how to open a worship service

5 ways to NOT start your worship service. (Video)

"God, we welcome you here today... *awkward silence* I mean... we know you're already here but would you come... wait that doesn't make sense... Uh... God, we JUST welcome you here today." (Ah... yes. Adding the word JUST fixes the problem!)

Please don't start your service this way on Sunday…

A better way to start your worship service. (The Dialogue of Worship) (Video)

Are you a "Welcome to church! Let's stand and sing together!" worship leader?

That used to be how I started every Sunday morning... until I realized that there was a much better way to start our services.