Songs for the Service vs. a Song Service-part 2

Songs for the Service vs. a Song Service-part 2

            Since the time I visited a Sunday Morning worship service at a Church in city X , I have mused on the thought that maybe these good songs  would have had more effect if they had been strategically placed throughout the worship service. Now, that makes me “high church,” doesn’t it? Well, you might be right but this well-meaning team’s effort might have had the desired effect if they would have fed the congregation with smaller musical bites.

            Sometimes, my logical German mind just aches for a congruent worship that makes sense as a unified whole. Maybe congregational singing would be more effective if the songs we sing in the worship service supported the lessons to be learned and were affirmations of our doctrinal and creedal beliefs. What could possibly be wrong with the songs being spread out for the purpose of having each song or worship chorus carefully and clearly support the unified purposes of our worship? Perhaps we should rethink congregational (and special) singing.  Maybe we should consider songs for the service rather than a song service detached from a unified progression of thought and response leading up to the preaching of God’s word.