| BOOKS Living Worship: A Biblical Guide to Making Worship Real in Your Life By John Randall Dennis, Bethany House, 2004, 0764229281, 138 pages Understand what true worship really means. Dennis views ancientworshippers, including Job, Isaiah, and David and shows us how to apply their sincerity in worship to our modern day lives and to our worship services. Learn how to lay a biblical foundation for worship. The book includes discussion questions and a leader'sguide and can be used for individual or small-group study. Order Living Worship  Praise and Worship Team Instant Tune-Up
Doug & Tami Flather, Zondervan, 2002, 144 pages, ISBN: 0310242320 Attention music leaders. Looking to re-create the sound, feel, and flow of your favorite praise CDs, but don't know where to begin? Here's help! Learn to run rehearsals that get results, achieve a professional sound with a few instruments, skillfully arrange and blend songs, painlessly teach new songs to the congregation, and more. ORDER NOW  Heart of the Artist, The
Zondervan; 1999, ISBN: 0310224713, 352 pages The church can be so enthusiastic for the product an artist or musician produces that issues of character and commitment are often glossed over. This book faces those concerns head on. Looking at the particular gifts and challenges that artists bring to the spiritual life, Noland uses his experiences of discipling artists to explore issues such as servant hood versus stardom, teamwork versus lone-ranger Christianity, and excellence versus perfectionism. This is the only book written especially to help artists and those who work with artists take seriously God's call to character growth in their Christian lives. ORDER NOW
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 Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity
Intervarsity Press; (July 2002), ISBN: 0830823034 Singer, songwriter and diligent student of Scripture, Michael Card is well known for the depth of his lyrics and the artistry of his music. But far more significant than the songs he has penned is the source of his inspiration--the creativity embodied in Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God.In his book Scribbling in the Sand Card explores the biblical foundations of true Christian creativity. Whether we think of ourselves as creative or not, all of us are created in the image of our Creator God, and thus creativity is a vital expression of our discipleship. ORDER NOW  Developing an Effective Worship Ministry
Tom Kraeuter, Y W A M Pub; 1999, 120 pages, ISBN: 1883002052, paperback Practical, to the point teaching that makes the ministry of praise and worship approachable. Local churches will benefit immensely from these proven ideas and helpful tools.
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- Scott Dyer, Zondervan, 2003, 528 pages; ISBN: 0310228786
A comprehensive listing of service-tested programming material designed to supplement a church's creative process of service planning.
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ADDITIONAL WORSHIP LEADER RESOURCES Creative Worship Guide The Creative Worship Guide is a detailed guide to help pastors and worship leaders develop relevant worship services. Save time, and reach more people with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. Click here for more details. Water into Wine: Hope for the Miraculous in the Struggle of the Mundane By Kelly Minter, Waterbrook Press, 2004, 1578567971, 171 pages This book is not an in-depth study of Jesus' water-into-wine miracle, but rather a series of personal reflections based on recording artist Kelly Minter's search for spiritual transformation. Minter shares her down to earth and unpretentious struggles to make it in Nashville along. Every wannabe musician with a thirst for the limelight should read this book before embarking on their quest for fame. However not only musicians can benefit from this book. There is something for even non musicians as she weaves her personal experiences throughout the book overlaying her wise observations with the story of Jesus’ first miracle. Minter helps her reader find spiritual significance in even the most mundane events and struggles.
. Order Water Into Wine General Worship Arts Resources One of the best sources we have found for Worship Arts resources is Integrity Music. Unlike other Christian resource distributors who carry a variety of resources, Worship Arts is their primary focus and their area of expertise. Their site includes praise and worship music, modern worship music, choral music, music cds, sheet music, books, software, song books, videos and more from popular sources such as Vineyard, Hosanna and many others. Here is their link Integritymusic.com
Another great worship arts resource is Sheet Music Plus. They boast the world's largest selection of sheet music, songbooks and guitar tabs. Their service includes fast shipping, low prices and no hassle returns. Sheet Music Plus.
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