As Christian leaders it is vitally important that we live the lives we preach. I am starting a blog series where together we will look at, explore and discuss the importance and role of integrity and authenticity in the life of a Worship Leader. The more thought I have given to this topic the more …
Spiritual Investment
From the earliest origins of Judeo-Christian history, the personal exchange of wisdom and encouragement from one believer to another has played a vital role in the successful spiritual growth and discipleship of leaders. Today, this distribution of wisdom and encouragement often takes the form of mentoring relationships that are almost essential in developing effective leaders …
Worship Spaces September 14
Always so much fun to see where everyone is worshiping! Feel free to join in. Mention @thechurchcollective and use #thechurchcollective on instagram to share! I had the chance to hang with Aaron Long at Creation Northwest this year. Amazing guy with a heart for God. He’s on tour now with Brian Campbell. Here’s a great …
Experience Conference Review
Who has a busy schedule out there? Anyone? So who has time to pack up your bags and spend a few days being refreshed, encouraged and further equipped to do God’s good work? We all do! And we all can certainly benefit from a good conference or two throughout the year. So this past week, …
The Journey of Worship Part 1
I’ve noticed a lot of talk about liturgy lately. The only problem is that it’s become very philosophical and some people are just dancing around what it is. You can read some excellent books on the historical and theological background for liturgy, but it becomes too much for quick blog snippets, worship magazine articles and …
All Die
How about that. Truth in perhaps it’s crudest form. The reality of that single phrase has the biggest impact on how we go about our everyday lives. If we knew we would never die, would we have faith in a savior? A savior from what? If there was no savior from an eternal hell (because we would …
Worship Spaces // September 7
There have been some amazing shots shared on instagram this week. Here are a few! Feel free to join in. Mention @thechurchcollective and use #thechurchcollective on instagram to share! The first picture this week is from our friend Eko Funke. He’s got a pretty sweet youtube channel you should check out here. The second …
Sacred Cows
In continuing the Worship Wars series, we’ll take a look at something probably all of us have had the distinct pleasure pain of confronting… sacred cows. Within any organization, there are bound to be a few things that “cannot be changed.” Maybe it’s because it’s the “way it has always been,” or something similar. These issues, …
Mobile Church
I wish the complexities of a mobile church could be solved with an easy, one word answer, but unfortunately there are a lot of variables that are worth thinking about when trying to execute an excellent mobile church meeting. Let’s dive right in! Here is how our situation works: We meet in various auditoriums on …
Worship after the Earthquake in Napa, CA
Last Sunday Morning (August 24th) at 3:20 AM I woke up to one of the scariest moments of my life. As we all now know, the South Napa Quake was a 6.1 on the Richter Scale. My family faired far better than just about everyone else we know. Where we only lost one jar, others …
Art Matters
Maybe it’s because I’m 31. Maybe it’s because I can’t wear my hair in a pompadour without my ears sticking out like…whoa, but somewhere along the way, I stopped striving to be “relevant” I’m an artist. I produce music, I wrote a book. I tell stories through video. So when I refer to being relevant, …
Worship Spaces // August 31
Welcome to the first of this weekly post! It’s always amazing to see where everyone is worshiping! So many people use the hashtage #thechurchcollectve that we’re going to start featuring pictures here to. Feel free to join in. Mention @thechurchcollective and use #thechurchcollective on instagram to share!
The Undoing – Steffany Gretzinger
Steffany Gretzinger’s thoughtful lyrics and strong melodies are all you’d expect from one of Bethel’s leading female vocalists. In her first solo effort, she explores many different instrumentation styles ranging from mezzo-piano lullaby to electronic drum rhythms. Gretzinger’s unique and interesting pronunciation and articulation are accentuated by equally interesting musical arrangements. The Undoing is a …
Centric Worship 2014
I’ve had the chance to talk with some of the guys over at centric worship and it’s been so cool to hear their heart. They’re writing music for us week to week worship leaders. Sometimes we have to do a lot of work to make a song work for our congregation but I think you’ll …
4 Keys to Release the Potential of Your Worship Team
Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to not to miss a new post! As we all know, church ministry gets busy and can be overwhelming, especially as a volunteer and/or bi-vocational worship leader or pastor. It can be easy to fall into the rut of putting out the schedule each month, going through …
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