UNDERSTANDING MUSIC & WORSHIPin the Local Church

Presenters:

Janice Harrison

Sandy Ingram

Shirley Purvis

WORSHIPMan was made to worship God. God gave to man a harp and said, “Here above all the creatures I have made and created I have given you the largest harp. I put more strings on your instrument and I have given you a wider range than I have given to any other creature. You can worship me in a manner that no other creature can.”

And when he sinned man took that instrument and threw it down in the mud and there it has lain for centuries, rusty, broken, unstrung; and man, instead of playing a harp like the angels and seeking to worship God in all of his activities, is egocentered and turns in on himself and sulks, and swears, and laughs, and sings, but it’s all without joy and without worship.

A.W. Tozer

from

“Worship: The Missing Jewel

In the Evangelical Church”

Why Study Worship & Music?

• We are made to worship God

• Isaiah 6:1-6; Revelation 5:9-10

• Saints will be worshipping for all eternity

WORSHIP STYLES

Anything is

“O.K.”

With us

Church• I Corinthians 14:26

WORSHIP STYLES

First Church of Current Styles & Trends

Psalm 33:3

WORSHIP STYLES

Only Our Brand of Worship is Right Church

2 Corinthians 6:17

WORSHIP STYLES

Only the Best is Good Enough for us Church

Philippians 1:10

WORSHIP STYLES

The First Church of Blander is BetterI SAMUEL 16:7

WORSHIP

• HEARTS OVERFLOWING WITH LIVING WATER

• NO HYPOCRISY, NO DECEIT

• JOHN 4:23-24

CALLED TO WORSHIP

LYRICS BY DENNIS WILLIAMS

MUSIC BY AVA L. WILLIAMS & ANNETTE ANDERSON

AS I ENTER INTO HIS GATES

I BEGIN TO GIVE HIM THANKS

BECAUSE HE’S BEEN SO

GOOD TO ME

MY SOUL JUST CAN’T EXPLAIN

MANY THINGS SO UNDESERVED

I HAVE TO BLESS HIS NAME

HE’S KING OF KINGS

AND LORD OF ALL

HE SITS UPON HIS THRONE

O HOW TRULY BLESSED I AM

TO BE ONE OF HIS OWN

I AM CALLED TO WORSHIP

TO GIVE HIM ALL OF ME

I AM CALLED TO WORSHIP

HUMBLY AT HIS FEET

SO I MOVE TOWARD

HIS HOLY COURTS

AND OFFER HIM MY PRAISE

BECAUSE THE LORD’S SO

VERY GOOD

AND I ADORE HIS NAME

HE’S KING OF KINGS

AND LORD OF ALL

HE SITS UPON HIS THRONE

O HOW TRULY BLESSED I AM

TO BE ONE OF HIS OWN

WON’T YOU ENTER IN WITH ME

THIS HOLY BLESSED PLACE

THAT PLACE THAT IS

BEHIND THE VEIL

TO MEET HIM FACE TO FACE

WORSHIP

WHAT IS WORSHIP?– Intense devotion & admiration of

God

– Weorthscipe( Anglo-Saxon)-ascribe worth, to revere

– Praise, an integral part of worship

WHY WORSHIP?-We are commanded to worship

-It takes our focus off of ourselves

-Prepares us to receive God’s Word

-We look at life through the lenses of worship

WORSHIP

WHERE DO WE WORSHIP?

-The place both unimportant &

important

WHEN DO WE WORSHIP?

-When the believer looks on

Jesus & sees Him for who He

really is

AN OLD TESTAMENT RECIPE FORMUSIC & WORSHIP

• Ingredient #1- Sing to the Lord

• Ingredient #2-Proclaim His Wonders

• Ingredient #3- Give to the Lord

• Ingredient #4 – Holiness before the Lord

• Ingredient #5- Proclaim the Word of the Lord

WORSHIP OUR GOD

Psalm 95:3-6 (NKJV)

For the Lord is the Great God and the Great King above all gods. In His hands are the deep places of the earth; the

heights of the hills, are His also. The sea is His, for He made it and His hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us

worship Him and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

SURVEY OF MUSIC & WORSHIP:

OLD TESTAMENT FOUNDATIONSGOD’S PEOPLE - LOVERS OF SONG

Joy, Gratitude

Praise, Adoration

Sorrow, Sadness

Determination, Dedication

Primary Focus-

Jehovah as:

Sovereign

Provider

Redeemer

THE PSALMS

• HYMNAL OF PRAISES

• POETIC DIALOGUE : GOD & MAN

• PSALMS:

• PRAISE-Psalm 150

• HISTORY- Psalm 106

• PENITENCE- Psalm 51

• IMPRECATION- Psalm 68

• MESSIANIC-=Psalm 2

Old Testament Instruments

Old Testament Instruments

WORSHIP IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

Focus: Expression of a Personal Relationship with

Jehovah through His Son, Jesus Christ

• Apostles’ Teaching

• Fellowship

• “Breaking of Bread”

• Prayer

PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC IN

NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP

The Message of Music-Is it consistent with Biblical Truth?

