Aviator Worship

Writing Workshop #1

Oct 20, 2011 Aviator Worship
Posted by Spencer

Down in the southern end at Aviator Church Wellington, the worship team and myself have agreed to start writing our own worship music. We have felt the Lord call us all to this, so I have decided to write about this for all of those looking to “sing a new song” to our Father. So we start off with Psalm  144:9:

“I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,”

We as God’s chosen people have been asked by our Creator to create new songs for Him. It is said many times throughout scripture to “sing a new song” all the way from Psalms to Revelations, God has called us to sing to Him. So as a future worship song writer always remember, YOU have been called to this as well. All worship leaders, I believe, are truly called to this for it is all over the scriptures. This is our first step as a worship team to write new music.

Our next step as a team is to have a heart of submission. It is easy for us to write about what we feel is right but worship isn’t meant for us, it is meant for God. As a team when we get together to write, we have agreed to commit ourselves to prayer. God must tear down our selfish desires and wants for Him to tell us what He wants for us to write. If our goal is to truly worship Him with this music we must give ourselves over to Him just as much as any act of worship (don’t you love how anything you do can worship the Lord?).  With our hearts and minds focused on God we can begin to sing unto Him a new song.

Now this entry and the entries that will follow it are not meant to be a step by step guide as to how to write a worship song. There is no perfect formula as to what makes the perfect worship song. These entries are meant to guide and help understand how to prepare yourselves, know when is the right time, and what it means to write new worship songs.

Please do not misunderstand this. Yes, at the beginning of this entry I mentioned the Wellington location alone, but I can tell you this: All of Aviator Church and the worship teams at each location feel that we are to write new worship songs to the Lord. This undertaking is not just being done at one location but at all. We have been called to “sing a new song” just as much as David did when he wrote the Psalms.

“Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.” Psalm 98:1

We have been called, and we are listening. Now is the time for us all to take the next step of action in writing to the Lord, a new song.

- Spencer Jones, Worship Leader Aviator Church Wellington