Music That Matters

One of the most common comments I receive from kids is on the music that we use in our worship. This was the first real hurdle for me as a children’s pastor. I came into children’s worship content to repeat the music I had grown up listening to when I was in church. The problem was the kids were different than I was when I was a kid (come to think of it, I don’t think I liked the music that much when I was a kid).

I had asked a young teen, Stephanie, to help with music. The first week she came in she didn’t use any of the music I had suggested. Instead she used some stuff I had never heard. I knew then that I had a lot of learning to do. I did! I began to make music a priority in my life.

Today, I am always on the lookout for the newest music or for what makes the kids really respond to the move of God.

Music is the language of love. God speaks to us through music. So why shouldn’t we be asking kids what music best communicates the message of God’s love to them.

I owe my thanks to Stephanie. She showed me more than music. She showed me that I needed to pay attention to the needs of others and put them over my own ideas of how things “should be”.