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Worship Planning: Refining Your Song Canon

Need help building a meaningful worship song collection that truly serves your congregation? This insightful article explores the powerful concept of viewing worship songs as “flags” – markers of God’s movement in your church’s journey. Learn how to thoughtfully curate a song canon that honors both your church’s history and its future, while staying true to God’s current movement in your congregation.

In this article, you’ll discover:
• How to view your song selection through the lens of “flags” that mark God’s work in your church
• Why incorporating your lead pastor’s meaningful songs can bring added blessing to your worship ministry
• The importance of regular song canon evaluation (including a practical DRTC meeting framework)
• How to balance preserving significant songs while staying open to new movements of God
• Tips for involving other leaders in your song selection process
• Ways to identify and address gaps in your worship repertoire

Build a more intentional and spiritually significant song collection for your congregation!

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Don Chapman Worshipideas
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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