The guitar and the keyboard are common to contemporary music,
they are harmonic, accompaniment instruments, and they can be used to
musically and rhythmically guide a worship.

Let’s assume you know how to play your instrument; we can now begin to
unpack what it takes to lead worship well.

Learn by Doing

Don’t be afraid to learn by doing, even though the earliest steps are
sometimes slow and awkward. You’ll never get anywhere unless you start
at square one.

Whether you are leading worship in a living room or in front of hundreds,

diving in is the best way to cut your teeth as a worship leader. Even if
you’ve been doing this for years, continue to look for new environments to
lead in. We learn by leading – and we learn more by leading more in
unique settings.

Worship Leading Is an Art and a Science

Worship leadership is both an art and a science, and we can learn to do it

better and better.

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The Skills of the Worship Leader

Now Worship leadership is a sacred, strange, profound concoction of:

• Effective musical skill

• Organization and preparation
• Experience
• Practice
• Leadership ability
• Relational ability
• Calling
• Character
• Intuition
• Natural gifting
• God’s grace

You Are a Lead Worshipper

When considering the skills of the worship leader, it is vital we understand

that as a worship leader you are effectively a lead worshipper – leading
the way in using music and songs as fluid tools for your own worship
expression.

This mindset helps a worship leader to flow smoothly from song to song,
not jarring or scaring the worshippers with rough transitions. When people
sense that you are worshipping with the songs, and that your instrument is
a fluid tool in your hands to that end, then they are able to comfortably go
with you to that place of exchange with God

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The Three Core Skills of the Effective Worship Leader

1. The Skill of Secret-Placing

These leaders love their secret life with God. Cultivate your own heart as a
worshipper – alone. The biblical David’s public life was built on his secret-
place habits, and the songs and leadership that marked his story were built
on a cultivated intimacy with God that enabled him to “become even more
undignified than this” (1 Sam. 6:22) before God and people. Leave the
stage behind. Linger in your secret place with your instrument before God.
Pray with the music. Let it become a part of you and your relationship with
God.

2. The Skill of Set-Building

Set-building leaders build simple sets around the character of God and the
Story of our faith. Worship leaders are narrating God’s story, Songs about
who God is, connected simply and smoothly together, consistently move
souls toward the greater Story that underlies our lives. Songs about how
we feel about God, or even how He feels about us, may season a set well
and are indeed biblically represented. But be careful – sets built entirely of
songs referencing feelings can make for a sappy experience of worship. The
skill of building an effective worship set is covered in the next session.

3. The Skill of Set-Leading

These leaders care more about their congregation engaging than their
musical platform, yet their musicianship is tight, their pastoral care is
strong, and a well rehearsed is a non-negotiable for them whenever
possible. They do whatever it takes to create a seamless, well-formed set
that amplifies passion, celebrates redemption, minimizes distraction, and
works to tell a story over a 20-40 minute time slot.

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Leading a Worship Ministry Is Different than Leading Worship

There are leadership and skill challenges that come with simply and
effectively leading your congregation in worship.

Then there are team and technical challenges that come with working with
everyone from volunteer musicians, to worship leaders, to sound and
visual techs. We haven’t even mentioned working with your pastor, other
church staff, and the congregation!

We need all the help we can get lifting the gears of the worship ministry
we lead, reducing stress in areas that we can reduce stress in
(administratively and relationally), and refining our systems so that our
musicians, techs, and others feel valued and cared for as we do the hard
work of ministry together.

2. The 4 Relationships That Make or Break Us

The following four relationships, while they are not the only relationships
in our life, demand our attention if we are to succeed in the task of
building an effective worship ministry.

1. Our Relationship with God

While this may seem to be a given for worship leaders, it is my experience
(both personally and in talking with other worship leaders) that one of the
first relationships to be neglected when the worries and cares of ministry
life grow full and taxing is our relationship with God.

In 2 Samuel 6:12–23, we find the story of David dancing before the Ark of
the Covenant as it is brought back into Jerusalem after years of captivity.
David is half-clothed, passionately expressing in public a devotion that we
know from the Psalms was characteristic of his private life with God.

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1. Our Relationship with God

Michal, daughter of Saul and the wife of David, is disgusted. She mocks him
for dancing half-clad in front of slave girls and the host of the people of
Israel. David’s response comes right from his secret life.

