Many churches, both large and small, encounter struggles in developing and maintaining a healthy, vibrant and dynamic worship ministry. We hope these tips and insights from Brent Helming and other seasoned worship leaders, pastors, and singer/songwriters help bring clarity and depth to your worship experience.

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Articles

Why Sing? Brent Helming
Why do we sing to the Lord? Why do we worship? Brent Helming brings insight to the intentional act of worship God in song.

Putting the Pleasure Back Into Leading Worship - Brent Helming
Worship is the overflow of our joy in knowing God. So how is it that a worship leader can lose their joy and passion?

Consumer Worship - Brent Helming
If worship leaders faithfully execute the “sacred trust” of leading worship, the roots of consumeristic worship will have a hard time taking hold.

The Right Tunes at the Right Time - Brent Helming
Five tips to weave together a great worship set.

Three Keys to Successful Church Plant Worship Leading (coming soon)

One of the most often overlooked aspects of leading effective congregational worship is being able find the right balance of the right songs week in and week out. There are usually several competing aspects to finding and keeping the right mix.

On one hand, worship must be immediately accessible to the congregation. In other words, the people must have a certain level of familiarity with the songs so that they can more easily participate in singing. On the other hand, too much of the same ole’ songs will probably begin to create a level of apathy or boredom from those singing.

A great way to help keep the proper balance between the good ole’ standard songs and the new “fresher” songs is to keep a record of your set list from week to week. This way you’ll have immediate feedback regarding which songs you’ve done over the last several months. Reviewing the previous set lists will help to show which songs are in jeopardy of being over used. Also, you’ll be able to keep track of the frequency of the new songs and how to more effectively add or repeat them within the existing repertoire.