Posts by Chris Denning

Move Your Congregation from Spectators to Participants

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We’ve all had that awkward moment. That moment where you know you’ve put in the work, you prepared yourself and your team well, you were prayed up and the Holy Spirit moved in your time together as a church, and you walk off the stage. Then, someone walks up to you…

How to Introduce New Songs Part 2

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New Songs
We’re looking at answering the question: How can we introduce new songs well?  We started by acknowledging the need to teach the congregation the songs. The bottom line from this thought is that teaching a song helps give the congregation a stronger foothold in a potentially uncomfortable situation.  Today, we’ll be looking at part 2…

How to Introduce New Songs

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New Songs
Finding the Balance As musicians and artists, most worship leaders are excited and eager to introduce new songs to their churches or groups on a regular basis.  We like new and shiny, especially since we get “over” songs much quicker than a congregation might. I mean, we play them up…

How Can I Lead Worship With Christmas Songs?

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Christmas Worship
Well, it’s that time of year again. You know that time that Worship Leaders dread because you’ve gotta break THOSE tunes out again. Most Worship Leaders that I talk to either LOVE or HATE doing Christmas music. I mean, depending on your church, your setlist might already be prescribed for you with 5 or 6 songs…

How to Find Your Team’s Sound Without Losing Your Team

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The frustration of many Worship Leaders, both new and seasoned, is getting the sound you desire out of your band. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you typically play, whether gospel, modern, blended, whatever, you’ve got the sound you’re looking for in your head. You’ve heard it on records or…

7 Habits of Highly Effective Worship Leaders | Part 4

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So far, we’ve talked about 3 of the 7 Habits we can cultivate in our lives to be more effective Worship Leaders. This includes Reading Your Bible and Planning Ahead & Staying Ahead. Today, we’ll finish our conversation with the final two habits, which have to do music charts & what we…