Top 10 Worship Leading Tips
These ten tips are practical for leaders, it doesn't matter in what capacity you might be leading. This list is especially helpful as it humanizes the leader and those being led.
A few of the most practical:
- "Don't Be Late" - This is a mostly simple way to honor the time and sacrifice of the people you are leading.
- "Know Persons Individually" - People are all unique and should be treated as such... no one wants to be put in a cookie-cutter mold.
- Stay Filled Up - A few of these suggestions point to this... It is extremely important to stay connected with God and to come in to your weekly meeting already filled up... to come in with an attitude of servanthood.
Check out the link below to see the whole article:
http://churchleaders.com/worship/worship-how-tos/145412-10-very-best-worship-leading-tips.html
All Alone in Pastoral Care
Many times the shepherding and pastoral ministry of a church falls on one or two leaders. What happens though when the pastor reaches out to the other leaders in her church? What happens when Pastoral Care is taken on by a whole team instead of just a few?
This article is a personal story of a pastor who invited his elder team in the service of pastoral care:
Taking Visuals to the Next Level
Giving people every opportunity and medium to engage the Gospel message in our churches should be extremely important. This article points out the fact that many of our western protestant churches have been lacking in visual liturgy/ inherent beauty for years. Thankfully, there's been a resurrection of the importance of such practices. The current technological climate only serves to increase the possibilities to engage the world with the Gospel.
Check out the article below for some helpful insights and tools to creating your own visual liturgy.
https://worshipleader.com/technology/curating-a-visual-liturgy/
Engaging with Broken Families
"Changed Parent = Changed Family= Changed neighborhood= Changed community=Changed world"
Many of the specific situations of our students can be overwhelming in our broken world. Finding practical ways to engage with these families proves to be challenging. This article uses our senses as a guide to engage broken families with Christ's love and grace.