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19Jun07
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We're having fun here with a massive online Q&A session!
Being a new christian ive gone from zero worship to 'i just can't get enough' ... are there any suggested books or compilations that i could get to fast track me on the lyrics?
Nick
19Jun07In answer to Nick's question,
I think any of the WOW Worship CDs would really help in getting you good with a large number of current worship songs.
http://www.wowworship.com/
Hope that helps. Great idea for a blog posting Al.
David
20Jun07It's really hard to tie down stuff into one compilation, but I love the Soul Survivor live albums: for me they capture our heart and values in worship, as well as some of the newer songs around. A great book to check out is Tim's one called 'Passion for Your Name' (he pays me to say that), also Mike Pilavachi's 'The Audience of One' is another favourite. Keep the passion going!
Al
20Jun07Al or Tim
Wondering whether you have any suggestions on how to develop the worship life of a strict bible based evangelical church. The church puts so much effort into fantastic bible teaching that the concept of worship seems to be lost. There is also a concern amongst members that when effort gets put into the music ministry we could fall into the trap of a prosperity based ministry like another local church.
What do people think?
Jono
20Jun07Jono
What better way to celebrate the values of your church (strict bible based evangelical church) than to sing worship songs packed full of the truth of the awesome gospel and our amazing saviour! Maybe start with some modern 'truth-filled' songs.
Worship is our response to the glories of Christ and all that he is and needs to start with truth much of which is revealed through the bible. So by trying to progress the music, you are helping your congregation to engage with the truth and helping them to respond in praise. Can you talk to your elders about that?! Hope that might help!
Andy
andy
20Jun07Hi Jono, I wonder if the key to this kind of stuff is just being really good friends with your leaders. Put pleasure before business with them and make sure they know you're on their side. They want change, but they also want it to be the right kind of change. Once they trust you and they know you're on their side, it will make the job of moving things forward together a lot better. So my advice would be to communicate with them, invite yourself for tea, weed their gardens, ask for their feedback, talk to them about songs. Sandy Millar always gives this excellent piece of advice: 'never overestimate what you can achieve in one year, but never underestimate what you can achieve in three years'. Al Gordon
Al
21Jun07What are your views on using secular music (inspirational) in a corporate time of worship? My concern is that the tool most inpirational songs use is emotionalism and it is dangerous to mix that "feeling" with true worship (from spirit to Spirit), even though there is emotion involved in true worship. Personally I don't see why we should feel the need to even consider using secular music within our churches since we have such great song writers in the kingdom, but for what ever reason people are doing it and I'm not really comfortable being a part of it. Any thoughts?
Themba
21Jun07hi guys, i have been leading worship for a while now in my home church, and i am about to move on to first of all study at NEXUS, any advice about that? Also i am trying to train a member of my youth group to be a worship leader befor i go, he has the heart and he has been playing with me for a while, but how do i get him to the position where he is in charge and the band is really respecting his leadership?
Jay
Jay
21Jun07Maybe you could look at this question in the podcast? How important is it for worship leaders to have lives and hearts of interity?? And how would you suggest we seek that in our own lives??
Jade
22Jun07Themba, Thanks for the post - interesting one. I think you're right, in that we need to encourage good songwriting each of our local churches. I don't think that we should throw everything thats from the culture out necessarily - after all, St Paul would often quote secular, pagan poetry in his sermons and arguments in the NT - but we should encourage church to be a hotbed of cultural subversion, experimentation and adventure! We should be redeeming and reclaiming music for the Kingdom. I think it was Willam Booth, who when challenged about why his Salvation Army bands stole drinking songs and rewrote them as hymns, famously said 'why should the devil have all the good music'!
Al
22Jun07