The Keys to Worship: how to choose a good key for your congregational songs Choosing good keys for your worship set is a big issue nowadays. I remember in the 70′s everything was mid to low range and simple chords (though hymns typically are pitched high with a high ‘E’ being very common).  In our [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in many different languages. Some languages are shown more than once in a different way. Some say “Merry Christmas” Some add “Happy New Year”. All wish you a “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. Enjoy – *Bolded and Italicized words are languages we have sung in around the [...]

Keeping It Fresh in a New Year One of the biggest challenges we face as worship leaders is trying to keep the worship of Jesus fresh week after week. And this challenge produces everything from the sublime to the ridiculous as we try ‘new things’ every week. The Hebrew word for ‘new’ is the wonderful [...]

Exploring the Wonders of His Love Can you imagine Christmas without music? A true ‘Silent Night’? Personally, I love Christmas and all the music that goes with it. Many say I have an ‘anointing’ for it, but I know that might not be the case for your average worship or music pastor and there are [...]

Restoring Relationships in Worship Every September (corresponding to the start of school) we have the opportunity to restart, reshape and even re-design the worship ministries in our churches. Many things are to be considered and reconsidered during this season: auditions, rehearsals, new songs, schedule, new equipment, platform setup, vision casting, priority setting, etc. In the [...]