Music in Worship

To Cover:1. Group introduction2. Worship in Emerging Churches (link)3. Top Trends in Worship Music4. Scriptural basis for music & worship5. Worship Priorities6. Breakout creation

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

Trends in Worship Music

1. Mumford & Sons vs. Dubstep …. Winner?2. Local songwriting, germane to our worship theology3. Increased technology = planningcenteronline.com &

worshipplanning.com4. Resurgence of traditional & ancient rituals & practices = lecta-

devina5. Increase use of strings & percussions – violin, harps, drums6. Question everything – theology behind everything we do and

how we do it.7. Integration of music into worship creating a holistic experience8. Variety of music – genres, international, old and new

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.

Trends in Worship Music

Scriptural Basis1. Psalm 33:1-42. Psalm 66:1-23. James 5:134. Ephesians 5:19-215. Romans 12:1-2

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Worship Should

1. Focus on God ONLY2. Engage People & build them up3. Reflect diversity4. Help others experience God’s presence5. Be simple6. Enable ALL to worship7. Work cohesively together8. Allow Spirit to speak9. Follow Psalm structure – Thanks + Lament + Thank you

Music/Song Analysis

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•Communication Line•Liturgical Function•Style•Action (invitation, thanks, witnessing, prayer

BreakOut Session

Worship Elements = Spokes on WheelBreak 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?