FCCN Worship Ministry Blog: November 3

Choir & Orchestra Practice This Sunday night: the November Memorization Extravaganza!

 

        Come on out and join us, this is the last chance to join us for the Christmas Musical!  We practice from 6:00-7:30 and childcare is provided for every practice.

 

          Here’s what practice will look like:

      

          6:00-6:10: Prayer and value of the month

 

           6:10-6:30: Prayer Groups

 

          6:30-6:45 Sectionals: “Coming Back to Life”

 

          6:45-7:00 Choir in the chapel, orchestra and rhythm section stays on stage

 

          7:00-7:30 Everyone in the worship center to practice “Coming Back to Life,” “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” & “How Great our Joy” if we have time.

 

Value of the Month: Memorization

 

          It’s a whole lot more fun to have your music memorized and prepared on Sunday morning, right?  I’ve been able to focus on God much better when I have the music memorized, and I don’t have to think about, “what’s that next word?” or “What’s that next note?  I think I’m a better worship leader and worshipper of God when I’m ready to go.  That happens with one key: repetition.

 

          One trick I’ve learned is a daily run through of all the music I’m leading for Sunday.  For me, it’s one of the first things every morning.  If I can consistently run through each song every day throughout the week, then Sunday morning is usually no problem.  So, I usually don’t do much singing on Monday (I rest the voice: 3 services on Sunday morning and choir/orchestra practice tires out the pipes).  So I run through the music Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning and Thursday morning.  Friday is my day off, so I usually run through it again sometime on Saturday. 

 

          Believe me; memorization for the “man in black” does not happen by accident.  My tested IQ is only 134, so I’m no genius.  In fact, in college and graduate school I had to work really hard at it.  Same idea for tests: I worked on the memorization every day.  It was a daily ritual that paid big dividends. 

 

          So my point is that memorization has very little to do with how smart you are, and A LOT to do with how hard you work at it.  But repetition is only one key.  I’ll be sharing more tricks with you next week.  As Han Solo said, “it’s all a bunch of simple tricks and nonsense.” J

 

Random Blog Thought

 

          I’m no Vikings fan, but hats of to Bret Farve: 40 years old and still throwin’ the pigskin with excellence.  I respect that.

 

          See you all “in color” on Sunday!

 

          Phill