14. Don’t always ask the pastor what he’s preaching on.
In the spirit of alignment, many worship leaders want to know specifically what the sermon will be about so that they can arrange the worship around it. There’s some merit to this. But as I often tell our worship leaders, “Any sermon that doesn’t end in communion is a bad one.” Charles Spurgeon encouraged preachers to always plow a trough back to the gospel at the end of every sermon. I try to do the same.
The gospel is the power to do whatever the Word commanded, so every sermon should end there. The thing is, not every sermon does end there. This is one way that worship leaders can help their pastors. If he has limited time or doesn’t make the gospel connection abundantly clear, the songs following the sermon can point back to the gospel as the source of power.
That’s all the worship leader tips I’ve got for now! What would you add? And which worship leader wants to step up to the challenge to write “What Every Worship Leader Wishes His Pastor Knew”?
This article with worship leader tips originally appeared here.
