Worship Credo » Uncategorized http://worshipcredo.com Rethinking what we believe about worship Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:23:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Worship vs Performance – Tips to keeping the right perspective http://worshipcredo.com/2009/04/11/worship-vs-performance/ http://worshipcredo.com/2009/04/11/worship-vs-performance/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:34:47 +0000 admin http://worshipcredo.com/blog/?p=138 I often wonder how worship leaders draw the line between what is worship and what is a performance. It can be a difficult distinction to make. Because worship is based on a personal response it is almost impossible for people to remain purely objective when evaluating the difference.  Over the years I have come up with a list that I use to keep myself in check.

  1. every time I stand on a stage and people do not see God I perform
  2. every time I make it about excellence over humility I perform
  3. every time I make it about the set, planning or package I perform
  4. every time I make it about anything other than God I perform
  5. every time I question the quality of my presentation I perform
  6. every time I rely on my skills I perform

Performing is always about pleasing someone (God, staff, people, ourselves)
Worship always happens within a spirit of humility. The result is not a feeling. It is an attitude of thankfulness and trust.

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Copyright compliance is a must. It is not worth the risk of creating legal and financial turmoil for your ministry. The best way to approach these kind of question is to ask people who handle church copyright and license issues.

Here are a couple places to start:
CCLI:  http://www.ccli.com
Christian Copyright Solutions: http://www.copyrightsolver.com

]]> http://worshipcredo.com/2009/04/05/copyright-resources/feed/ 0 Finding chord charts – Where to find worship song chords and charts http://worshipcredo.com/2009/04/01/finding-chord-charts/ http://worshipcredo.com/2009/04/01/finding-chord-charts/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:18:02 +0000 admin http://worshipcredo.com/blog/?p=105 There are so many places to find chord charts. Here are the 5 places that I go on a regular basis to find song that I am looking for.

www.iwillworship.com
www.praisecharts.com
www.worshiparchive.com
www.christianguitar.org
www.pwworship.com

Many of these are in the keys the songs were recorded in in, which means you might need to transpose up or down depending on your vocal team. There are a few places that allow you to copy and paste chord charts and transpose them immediately online. The ones that I have used are listed below:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hippy/xp/
http://www.simusic.com/transpose.html
http://www.tabtuner.com/

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