Our churches are filled with broken people that have real hurts. Others keep coming through the doors in denial, thinking that everything is well and that they can just “phone in” their worship by showing up at church once a week, usually right before the teaching. How can we, as leaders, facilitate worship that breaks through great pain …
Identity Worship Conference // Christchurch Update
God moved in a tremendous way at the Identity Worship Conference in Christchurch, NZ. Check out the recap: Brian is heading up a team in Auckland, NZ this weekend! Head here to register.
The Importance of Leading Students – An Interview with Nathan Del Turco
Over the weekend, I had an opportunity to reconnect with my friend and mentor, Nathan Del Turco. Nathan is the Pastor of Student Worship at Central Christian Church, which has a total of five campuses across the greater Phoenix metro in Arizona. His years of experience, knowledge and wisdom as a worship leader and Pastor …
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Passion // Even So Come
Even as its 17th album release, Passion continues to provide songs for the church that span farther than their annual conference of young adults. From worship leading veterans like Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder, and Christy Nockels, to relatively newer additions like Kristian Stanfill, Brett Younker, and Melodie Malone, Passion: Even So Come is …
The Importance of Leading Students
Coming from a Christian home with a father who was a worship leader at a small church, it goes without saying that worship has always been a part of my life. I remember watching my dad lead the congregation musically, and watching him be fully engaged in the art of worship spiritually, emotionally, and physically. For …
Worship Mob // Carry The Fire
Artist: WorshipMob Album: Carry The Fire Label: Integrity Music Release: March 3, 2015 Carry The Fire is the Colorado worship collective’s first release with Integrity Music. This was the first exposure I personally had to WorshipMob despite their self produced Youtube videos which have over 9 million views (What rock have I been living under?). As an …
I’m New Here… Now What?
Psalm 46:10 says “Be still, and know that I am God”. This is a comforting verse, usually referenced in times of stress and chaos. People who’ve been in the same church for a long time, or who’ve come to a new church to fill a public position like worship pastor can forget what it’s like …
How To Get Your Volunteers To Memorize Music
There are all kinds of Worship Leaders, right? Extroverts, introverts, men, women, piano players, guitar players… Those who are pro-music stand and those who are anti-music stand. I have been a part of both kinds of teams and there are pros and cons to each side. You hear things like: “Stands are so distracting! How can the …
I’m Not Just The Music Guy…
Ministry…what does that word even mean? Many of us associate that with serving or volunteering, while others may associate that word with their vocation. Missions and outreach may also come to mind. But in reality, it’s all ministry. The word ‘ministry’ has always meant something to me, and recently, it took on a new meaning. In …
Finding A New Church Home
I was asked to write a piece on what to do when you’re the new at a church and want to serve in the worship ministry. But I found that I kept making references to the process of finding a new church home, and my article was useless without this one as a starting point. There was a …
Worship Review // The Brilliance // Brother
Off the beaten path of arena-style worship anthems and shimmering guitar reverb comes liturgical worship group The Brilliance. Headed up by singer/songwriter David Gungor as well as composer/pianist John Arndt, The Brilliance is a musical collective that takes a thoughtful and liturgically sensitive approach to church music- and it’s beautiful. Every last thread of their music is, well, brilliant. Their …
Worship News // Centric Worship Plus
centricworshipplus.com Our friends at Centric Worship just released their new subscription service to get music to the local church! Check out the details here: FRANKLIN, TN, (Feb. 5, 2015) — CentricWorship announced today the launch of its new digital music subscription program, CentricWorship PLUS. Teaming up with some of Christian music’s most prolific songwriters, CentricWorship PLUS …
Woodside Worship // Response
Response is the debut album from the worship ministry of Woodside Bible Church, a 10-campus church in the Detroit area. Worship Director, Jonathan Seller, says that the project began with a desire to see their church’s response reflect the magnitude of the object of their worship. So, by collecting a group of untrained, amateur non-songwriters …
Bethel Music // We Will Not Be Shaken
Bethel’s new album “We Will Not Be Shaken” is another pivotal step for the ministry of Bethel and their musicians.Tasteful synth, calming strings, deep lyrical content, catchy melodies and power anthems are the banners of this new record. You can easily tell that the Bethel community of musicians put this album together in a way …
Vocals: Breathing and Breath Support
We’ve all been there. The set list for the weekend is epic. The songs are on the high side of our vocal range, and we just cannot wait to dive in and shout them out with everything we have. We’re just hoping our voice doesn’t give out before the end of the service because we have to hit those …