02 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Choosing Songs|—Hymns|—Leading a Team|—Worship and Life|—Worship and the Pastor|Devotions
Last month my church started memorizing great hymns of the faith. We’ll be memorizing a hymn a month for ten months. Ken Boer, who oversees music at Covenant Life, explains on the church website why we’re doing this: Memorizing hymns is one of the ways we can obey Scripture’s command to “let the word of [...]
13 Nov, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Defining Terms|—Leading a Team|—Worship and Life|—Worship and Music|Devotions
Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking to the parents and youth of my home church on the topic of listening to music for the glory of God. The parent/youth ministry is currently discussing the book, Wordliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World. My message was something of an adaptation of a [...]
23 Oct, 2008
Posted by: Bob Kauflin In: —Children|—Training a Team|—Worship and Music
Where do the next generation of musicians in the church come from? What can we can do to influence, inspire, and train the young people in our church to develop and use their gifts to serve the church for the glory of God? It doesn’t matter whether we’re in a church of 50, 500, or 5000, we can begin to think about how we can pass on what we’ve learned.