Outstanding Resources for Music and Drama Ministry
Our mailing EASY 2 EXCEL Communiqué is dedicated to providing you with ideas to spark your imagination and creativity, and to suggest resources to help enhance your ministry. To that end we’d like to offer the following materials, which we think will be of benefit to you regardless of the size of your music ministry. Many of these books would be great additions to your personal library. Others would benefit entire congregations when added to church libraries.

Obviously, this is not an exhaustive listing, but this brief bibliography is a starting point for important reading in the areas of worship, music ministry, choral conducting, and drama.

WORSHIP
The Complete Library of Christian Worship. Vols. 1-7. Robert Webber, ed. Abbott Martyn.
The Imitation of Christ. Thomas à Kempis.
Lord, I Want to Know You. Kay Arthur. Multnomah Books.
Mastering Worship. Jack Hayford, John Killinger, Howard Stevenson. Multnomah Books.
Names of God. Nathan Stone. Moody Press.
The Practice of Praise. Don McMinn. Word Music.
The Practice of the Presence of God. Brother Lawrence.
Putting God in His Place. David Mains. StarSong Publications.
Up with Worship. Anne Ortlund. Regal Books.
Worship Evangelism. Sally Morgenthaler. Zondervan Publishing House.
Worship Is a Verb. Robert Webber. Word Books.


MUSIC MINISTRY
Addicted to Mediocrity. Franky Schaeffer. Cornerstone Books.
The Birth of a Hymn. Keith Schwanz. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Church Music and the Christian Faith. Eric Routley. Agape.
Creating Four-part Harmony Lois and Fred Bock. Hope Publishing Company.
Hymn and Scripture Guide. Donald A. Spencer. Baker Book House.
An Introduction to Church Music. John F. Wilson. Moody Press.
The Rhythm of Life. Richard Exley. Honor Books.
Things They Didn’t Tell Me (About Being a Minister of Music). C. Harry Causey. Music Revelation.


CHORAL TECHNIQUES
Choral Conducting (a Symposium). Harold A. Decker and Julius Herford, eds. Prentice-Hall.
Choral Director’s Rehearsal and Performance Guide. Lewis Gordon. Parker Publishing Company.
The Choral Experience. Ray Robinson and Allen Winold. Harper’s College Press.
Face to Face with an Orchestra. Don V. Moses, Robert W. Damaree Jr., and Allen F. Ohmes, Prestige Publications.
A Practical Guide for Performing, Teaching, and Singing “Messiah.” Leonard Van Camp. Roger Dean Publishing Company.
What to Do in Case of a Choir Rehearsal. James D. Woodward. Convention Press.


DRAMA
Developing the Church Drama Ministry. Paul M. Miller. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Easy Scenery Design and Construction. Michael Shew. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Easy Stage Lighting. Tim Freeman. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Incorporating Drama in Worship. Mike Gray. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Stage Effects and Props for Easter and Christmas. Lee Eric Shackleford. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Theatrical Makeup. Ginger Shew. Lillenas Publishing Company.


DRAMATIC WORSHIP
Acts of Worship. Jeff Wyatt and Paul M. Miller. Lillenas Publishing Company.
Psalms in Worship. Paul M. Miller and Jeff Wyatt. Lillenas Publishing Company.
The Word in Worship. Paul M. Miller and Jeff Wyatt. Lillenas Publishing Company.
The Worship Drama Library, Vols. 1-14. Various authors. Lillenas Publishing Company.


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