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Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, May 19, 2013!!
Welcome to the 252nd consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Sunday Setlists #251
May 12, 2013 by 23 Comments
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, May 12, 2013 – Happy Mother’s Day!!
Welcome to the 251st consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Leading Worship Without A Microphone
May 9, 2013 by 5 Comments
In my opinion, the primary function of the music ministry in our worship services is to do our best to create a distraction-free environment where people can experience and glorify our loving, living God and the life-changing power of grace through His Holy Spirit. At our church the mission slogan is: “Evangelize Seekers, Edify Believers and Glorify God”.
The question is: “How do we best accomplish this?” Is the answer as simple as having great musicians and singers and then letting God take care of the rest? I think we all know that answer is only half true. Yes, God will take what we authentically and humbly offer and use it for His purposes and glory but every church has the people they have and unless you hire out, you’re not always going to be blessed with the most gifted musicians and singers on the planet.
Sunday Setlists #250
May 5, 2013 by 14 Comments
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Welcome to the 250th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Sunday Setlists #249
April 28, 2013 by 15 Comments
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, April 28, 2013
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Sunday Setlists 248
April 21, 2013 by 17 Comments
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, April 21, 2013
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Sunday Setlists 247
April 14, 2013 by 11 Comments
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Welcome to the 247th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Sunday Setlists #246
April 7, 2013 by 12 Comments
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, April 7, 2012
Welcome to the 246th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists!”
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Worship Concerts: Or How to Perplex Christians Who Think Concert is A Bad Word
April 5, 2013 by 12 Comments
[Disclaimer: No Christians were actually harmed or maliciously perplexed during the making of this article]
Sometimes it seems that Christians hijack words and change their meanings assuming that it makes us more holy or something. We throw around cliches like “worship is not a performance” or “make a joyful noise” to convey our humility (or false humility?). Sure, at times, we really mean well, but I think its time to let words mean what they mean. At least at a basic level.
Two years ago I wrote a piece for The Worship Community titled Is There A Place For Performance In Worship? The basic premise of the article was to point out actual definitions of the word “perform” and to clarify its use for Worship Leaders. We’ve been told (and have said) so many times that “worship is not a performance.” But at its most basic level the word “perform” literally means to render music by singing or playing.
This brings me to a thought about the use of the word “concert.” Where does your “christianese” mind go to when you hear the word concert? Is it possible to have a concert that is worship? Can you actually have a worship concert and still be holy?
Is There A Place For Performance in Worship?
April 2, 2013 by 60 Comments
Growing up as a kid of the church (my dad was a youth pastor, worship leader, pastor), I’ve heard just about every church cliche you can think of. Being a youth pastor and media/music pastor myself for most of my adult life, has also led to me probably BEING some of those cliches at times.
WORSHIP IS NOT A PERFORMANCE
I think one of the most misused, yet well-intentioned churchy phrases is “Worship is not a performance.” Most of the times (if not all) it’s used when talking about the quality or excellence of our worship MUSIC. I definitely agree that worship itself is not a performance. But I believe when we in the church use the cliche we’re talking about the music we use to worship (not worship itself). [Read more...]
