How to Get the Congregation to Be Familiar With New Songs

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How to Get the Congregation to Be Familiar With New Songs

May 2nd, 2006 by admin

Boy, as a current (hopefully soon to be former) worship leader, this has been an age old question. Well, wouldn’t you know Bob Kauflin has some very insightful thoughts on this subject. He gives these very practical suggestions:

1. Give away copies of the lyrics and/or the music on the Sunday you teach the song.

2. Let them know the CDÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re recorded on. If possible, sell them at your bookstore.

3. Sing from hymnals.

4. Organize nights where you gather simply to sing new songs.

5. After introducing a new song, sing it on two Sundays in the following four weeks.

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7 Responses to “How to Get the Congregation to Be Familiar With New Songs”

on 02 May 2006 at 12:04 pm1TimK

“Former”, Sam? Say it ain’t so. “Less frequent” perhaps?
on 02 May 2006 at 12:11 pm2admin

Tim, hopefully, soon-to-be former. It’s hard to give my heart to the exposition of the Word and to the Worship through song.
on 02 May 2006 at 1:30 pm3TimK

Hey Sam, how about singing the Psalter? Hee hee.
on 02 May 2006 at 2:05 pm4admin

Haha…Psalter singing. How does one sing a psalter, through sponateous signing?
on 02 May 2006 at 5:23 pm5TimK

Hee hee, I thought you could lead us in this before your untimely but necessary retirement from worship leading.
on 03 May 2006 at 7:49 am6Pochax

sam, you retiring from leading is like Jordan retiring…always ready to come back…ok, maybe the better analogy is ricky henderson =D j/k

i look forward every friday to Kauflin’s Q&A fridays….they are always so relevant and practical…my favorite part of his blog.

whenever i need justification to sing new songs i always refer to Psalm 96:1 heehee….
on 03 May 2006 at 9:32 am7admin

That’s a great Psalm, John. And in terms of retirement, it’s more like Jack Haley, when he retired from playing basketball.