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Today we introduce a new type of music chart for your praise team. We call them SuperCharts. It includes a note for note transcription from the artist recording, additional harmonies for your praise team vocalists, full color markings to give your players direction, and a text box that allows you to type specific notes directly into the pdf document. ... Oh yeah, and a SuperChart offers you the song in all 12 keys.

We're thrilled to partner with Casting Crowns on the release of their new CD Until the Whole World Hears to introduce you to the power of SuperCharts. Find SuperCharts for all 12 titles:

Also available! Individual artist recordings and accompaniment tracks for selected titles. Here are the prices:

$1.99 - SuperCharts
$1.29 - Original Artist Recording
$1.99 - Original Artist Tracks

Try SuperCharts for FREE at LifeWayWorship.com. Simply enter the code WMU111709 at checkout and download any two SuperCharts absolutely free! (Maximum Value $1.99. Must be used in one session. Offer expires December 17, 2009).

An improvement has been made today regarding the shopping cart. Now, when you add a song to your cart, the orchestral parts are grouped together based on instrumentation rather than alphabetical, descending alphabetical, most popular, well, I'm not sure how they were ordered. But, today all of the woodwinds are grouped together, all of the strings are grouped together, and so forth.

The little things make all the difference, no?

LifeWayWorship.com announces the rollout of Release 1.95, which includes a fresh, contemporary arrangement of the hymn "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty," Gary Sadler's "The Power of Your Love," Martin Smith's "What a Friend I've Found," Robin Mark's "Take Us to the River" and Don Moen's "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord." Download the complete list. All songs are mappable.

If you have ever been to one of our training events, you know what a great service it is to be able to open your laptop, browse our website, and experience SongMap free of charge and in the presence of one of our trainers to answer your questions.

We have not been able to replicate that experience with WorshipMap Pro, because of the nature of the service. We could show you the service and answer your questions, but you couldn't experience it for yourself without a credit card transaction and lots of work to set up user accounts for your volunteers. That has now changed. LifeWayWorship is pleased to announce WorshipMap Pro training accounts.

At selected events where WorshipMap Pro is demonstrated, you will now be able to use a free, fully functioning WorshipMap Pro training account during the course of the training event. The account is pre-populated with worship plans, songs, and users so you can experience this exciting subscription service right away and without risk.

Click here to see a list of planned training events in your area. If you are a host or facilitator for an event and would like to create WorshipMap Pro training accounts, contact our technical support staff at 800.436.3869 or worship@lifeway.com.

A few weeks ago, a reader named Bonnie posted a comment wanting to know what songs have been added to the worship project since she purchased "the hymnal and the CD tracks" almost a year ago. Since we're celebrating our one-year anniversary, I thought it would be a good time to compile the the list of song titles that we've released within the last year.

To address Bonnie's question directly and to make sure we're comparing apples to apples, let me remind you that the website has always had more titles than the hymnal. The hymnal has 674 selections. The website started with 975 (674 that are in the hymnal plus an additional 301). The CD track kit contains all of the initial 975 recordings. The document here is a list of what has been added since the initial 975 song titles and does not include the 301 songs / arrangements not included in the hymnal.

LifeWayWorship.com is the flagship component of LifeWay's Worship Project, our strategic initiative to equip the Church with resources for the rapidly-changing arena of worship ministry. After almost two years of arranging, recording, editing, and developing this little technology we called SongMap, the site finally went live on October 27, 2008.

1,200 songs and 22,000 active accounts later, we are celebrating our one year anniversary. It is our desire that we not just crank out the latest tunes and play with innovative technology, but to equip you with real solutions for your ministry.

To help us celebrate, I want to offer you 5 free downloads from LifeWayWorship.com. Simply enter the promo code: 2009ANNIVERSARY at checkout. (As always, be sure and get all of your downloads in a single session). This offer is good until December 1.

2010 looks to be another exciting year. Although, we're not adding another 1,200 songs, we will be adding new material on a regular basis. We''re not only growing our list of songs, but expanding our stylistic repertoire. Watch for our expanding list of genres to include kids, country, and messianic material. And I'm not allowed to reveal much yet, but be sure to watch for a special announcement on November 17th.

In order not to miss this announcement and to keep up with the happenings of LifeWayWorship.com, consider following us on Twitter and check this blog often.

I would love to hear from those of you who have been using the site regularly. Simply leave your comment below. Thank you. Thank you for what you do to serve the Body, of which we are all a part. And thank you for choosing LifeWayWorship.com.

We're excited to add stereo track mixes to our line of 21 titles from the Worship KidStyle series. If you're not familiar with Worship KidStyle, check out the embedded promo video below.

