But as a worship planner I have to continually search for new expressions of music that will send people home with a melody in their hearts. Of course there are crowd favorites such as “Holy, Holy, Holy” Heber and “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” Chisholm that take people back to an earlier stage in their faith. Who will teach the congregation new songs? Or will the song leader just sing them for us? Which ones will become beloved and familiar? Sometimes I end up writing Didn’t go over well or Don’t use in the margin of the office copy of my hymnal. But then we have to figure out which ones we want to learn. Our annual fee for a copyright license (CCLI) opens up thousands of songs to us. Finding uplifting, theologically sound music for worship is a complex task! We’ve had many conversations in our congregation in recent years about how to mix up our singing.
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