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How to Plan Engaging Christmas Worship Services

Jason Hatley says great moments in worship don’t have to be accidental:

With the right spoken transition, the right lighting or the right stage change (just to name a few), your worship set can go from unremarkable to irresistible. Here’s how:

#1 – Be true to the feeling of the song. If you’re singing a rockin’ opening worship song, and you want your congregation to move, clap and sing, then you can’t stand onstage like a knot on a log. You have to move, clap and sing as well (only bigger). As live music producer Tom Jackson says, “Don’t sing rock songs if you aren’t going to rock.”

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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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