Summary: In this session of The Artist's Suitcase podcast, we'll begin a 2-part series exploring how you can improve your church's singing. Singing is the most widely practiced art form every week around the world, as millions (billions?) of people gather in churches to worship. My guess is that every congregation has room for improvement. This episode examines examples of singing from the Bible, the purpose of singing, reasons why people often don't sing much in church, and some practical suggestions for the congregation. In the next episode we'll look at some specific guidelines for worship leaders. What You'll Learn in This Episode 4 reasons why it's vital to address this issue 4 purposes of singing 7 reasons why people often don't sing at church 12 practical suggestions anyone can use to improve his or her worship and singing at church Resources Mentioned in This Episode or Recommended All the Music of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer Reversed Thunder by Eugene Peterson Revolve: A New Way to See Worship by Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley His Story, Our Response: What the Bible Says About Worship by Dinelle Frankland Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster Show Outline A detailed written outline for the show will be available for download soon. Please check back! Quotables God doesn't grade our worship on a curve. Hold tightly to the timeless message, and hold loosely to the timely styles. Decide that you will “gossip positively” about the church and its leaders. Subscribe If you enjoy the show, please subscribe! (You can also access the show through podcast apps such as Stitcher, Downcast and Instacast.) iTunes RSS Feedback and Ratings I want to hear from you! If you have an idea for a guest or a show topic, please let me know. You can share your thoughts in the comment section, send me voice message by clicking the "Send Kent a message" link on the right side of the website, or you can email me at kent@artistssuitcase.com. I'd also be grateful if you rate the podcast on iTunes to help keep it visible so others can discover it. Thanks so much!