David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than
your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the
Lord’s people Israel I will celebrate before the Lord. I will become even
more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by
these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”

David’s commitment to worship was not because he had a stage, or

because he knew that his people needed to see some devotion in their
king. David’s public life was an overflow of his secret life. He was not willing
to compromise his cultivated intimacy with God for anyone.

Never compromise your secret life with God or confuse it with your public
ministry activity. Your physical health, your emotional well-being, and your
authority as a spiritual leader will build on your capacity to cultivate your
interior life with Jesus.

Get on your time, when there is no crowd to impress or lead, and worship
before the Lord. Not only will you taste and see the goodness of the Lord
in those precious daily encounters, but you will also see your effectiveness
as a worship leader grow.

Do a Daily Examine (a list of evening questions from spirituality), dig into

God’s Word, sing your daily prayers and let your soul breathe before God.
It will influence every one of your other relationships. Spend time with God
each day, and never compromise this part of your schedule.
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2. Our Relationship with Our Family

Our first church, to which we must attend, is our family. Being a good
husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, or even friend is central to
being a good worship leader and overseer of a worship ministry.

Our faith is connected to our ministry, and our ministry is connected to our
livelihood. I have watched many worship pastors neglect their first
church—their spouses and children—because someone told them that
serving their second church was more important.

However, every worship leader hopefully must develop a plan that enables
them to both meet the requirements of their worship ministry leadership
and continue to deeply cultivate their family life.

Your pastor, your small group, and especially your spouse (if you have one)
are your barometer for how you are doing in this area of your life. Even if it
hurts, ask your pastor how they see your family leadership. With some
honest input, you’ll learn how to create a plan to make sure your family is
getting enough of you and you are getting enough of them.

3. Our Relationship with Our Pastor

One of the most vital relationships in a local church is often one of the
most neglected the relationship between the worship leader and the
pastor of the church.

In my estimation, our soul’s enemy aims at this relationship, seeks to stir

up misunderstanding, and tension, in order to diminish leadership
credibility in the eyes of the congregation.

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3. Our Relationship with Our Pastor

One of the most vital relationships in a local church is often one of the
most neglected the relationship between the worship leader and the
pastor of the church.

In my estimation, our soul’s enemy aims at this relationship, seeks to stir

up misunderstanding, and tension, in order to diminish leadership
credibility in the eyes of the congregation.

Pastors and worship leaders must fight for love, being careful not to offend
and learning how to listen more than they speak. I have actually had
worship leaders say, “My pastor is always giving me direction about the
musical worship section of the service. I’m the musician. I’m the one called
to do this; I wish he’d just back off!”

I lovingly look them in the eye, and say, “Who stays awake at night with the
concern of pastoring this flock into full maturity in Christ? Who knows far
too much about what is going on in most of the lives in this congregation,
often because people look to the pastor to fill needs that only Christ can fill
in their hearts?

On the other side, every pastor must learn that smothering their worship
leader or worship pastor with input will ultimately stifle, and even
extinguish, the fire that burns in the heart of every worship leader. There is
a give and take that must happen a mutual trust as each leader fulfills their
division of labor in the spiritual leadership of the church.

A humble spirit in a worship leader, teachable and willing to take both

praise and correction, can go a long way toward cultivating a sweet
working relationship.
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3. Our Relationship with Our Pastor

An encouraging spirit in a pastor can go a long way toward cultivating a
trusting and mutually supportive leadership relationship.
Cultivate friendship as best as you can outside of the task of ministry.
Worship leader, listen to the vision and heart of your pastor for the
community. Pastor, hear the hopes and dreams of the worship leader and
guide them toward success both within your services and within their
home.
Love covers over a multitude of sins. Keep short accounts, lavish each
other with encouragement, and carefully bring correction as the exception
in your daily communications.

4. Our Relationship with Our Extended Team Members

In Hebrews 3:13, we are told to “Encourage one another, as long as it’s
called ‘Today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”
This is a powerful leadership Scripture.

We can find ourselves caught up in criticism, backbiting, and unspoken

competition in our teams, and be shocked that it’s occurring or we can do
something about it.

