Myth 1 – Worship takes at least 20 (or 10 or 15 or any set number of) minutes.
Reality – Worship is an attitude, not an event. How long is an attitude?
Myth 2 – Real worship can only start in the youth department.
Reality – Psalm 150 says, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” Is anybody breathing in the kids’ ministry? Let’s hope so. There is no lower age limit on worship.
Myth 3 – Worship is learning to sing lists from the Bible.
Reality – Learning lists is … well, learning. Worship is telling God you believe him to be who he says he is in the Bible. Ever see God described as, “the One who teacheth me lists of things”?
Myth 4 – Worship songs must be about the same thing as the message.
Reality – Worship and messages have different purposes. One pours information into kids, the other pours love into God’s open arms. Don’t try to force them to do the same thing.
Myth 5 – We can just play a (name the artist) CD and show lyrics with PowerPoint.
Reality – Not if you want to sing along. Most recording artists have a hard time hitting their own notes. Why inflict that on your kids? Get music that kids can actually sing, and they will take the song with them in their heart.
