Worship Leading Tips - How to Lead Praise
Worship Leading Tips - How to Lead Praise
This difference is very arbitrary and does not have to be catered to at all, but for the sake of this article, I am going to concentrate on the faster part of the worship service, the part known as "praise". A later article will talk directly about the worship section.
I love to rock, but even more I love the deep songs which we tend to refer to as the area of worship leading, rather than praise leading. Even so, praise has it's purpose, and if you're intelligent about it, it can offer a lot of enjoyment, and become a amazing part of your worship leading.
Worship leaders, I challenge you, if you are in a church who would enjoy this (and not all are!), encourage physical activity to praise songs, things like clapping or actual movement of hands, feet and so on. In my church we have a guy who is intellectually challenged, and he's a super sweet guy who loves action songs. So, when we start church with brisk songs (which we usually do), I will sometimes get Roy up on stage with the band to show the church how to do the actions.
So here's some ideas from the worship leading manual I've written concerning praise.
How Much Praise?
Frequently I will do 1-3 praise songs. These tend to be lively, up tempo, rocky songs designed to be fun, full bodied expressions of love towards the Lord. Most people cannot dive straight in and worship the Lord deeply, so these songs give them a chance to just relax, enjoy and, hopefully, praise God with real rejoicing and passion.
Now, if your congregation is a screaming, chandelier swinging, Holy Ghost Revival Pentecostal church, full of stone deaf young rockers who love loud, heavy metal music, you may want to do a lot more loud praise songs.
Then again, you may be worship leading at a congregation that is gentle, stayed and full of over 80 year olds. In which case you may want to do only one moderately fast song and move straight into worship.
The main significance here is THINK ABOUT IT! Look at your church and ask, what do they enjoy? How can I serve them and fill them with joy, and how are they comfortable in showing it.
Then ask your pastor, asking his assessment and where he wants to go with the worship.
So, I encourage you to think about it, and above all, PRAY ABOUT WHICH SONGS GOD WANTS YOU TO DO!
I am definitely against formulas in worship leading (3 fast, 2 slow, etc.), and we worship leaders are really good at inventing the formula for success, often at the expense of whatever the Lord is doing.
Formulas can be beneficial, but don't get stuck there.
Next up we'll dive into the worship leading portion, so worship leaders, stay tuned for the next article! Or you might want to check out our worship leading training package, which is full of concise, practical and easy to apply technique that will make you a powerful and inspired worship leader.
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