It is also vital that I mention here that relationships between members of

the opposite sex must always be kept above board, with people keeping
and respecting appropriate intimacy boundaries both in public and private.
No married man or woman should be sharing intimate feelings with one
another that they are not sharing with their spouse.

Caring for these four relationships is no guarantee of ministry success, but

it is a guarantee for life success. Welcome Jesus into each one of these
relationships, and ask for daily insight as to how to cultivate each unique
one.
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1. The Worship Leader as Priest. We help to bridge peoples’ connections

with God. Someone evidencing a priestly quality in their ministry
leadership is always looking for ways to connect people with God. That
connection will often happen for the congregation when we lead worship,
if we lead it in a more priestly, calling people to the heart of Jesus way.
2. The Worship Leader as Prophet. We challenge the church to follow
Jesus and actually be disciples. We challenge the church to not just play a
worship game, honoring God with their lips while their hearts are far from
Him (Matt. 15:8). We call them to hope, to repentance, and to a future
vision of the Kingdom that has implications for the present.
3. The Worship Leader as Teacher. We educate the church about worship
and what it means to be a worshipping Christian. Consider using what I call
worship teaching a two or three sentence teaching about worship, spoken
at the beginning, middle, or end of a set, that is planned beforehand.
4. The Worship Leader as Storyteller. We retell and give momentum to the
stories of God’s activity in our midst. Become the kind of ministry leader
who is always actively looking for what God is doing and affirming it in
front of your team.
5. The Worship Leader as Evangelist. We make an easy way for non-
Christians to meet Jesus, even in the ways we build sets. Let’s do the work
of an evangelist, as Paul told Timothy (2 Tim. 4:5), even as a worship
leader. Ask God to give you words to help non-Christians or pre-Christians
understand why your community is so devoted to God in worship.
6. The Worship Leader as Pastor. We care for our community as
shepherds, recognizing the lines of leadership. Shepherding the people in a
worship ministry takes patience, but God seems to back the effort over
time with a grace and strength that grows in the team. 2 Timothy chapter 2
and study the pastoral encouragements Paul gave to his young mentor.
7. The Worship Pastor as Administrator. We order resources and steward
people’s energy to achieve lasting results.

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8. The Worship Leader as Intercessor. We pray more than we say, and this
dominates our leadership style. I have seen more results from invested
prayer than from anything I’ve ever said out loud and done to fix a
situation. Sometimes we must act quickly, and in those moments, a
prayerful life responds to a situation rather than reacts to a crisis. Cultivate
a life of ongoing conversation with God as you lead the worship ministry.
9. The Worship Leader as Mentor. We are always looking for the person to
fill our shoes, and to fill the needs for exemplary worship leaders in our
community
“The Mentoring Progression.”
1. I do it.
2. You watch me do it.
3. I teach you to do it.
4. You do it with me.
5. I do it with you.
6. You do it on your own.
7. You mentor others.

Here are a few closing tips:

• Gather a private, prayer team for yourself
• Focus on building your strengths, and address weaknesses on the back
stroke.
• Be humble, teachable, and open to input from those you respect and
those who may have a different perspective than you.

Keep each of these 9 roles in front of you, and ask Jesus to build you in
each.

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Worship Song Selection & Writing Skills

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Worship Song Selection & Writing Skills : 1 – The quality of Great
Worship Songs.

Take a moment and be silent. Think of one song that has deeply moved
you, particularly in worship, which had some impact in shaping your life
with God.
Now, without analyzing the words or music of the song, try to put into
words how it makes you feel or maybe what it brings to mind when you
hear it. Songs are powerful tools; God knows it, and so do we. Yet many
people don’t understand the long.

5 Qualities of a Great Worship Song

• Memorable: The Song Stays with You - There are melodic, rhythmic, and
lyrical hooks, each of which forms a powerful connection with the listener
• Musical: The Song Is Beautiful - When the right combination is in play, a
song with a strong melody, strong lyrics, a strong feel it will impact many
people as “beautiful.” The song then takes on a life of its own
• Theological: The Song Is Theologically Rich - Many of our most beloved
worship songs focus us on God and fix our gaze on Jesus as our Lord, King,
and Savior.
• Biblical: The Song Resonates with Biblical Truth – While this may seem
to be the same idea as above, it’s quite different. In this case, many great
worship songs either directly use Scripture passages or resonate so closely
with Scripture one feels as though they are singing Scripture.
When a song is well-crafted and resonates with both theological and
biblical truths, it is can be like spiritual dynamite in the Church
• Accessible: The Song Reaches a Group of People Deeply - One of the
most compelling factors we see in songs that have stood the test of time is
that they are accessible to a wide age range, not only in their generation,
but even across generations. This is one of the most interesting
characteristics of many hymns.

