- Your ministry begins when the congregation first sees you and doesn't end until the congregation doesn't see you any more.
- Everything you do is seen by the congregation. If what you do does not enhance the message it will detract from the message.
- Don't act out the message. Let the message act on you.
- If you have been chosen to minister in song, you are ordained of God for the purpose. Debilitating nerves mean that you don't trust God.
- If the congregation cannot understand the words of the message, they cannot be blessed by it.
- Sing the song. Don't let the song sing you.
- Hear and digest the words you are saying. When you hear the words, the congregation can hear the words.
- The congregation empathizes with your experience, not your intentions.
- Don't rehearse bad techniques or wrong notes.
- When you are singing in front of the congregation, it is too late to think about technique.
