How to lead
A Church Worship Service
How to Lead Worship as a Beginner (5 Tips for Beginner Worship Leaders)
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hey guys it's Virg today I'm going to
share with you five tips for beginner
worship leaders if you are starting out
as a worship leader I know how it feels
when you are in front of so many people
and you're thinking about what song
you're singing or what's the next song
that you need to sing you're thinking
about the lyrics you're connecting your
heart with God and you're assessing are
the people worshiping are they able to
connect with God and there's so many
other things that you need to think
about and I know that feeling that how
can you become a better worship leader
what are the things that you need to to
know what are the things that you need
to prepare so that you can usher people
into the very presence of God where they
encounter him and where they have an
experience with him
so I want to give out to you five simple
tips that can help you as a beginner
worship leader so the very first thing I
want to share with you is prepare before
anything else make sure that you've
prepared spiritually when you lead
worship now it's not even so much about
one time preparation that you fast for
how many days or you pray for hours and
hours and hours and hours before you
need worship but it's more about
building a lifestyle of worship it's
good when you already have that kind of
lifestyle
before you even start leading other
people into the very presence of God
before you lead worship in front of
congregation it's very important that
just like David you develop that
personal lifestyle of worship with the
Lord while he was still tending his
sheep as a shepherd you know he already
have this personal time he has this
personal time with God and he has this
intimate moments worshipping to God out
in the fields together with all his
flock worshiping him in the most secret
places so just like David it's so
important that should
as a worship leader to have that
personal moments with God you know to
build your history with the Lord in
worship so make sure that you have those
personal moments build a lifestyle of
worship so that when you step out and
lead the congregation into worshipping
God it will just be an overflow and
outflow of what you have inside of you
of what you have in your personal times
with the Lord so if you encounter God in
your personal moments in your worship
moments then you can lead or you can
invite other people into that same
encounters that you have with God it
becomes easier for you to lead people
into worship if you already experienced
God in a regular way so I really
encourage you build your personal
worship lifestyle with the Lord that's
very important the next thing is listen
listen to what God is telling you as you
prepare as you spend time with God hear
his voice take time to listen and soak
in his presence and be filled with his
love be filled with his goodness and
don't worry yourself too much on what
songs do I need the same what other
preparations do I need to do but be
confident and we address and just trust
him and listen and ask God Lord what are
you saying in this season and in those
moments that you have with God you will
hear his voice and you will hear what he
is telling you and perhaps you would
even hear from God what songs he wants
you to sing for that particular Sunday
of that for that particular gathering or
maybe even you will you will know what
season your heart is in or what season
the congregation is into because it's
very important that you capture what
song is fitting for that very season now
I have those
moments when there's just this
particular song that's so real in my
heart and I know it's the Lord that is
impressing upon me this particular song
so I would worship the Lord through this
song in my personal moments and even as
I do my daily things my daily work I
would be worshiping and in my heart is
that song so I know that that particular
song is for that particular season so
it's important that you hear from God
and asking Lord is this song for the
church because sometimes you may need to
differentiate the songs that are just
for you
personally from the songs that is for or
that are for the church so that's why
it's so important that you ask God and
you hear his voice and asked him Lord is
this song for our church is this for our
congregation of this specific season in
our lives
so make sure that you have time to
listen to the very voice of the Father
now number three the third thing is make
sure to practice with your band it's so
important that you have time in worship
practicing the songs that you will be
singing with your band and if you are
singing a new song make sure that you
give enough time for your
instrumentalists and your worship team
members to be able to learn those new
songs make sure that you send them out
videos or chords so that they can study
beforehand before you even meet for
practice so that when you meet as a team
to practice then you will not be
spending too much time on learning the
song everyone is already aligned and
they already know how to play the song
so that that makes your job easier as a
worship leader so make sure that you
spend time together as a team practicing
the intro the extra and how you flow
with every song it's important that you
build chemistry with your team that you
know how to flow with one another and
make sure that you each of the team
