Create Worship Environments: For Worship Leaders

STUDY THE BIBLE

• Complete the Worship Leader Bible Study.
• Memorize the scriptures on worship that Courtney assigns you and recite them for her.

LEARN FROM OTHERS

• Read Chapters 1-3 of  Story Shaped Worship by Robbie F. Castleman (75 pages)
• Watch “Leading Worship” and “Worship Band Workshop” DVD’s by Paul Baloche
• Interview Mack. Find out what his non-negotiable are for leading worship. Submitting to your spiritual authority is the most important thing for a worship leader.

DO STUFF

• Interview 3 of your favorite worship leaders. Use the Worship Leader Interview Sheet. Feel free to add questions. It can be done via e-mail if you already have a relationship with the leader.
• Make a ministerial resume for yourself. Send it to your coach for input.
• Write out your personal definition of worship with supporting scriptures.

PASS IT ON

• Put together a Theology Check team within XA. Commit to only leading songs that all lyrics have been backed up biblically.
• Plan a worship set based on what you have learned in this module, and ask the other worship leaders to analyze the set. Use the Worship Leader Analysis Sheet.

DEBRIEF

• Ask your coach what his/her theology of worship is. Discuss how you two will best work together.
• After completing all the tasks in this module, talk with your coach about leading worship.

FURTHER STUDY (not required)

• Complete “Worship – A Personal Bible Study”
• Complete “Worship – Survey the Songs of the Bible” (VERY LONG)
• Read “Worship Under the Word” by D. A. Carson (53 pages)
• Read “Worship and the Glory of God” by Ron Man (13 pages)
• Read “Worship Music or Music Worship?” by Bob Kauflin (4 pages)
• Read “Musings on the Worship Wars” by Scott Sauls (6 pages)
• Read “Harp and Bowl Model” (9 pages)
• Read “Evangelistic Worship” by Tim Keller (10)
• Read “Developing Worship for the Pre-Christian in a Post-Modern World” by Ben Pasley (5 pages)
• Read “Engaging Worship on Campus” by Curt Harlow (5 pages)
• Read “An Open Letter to Worship Songwriters” by Brian McLaren (5 pages)
• Read “Dear Worship Pastor: It’s Not About You” by Tim Dalrymple (2 pages)
• Read Worship Matters by Bob Kauflin
• Read Following the River: A Vision for Corporate Worship by Bob Sorge
• Read Unceasing Worship: Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts by Harold M. Best
• Read Clear the Stage: Making Room for God by Scott Wilson and John Bate