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Your Song Vision

Getting Your Song writing Idea.

We’re going to start into our songwriting work with one very important
command:
“Stop trying to write songs.”
Many song writers confirms something that I’ve seen to be very true over
the years suggests that the songwriting process, in the worship, may not
typically begin with sitting down, deciding to write a song, and writing. This
is a very important practice, mind you, and professional songwriters do it
all the time. If Easter or Christmas is coming up, get the ideas in your heart
and then begin to write a song. That is an excellent way to write.

Stop trying to write a song, and turn your prayers and worship into a
melody with a few chords moving in the background.

Turn Your Prayers into Music Instead of saying your prayers, begin to sing
them over top of the chord progression you are playing (if you don’t play
an instrument, I encourage you to either learn some basic timing sense in
clapping your hands and tapping and use that in your devotional time to
sing your prayers over).
As you sing, don’t pay any attention to your voice, to the words you
choose, to the melody, to your rhythm. Just play the chords, and sing your
prayers. Do that for at least 10–20 minutes.
You’re going to find that it takes some time for you to settle in, get
songwriting out of your head, and worship flowing from your heart. Let it
be sloppy. Don’t try to tame it too quickly.
Some people like to start their time worshipping with a song they already
know and love. This gives you a chord to being with, a groove, and a mood
to set the direction of what will happen as you sing your own prayers.
Begin to change the chords after using a familiar song. Then, sing your
prayers from your heart. Let the words spill out without caring for the
meter or rhyme. Just be before God and sing.
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Let the Scriptures Inform Your Sung Prayers You may have your Bible open
to a meaningful passage during this process, or you may find a passage
coming to mind as you sing your prayers. A phrase may start to bear
repeating with a melody and a few words that seem to matter when you
sing them.
This may bring a Scripture to mind. If not, there are riches everywhere in
the word of God. Turn to a passage and begin to sing it just as you did your
prayers, interweaving simple phrases and words from the passage into
your prayers to God.
Don’t attempt to be exact to the wording of the translation you are using.
This can get stiff and completely change the dynamic and let the heart of
the Scripture penetrate your own as you worship with these random words
and phrases. The process, in this case, is truly as sweet as arriving at the
destination!

Document Your Idea As an idea emerges, you can begin to document it.
Many people use their smart phone to record their ideas, so they can
come back to them at some point. Others write words in their dairy, and
that is enough to trigger their memory.
Document ideas, but if stopping to document your idea is getting in the
way of a beautiful time of worship, I say, “Choose to stay in the mode of
worship.” You can’t lose that way
A common mistake that many young (and experienced) songwriters make
is attempting to write “the God song.” In other words, drawing on every
idea about God they can think of, they write a song that covers many
attributes of God, names of God, ideas about salvation, trust, etc.
Sometimes this songwriting sloppiness comes from the fact that we are
somewhat of a spiritually ADD (attention deficit disorder) generation. We
think a lot about many ideas, but not very deeply about any one idea
If we try to capture too many ideas in our song, it weakens the song. If we
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Use the writing Tool The Tool is an excellent way, once you’ve arrived at a
song idea, to get started on your song vision. Put the main theme in the
middle circle on the paper.

Song Vision writing Example. Look at the following diagram, and I’ll
explain it below.

Death
New
Love
Life

Resurrection Cross of New

Calvary Creation

(Song Vision)

New
Blessing
Hope

Victory

“Diagram” is a technique that will help you think through your

song vision and begin to get some possible lyric ideas.

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Now, Begin to Write You’ve spent time waiting in the presence of God.
You’ve documented many different ideas. You’ve chosen one idea on which
to focus. You’ve learned how to use the Songwriting Toolkit.

Now, you’re ready to start writing your song. Ready, steady, go!

