Chief Allan Hewey from Maine emailed us asking for advice on keeping the worship momentum going. He was particularly looking for some practical tips to keep the congregations’ focus heavenward.

This is a really interesting question and in unpacking it we need to consider how different churches approach this – it can be a very “culturally created” approach. For instance, the Vineyard and Soul Survivor will have typically an intensive worship time where the musicians will flow fairly seamlessly from one song to the next with very little in terms of spoken word or discernable gaps. Contrast this with a Baptist church where we were recently teaching. The (non musician) worship leader would introduce a song with almost a mini sermon, or certainly a verbal reflection on the lyrics. The band would then play and the worship leader would then verbally reflect again on the words, perhaps within a prayer before introducing the next song. Read More »