Here are 3 keys to improving your worship speaking transitions:
1 | Prepare in advance
Your worship speaking transitions are not LESS spiritual if you prepare them in advance.
The same Holy Spirit that leads you on a Sunday morning can lead you on a Tuesday afternoon.
The only danger in preparing ahead of time is that you prepare in the wrong way and your speaking transitions end up sounding scripted. But, honestly, your church would rather be led through a scripted speaking transition than one that is full of rambling and doesn't make any sense.
If you want to avoid sounding scripted after your preparation, memorize talking points instead of a script.
Then, when you lead your church, allow the natural flow of your thoughts to connect those talking points in an authentic way.
2 | Listen to recordings of your speaking transitions
Only YOU know the specifics of how you can improve your speaking transitions.
You can read all the tips in the world and watch every YouTube video on the topic but all of the tips might not apply to you.
That's why it's important to take things a step further and learn how to APPLY those tips to your specific context.
The best way to do that is by listening to recordings of your speaking transitions.
When you do that, as painful as it is, you'll notice a lot of things that you would have never noticed otherwise.
You'll notice your "ums" and "ahs" - you can work on those.
You'll notice that lack of clarity in what you're saying - you can work to make what you say clearer.
But, if you never take the time to identify what you need to work on, you'll never know how you can best improve.
3 | Focus on what YOUR CHURCH needs to hear, not what YOU want to say
A lot of times we're selfish in our worship speaking transitions. We had some cool thought pop into our head that WE want to share but we never consider what it actually means for our church.
The best way to combat that is to focus on what YOUR CHURCH needs to hear.
Sure, use those thoughts to guide your speaking transitions. But, by the end of the process, funnel it through the filter of: "How does this apply to the people I'm leading?"
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