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Worship Planning: Organizing Your Song Canon

There’s an art to curating your worship “canon” – those 40 or so songs that form your church’s musical diet throughout the year – and this article is filled with wisdom that’ll make you the master. Learn how to audition new songs, read your congregation’s response, and organize your repertoire into five strategic categories that create purposeful worship journeys. You’ll also discover why worship leaders burn out on songs long before congregants do, and why limiting your canon actually elevates the quality and impact of your worship sets. These field-tested approaches will help you craft worship experiences that truly serve your church’s unique spiritual appetite and personality.

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Don Chapman

A prolific arranger and songwriter, Don has had songs published by Word, Integrity Music, G3worship and Worship Today, and has orchestrated music for several Christian artists. He serves as the arranger for Hymncharts.com and Worshiphymns.com. He’s been featured on the 700 Club, has been quoted in USAToday and has been a guest lecturer at Liberty University.

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