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by Don Chapman
When I was in LA recently and visited Mosaic
Church (read about my trip at this link)
http://www.worshipideas.com/Mosaic-Church.shtml
...I heard something in their worship that
I had only heard once before at a church
- an audio sound clip underscoring part of
the worship. During the opening announcements
they had a cool drum loop track quietly playing
while the speaker talked.
The other time I noticed this technique was
at LifeChurch in Oklahoma City. A beautiful
orchestral underscore crept in during the
closing moments of pastor Craig Groeschel's
sermon.
Why not let technology help us make our worship
services smoother? I'm always asking myself that! So, I thought
I'd try this myself. With the help of Adam
Fisher, the talented guitarist who helped
produce and mix American Idol finalist Chris
Sligh's independent CD [he's been playing
on my HymnCharts arrangements - hear him on "God of Our Fathers" - and that's Chris singing] we've
created underscores you can use in your own
worship services.
Here's how you might use the underscores. First, download the free WorshipScore "How
Great." It's reminiscent of the popular praise song
"How Great Is Our God" by Chris
Tomlin.
Let's say you have a short opening praise
set of 3 songs that finish with "How
Great Is Our God."
As your musicians hit the final chord of
"How Great Is Our God" you start
playing the audio WorshipScore as that last
chord rings out. We've designed the WorshipScores
so they'll fade in as your live music fades
out - there will be no dead space. The WorshipScores
are about 3 minutes, giving you time for
a prayer or announcements while your musicians
leave the stage. Some WorshipScores work
better with prayers, some have a drum loop
and would sound better with announcements.
You can play the WorshipScores in several
ways:
Burn a CD and let someone in your soundbooth
play it.
The worship leader or one of the band members
could play it from a portable MP3 player
(i.e. iPod) or CD player that's hooked up
to your sound system.
Even the PowerPoint person can play it -
did you know you can embed an MP3 into a
PowerPoint slide? Worship software like EasyWorship
and MediaShout can also play audio files
- just hook your computer's soundcard up
to your soundboard.
Fade it out
Let's say your prayer or announcements are
only 30 seconds, and the WorshipScore is
3 minutes. Make sure that whoever is running
the sound understands to smoothly fade out
the WorshipScore - don't abruptly turn it
off.
More to come
After you've tried out the WorshipScores
in your worship, we'd appreciate any feedback and suggestions
you have.
Read about how other churches are using WorshipScores.
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... from comments you've emailed us:. Read more.
"I will have the acoustic one played
after the last song to get the praise team
and band off the stage before the message
or next element in the service."
"I plan
to use the
acoustic or drum
loop at the
end during
the close while a
couple of reminder
announcements
are given,
then as this
fades out,
the closing jammin
music will
come on."
"I usually
play the piano
during our
prayers and
announcements.
However, this
is a very nice
alternative
to give me break.
This is also
great when
I have to be away
on a Sunday."
"Our pastor
led the congregation
to
a time of prayer
as the worship
team and
congregation
finished singing.
Our sound
tech was right
on cue and
hit the WorshipScore
piano cut in
"A".
This does require
some practice
since the WorshipScore
is designed
to come in
under the singers."
"Sunday
evening we
used the acoustic
track as a
prelude to
the Word and the piano
track for our
altar service.
It all worked
out beautifully,
especially
with our being
a small church."
"I loved the worshipscore that I used
this past Sunday. Following our opening set,
the accompanists held the final chord until
the worshipscore began. It continued through
our opening welcome, Scripture time, prayer
and welcome of our visitors/guests. Using
MediaShout, I looped the worshipscore in
case this part of our service went long.
Once the next
music set began (in the same key), we faded
the worshipscore."
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