ARTICLE Finding the Grace Gates How "lead worshiper" Joseph Garlington helps people recognize holy moments and encounter God. Marshall Shelley, Eric Reed, Joseph Garlington
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How pastor and "lead worshiper" Joseph Garlington helps people recognize holy moments and encounter God.
A Leadership Interview
The sanctuary is packed. Ushers wedge latecomers into the few empty seats scattered across the long, low room. When those seats are full, they open clattering doors to overflow rooms on the sides. There's no holy hush in this place. Even the quiet moments are accompanied by ...
Though church leaders spend extraordinary energy preparing for worship, many do not evaluate whether the energy was well spent.
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Yet if we've been given the ability to plan worship, we can evaluate at some level what we've done. The following tool, prepared by Leadership's editors and advisers, can help. It does not cover all the bases (for example, sermon evaluation is left out), and not all questions ...
Whether standing tall, bowing low or falling on your face before the Lord, God deserves our honor and respect; and when we say "amen" to his will, amazing things happen.
This month, as we continue our study of how we worship, we're going to look at Nehemiah 8:6 and see what we can learn from the revival that took place there among the people of Israel as they began to worship.
DEVOTIONS No empty time We live our lives beneath your wrath. We end our lives with a groan. Joni Eareckson Tada
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Seventy years are given to us! Some may even reach eighty. But even the best of these years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we are gone. … Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom. Psalm 90:9-10, 12
Aportion of Scripture that guides me constantly is 2 Peter 3:8, where Peter says, "A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years ...
The worship leader your church wants has to have more than just great technical skills. He or she also must have a heart for the congregation and how music fits into the entire worship experience. These are some qualities to look for, and to avoid, in a worship leader.
The Good and the Bad
For many people choosing a church, worship leaders have become a more important factor than preachers. ...
These principles can be adapted to almost any congregation to encourage better singing.
Know Why You Sing
Each Sunday, determine if the purpose of the service is worship, instruction, fellowship, or evangelism. While all these functions of the body of Christ may overlap, or may sometimes occur simultaneously, try to focus on one or two functions. After you determine the function, make sure ...
In music ministry, leaders have to keep a lot of things in the air at the same time: spiritual sensitivity, personal preparation, attention to group dynamics, thoughtful song selection, and full-bodied accompaniment Here's a mental checklist I use for our congregational singing:
1. Are the songs meaningful? Every worship leader needs to have the gentle and engaging sense of ...
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