Praise Team -Praise Playlist-
A1, 1/30/24, HW
- Create a playlist of worship music (Spotify, YouTube, etc.)
- Six songs minimum -2 we’ve done, two you’d like to do, and whichever other worship songs you’d like to add.
- Listen carefully to the songs
- Email me the song structure of 2 of the songs
- Song Structure = What is the order of the song? (V1,V2,C, V3,V4,B,B, C, C)
You can find an almost-exhaustive list of songs we’ve done here
Learning Goals: We’ve grown as a praise team, and I’m proud of you! Now, let’s get to the next level.
Every praise team member should know the song structure of each song on the set.
The Visual techs need to maintain correct lyric flow so there are no distractions.
The band and singers must know where the song builds and gets softer (and much more). These dynamics powerfully impact the worship experience.
The sound techs need to know all these dynamics and more; otherwise, the band’s efforts don’t accomplish much.
In short, please don’t put yourself in a praise situation where you don’t know a song, and don’t rely only on hearing it at other services. That lack of preparation is not the offering we should give to our Lord. It also invites criticism. Personally, If someone asks me to lead a worship song without practice time or my knowing it from its recording, I politely decline. The most important technical part of worship prep is knowing the songs.
But you can make your practice work more efficiently by listening to worship on your own. These songs give each of you the ingredients to succeed together as a band.
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- Review your story from last semester.
- Correct errors and make any desired revisions.
- Prepare a response to 2 of my examples of feedback. Be ready to show me the examples and explain why you did or didn’t make a change.
Learning Goals
Practice Revision
Receiving Feedback and Preparing for Peer Review
Finish notes on 2.3.
Notes should contain summaries of subsections and/or Homemade test questions.
- Prepare a one-minute anecdote/personal story that you will give before the class.
- In your audience analysis, treat it as if you were speaking to an audience of people like you!
(If you’re a senior guy, be ready to give your speech to a group of senior guys. If you’re a senior lady, prepare your speech for a group of senior girls.)
Write Acts 11:17 and include seven blanks (scribbled-out words)
Then, write a 1 paragraph (4-sentence minimum) description of the verse’s context.
Here’s some more help for writing an essay on context.
Here is the verse.
So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?
- This is an informative essay. Assume the reader doesn’t know much about it, and make sure you answer any questions they might have. Your essay should answer these general questions.
- Who is the author? Are they the ones speaking? Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? What are they talking about? Are there any key words or phrases?
- You should explain any words and phrases that the reader would not understand without context.
- For Acts 11:17, your essay needs to
- tell me who is speaking
- tell me to whom is the speaker speaking.
- explain to me “same gift”? (keywords/phrases)
- show me a depth of thought, reflection
- Book context; the author, setting, (not necessary, but can get you points)
To determine verse context, any of the following textbook tools will help you.
- Our memory verses are taken from the textbook section that we are in at the time it’s assigned. Check out that section for a full breakdown of the context. (For example, Acts 11:17 is the memory verse for section 2.3 in your textbook. Check it out!)
The following study Bible tools will help as well.
- Carefully read the chapter this verse is in.
- Outlines/Chapter Titles and Subtitles: Skim the book leading up to your passage. Take note of the titles and subtitles. What’s going on at this point in the book?
- Book Introduction: Familiarize yourself with the Book’s introduction. What’s going on at this point in history?
- Commentary: What do the commentators say this verse is about? What is its theological significance?
Reading the chapter + the chapters before and after: Who speaks/writes these words? Why write/speak to them?