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Top New Christian Worship Songs For Small Church Worship Teams

For worship leaders in small churches, here are 3 new worship songs to consider for July. Let us save you time and stress!

Become A Better Worship Leader

If you are a worship leader in a small church, these monthly posts are for you! More than just recommending personal worship songs, I look for what might work well for your team.

In addition, catch the worship leading tips throughout each post. Commit to developing your team, and they’ll grow in musicianship and ministry skills as well as discipleship!

July Edition: Top New Worship Songs For Small Churches

While two of my worship picks this month are brand new this season, the first is a year old. It’s likely you haven’t taught it yet, as it’s still fairly fresh without too much airplay. As always, faster songs that work with smaller bands are harder to come by, so enjoy!

On a personal note: One of my favorite worship artists right now is Dante Bowe, and I’m on the lookout for one of his songs that could translate well into a small church like mine. But until then, if you want a fun song to add to your personal playlist, check this one out: Joyful!

Consider learning and teaching these songs from Passion, Phil Wickham, and Red Rocks Worship.

1. There’s Nothing That Our God Can’t Do (Passion)

  • Tempo: Fast
  • CCLI Song #: 7141227
  • Brandon Lake | Jonathan Smith | Kristian Stanfill
  • My chosen singable key: F
  • 2020

Lead Into “There’s Nothing That Our God Can’t Do” With Psalm 147:1-5

As a call to worship, open your service with this reading from Psalm 147:1-5. It leads quite perfectly into “There’s Nothing That Our God Can’t Do.”

Psalm 147:1-5

Praise the Lord.

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
    how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
    he gathers the exiles of Israel.

He heals the brokenhearted
    and binds up their wounds.

He determines the number of the stars
    and calls them each by name.

Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
    his understanding has no limit.

Chorus:

There’s nothing that our God can’t do

There’s not a mountain that He can’t move

Oh praise the name that makes a way

There’s nothing that our God can’t do

Take Your Pick Of Scriptures For “There’s Nothing That Our God Can’t Do”

Psalm 147 isn’t the only scripture that connects with this song. If you theme your worship services or look for songs to match the sermon topics, you’re gonna get some great use out of this song! From personal healing to prison walls, moving mountains and the power of God’s word, there’s no shortage of scriptures and themes to pair with this song.

Don’t Let The Key Of F Scare Your Novice Guitar Players

For developing guitarists, this is a great song for a capo!

When newer guitarists are developing, giving them tough chords to play can lead to a lot of frustration! Make it easier by teaching them to use a capo. If you don’t know too much music theory, anything in the key of F can be played on guitar in the key of D with a capo. You’ll simply put the capo on the third fret, and play in D.

I always print out an easier capo version as an option for guitar when songs are in keys that call for lots of bar chords. This way, your guitarists have 2 versions of different difficulties. If you have multiple acoustic guitars, you might even enjoy the fuller sound that comes from one playing with a capo, and one without.

Putting this particular song into the key of D still leave guitarists with a bar chord: Bm. While Bm isn’t the easiest chord to play, it’s a bit easier to play than an F.

2. Hymn Of Heaven (Phil Wickham)

  • Tempo: Medium
  • CCLI Song #: 7168994
  • Phil Wickham | Bill Johnson | Brian Johnson | Chris Davenport
  • My chosen singable key: C

Get Your Tissues Ready For “Hymn Of Heaven”

Wow. “Standing face to face with He who died and rose again … ” As if that wasn’t enough, Phil Wickham takes us deeper.

Okay, I’m nearly sobbing worshipping to this song. If you haven’t heard this song yet, I invite you to listen before you read my inadequate words below.

Throughout “Hymn Of Heaven”, we have the beautiful imagery found in the book of Revelation. We’ve seen this before in other timeless worship songs, from the classic hymn Holy, Holy, Holy to 2004’s Revelation Song (Jennie Lee Riddle).

What moves me most in this song is the shift from “there will be a day” to “let it be today.” The first verse begins with a longing to breathe the air of heaven, where pain is gone and mercy fills the streets. We anticipate the heaven that awaits us.

Chorus:

There will be a day

When all will bow before Him

There will be a day

When death will be no more

Standing face to face

With He who died and rose again

Holy holy is the Lord

Let It Be Today

But then, there’s a shift in the lyrics and the power. And suddenly, I’ve now JOINED the resurrection –– we have –– together. We’re not longing anymore … we’ve been transported there. (Do you feel it in the song too? Or is it just me? Wow. More tears.)

Chorus 2:

So let it be today

We shout the hymn of Heaven

With angels and the Saints

We raise a mighty roar

Glory to our God

Who gave us life beyond the grave

Holy holy is the Lord

Holy holy is the Lord

Holy holy is the Lord

As Revelation 21:3 Says …

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.  ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

I Want Trumpets!

We don’t have a trumpeter in our church, but wouldn’t that be grand?! This song is meant to build. I would build it with everything you’ve got!

When you intend to build the dynamics of a song, remember, as a worship leader, you can’t build much if you start too strong. Self-restraint for you and your team is a great skill to practice. Start with only one vocalist and one instrument.

Soak in the divine atmosphere of this song. Close your eyes and replay it from the beginning all the way through. As you listen, try to isolate and identify what is adding power as the musical dynamics change.

Now, if you’re a small church, you probably don’t have a choir like Phil Wickam, and you might even just have 3 instruments –– but whatever you got, build it. To God be the glory! (By the way, Phil didn’t have a trumpeter! That one’s just in my head. But he does have an amazing percussionist.)

3. Living God (Red Rocks Worship)

  • Tempo: Slow
  • CCLI Song #: 7151140
  • Bede Benjamin-Korporaal | Jessie Early | Kory Miller | Tyler Roberts
  • My chosen singable key: A

Red Rocks Worship Gifts Us With Another Winner

“Living God” may become another standard to lead your worshippers deeper!

Beautifully led here by keyboard, Red Rocks Worship builds it into a powerful declaration at its bridge.

Chorus:

You are alive living and breathing

Here in this place speaking and healing

Your fullness and glory right here before me

You’re the living God the living God

Consider Not Building The Dynamics & Lead Into Quiet Prayer Instead

Practice varying the dynamics, lead instruments, and the mood of all your worship songs. Teach your team the freedom of mixing it up, depending on what’s coming next in the order of worship.

“Living God” as recorded here could be utilized to lead into a powerful, up-tempo worship time.

It also could be kept pretty mellow leading into prayer, communion, repentance, or a time of quiet reflection. Play around with eliminating the bridge, ending with the chorus, and leading directly into the chorus of Holy Spirit (CCLI Song # 6087919 by Bryan & Katie Torwalt).

Adjust The Melody On Verse One If It’s Out Of Range

Although “Living God” is yet another worship song performed with a wider vocal range than most of us have, notice the two verses are sung in 2 different octaves.

If you adjust the melody of verse 1 to match verse 2, you’ve just limited the vocal notes to a more singable range.

As a leader, if you have an amazing range, go for it! However, I recommend a second vocalist sing with you as I mentioned above. Then you have a model of someone who is not doing the octave leaps that most can’t duplicate.

Keep in mind that while, yes, you should be worshipping in front of the congregation, your job as a worship leader isn’t only to worship IN FRONT of them, but to LEAD THEM into their own deeper worship.

Your congregation includes some insecure singers, and they are looking to match what you do. So if you constantly sing at a level they can’t match, they will be watching and listening to you more than they are engaging and worshipping themselves.

More Great Worship Songs:

3 New Worship Songs: June

3 New Worship Songs: May

Worship Leading In A Small Church: 4 Keys To Wake Up Your Worship