A song can take a day to write, or years. There is no common time frame
for how long it should take to write and a song to completion. When you
feel as though it is finished, and it is the best it can possibly be, then the
song is finished. Some of our favorite songs, worship and otherwise, have
taken three months, six months, a year, two years, even five years to write.
Like a fine wine, the song needs to simmer in our mind and heart, and
small adjustments here and there over time can yield a better song.

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WORSHIP VALUES

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Worship Values : 1 – The Value Intimacy & Integrity

INTIMACY :
The Worship Value of Intimacy What is intimacy in worship? The God we
worship, as Jesus has revealed Him to us, is our Father. While we have all
had very different father experiences in our lives, in this case, we see
throughout the Scriptures that God is interested in a love exchange with
each of us as His children.

As a father of a child, I am deeply aware of how much I long for my kid to

understand my unconditional, cherishing love for her. I am also aware of
how disheartened I would be if I found out they were obeying me and
responding to me not out of love but out of a sense of duty. “I want
children,” I would shout, “not servants!”

How Does This Value Affect Our Worship Leading?

Under this value of intimacy, here are some ways we as a worship team can
raise the chances of our people having an intimate encounter with Jesus:
• We want to minimize musical distraction, so the music we make is not
irritating. People focus less on us and more on the presence of God.
• We want to develop our worship team to get beyond simply singing a
song to the point where we are all engaging with the message held
within each song.
• We want to develop worship leaders and creative leaders who love the
secret place of worship more than they love the public platform.
• We want to cultivate atmospheres that don’t rush people through
opportunities to let down their guards but give them space to honestly
disclose their deepest love and pain to God.
• We want to create spaces that give people both the time and the
context that they need to reveal themselves to God in a fresh way and
for God to reveal Himself to them in a fresh way.

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INTEGRITY :
The Worship Value of Integrity How many times have you stopped in the
middle of a song, and measured your lifestyle against the words you’re
singing? Sometimes the songs can change us, and singing about things that
don’t line up with our lives can start fresh transformations happening. At
other times, we simply lack integrity in what we’re singing. In other words,
we lack a strong connectedness between what we sing, what we say, and
what we do.

Someone once said that integrity is being the same person in public that
you are in private. In other words, integrity means that your life is
connected. There are no hide-and-seek games going on with God and no
secret areas of your life to which you have taken away His keys.

How Does the Value of Integrity Affect Our Corporate Worship?

• We want to believe the words we sing and put them into action in our corporate
and personal lives.
• We want to emphasize themes that call our congregations into a lifestyle of
character, honesty, and devotion.
• We want to encourage our communities by the way we lead and do activities as
leaders to find a life with God that is substantial and is not simply replaced by an
outward of church activity.
• We want to be as active about living the Gospel as we are about singing it.
Do I Value Intimacy & Integrity? When I am in front of people, is it more
about what I get from them or what they get from me? Is my life lived in
such a way that cares for the poor, prays for the broken one, and is content
to be passionate for God when no one is watching? Do I believe the songs
that I sing? Are the words of the worship songs I lead meaningful for me
personally? Do they say what I want to say to God? Am I the same person
when no one is watching as I am when others are watching? Is there
anything in me that needs to lead worship for my own sense of self-
fulfillment and value?

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The Worship Value of Kingdom Expectation

First, to understand the nature of the value of “Kingdom expectation,” we
should have a brief primer on the nature of the Kingdom of which we
speak, and then on the word expectation. An entire session is devoted to
this, because I believe it is a worship value that more and more worship
ministries must reclaim and keep near the center of their work together.

In church history, and across many denominations and churches of our

generation, the value of Kingdom expectation is expressed and viewed
differently.

What Is the Kingdom of God?

Biblically, the primary language that Jesus used to speak of God’s rule and
reign being present in the world (and among the Jews) was embodied in
the phrases, “Kingdom of God” or “Kingdom of heaven.” These terms
appear over 100 times in the New Testament and form the basis for Jesus’
teaching about God’s work in the past, God’s work in the present, and
God’s ultimate work in the future.
God’s kingship is referred to repeatedly, especially in the Psalms (Ps 10:6;
24:8,10; 29:10; 44:4; 47:2, 6, 7,8; 68:24; 74:12; 84:3; 93:1; 95:3; 96:10;
97:1; 98:6; 99:1; 145:1).

Do I Value Kingdom Expectation?

