Principles of Worship Leading

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PRINCIPLES OF



A SONG LEADER OR A WORSHIP LEADER?

SONG LEADER:• * A person leading other people singing songs

• * Instrumentalists accompanying them

WORSHIP LEADER:

• People praising and worshiping God with and withoutsongs;

• Instrumentalists praising and worshiping God with thesounds of music;

• People praising and worshiping from their hearts while theinstrumentalists play (which may be what "selah" meant);gifts of the Spirit in scriptural operation;

• "Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" flowing;



WHO IS A WORSHIP LEADER?

A worship leader is a man or woman who iscalled of God to lead in worship. If we want the

power of God to flow in our worship, the leader

must be a person GOD has selected. Theanointing is as essential to this ministry as it is

to any other ministry.

Those whom God calls, He enables.



QUALIFICATIONS Vs. CALLING

•Qualifications only get you so far. A calling willcompletely and forever change the direction of yourheart.

• Qualifications are based on where you’ve been. A

calling is based on where you’re going.• Qualifications depend upon you. A calling depends

upon the One calling you.

• Qualifications are based on your performance. A

calling is based on God equipping you to carry itout.

• Qualifications might get you a job. But a calling willsee you through a divinely given task that only you

are made to do.



WHAT REALLY IS A WORSHIP LEADER?

A Worship Leader is someone who is... • Called of God to lead in worship,

• Musically skilful and/or

understanding,

• Spiritually broken before theLord.



WHAT IS WORSHIP?

The relationship between Praise and

Worship has to be held clearly in the

mind of the one who plans and leadsa worship time. Praise (thanksgiving

and exaltation) should precede

worship (adoration and communion).



THE DIFFERENCE…

• Praise is an action of soul and body, a time ofthanking the Lord for what He has done andexalting His name, His character, and His deeds.Here are the gates to His presence and the outercourts of His dwelling place.

• Worship is a response of the spirit, a time ofexpressing our adoration and devotion to God,giving Him an exclusive place in our hearts.Communion is abandoning ourselves to Hispresence, contemplating His glory, dwellinginside the veil, and drinking in His righteousness.



HOW DOES ONE LEAD IN WORSHIP?

1ST Rule of worship leading :

A worship leader must himself

worship God without reservation. Hemust give himself to praise and

worship, hungering above all things

for the manifestation of the presence

of the Lord.



A WORSHIP LEADER MUST DO THESE…

• Prepare his heart to approach the Lord with the people of God.

• Prepare the leadership for positive change.

• Prepare the people for a systematic way of approaching God.

• Prepare a sequence of songs that will take us on that journey and

communicate the plan to all the singers, instrumentalists, and

technicians who must know where we are going and the musicalroute chosen.

• A praise and worship experience will flow if it has a destination.

• Communicate the plan. A simple sheet of paper for each service

should be provided to each singer, player, and technician who willhelp in the service.

• Execute the plan as he is led of the Spirit and as he praises and

worships God with all his might, whether the people follow him or

not.



STEPS TO WORSHIP LEADING…

• Prepare the heart

• Prepare the leaders

• Prepare the people

• Prepare the songs(old and new)

• Communicate the plan

• Execute the plan



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RULE OF WORSHIP LEADING:

Be prepared and be flexible. Have a plan and know how to

modify it as the Holy Spirit Leads.



3RD RULE OF WORSHIP LEADING:

LET THE MUSIC FLOWThe flow of tonality involves the relationship

between keys. The worship leader cannot just

simply put down songs without reference to theirkeys because music does not jump around from

any key to any key. The major keys are related to

each other by the interval of a fifth. The key of C is

the fifth of the key of F, so it is quite natural to flow

from C to F between songs.

Key of F - fa *so la *ti do(C)



MOST COMMON KEY CHANGES…

• Major Keys: C D E F G A B C* up perfect fourth

* up 1/2 step

* up whole step

• Minor Keys: Cm Dm Em Fm Gm Am Bm

* up 1/2 step

* up whole step

* to parallel major

* to relative major



STEPS IN TRANSITION…

A Sequence of Changes

• I raise my right hand to signal that I am about toconduct a tempo change;

• Conducting the new tempo, I repeat the last lineof the final up-tempo chorus at a slower tempo;perhaps repeat it again;

•I make eye contact with the pianist to signal thatthis is the last repeat---the modulation is next;

• When I hear the 7th of F, I imagine the first noteof the next song in Bb and start into it.



EFFECTIVE TRANSITION…

Repeated last lines or half choruses in the oldtempo

Repeated last lines in new tempo (if slower),

Spoken prayer, praise or applause unto the Lord,

"Selah" ,(instruments playing, people

worshiping)

Instrumental interludes, introductions, or

endings,

Vocal cues, (giving part of song to sing next)



3RD RULE IN WORSHIP LEADING:

Let the worship flow

(the music, the message, the mood).Master the transition.





10 TIPS TO WORSHIP LEADERS… •

Make your own worship song book.• Devise your own technique for teaching new songs

to the church.

• Use lead sheets.

• Use the songs in their published keys.• Learn how to warm-up your worship team.

• Stay within your time allotment.

• Lead worship, not just songs.

• Listen to the people.

• Do not polarize the people.

• Don't talk too much.

























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