Teaching modules

The central teaching is for worship leaders and music teams, and any or all of these modules can be included or extended depending upon your current needs.

1. 1-to-1 mentoring of principal worship leaders
2. Worship leading master classes
3. Music team master classes (applying worship leading skills and music production techniques to help the church engage in worship)
4. Practical advice on making a worship band sound better musically
5. Worship team training and development
6. Guidelines on song choice and style
7. Leading all-age and family worship
8. Introducing worship on an Alpha course
9. Advice on using sound systems and technology
10. Developing contemporary worship in a new setting
11. Teaching for a whole church on worship (including leading worship)

Teaching Content

Here too the main teaching is based around how to improve the times of worship for your congregation, but different emphasis can be given to suit the particular demands of your own situation

The Principles of Worship:

• Why we worship
• Brief history of church music
• Biblical models of worship
• Biblical guidelines on worship from the OT and the NT
• Worship in the church today
• Worship is more than singing
• The lifestyle of worship
• Introducing newer models of worship
• The worship team as lead worshippers
• Staying right before God
• Working under authority
• Characteristics of a worship leader
• A servant’s attitude and a shepherd’s heart
• Leading worship out of a love for Gods people

The Practicalities of Worship:

• The journey of worship, musically and spiritually
• Building confidence and trust
• Considering the congregation
• Choosing songs and musical styles
• Creating a flow of worship
• Linking songs
• Giving direction through music rather than speaking
• Working with other musicians
• Making the worship team less noticeable during times of worship
• Developing musical skills
• Applying musical techniques in order to help the congregation
• Building on strong foundations and embracing the ‘old’ with the ‘new’
• Classical musicians working with contemporary musicians
• Avoiding the common pitfalls
• Simple and effective techniques to improve worship leading skills
• Effective rehearsals and soundchecks

Extra teaching could be included on:

• Effective family and all-age worship
• Song writing
• Making worship recordings
• Training and identifying future worship leaders
• Advice on making a worship recording
• Advice for ministers working with a contemporary worship team