Am I more of a song leader/song musician or a worship leader/worship
musician? Could the term lead worshipper be applied to me? Am I able to
defer to the leader of the meeting when they sense we need to either stop
worship or keep going? Am I willing to leads people into an interaction with
God, even if it means doing something routine over and over again? Am I
able to lead worship with “one ear to earth and one ear to heaven?” Am I
able to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit without derailing a well-led
worship set? Do I want God to be present and transform people as we
gather to worship, and are my prayers to that end?
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What Is Personal Discipleship?

Personal discipleship is, at its roots, about an individual Christian deciding
that they will become like Jesus and will do what it takes to get to that
singular destination.
Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15).

Our Attitudes Should Be the Same as That of Christ Jesus We can’t catch
Jesus’ vision for the discipleship of our congregation, or even our pastor’s
vision for it, until we ourselves have made the discipleship choice.

Four Elements of the Spiritual Life:

Earth: A Grounded Life - Mark 1:35–37

Earth speaks of the grounded life. This is a life deeply rooted in nurturing,
stabilizing values that do not change—values like faith, family, and
character.
Wind: An Inspired Life - Matthew 19:13–14
Wind speaks of the inspired life. This is a life that raises its sails with the
sole intent of catching every joyful wind sent our way.
Fire: An Empowered Life - Matthew 4:8–10
Fire speaks of life elements like a prayer circle of committed friends who
we have asked to pray for us with consistency and a burning desire for our
highest impact to be felt in the world.
Water: A Communal Life - John 15:11
Water speaks of life elements like connecting with others in intentional,
mutually encouraging, interdependent community gatherings.

Do I Value Personal Discipleship?

Am I personally committed to becoming like Jesus? Is there anything about
my participation in the worship ministry that is currently more valuable to
me than my own development as a disciple of Jesus?

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Worship Theology : 1 – You Have a Theology of Worship

Lifting the Veil on Theology

Let’s talk about theology. The word comes from Theos, the Greek word for
God, and - logy, the Greek suffix meaning “the study of.” It has been
defined as “faith seeking understanding,” which is a beautiful way to think
about why learning expands the joy and wonder of our faith.

Yet, theology is a mystery to most Christians, and there is often a question

that underlies that mystery: “What does theology have to do with my
everyday life?”

The short answer is this: “It has everything to do with our everyday life.”

Our Categories for Talking about Worship Theology Here are our three
categories of discovery, which form a trinity of ideas that tumble over
one another and bring us back again and again to the Scriptures.

These will help us to form our worship theology together.

1. Our theology of worship should first tell us who we believe that God has
revealed Himself to be.
1. God as Creator
2. God as King
3. God as Trinity
4. God as Savior

2. Our theology of worship should then tell us who we believe that human
beings are revealed to be.
1. Human beings as Sub-Creators
2. Human beings as Image Bearers
3. Human beings as Community Builders
4. Human beings as Salvation Storytellers

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3. Our theology of worship should then tell us what worship is, given that
God is the subject of worship and people are the object of God's affection.
1. Worship as a Creative Act
2. Worship as a Royal Act
3. Worship as a Relational Act
4. Worship as a Narrative Act

Good Theology and Bad Theology :

“Good theology is that which draws us near to the God of the Scriptures
(James 4:8), strengthens love in our hearts for Him and the people of this
world (John 3:16), and equips us to live the Jesus life as those who obey his
loving commands (John 14:15).”

“Bad theology I see the way the worship leader exhaustingly cheerleads us
through a series of religious gymnastics and hyped-up songs about only
happy things, and a negative view of the human person seems to ooze out
of the messages from the pastor. “

Worship Theology : 2 - What is a Worshipper?

According to Genesis, there is something very special about us. Our job is
to reflect God’s glory into His good world and then gather up the praises of
creation to offer to God in articulate speech, declarations of thanks, praise,
adoration, and acclaim.
Does that sound familiar? Human beings were designed to take their place
as the lead worshippers of the created order. When we stepped out of that
role in the fall from Eden, attempting to become gods ourselves (Gen. 3:5),
we broke the circle of worship we were intended to complete.

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What Does it Mean to Be a Living Sacrifice?

