by Mark J Martin | May 6, 2015 | Archived
One privilege you have in planning worship services is the opportunity to mix and match songs. Colossians 3:16 tells us to teach each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Giving attention to the flow of thought from one song to the next facilitates this...
by Mark J Martin | May 3, 2015 | Archived
The fear that says, “They will not want to play/sing,” is unfounded. If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that instrumentalists love to play and singers love to sing. Don’t feel like you are inconveniencing them by having them...
by Mark J Martin | May 1, 2015 | Archived
Hard work is right. But don’t work to the neglect of quiet, private worship. As a leader in worship, your work is fueled by your private worship. To do the one without the other is to present God and your people with a shell. Don’t be a hollow shell. Let...
by Mark J Martin | Apr 27, 2015 | Archived
Worship leaders at times fear repeating a song too often. We’ll pass over a song as we are planning because we feel we’ve sung it too recently. While there is a danger in wearing out a song (and I’m sure each of us has that song the congregation...
by Mark J Martin | Mar 7, 2015 | Archived
Music is a passion of mine. Learning it and creating it has been a major part of my life since my first piano lesson in second grade when Mrs. Croker taught me the black notes using the song “Peanut Butter and Jam.” From the Broadway tunes I grew up...
