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WORSHIP MINISTRY
CONFERENCE/RETREAT

"The Call of a Tile-Mover"
For Either the Worship Arts Ministry
OR
the Entire Church

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Organized around the acronym

 A N O I N T

 

Allow
a unified passion convey your message

 

Navigate
 through music in spirit & truth. (excellence)

 

Offer
freedom
of expression to your director/leader.

 

Invest
your Spiritual Gifts in the choir/worship ministry.

 

Never
 sing/play
to an audience, help them listen to you instead.

 

Target
your heart for aligned ministry.

Description

Music and worship are definitely created by God and intended to bring people to the throne of God, the very feet of Jesus.  However, even though our motion and action seem to lead us into worship, we sometimes find ourselves having less than the desired impact in our churches.  Regardless of the quality of music, the excellence of preparation, and the available gifts of our musicians, we sometimes fall short of the final and most powerful element of life-changing worship - the power of the Holy Spirit. 

The anointing of God is the one element in worship we cannot do without.  We may be able to survive with less than quality instruments, or slides rather than power point.  We may experience a wonderful morning with a well-prepared worship team and our best soloist.  However, the purest experience in worship occurs when God sees our passion, our heart, our intent and our motivation, and pours His anointing, His Spirit into everything we say and sing.  When important elements in the preparation, attitude and leading of worship are truly aligned with the passion and heart of God, it seems the power and anointing of God is endless in a service.

What are the signs that perhaps all our preparation and hard work may miss the anointing and blessing of God as a worship ministry or in a worship service?

  1. Conflict resolution between worship team members is OPTIONAL.
  2. Members are RELATIVELY committed to rehearsals.
  3. Performance takes precedence over MESSAGE.
  4. Music is prepared and presented short of EXCELLENT.
  5. Directors are seen as teachers more than EQUIPPERS.
  6. Corporately supportive, but privately CRITICAL.
  7. CONDITIONAL offering of gifts and talents.
  8. Leading worship without personally WORSHIPING.
  9. Portraying a leader of worship without LEADERSHIP activity.
  10. Worship is seen as an activity over a RESPONSE.

 

Listen to a few audio clips from this
conference/retreat recorded live at the
Oklahoma State Church of God
Worship Pastor's Retreat
Oklahoma City, OK
February 24, 2007


Introduction to ANOINT, (21:01 minutes)

 

 
Raising the Value of New and Lost People. (21:19 minutes)

 

 

See Information of a second WORSHIP MINISTRY RETREAT

entitled

RESOLUTE SEEKING