Rubric… a word not often used in our conversations, but it has its place in worship leading. Rubric is the official word for those spoken segues that take us from one element to the next. In most cases these brief statements help set up the next element of our worship. Bryan Chapell in his book Christ-Centered Worship gives this definition of a rubric:
“In worship services, rubrics are the little directions that appear in the bulletin or are voiced by the worship leader to lead the congregation through the conduct of worship.”
In Chapell’s book he devotes a whole chapter to rubrics, defining them and giving examples.
My team might not know the word ‘rubric’ but we know Continue Reading…
I confess…sometimes I am not as prepared as I should be. The lack of preparation can be a distraction that keeps people from engaging.
On a recent post, the following question was posted as a response.
In the midst of past worship wars these two terms have been opposing sides and have been tossed around as ammunition.
The following post is taken from a document that our worship staff worked on and prayed over during last year. We took time each week in our worship planning meetings to look into God’s Word and find what it had to say about worship. We also read and gained insight from solid books on worship. We also scoured the internet to find churches who had published their beliefs and values on worship.
