Hi – if you are reading this then thank you! You want to contribute your valuable knowledge on worship and music to the Seventh-day Adventist community on the internet. Here’s a broad outline of the types of articles I believe are compelling, relevant, and inspirational to the readers of Hymns for Worship:

Article Types

• History-based: Background of the hymns, or stories about the composer or author of the particular hymn.
• Doctrine-based: Discuss the SDA Doctrines embedded in the hymns.
• Theory-based: Share different ways to harmonize, arrange, and analyze hymns. Better yet, tips on composing hymns.
• Education-based How hymns can be taught efficiently to the congregation, in piano lessons (or other instruments), etc.
• Event-based: Tips on how hymns function in worship, how it can be used in other events such as weddings, funerals, etc.
• Performance-based: How hymns should be sung, played or introduced, etc.
• Performer-based: How musicians should perform or behave, etc.
• Testimony-based: How you or someone you know benefited from hymns.

General guidelines

• Write a post with insanely useful content. Always ask: ‘How can readers benefit from this?’
• Use examples and anecdotes to clarify your points.
• Offer fresh content that has not been published before.
• Send us a pitch only if you are a blogger with your own blog.
• Ensure that your post does not violate any copyright laws.
• If your post does not follow the guidelines, you may not receive a response from me.

How to contact me

Please send an email to me: hymns4worship[at]gmail[dot]com. Start the Subject line with GUEST POST (in ALL CAPS).

• Tell me briefly who you are.
• State the title of your proposed post.
• Outline the topic with bullet points.
• Include 1 or 2 links to other Hymns for Worship articles that you will use to supplement your points.
• Tell me how Hymns for Worship readers would benefit from your post.
• Add a couple of links to your best posts (if you have your own blog)

The process

Once I’ve accepted your post proposal, please set up your post as a Google doc on Google drive and share the post with hymns4worship[at]gmail[dot]com. Please don’t be upset if I recommend some changes–I want your post to be successful. The post may be edited for greater clarity, grammar, punctuation etc.

Your post must:

• Have an introduction that attracts interest and makes the reader want to read further.
• Use headings, subheadings, bold font for key sentences and bulleted lists so it is easy to read.
• Have a conclusion.
• Have a call to action for readers after the conclusion.
• Be 800 – 1500 words long.
• Have links to at least 2 posts already published on Hymns for Worship.
• Have an author bio at the end (about 40 words). You can link to your blog and a product of yours that is offered free to Hymns for Worship readers. Please send me the links and I will add them. A sample author bio is: Lambert Goodpen is a writing coach and blogs at yourblogaddress.com, a blog about bold and fearless writing. Grab his free eBook, Blahdiblah.
• Have a killer title.
• Offer links to a few suggested images in your pitch email.

DO:

• Carefully edit and proofread your post.
• If your post includes images, send them to me as attachments, indicating where in the text they should be located.
• Be prepared to respond to comments.

DON’T:

• Change the font or the font color, or use <span>, or <br> tags.
• Include affiliate links.
• Attach images to the post.

Thanks again for your interest in guest posting. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Note: I retain the copyright of all material published on Hymns for Worship. A guest poster cannot republish their guest post elsewhere; it must remain unique to Hymns for Worship.