ChongsWorship.com » Singing

Why people sing in church

William Chong — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:01:16 +0000

Thought I’d share a quote from a conversation between DA Carson and Tony Payne. Here, Carson suggests what he’d say during a church gathering/service to explain why there’s singing.

“Historically Christians are a singing people because we have so much to sing about. In this church, we sing songs from centuries past, and songs that have been [...]

A blueprint for worship music part 2 – “… dwell in us richly…”

William Chong — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:16:41 +0000

Last week I shared some thoughts on an important criteria we should apply when choosing and selecting music for worship services: that the music should be Christ-centered.

This point, and the next few criteria, are all drawn from Colossians 3:16, a verse that specifically calls followers of Jesus to “let the word of Christ dwell in [...]

Preferences in worship music

William Chong — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:28:41 +0000

Last night we had an HBC worship ministry tune-up night. It’s an evening where our musicians, leaders, sound engineers and projector specialists — and their families — get together for a meal, to enjoy fellowship, sing together, have a short bible study, pray for each other, and in general encourage each other in the worship [...]

Impact 2010 – music ministry thoughts

William Chong — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:53:54 +0000

As some of you know, we recently had the privilege of attending the 2010 Impact Bible Conference in Hastings. For myself, one of the highlights of Impact is the music ministry: over four days’ worth of worship songs led and performed by the Riverbend Bible Church music team. This year I got the chance to chat with music [...]

Songs to suffer well

William Chong — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:49:41 +0000

Our home church has been going through a preaching series on suffering and the sovereignty of God. Before the series began, Pastor Peter and the rest of the worship leaders agreed that the congregational songs during this time needed to help the church to worship and praise God amidst trials and sufferings, in a practical [...]

Reflections on leading worship at STAND2010

William Chong — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:40:24 +0000

In my previous post I put up the music set list for STAND 2010, a bible conference we hosted at HBC. This was the first time I had been tasked with organising all the music for an event of this size. I’m certain that God really used it as an opportunity to teach all our [...]

Worship Leader’s Redux: Easter Weekend 2010 Part 2

William Chong — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:38:58 +0000

In my last post I covered some of the positives I drew from the services over Easter weekend. With time to reflect I’m sharing a few points that I could have done better on:

I didn’t write out all my chords for a new song we tried, “Completely Done“. This wasn’t too much of a problem [...]

Worship Leader’s Redux: Easter Weekend 2010 Part 1

William Chong — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:22:07 +0000

I’m sitting at home enjoying a scoop of cookies and cream ice-cream. Easter Monday is a public holiday in NZ and so I’m savouring this time to unwind and catch up on errands and jobs around the house. But as I sit here I’m reflecting on the Easter Friday and Sunday’s services at Howick Baptist [...]

Technology tells us we can’t sing

William Chong — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:35:28 +0000

ChristianWeek columnist Michael Krahn writes a perceptive column and points out the rising trend in people who say they cannot sing. An excerpt:

“I see a parallel between the lack of confidence in singing and the world of visual images in tabloid and fashion magazines. Photoshopped images create unrealistic body expectations. In the modern era of music autotuned [...]