The standard worship set for many churches is an uptempo worship song, a midtempo worship dong and then a more intimate song/ballad. It’s the standard because it works [for reasons to in-depth to go into in this post]. However, this structure sometimes opens the door for a potential problem – an awkward transition into a service host time/announcements. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a powerful worship moment ended by a passionate prayer be undone by the sudden and jarring entrance of a very upbeat service host…
Thankfully, there’s a fairly easy solution. End the worship set with a build, instead of ending quietly. Many of the most popular worship songs right now are “power ballads” – songs which start intimately, but build and build, especially in the bridge section. Ending on the powerful part of the song gives a much more natural transition into announcements.
Hmmm - well, let's see...
I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
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