Worship Leadership For Worship Leaders: Developing Effective Leadership Skills, is the first in a series of practical training guides written by award winning composer Bill Hooper to help you have mighty kingdom impact. Written both for the intending and practicing worship leader, this book is the result of the author's many years of experience as a pastor, pastoral counselor, church musician, music teacher, and seminary professor. It has been written in the conviction that there are many areas of concern that have not been given serious thought sufficiently by those who are involved with worship leadership in a church. Worship leaders must think about themselves as a person; the nature of the music they use; their philosophy of music; their theology in relation to music; the role of music as a cultural reality; their task as music teachers; and their task as leaders of worship. Worship Leadership For Worship Leaders shows how. Covers: All About You; You and Your Music; You and Your Philosophy; You and Your Theology; You and Your Culture; You Are A Music Teacher; You Are A Leader of Worship; You and A Church.

Worship Leadership For Worship Leaders: Developing Effective Leadership Skills

Hooper, William L.

Religion & Spirituality

Alexander Pub

What happens when you plan a service and the pastor changes it at the last minute? How about musicians who don't practice? What happens if the pastor doesn't give you any direction? How do you pick the right music for a worship service vs. a funeral or a wedding? How do you plan the order of the rehearsal? The service itself? Worship Planning For Worship Leaders: Developing Effective Planning Skills, deals with these very practical issues and more. The second in a series of practical training guides by Dr. Bill Hooper, former Dean of the School of Church Music at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Worship Planning For Worship Leaders is the result of the author's many years of experience as a pastor, church musician, music leader, and seminary professor. Covers: Worship Is About God, Ordering Christian Worship, Role Of The Worship Leader, Steps In planning Worship, Planning For Worship Ensembles, Planning For Congregational Song, Planning For Special Services, Planning For Technology, Thou Shalt Not Steal.

Worship Planning For Worship Leaders: Vol. 2 Developing Effective Planning Skills

Alexander University, Inc.

The third and final volume in a series of practical training guides by Dr. Bill Hooper, former Dean of the School of Church Music at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 'Worship History For Worship Leaders' is the result of the author's many years of experience as a pastor, church musician, music leader, and seminary professor. 'Worship History For Worship Leaders' surveys how the People of God have responded to God's revelation of himself through worship and how music has played an important role in that worship. You will discover that for the Hebrews, and early Christians, worship was a way of life, a life style or life orientation. A person's private life, work life and corporate religious life were all related to God every day. You will discover, too, that worship should be a way of life for Christians in the twenty-first century. If we define worship as the human response to God's revelation of himself, it raises at least three questions: 1) How does God enable us to respond to him? 2) What does God require of us so we can worship him acceptably? 3) What kind of human responses are acceptable to God? This book looks to answer those questions. 'Worship History For Worship Leaders' covers: Worship In The Old Testament, Music & Instruments in the Old Testament, Kings & Prophets, Praise In the Temple, Jesus' Attitude Toward Worship, Worship In The New Testament, The Reformation Tradition, Early English Hymnody, The American Traditions, The Contemporary Scene. This book helps to enable worship leaders to connect to the wonderful history of Christian worship and song. By understanding from where we have come, perhaps we can better understand where we are today and where we should go tomorrow.

Worship History For Worship Leaders: Vol. 3 A Survey of Worship From Prehistory To Modern Day

<p>First Baptist Church in Bolivar, Missouri, celebrated its 150th anniversary with a month-long celebration beginning September 9, 2009.This commemorative history book includes a history of the church written by William L. Hooper based on church business meeting minutes and previous historical compilations by his father, George Hooper.The 2009 celebrations are documented through photos and documents used during the celebrations.This book blends a recall of the church's first 150 years with the present-day history of how the church celebrated God's continued faithfulness.</p>

Celebrating God's Faithfulness: 1859-2009: First Baptist Church-Bolivar

History

Marsch, Charlotte E.

World

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

<p>This book is a study of how congregational song developed and has been used in the worship of Western churches in general and specifically churches in the United States. Beginning with the worship of ancient peoples, the Hebrews, and early Christians and continuing to the present, the author examines historically how song has been and is used as an intentional sacred ritual action, like prayer or Scripture reading. Written primarily as an introductory text for college and seminary students, the overall goal is to make a historical journey with the people, events, and ideas from which have evolved the various types of song we have in American worship today. To help readers think more deeply about the material, study questions are given at the end of each chapter.</p>

Congregational Song in the Worship of the Church: Examining the Roots of American Traditions

Pickwick Publications