{"id":260,"date":"2008-08-18T08:35:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2011-04-22T15:04:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T21:04:15","slug":"how-do-you-teach-new-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/how-do-you-teach-new-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Recap – How do You Teach New Songs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As always, another great day at Living Word<\/a>.\u00a0 And a fantastic day of rest with the family.\u00a0 I’ve been attempting to set aside Sundays as a complete day of rest from several things (computer, housework, yardwork).\u00a0 Of course it has to start after the service, but even to have the majority of the day be restful is extremely helpful.\u00a0 It’s given benefits already.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the service looked like yesterday:<\/h3>\n

Pre-service gathering song: Let Your Kingdom Come<\/strong> – Sovereign Grace Music.\u00a0 More on this song in a minute.<\/p>\n

Blessed be the Name of the Lord (Strong Tower)<\/strong> – Love this song.\u00a0 It’s such a great reminder of who God is and so good to repeat these thoughts as we worship.\u00a0 And, several people started the clapping in the congregation – thank God for worship leaders who don’t even know they’re worship leaders!<\/p>\n

Let Your Kingdom Come<\/strong> – we officially taught the song here.\u00a0 I love this song as it talks about making our desires His desires and making His “glorious cause” our own.\u00a0 In the midst of our new building project I think this song will play a pivotal role in reminding people that we are about building God’s kingdom, not just having a place to come to church.<\/p>\n

I usually like to use a new song as a pre-service song and then do it again during the service after people have it in there heads a bit.\u00a0 How I taught it was by singing a phrase and then having the congregation repeat the phrase.\u00a0 We did the whole verse, and one spot in the chorus that has a note that sort of comes out of nowhere.\u00a0 It seemed like the congregation grasped this song very quickly and it seems like teaching them a new song this way seems to work really well.\u00a0 Does anyone else have expereince with this?\u00a0 If you were at Living Word yesterday, did it work for you to learn the song this way, or was it distracting?<\/p>\n

Closing song – In Christ Alone<\/strong> – Unfortunately, the words to this song were not right on the screen.\u00a0 The words we had up were from Brian Litrell’s “In Christ Alone” (which is a great song – just not the one we needed!)\u00a0 This is a good reminder that we always need to double and triple check things and not rely on the song title alone to enter a song.\u00a0 Many people knew the first verse and we’re singing along with me as I tried to figure out what to do.\u00a0 I just simply stopped the music and read the words to the fourth verse, which directly applied to the message that had just been given.\u00a0 A few people told me how disappointed they were that we didn’t get to actually sing the song.\u00a0 We’ll do it again soon.<\/p>\n

The message was very convicting and encouraging at the same time.\u00a0 We learned about subtle ways that we steal and how important it is not only to tell the truth about our neighbor but to “build their reputation” as well, as Luther mentioned in his explanation of this commandment.\u00a0 It was a great morning.<\/p>\n

(This post is a part of the Sunday Setlist<\/a> community at Fred McKinnon’s website<\/a>.)<\/p>\n