Fractions in Worship
Lloyd Rankin was also at Plugged In, run by New Wine on the 27 August, 2011, and expressed in a very easy to understand way a theory that I had been introduced to before; the more instruments there are, the…
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Finding Your Space in Worship
Last weekend I headed up to a worship conference run by New Wine, called “Plugged In”. The following points brought up by Tim Costley builds on my previous post but possibly in a more succinct way. High and Low Dynamics…
Playing By Ear – Part 2
There are many benefits for playing by ear in a worship team, just as there are benefits for having music in front of you. I must say, that when I lead the congregation in worship, I like to have the…
Playing By Ear – Part 1
One of the most valuable skills I have learned over the years is the ability to play worship by ear. The benefits are endless, least of all because you no longer need to flick through music folders or have a…
Choose to Worship
So you’ve come to church, again. Things havent been going well for you. The latest deadline at work passed on Friday and the project wasnt complete. Your dad’s just been diagnosed with cancer, and your mate was just over at…
Worship: It’s not just the music
A trap that church-goers can fall into is thinking that Worship is music, and that the only possible way to worship is to sing a song or bask in the ambience created by talented musicians. The fact is that music…
Mr Mexted
Today I found out that one of my favorite teachers passed away. Roger Mexted was my teacher in Standard 4 (Year 6) in 1993. But he wasnt just any teacher. When I was in sixth form, it was Mr Mexted…
Wedlock
Note: I apologised that this has taken so long to upload – but when youre without Internet it makes it difficult. A late summers day. A decision was to be made. A life changing event to be planned, organized and…