Materials to help teach songs to the Church
John Pape, Jr.
There many way in which you can help your group of people learn the songs.
The goal is involvement not entertainment. If you are called to a worship
ministry it is very much different that entertainment. You need to draw out
participation. One way to do this is to use the following items as resources
for learning.
One thing I do want to mention at this time is the legality of copyright.
In most instances when you print, broadcast, record music it is protected
by copyright laws. Please make sure that you get proper clearances and permission
be for you place any thing in tangible form.
Worship CD’s
If you are trying to develop songs from a particular music group or song
compilation, suggest that people get and share the Audio-CD. If your church
has a bookstore make the CD available. Another approach is to produce a Worship
CD that feature the music that is exclusive to your church. I know that the
last suggest could be a big project, but the benefits you will reap will
be tremendous.
Overhead
One thing that many Churches do is provide for overhead projectors. Another
option is to project a Power Point presentation. There are resources that
will provide you with the transparencies. Please make sure that you have
a CCLI license in order to comply with the laws of the land. An to protect
the rights of the author of the music.
Church Bulletin
You can print lyrics in your weekly bulletin provided you have the proper
permission. This is a very effective way to teach new song. Plus it has the
added advantage of allowing the worshiper to take the information with them.
They can save the bulletins and it gives them an opportunity to read and
learn them during the week. Again the CCLI can issue a license that will
protect your Church and the interests of the songwriter.
Familiarity
Another issue to consider is regarding familiarity. In a previous section
of this book, we addressed the issue of variety. There needs to be some balance
between familiarity and variety. The goal in worship and praise music is
to get the individual believer involved with the worship of God. Songs must
be taught to everyone in your church. Remember there is a learning curve.
Unless the song is extremely popular you may have to present the song several
times before people are comfortable singing them. If at all possible avoid
introducing to many new songs at one time.
Song Books
Most worship, praise and even hymns have printed sheet music that will help
people learn the songs. As with CD’s you can make the songbooks available
at your churches bookstore. Or make suggestion as to where the songbooks
can be purchased.
RESOURCE BOX
This article is an excerpt for the new book by John Pape, Jr titled "Building
a House of Worship" For more information on how you can get your copy
of this book go to...
http://www.buildingahouseofworship.com
SPECIAL NOTICE: Please feel free to publish
this article in your e-zines, newsletters, on your website or in your
book. I only require that you publish the Resource Box and the end of the
article.
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