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Music in worship
1. Music in Worship
To Cover:
1. Group introduction
2. Worship in Emerging Churches (link)
3. Top Trends in Worship Music
4. Scriptural basis for music & worship
5. Worship Priorities
2. Introductions
1. Who are you? How long been going here? Why do you come?
2. If you were to describe your experience of our music what
animal would you pick and why?
3. If you were to describe your experience of our worship what
animal would you pick and why?
Paper wheel exercise which we will come back to later…..spokes
3. Trends in Worship Music
1. Mumford & Sons vs. Dubstep …. Winner?
2. Local songwriting, germane to our worship theology
3. Increased technology = planningcenteronline.com &
worshipplanning.com
4. Resurgence of traditional & ancient rituals & practices = lecta-
devina
5. Increase use of strings & percussions – violin, harps, drums
6. Question everything – theology behind everything we do and
how we do it.
7. Integration of music into worship creating a holistic experience
8. Variety of music – genres, international, old and new
4. Trends in Worship Music
1. Elements of worship – lighting, space design, flow of
movement, ways music is used (elemental), technology =
comprehensive and integrated
2. Don’t let what you do this Sunday be what you do every
Sunday.
3. Music is not the most important focus. It is a conduit through
which the most important things can happen.
4. reTHINK: Music, Sermon, Communion, Welcome, Prayer as
compositionally telling God’s story.
5. Trends in Worship Music
Scriptural Basis
1. Psalm 33:1-4
2. Psalm 66:1-2
3. James 5:13
4. Ephesians 5:19-21
5. Romans 12:1-2
Praise
Lament
Learn
Glorify
God
Devotion
Turn
Around
Gratitude
6. Worship Should
1. Focus on God ONLY
2. Engage People & build them up
3. Reflect diversity
4. Help others experience God’s presence
5. Be simple
6. Enable ALL to worship
7. Work cohesively together
8. Allow Spirit to speak
9. Follow Psalm structure – Thanks + Lament + Thank you
8. BreakOut Session
Worship Elements = Spokes on Wheel
Break into groups of 2-3 …. Music as 1 spoke
Come up with key words – adverbs & adjectives of what
music is for worship
Consolidate – Synthesize list
Based on Everything we have done, heard and considered
tonight:
What do we want to find?
