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Planning a song service to complement the message from God's Word is important. Planning songs around a central theme can be a great way to to to prepare hearts. Our hymnbooks have topical indexes to help prepare for such services. Sometimes it is necessary to divide our music into other types of divisions such as tempo, key, meter, types. The purpose may be for variety or to use during special services with teens or at camp. Here is a sample of one such division. There are many more ways to plan for a song service.

Types of Songs

A. Challenge songs – fast, peppy

1. Rouse Then Soldiers
2. Volunteer for Jesus
3. There’s Within My Heart a Melody
4. Can We Know that Jesus Saves Us
5. What Though Wars May Come
   

B. Teaching songs

1. In Times Like These
2. Down at the Cross
3. My Hope is in the Lord
4. Do You Know That You’ve Been Born Again
5. So Send I You

C. Action songs, rounds, clapping

1. Hallelu, Hallelu
2. Happiness Is

D. Heart songs – expressing need or testimony – wistful, poignant

1. No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus
2. Fill My Cup Lord
3. Now I Belong to Jesus
4. God Is So Good
5. I’m Following Jesus Each Step
6. Heaven Came Down
7. Love Sent My Savior to Die
8. Search Me O God
9. It Took a Miracle

E. Praise Songs

1. How Great Thou Art
2. His Name Is Wonderful
3. O For a Thousand Tongues
4. Jesus Is the Sweetest Name I Know
5. Hallelujah, What a Savior
6. Great Is Thy Faithfulnes
7. Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus

F. Invitational songs or commitment

1. Room at the Cross
2. I Surrender All
3. Jesus Is Tenderly Calling Thee Home
4. Softly and Tenderly
5. Have Thine Own Way