Also recently added are two more from country artist Dan Schafer: Trading My Sorrows and Indescribable.

Today, we're pleased to roll out new content to LifeWayWorship.com in what we internally refer to as "Release 1.9."

This release includes 15 brand new offerings, including five great selections for Christmas: "Christmas Candlelight Medley," a beautiful arrangement of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen," and contemporary treatments of "Joy Has Dawned," "The First Noel" and "Joy to the World!"

Also in this release is the mappable function to classic hymns already online. These titles include some of the most classic, beloved hymns of all time, including "Amazing Grace," "Fairest Lord Jesus," and "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee." Nearly all of the original 975 are now live and mappable.

Non-seasonal offerings from this release include "I Will Glory in My Redeemer" by Steve and Vikki Cook, "Let Your Glory Fall" by David Ruis, "Lion of Judah" by Robin Mark, "Mission's Flame" by Matt Redman, and "Salvation" by Charlie Hall.

Finally, we're excited to say that all of our publishing partners have granted downloadable licenses for songs already in the new Baptist Hymnal. So songs like "All Is Well," "Awesome God," "We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise" and "We Will Glorify" are now live for the first time and completely mappable!

We are continuing to strive to make LifeWayWorship.com the best place to go for your worship resources. Let us know how we're doing.

Several new enhancements have just been added to LifeWayWorship.com. These features include new Quick Tips area of the Help Section and the ability to search for songs by key. For WorshipMap Pro subscribers, you can now print the attachments from your Song Database and the Reminder function will only contact those team members who have not yet responded to your request. Let us know what you think.

Several new enhancements to our website have been rolled out recently , including the ability to preview WorshipChart pdf files. WorshipCharts include instrumental parts as well as leadsheets. To preview a WorshipChart, simply add the song to your cart and click the Preview link next to the item you are interested in.

Other improvements have been made to the WorshipMap Pro application. For those of you that like written instructions in your hand, we've created instruction manuals that you can download. We're also trying to make it easier to set up and start using the application by giving you the ability to invite folks by copying email addresses from an existing spreadsheet.

As a reminder, WorshipMap Pro comes with a 30-day free trial period. So, if you haven't subscribed, check it out and let us know what you think.

LifeWay Worship and Interactive Worship Live (IWL) jointly announced today they have entered into an agreement which will allow Interactive Worship Live to create Interactive Backing Tracks (IBTs) from LifeWay Worship Project's catalog of nearly 1,000 professionally recorded hymns and modern worship songs. The multi-track IBTs created by IWL from these master recordings will complement the resources LifeWay Worship is introducing to churches through its innovative Worship Project.
IBTs are multi-tracks that allow worship leaders live interaction with a multi-track recording to enhance the live worship experience. They allow worship leaders to "get inside the recording session" and easily select the instruments, vocals, clicks, loops, and pads required for their particular worship team. The worship leader can then repeat or loop sections of the song in real time allowing complete control in a live environment. IWL has a large and growing song catalog with songs from original masters in multiple keys and videos with synchronized lyrics. IWL also provides the consulting, software and hardware necessary to implement this technology in a specific live performance environment.
For more information, read the official press release below, or visit InteractiveWorshipLive.com.
Read the Official Press Release >>>

By utilizing the most advanced and robust technology, WorshipMap Pro allows you to create and edit orders of worship and communicate them to your worship team via unlimited emails and text messages. In the following video, Mike Harland gives you an overview of WorshipMap Pro. Then watch the next video for step-by-step instructions of the registration process and get started with your free, 30-Day trial today!

• Video - Mike Harland Introduces You to WorshipMap Pro


• Video - Register for WorshipMap Pro


• Begin Your Free 30-Day Trial of WorshipMap Pro Today

90 additional SongMap titles have been added to LifeWayWorship.com, bringing the total to over 200 "mappable" tunes! Now is the perfect time to experience this revolutionary, new innovation in digital music. Visit LifeWayWorship.com today to create your custom arrangements of songs and download corresponding audio files and sheet music.
Discover SongMap at LifeWayWorship.com today >>>

WorshipMap Pro is available TODAY at LifeWayWorship.com. This ultimate organizer for worship will enable you to . . .

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WorshipMap Pro at LifeWayWorship.com will enable you to . . .

-Create and edit orders of worship
-Organize ministry teams and contact information
-Invite your worship team members to join for free
-Communicate with teams via unlimited emails and text messages
-Search over 900 songs currently available at LifeWayWorship.com

Two subscription options - monthly ($19.95) and annually ($199.95) - no matter your ministry size. That's less than $4 per week. Plus, the first 30 days are free!
WorshipMap Pro--the ultimate organizer--coming soon at LifeWayWorship.com.