Worship Resources
Music
Discover our collection of music resources designed to enhance your worship experience.
Recorded Webinars
Our recorded webinars on music offer practical guidance and inspiration for planning and leading worship music.
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Additional resources
Hymn Writers
Ben Allaway
Ben is composer-in-residence at Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa, and First Christian Church, Des Moines.
Ruth Duck
She is an internationally renowned hymnwriter, with texts appearing in many denominational hymnals.
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
This writer of topical hymns offers hymn suggestions for upcoming Sundays and special days.
Ana Hernandez
This composer and arranger offers paperless hymns, anthems, heartsongs, and chants for church and street.
Mark Miller
He is the composer-in-residence and director of chapel at Drew University.
Hymnbooks and Songbooks
Music by Heart: Paperless Songs for Evening Worship
This collection of original music is by a variety of composers and is written to be taught by rote and sung without printed music.
Santo, santo, santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God
GIA sells this resource which equips Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Christians to sing together in many settings
Sing Freedom
This unique collection of songs from South Africa contains 35 songs of the people.
We Rise: A Movement Songbook
This free download draws on a rich history of social movement music, both old and new.
Licenses
CCLI Streaming License
The CCLI website lists the terms of agreement and permitted activities for its streaming license.
Here is how to check if a song is covered by your CCLI license.
- CCLI’s SongSelect makes it easy to confirm if a song is authorized under your license.
- Simply visit SongSelect.ccli.com and enter the song title in the search box. If your initial search results don’t include the song you are looking for, check the box next to “Expand search to show all songs” for more results. Find a match and you’re good to go. If you don’t find a match, it’s likely the song is not covered by the license.
- To confirm if a publisher catalog is authorized under your license, search the Copyright License – Covered Catalogs list at ccli.com/copyright-owners-lists.
- When in doubt, CCLI’s Customer Service is ready to help.
Christian Copyright Solutions
They offer performance licensing covering more than 28 million songs for in-person and online performances.
One License
One License provides access to thousands of congregational hymns, songs, and service music from today’s top liturgical music publishers.
Music Videos
Igniter Media
They offer a free one-month subscription.
Worship House Media
They sell videos individually. This is the streaming information for WorshipHouse Media.
Worship Lyric Videos
Videos are sold individually; they are less expensive than Worship House, but just the lyrics are shown. They also offer bundles at a reasonable price.
Organizations
The Center for Congregational Song
The Center is the resource and programmatic arm of The Hymn Society; their website includes resources such as music guides, podcasts, and webinars.
Convergence Music Project
This subscription service offers new songs of all kinds and musical styles for worship that reflect the theology and transforming biblically based agenda at the heart of Convergence Christianity. Permission to use the music is included with purchase.
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
The many resources on this website include:
*Singing Welcome: Hymns and Songs of Hospitality to Refugees and Immigrants
*Songs for the Holy Other: Hymns Affirming the LGBTQIA2S+ Community
*Environmental Justice resources
Music That Makes Community
This not-for-profit organization connects a worldwide network of practitioners and leaders who share a practice of paperless song leading.
Queer Sacred Music
This website of free-use, no-licensing progressive/inclusive Christian sacred music includes scores, recordings, and videos of hymns, worship songs, and rounds.
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Small Church Music
This website has recordings of almost 15,000 hymns and songs that can be downloaded for free to accompany congregational singing.