How Video Worship Can Be Impactful for Your Student Ministry

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I have never been blessed with musical talent. I was one of those youth ministers who could never sing or play the guitar. And because of that, and some other factors, worship or singing has never been main component of my ministry with students. So what do you do if you want to experience worship together with your ministry but don’t have any ministry leaders or students you know who can lead it? That is why you try video worship. Watch the video, listen to the podcast or read below how it can work and what you can do to set it up well.

Video worship is not ideal. It’s not live and in person. But what can you do if you don’t have any leaders or leaders who can lead worships for your ministry? That is where video worship comes into play. You can do this a few different ways:

• Go to YouTube and get lyric videos to play on the screen. There are some great lyric videos out there days.
• Have worship leaders on the Worship team record a session before and you can play during the youth service.
• Hand out pieces of paper with the worship lyrics on the page so they can read the song as it is being sung or sing along with the worship.

But again, video worship is not ideal. That is why you have to set it up well before you start. Cast the vision of what worship is and how students use that time as a time of reflection and mediation, not just singing. The more you cast vision and give students the freedom to experience it as they choose, you are setting you this time up for success which will, God willing, impact your student ministry for the long haul, even if you never have any “live” worship.

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