Worship Flow: 28 Ways to Create Great Segues

Transitions happen. Song to song. Music to preaching. Prayer to offering. They happen. And they can happen just how they happen, or they can happen according to a plan. An unplanned transition is at best a speed bump; at its worst it’s a train wreck. When we don’t plan a transition, we put a period in where a comma should be. Or a gasp where a gentle inhaled breath should be. Or a fence instead of a gate. Or, well, you get the picture. (Worship Flow, page 5) You’ve got about an hour once a week to engage, encourage, challenge and lead your gathered congregation. Don’t waste the opportunity by distracting them with clumsy transitions and awkward silence. Your transitions matter. Don’t leave them up to chance. Great segues intentionally move people along the journey of worship. Poorly planned transitions jar people out of the moment they were instead of guiding them seamlessly to the next. Worship Flow: 28 Ways To Create Great Segues is a quick, easy-to-read resource for worship leaders and pastors who plan services. In these 28 segues, Jon covers how to move in and out of all the common elements of worship—music, prayer, scripture, offering, announcements, messages, communion, and more. Best of all, this isn’t another book you’ll feel like you need to read cover-to-cover. It’s a worship planner's "desk reference" for service transitions. Each section focus on a different service elements, and each chapter is focused on a specific segue to move in and out of those elements. So don’t let your transitions between service elements be the thing that keeps people from focusing on what really matters in your worship gathering.