{"id":418,"date":"2008-10-13T13:27:11","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2009-09-15T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T18:03:52","slug":"ask-the-expert-what-to-say-when-leading-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/ask-the-expert-what-to-say-when-leading-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask The Expert – What to say when leading worship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flo Benton from Alaska emailed with an emergency request as she was leading worship for the first time. I thought it would make a good Blog post so our advice is here as well as Flo’s responses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flo asked: “Could you share with me how one would typically share at the beginning of leading worship from the keyboard?\u00a0 I’m pretty comfortable with the mechanics of the music, and would like some ideas\/suggestions as to what you have done or heard others do or say”<\/p>\n

Tim Martin, presenter of the Musicademy worship keyboard DVDs<\/a> replied:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many people struggle with exactly what and how much to say when they\u2019re leading worship. The first thing to remember is that it\u2019s more about quality than quantity. A few well placed words will do much more to help people to focus on God than the (all too common) second sermon from behind a guitar or keyboard! That said, it can be equally unhelpful when worship leaders fail to give any verbal encouragement or guidance to a congregation. Whilst a lot depends on the particular tradition and ethos of your church most of the ideas below will probably be appropriate at some time or other:<\/span><\/p>\n

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