Worship is a mystery, a wonder, a gift of intimate exchange between our

Creator and us. At the same time, scripture above quite clearly about what
worship is. Let’s take a brief look at what it means to have our worship be a
living sacrifice before God.

When Paul speaks about the living sacrifice and self-offering in Romans
12:1–2, he knew exactly what he was doing. He was speaking to a culture
familiar with the idea of sacrifice.

They knew one thing about a sacrifice: it was dead. When Paul begins
speaking about a living sacrifice, he is saying to them, “As dead as a dead
sacrifice is, that is how living your sacrifice is to be.”

What Is Worship?

In other words, worship is an activity that encompasses all of our lives

offered to Jesus in complete and utter surrender. Whether we are singing
songs on a Sunday morning, handing clothes to someone who needs them,
or choosing how we’ll spend our work, every act of life has the potential to
be an offering of worship.

, “The glory of God is a human being, fully alive.” When Romans 12:1–2
defines worship, it describes worship as a “living sacrifice” on the part of
the worshipper. In other words, we put God at the beginning, middle, and
end of our every thought, choice and action.

When we turn all of life into a simple response to the love of God (1John
4:19), we are truly becoming the worshippers for whom the Father is
searching (John 4:24).

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Worship History : 1 – Why does Worship History Matters

What Does it Mean to Be a Living Sacrifice?

For over 2000 years, the Body of Christ has been about the activity of
worship, but what exactly does that mean? Has everyone just been singing
all that time, or have there been more ways the Church has chosen to
express our devotion to Christ?
In this section, we’ll explore the languages of worship that Christians have
embraced in gathered worship settings to nurture our relationship with
Jesus over millennia.

Why Does Worship History Matter?

The blood of the martyrs that had soaked this soil millennia before was
speaking to us now, calling us to worship, to embrace Jesus with everything
we had, to devote ourselves anew to following our Lord into the unknown,
to recognize only one Sovereign in the universe and defy the false gods of
our age.

History is the work of listening closely to our past to gain insight into the
present and future. The history of worship expression, and those who have
creatively led that expression across time and across the streams of the
Church is rich with wisdom for our current worship experience.

The Languages of Worship throughout History.

In this section, we’ll look at several worship languages that run throughout
the history of worship in the Church.

First, the languages of time and space have been used throughout
Christian history to create both patterns and locations in which focused
acts of worship can occur.

Secondly, the languages of prayer and Scripture reading have featured

prominently in worship history as a means to both commune with God and
to be invested with His truth.
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Thirdly, the language of holy actions, most notably those of baptism and
the communion, have been used in the activity of Christian worship since
the time of Jesus.

Finally, for this brief foray into worship history, the worship languages of
Talent and music have played a vital role in giving wings to the worship of
the saints before God and in opening up a threshold space through which
God can speak to us.

Worship History : 2 – Worship Language of Time & Space

Without time, there is no knowledge of the Christian God. For it is through

actual events happening in historical time that this God is revealed.

Early Christian Usage of Time For the early Church, their sense of time was
rooted in their very real world experience with Jesus. Jesus did certain
things at certain times and places. Israel is a real place, and the first
century A.D. was a real time in which many world-altering events were
happening. “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son.”
Galatians 4:4
Four Uses of Time
There are four kinds of time that have served to order the Church’s
worship across history: 1) daily time, 2) weekly time, 3) yearly time, and 4)
life time.
1. Daily Time (the hours of prayer, meal prayers, waking prayers, bedtime
prayers) The early Church was primarily made up of Jews who used the
hours of daily prayer in their worship. The Jews prayed at three set times
through the day as per the practices noted in the Psalms (Psalm 55), and
had seven daily times of praise (Psalm 119:64). Some of these patterns are
indicated in the prayer life of Daniel.
2. Weekly Time (days of prayer and fasting; the first day of the week)
3. Yearly Time (Christmas, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter & Pentecost
day)
4. Life Time (birth, Baptizm, weddings, funerals)
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The Worship Language of Prayer & Scripture From the beginning of the
Church’s experience in the world, gathering together to pray has been a
primary way that engagement with God has occurred both personally and
corporately. The fervor with which God’s people have devoted themselves
to prayer, historically, can be overwhelming to us in our day of relative
prayerlessness.
And yet prayer has always been a powerful worship media through which
we have worshipped privately and publicly as the historic Church. “Pray
continually,” 1 Thess. 5:17 encourages us. With that exhortation in their
hearts, that is just what the early Church decided to do.