members know the signs that you use in
your church or in your worship team like
for example we use this sign for the
verse and then we use this sign for the
second verse and this one for chorus and
so on and so forth so it's all about
team dynamics so it's very important
that you have your time of preparation
as a team to practice with your team so
that when you'll be worship you will not
be thinking so much about the dynamics
of the song but you will be focusing
more on your hearts over sky in
worshiping God in spirit and in truth so
that's why it's so important that you
have your time to practice as a band
now the fourth thing is to coordinate
with your leaders you must coordinate
with your service program directors or
whoever is in your church that is in
charge for the worship service so that
you will know which part of the service
are you coming in as a team which part
you know yeah is there a song that's
needed to be sung in this part and so
that you will know what are your limits
what is the timeframe that is given for
you for example you only have 20 minutes
or 30 minutes or one hour for worship
so with that you will
your boundaries because it's for me it's
important that you also balance things
out with a good organization and to be
organized in our services of course we
want to be sensitive with what the
Spirit is doing but at the same time we
want to be organized and to be orderly
in our program so we don't want to spend
the whole day or maybe five hours in our
worship service so we want to be
sensitive to our time for the time of
the people that is attending so that's
why it's important that you coordinate
with your coordinators in your service
and of course coordinate with your
pastor as well make sure that you know
what your what your preacher would be
preaching about in that coming day so
that you will know what his topic is and
that you will you will know how to which
songs is appropriate for that particular
service and then lastly is and the most
important thing is to be authentic when
you stand up there and lead worship you
don't have to copy anybody else just be
who you are be real in your worship be
authentic as you leave people in you
don't even have to say so many things to
exhort them into worship sometimes that
could be you know the trend or that
could be the thing that yeah you you do
so I encourage you to just feel say a
few words fewer words for me I think
it's better but the most important thing
is to be really with what you feel with
what's in your heart be authentic in
your worship
and so when you lead worship in front of
your congregation feel their heart and
feel the heart of the Father and desire
in your heart that you will be able to
connect their hearts with the heart of
the Father
as you lead them in worship I have a I
have I had my experience leading for the
very first time and when I was up there
on the stage I was so nervous I don't
know what to do at that very specific
moment I prepared I knew I had my own
personal times with the Lord I know that
he is working inside of me but it's so
much different when you're in front of
the congregation there's so many things
happening inside of you and you don't
know what to do and I was at that
particular time it was that in that
moment I was singing our first song and
I was so troubled in my heart I was so
disturbed why am I feeling this why am I
so conscious about myself and then I
just had to stop I decided in my heart
this has to stop I just had to refocus
my heart on God and really worship Him
in spirit and in truth
no the moment I did that when I stopped
literally I stopped singing I stopped
playing and when I refocused my heart to
God and aligned my heart to God and say
God I'm gonna worship you with all that
I am as if I'm alone in this room this
is what I know this is how I know
worship is so this is the only thing
that I know so I'm gonna worship you
with my all and you do the rest God so
when I did that I felt the very presence
of God I knew I was connecting to the
heart of the Father and that's the most
important thing and when that happened I
could feel the presence of God the rest
of the congregation and they were
experiencing that the
had encounters with the father during
that specific moment so I hope that with
this five tips you'll be able to improve
or you'll be able to become better in
leading Russian so let me just give you
a recap of those five things first is
prepared prepare yourself spiritually
make sure your heart is okay make sure
that you have your own personal
lifestyle version second is to listen
listen to what God is saying at that
specific moment in time in that season
in time third practice with your band
make sure that you have time to practice
all the dynamics so that when you lead
the congregation it will be all smooth
number four is to coordinate with your
leaders in your church make sure that
you touch base with your program
director and your pastors and your
preacher so that you are all connected
and you know what's happening in church
and then lastly is to be authentic be
real in your worship be real as you lead
people in worship and as you connect
your heart with God I know that God will
come he will fill that place with his
presence and the people would be able to
connect their hearts with the Father so
I hope those five tips that I've shared
with you will be able to help you in
becoming a better worship leader so be
blessed and enjoy your meal
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