Worship

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength…Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31)

As the director of Paige School of Music, my desire is to build strong churches that love to worship God. I love teaching about worship, communication skills, and just about any other worship topic that helps churches reach their goal. I am available to teach week-end seminars and occasionally some week-days. References are available upon request.

I specialize in consulting with churches that want to:

  • Build their worship departments from the foundation up
  • Analyze how to be more effective in their current ministries

Some of the topics that I am available to teach include:

  • What does it mean to worship God
  • Developing leadership teams
  • Organizing your music department
  • How to build a worship department from square one
  • Dealing with generational or cultural differences
  • Communication skills and conflict management
  • Developing musicianship skills

What is the difference between praise and worship?

Praise is a verbal confession of our relationship to God. It is an outward expression of our inner self.

  • It may or may not include music.
  • Praise in the Bible was frequently, but not always, loud and explosive. (II Chron. 20:19 and 30:21, Ps. 149:3)
  • Praise music has nothing to do with musical style. It has everything to do with the attitude in which the music is sung or played, and then the lyrics. 
  • Praise is just one of many ways we can worship God. When we praise God, we thank Him for what He has done or recognize His amazing qualities. (Acts 3:7-8, I Chron. 16:9)

Worship is an act of reverence which recognizes God’s authority over our life. It is an interior attitude expressed through external actions.

  • Worship in the Bible was frequently associated with bowing down in reverence or honor of someone or something. (Ex. 4:31, Mat. 14:33)
  • Living a life of worship means that we live in submission to God’s will.
  • Worship music may be fast or slow. It has nothing to do with style and everything to do with the attitude in which the music is sung or played, and then the lyrics. (Mat. 15:8)
  • Praise and worship music cannot be differentiated. There is no such thing as a “time of praise” and a “time of worship.” At most, we could establish that worship music recognizes God’s authority, and is sung with a humble spirit and posture. (II Chron. 7:3, Ps 66:4)

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