Resource Center: Consult Services and Materials Procurement
e-mail Kathy- Your first resource should be the Presbytery's Resource Center! Resource Director Kathy Porter is can direct you to the resources available in the Center and can suggest other materials as well.
Resources from pcusa.org- Three Website Sections:
emerging worship
confessional resources
worship resources
Resource: "Call to Worship" from PCUSA
website- Features articles by leading pastors, musicians, artists and scholars.
Contemporary Worship Guide
website- A Practical Guide to Contemporary Worship by Bruce Kunkle is published in E-book form. To check it out, visit the website link above, and if you decide to purchase it, payment may be made online and you will be able to download and read the book immediately thereafter.
Worship Ideas Newsletter
website- Worship Ideas is e-mailed to subscribers and offers articles of interest to those who plan music, ambience, and themes for contemporary worship services. There is a free level of subscription; this level offers some articles and a free praise song each month; the paid level offers considerably more.
Music Resource: The Christian Band Zehnder
website- Long a part of the life of this Presbytery, songsmiths Tim Gibbs Zehnder and Tom Zehnder lead the progressive Christian band, Zehnder, which includes cellist Aniela Perry and drummmer Mike Boggio. Their website (above link) offers more information.
Music Resource: Smart Score
website- Get your music into your computer! With SmartScore software you can scan, playback, transpose and print out music accurately and quickly. Compatible with all TWAIN scanners and MIDI-based music software. Mac/Windows; download a demo from the website linked above.
Music Resource: How Does a Pipe Organ Work?
website- Ever wonder how a pipe organ works? The American Guild of Organists has an excellent online booklet, with participatory elements. Suitable also for children & youth.
Technologies for Worship magazine
website- This resource is published quarterly and contains articles from many disciiplines involved in contemporary worship--for both beginners and advanced. Even if you decide not to subscribe you will probably find many articles that interest you in the Archives section; it seems that after the issue is no longer the current one, its contents are stored in the Archives section which is freely available.
Worship Leader Magazine
website- This magazine, which contains online articles relating to issues of interest to worship leaders, is published by CCLI (see next item if you don't know what this is) which handles the licensing process for churches wishing to use artistic properties which are copyrighted.
Do You Need a License? Probably!
It's easy, quick and affordable.
website- If you want to copy a song as a bulletin insert (even if it's just the words), produce an overhead sheet from your songbook or if you want to create a notebook of songs for the pew, then you do indeed need a license. Getting a license is easy and affordable, since the price per year is based on your worship numbers. Following the link above will allow you to complete the process quickly. CCLI also can help you with the rights to movie clips for sermons or for permission to show full-length movies at your activities.