Kiki's Worship Blog

Proclamation is declaring what's true about God.  According to Kauflin, it is often underrated because we already know about the good news of the gospels and that God loves us.  But proclaiming sets our minds and hearts right.  When people come to church, they proclaim about different things, meaning those things are at the forefront of their mind.  These things are worldly things such as work and fashion.  But when they leave, they should be proclaiming about God.  Proclaiming about God says that this  is what's important and this  is what's right.  People are okay with singing proclamations once a week during chapel, but that doesn't mean that they know how to apply it to the rest of their week.  God's love applies to every part of their lives, and we are blessed to be able to help people see this.  It's unfortunate that we forget to proclaim the gospel, I do too, honestly.  I should proclaim more, it will set the gospel at...

    One of the greatest challenges a worship leader can face is trying to lead an unaffected and disinterested crowd.  There are three ways not to do while trying to lead this audience.  First, we should not demand that people worship God .  Second, we should not manipulate people into worshipping through things like insincere emotion or mysticism.  Third, we shouldn't make the audience feel guilty.  If the people are not motivated to worship, it is not the worship team's fault.  It is up to the audience themselves.  We cannot force and motivate the crowd to worship, but we can make it easier for them to.  Leading by example is important.  Singing along when possible and not seeming like we are absorbed into the music can be helpful.      The student body is hard to motivate to worship unless we play their favorite songs.  But it is not up to us to make them worship.  It's only up to God to lift people...