Transform your worship services with creative, Spirit-led tools that inspire participation, deepen meaning, and reflect your unique voice as a leader.
This book will help you:
- Lead worship with greater creativity, confidence, and authenticity
- Design engaging and inclusive services that flow beautifully
- Craft prayers, liturgies, and sermons tailored to your community
- Incorporate music, physical objects, and symbolic actions effectively
- Discover and develop your unique blend of leadership skills
- Use AI tools to support sermon and liturgy preparation
- Cultivate your presence and storytelling to engage all ages
Description
Whether you're a seasoned worship leader or stepping into the role for the first time, this rich, encouraging guide will expand your vision and skills.
Blending the spiritual with the practical, it shows how worship leadership is both an art and a craft - requiring imagination, preparation, and a deep connection to the Spirit.
Inside, you'll discover practical frameworks for crafting every element of a service: from opening prayers and selecting music, to leading children's talks and writing inspiring sermons.
You'll learn how to balance tradition with innovation and personalise your leadership to reflect your own gifts.
The book provides inclusive, multicultural tools like Maori waiata, visual metaphors, and participatory rituals to enhance congregational engagement.
You'll also explore how to effectively use AI tools like ChatGPT for sermon generation, prayer writing, and image creation - while staying rooted in authenticity and theology.
With creative prompts, real-life examples, and thoughtful reflections, this toolbox empowers worship leaders to plan and lead services that are spiritually nourishing, culturally relevant, and filled with moments of wonder.
Autorentext
Philip has been a Lay Preacher since 2007 and, along with his wife Heather, has been a member of Wesley Methodist Church in downtown Wellington, New Zealand for the last 40 years.
His ministry also includes a mail order book supply service for ministers, worship leaders and church members; publishing books of worship resources and on other topics of interest to church people; and distributing the NZ Hymnbook Trust's music books and recordings.
He and his wife Heather share a passion for music, are members of Festival Singers of Wellington and lead the English language congregation's Singing Group at their church. They live in Wellington, New Zealand and have three creative adult children.