Worship Planning

Tips 'n' Trix

Tip:
Tying songs to scripture readings.

The issue:
Getting a theme across in a service structure is important. If you can tie the music to the scripture your pastor is preaching on, you will help your congregation take the intended message with them.

Solution:
U
se worship planning software such as Service Designer to quickly find songs that fit a given scripture reference, regardless of the song's publisher or what songbook it is found in.

Activate the Simple Search function in Service Designer, and type the scripture reference you are looking for, in this case Psalm 42. Click "Search" to return a browsable list of songs which contain that scripture reference.
Select one of the songs from the list for complete information on that song.
One tab of the Details screen shows the books that the song is present in, with an unlimited usage history available.
The other tab on the Details screen shows all the other details, including the ability to numerically rate each song, such as familiarity within your church.
You may also print a list of all of the songs that fit the scripture reference, instead of using the Browse function in step 1.

Visit the Service Designer page on Tempo's website

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