The Heart of Worship Files by Matt Redman

Author:Matt Redman [Redman, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Public worship
ISBN: 9781441266927
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

the one thing…

TOMMY WALKER

May the dream never die that someday when people want to go find the most moving and excellent art, they will go to the Church. I am so convinced that we’ve only just begun to tap into some of the improvisational sounds that can be created in the presence of God. These are the sounds the world can’t touch yet will be drawn to.

CELL, CONGREGATION, CELEBRATION

MATT REDMAN

Worship Leading in Three Contexts

Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson—some of the greatest athletes ever known. But what makes them so remarkable? What distinguishes them from other great athletes of their time? In a word, versatility. Many athletes over the years have had victories in one track event or another. But much rarer is an athlete who can tackle more than one distance and make it their own. The 100 meters, for example, is a totally different event from the 400 meters. And somewhere in between lies the discipline of the 200 meters. All involve running but they’re completely different races. Each needs a different approach and a different pace.

It’s the same with worship leading. And again, versatility is the keyword. Some of us may be able to lead in a cell-group, or home-group, setting, but how good are we at adapting ourselves to leading a congregation (lots of cells or home groups joined together)? Some of us may be called to lead in a celebration-type meeting (a worship gathering of more than one congregation), but what different approach is needed for that?

Whether we’re leading worship in a cell, a congregation or a celebration, there are certain key values and principles that all have in common. Yet in another way, they’re totally different “races,” and each one requires a slightly different approach.

So, in which of these three settings is it the hardest to lead worship? I’ve thought about this for a while and have come to the conclusion that they all come out about the same. There’s not really one setting in which it is harder to lead than in the others. Each group has its own advantages, but each also comes with a specific set of challenges for you to get your head around as the worship leader.

CELL

You can’t beat the cell group for that intimate, raw, community vibe. If you can get it right, there’s something special about singing out to God in someone’s front room with little more than an acoustic guitar. It feels so uncomplicated, so free of distractions and so New Testament (apart from the acoustic guitar of course)! If we can lead people to the secret place of praise in this small setting, it can be a beautiful thing.

WHEN WE LIFT OUR VOICES TOGETHER, WE REACH WAY BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE ROOM AND WE TOUCH HEAVEN.

The first step is to help people realize that what we’re doing goes way beyond this little room—that when we lift our voices together (however weak or thin that may sound), we reach way beyond the confines of this room and we touch heaven.

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