Write More Music For Your Congregation

You can do it.

Sure there’s a place for the latest Tomlin or Houghton tune, the latest Hillsong or Jesus Culture tune, but I’m calling worship leaders out worldwide:

WRITE MORE MUSIC FOR YOUR CONGREGATION.

Yes, you.

Worship music isn’t more “anointed” or “holy” because it comes from a big modern worship label or because it comes from the pen of the most famous worship tune writer.

Worship music isn’t more pure or more right because it’s sung by churches all over the West.

Worship music isn’t great, in fact, it isn’t worship at all, because of the arrangement or instrumentation. It doesn’t matter if the guitars shred or the drums are smoking. It doesn’t matter if the pipe organ bellows or the piano sparkles.

Worship music is simply music that you use to worship with. It’s the worshipers who make worship music worship. The hearts from where the worship flows from.

Worship is a response to God. Teach your people that THEY can respond simply and personally to God by exemplifying that by your own songwriting.

Lead them in singing new songs to God. It doesn’t mean that they have to write full fledged songs, but I guarantee that if you begin to share your own songs of for worship, people will be inspired to sing their own songs; be it in the car, in the shower, in the yard, in the house, etc.

Serve them by sharing your music with them.

Bless them by giving them a “voice” that is theirs. Not the megachurch down the street. Not the big record label over in Musictown, USA. But theirs. Nothing wrong with those other songs…God surely loves when we sing songs in unity. But I know that He also loves creativity!!

Write.

Teach. Lead. Share. Bless. Write.