Pastors should assist the musicians
in their selection of proper music for the service by first of all telling the
worship team leader where the service is intended to go. What are the immediate goals of the
service? What is the topic and text of
the sermon? Should the organist player
or not play during prayer? What
atmosphere and mood should be set by the instrumental prelude? Should the choir sing before or after the
message or both times? Do you plan to
invite people to pray at the altar after the message? Will the call to prayer be aimed at saints or
the unsaved? Will the appeal be to
sinners to come to repentance or to Christians to greater Christian’s
commitment? Do you have a particular
song that you wish to be sung at the end of the service? Do you want the minister of music to sing an
invitation hymn? Do you want the
congregation to sing with the minister of music or stand quietly while he or
she sings alone? Would you prefer that
the musicians play softly with no singing at all?
The musicians including the song
leader, minister of music, organist, pianist, praise team leader, keyboard
player and perhaps some key instrumentalists should be called together with the
pastor for a face to face meeting before
the service begins. All of the musical personnel need to know the
pastor’s goals for the service in question before it begins.
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