The Method of Music-Is it Teaching and Admonishing?

The Music

-Is it a Psalm, Hymn or Spiritual Song?

The Motive-Is the music being sung or played out of the right motivation?

SURVEY OF MUSIC & WORSHIP

A.D. 300-1500– Believers persecuted

– Hymns focused on message of the Gospel and the

risen Christ

– Roman Catholic rule-Hymns in Latin

– Protestant Reformation- Martin Luther(1517)

– Psalters- tunes used with selections from the psalms

1600-1900– Western European Hymnody- congregational singing

SURVEY OF MUSIC & WORSHIP

1800-Present

• Songs expressed a personal relationship

with God

• Music used as a platform to spread the

Gospel

• Intentional adaptation of popular music

styles for use by the church

SURVEY OF MUSIC & WORSHIP

1800-PRESENT

1800-1930

-Camp Meeting Songs- expressed

personal faith in God and encouraged

congregational singing

1870

-Ira Sankey- Coined the term “Gospel Music”

GOSPEL MUSIC

• TRADITIONAL-

sophisticated, conservative, expressed

an intimate relationship and commitment to

God

• SOUTHERN-

male quartets, rural, small town

BLACK GOSPEL

• “Griot”

• 1900-1930

– Spiritual, Jazz, R&B

– Hand clapping, Body movements

– Percussion Instruments

• Thomas A. Dorsey

– “Father of Black Gospel”

OVERVIEW 1930-1970

• Mass Evangelistic Campaigns

• The Advent of Radio

• John W. Peterson

• Ralph Carmichael

• The Youth Movement

• The Jesus Movement

GOSPEL ARTISTS

• Edwin Hawkins

• Walter Hawkins

• Andrae Crouch

• Jack Hayford

• Twila Paris

• The Winans

• Kirk Franklin

• Keith Green

• Michael W. Smith

• CeCe Winans

• BeBe Winans

• Fred Hammond

• Yolanda Adams

• Tye Tribbett

• Deittrick Haddon

• Bernadette Salley

• Mary Mary

• Marvin Sapp

RENEWING MUSIC & WORSHIP

PRACTICE

PERSONAL

WORSHIP

RENEWING MUSIC & WORSHIP

TEACH

WORSHIP

RENEWING MUSIC & WORSHIP

INVOLVE

EVERYONE IN

WORSHIP

COMMUNICATE

WORSHIP

ELEMENTS IN A WORSHIP

SERVICE

• ANNOUNCEMENTS

• PRAYER

• THE WORD OF GOD

• THE CREEDS OF THE

CHURCH

• THE OFFERING

• THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH

• CREATIVE

COMMUNICATION

• THE SERMON

• THE CLOSING

• THE BENEDICTION

• SPECIAL ELEMENTS

** DEVOTION

PRAISE/WORSHIP**

GOALS OF A WORSHIP

SERVICE

• COGNITIVE

GOALS OF A WORSHIP

SERVICE

AFFECTIVE

GOALS OF A WORSHIP

SERVICE

VOLITIONAL

BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM

OF MUSIC & WORSHIP

TEACH

TRAIN

EDIFY

EVANGELIZE

SUPPORT

BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM OF MUSIC & WORSHIP

EVALUATE

ENVISION

BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM OF

MUSIC & WORSHIP

• PLAN:

Pray for Wisdom

– BE RESPECTFUL

– BE REALISTIC

– BE RESPONSIBLE

BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM OF MUSIC & WORSHIP

• SELECT MUSIC/WORSHIP LEADER

• FORM WORSHIP COUNCIL

• MUSIC WORSHIP CALENDAR

• MINSTRY DESCIPTIONS

• MUSIC EDUCATION

• DEVELOP PROGRAM COMPONENTS

WORSHIP

• RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

• ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS

• CONFESS OUR SINS

• EXPRESS OUR LOVE FOR GOD

• SUBMISSION TO HIS WILL

I WORSHIP YOU ALMIGHTY GOD

I WORSHIP YOU ALMIGHTY GOD

THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU

I WORSHIP YOU O’ PRINCE OF PEACE

THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO DO

I GIVE YOU PRAISE

FOR YOU ARE MY RIGHTEOUSNESS

I WORSHIP YOU ALMIGHTY GOD

THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU