When we think of the worship leader at church most people think of the person directing the congregational worship songs and rehearsing the instrumentalists and singers. Sometimes we call this person our worship pastor, minister of music, or song leader. I have even seen a church that called their worship leader “the Minister of Magnification.” Whatever title a church may give to the music leader, I actually do not think that the music person in the church is the main worship leader.Read the rest.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Who Is the Worship Leader at Your Church
Greg Brewton with some good thought about pastors and worship leaders in his blog post, "Who is the Worship Leader at Your Church?" He writes:
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There was something I always liked about older congregations (especially the Episcopal churches I've been to) having the choir and organ (and any other instruments) in the back. That generally made it less of a distraction, and more of a corporate act of worship directed toward God. That way, the leader of the congregation (priest, pastor, minister) can help maintain the focus "forward" - toward God, the altar, the crucifix - whichever.
Ray,
I agree with you about the placing of the instruments and the musician(s) in a worship service either leading to a focus on people and performance, or on God Himself. Sometimes, I wonder if churches which have a "worship team" (I don't mean to identify worship strictly with music in a church here) would not benefit from having that team not necessarily be up on a stage, facing the congregation (as at a rock concert), but rather, somewhere else in the sanctuary, away from where most of the congregation could even see them.
With this placing, the music and voices could still be heard, but the congregation might be less tempted to just watch and more moved to sing themselves. The experience might be less like that of watching a "performance" and might actually become more of a congregational singing to God.
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