Worship History : : 3 – Worship Language of Baptism & Communion

The Worship Language of Baptism

Baptism, in Christian worship usage, is of the death and resurrection of
Jesus by the offering of oneself to a symbolic burial in water and a physical
rising from the grave with Christ in victory. It is a symbol of transformation,
community sharing, and washing by the Spirit of God.
Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. This event is recorded in the four
gospels. In Acts 19:1–7, we see baptism being a central component of
Paul’s work in leading Gentiles to conversion and to the infilling of the Holy
Spirit. For Christians, baptism has a variety of worship meanings that
should continually nuance our understanding of what happens in this
important symbolic moment of worship.
The worship language of baptism declares:
• We are now in union with Christ (newness of life; Romans 6:3)
• We are incorporated into His body, the Church (family for the common
good; 1 Cor. 12:13)
• We have received the gift of the Holy Spirit (a Spirit-filled life and
community; Acts 2:38)
• We have the forgiveness of sins (inward cleansing of good conscience; 1
Pet. 3:21; Heb. 10:22)
• We have been given new birth (John 3:5; Titus 3:5)
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The Communion:
• Commemorates that God has acted as Savior to penetrate of all of
human history from creation through the life, death, and the resurrection
of Jesus, through our present and on to the final consummation of history
(Acts 2:46–47)
• Reminds us that we are part of the communion of saints in the family of
God (1 Cor. 10:16)
• Persuades us that a sacrifice has occurred to right the world (John 1:29)
• Speaks of the presence of Christ among us (John 6:51–58)
• Welcomes us to experience the work of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13)
• Looks forward to the age to come—the eschaton (1 Cor. 11:26)

Worship History : 4 – Drawing from the well of Worship

Reaching Deep into Our Worship Story
Like drawing water from a deep, fresh water well, we can reach
into the story of the Church’s worship across the ages and find
treasures that will help us with our current worship needs.
I believe there is great wisdom in our worship past, and if we look
for it, we’ll find it strengthening the worship and discipleship life
of our churches today.
Implications for Worship Leadership
Bringing our threads together, we have a job to do. We recognize from our
study that worship is not only about creating a space for people to
encounter God within, but it is also a teaching tool, in all its forms, for
passing on the faith to future generations. Realize the power of our
languages of worship, and use them to serve your community for
generations to come. Work with your pastors and other leaders, always
with humility, to consider ways you can integrate some of the riches we’ve
discovered together in our worship past and present. Blessings as you
continue the journey of in Worship History.

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Worship

The Worship Leader’s Faith

I believe that when I lead living worship passionately, artfully, and

thoughtfully from a position of authenticity, innocence, and transparency,
God will use my yielded heart to further His fame in the hearts of others.

I believe that when I offer my ego and dreams to the purposes of

Christ, I will find His character more fully formed in me and His dreams
more fully realized through me.

I believe that when I tend to the details in the lives of those given to
my care, beginning with my spouse and family, the Father will take care of
the details of my own life.

I believe that a life of worship is the most meaningful activity in which

a human can participate, and I embrace my role as an encourager of this
activity in any gathered worship setting into which the Spirit invites me.

I believe that every act of creativity and each effort to express that
creativity beautifully with the goal of worship in mind, will end in fruitful
transformation in the lives of those I lead.

I believe that Jesus is leading us all home to Himself and that the
privilege of leading worship is to inspire hope, courage, joy, and mission in
each soul on that ultimate journey.

Blessings as you rise to the privilege of leading worship in the beautiful

part of the historic Body of Christ that is your community. Bless as you
continue the lifelong journey of rediscovering importance in Worship
Leading

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Thank you for attending the Workshop

If you have completed reading and reflecting on all the material in

importance in Worship, then you have truly laid a good foundation
for your worship leadership in the years to come.

I trust that it has been a rewarding experience for you. There is so

much to learn about worship leading in each generation, and this
material has been all about providing you with a good foundation
in a relatively brief amount of time for your further growth.

Of course, there is nothing like experience to teach us how to be

more effective at leading worship but some good training can save
us a lot of headaches along the way!

GOD BLESS
YOU

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