Lift Up Your Heads, Oh Yea Gates!

Do THIS if you want consistently strong vocal dynamics when leading worship.

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Lifting your head slightly will open up your voice and make it easier to sing overall, especially if you want to belt. A good way of getting into the practice of keeping your voice box open(chin slightly lifted)is to make sure you position your microphone correctly.

Make sure your microphone is positioned directly in front of your mouth. Set it up to be directly vertical to your mouth about 2 inches away. If you're singing whilst playing an instrument, like a guitar or keyboard, this is especially important in order to avoid craning your neck to the mic.

You can also position the mic slightly above your mouth, just under your nose. This will ensure your chin is slightly tipped upwards, keeping the voice box open when singing. Especially useful for singing guitarists.

Don't forget to adjust both the microphone stand and arm, not just the clip that holds the mic.
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Head up, Hands up, Mic Up = Open Wide and Free.

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 Keep COVID safe.

I recommend buying your own Mic Muffler to use if your microphone is shared. Microphones are a hotbed of germs due to the amount of people who often use them.
Tons of people sing into them. Preachers need them. They are handled by tech guys. They are put on the floor(which  I've seen many many times)!  
As we all know, one of the ways cold virus' travel are via the air. This mean they travel via aerosol transmission (ie spittle spray) from the mouth and land on whatever is in front of you. In this case, the microphone right under your nose. :)   Using a mic muffler will not only help improve your tone but also reduce you  picking up a viral infection. It will also stop you transmitting it! :) 

When you've finished using the mic, take your muffler with you and wash it as needed.