Discouragement does not hide its face in ministry. It is a force by which all of our best intentions can fall to the wayside. By stifling both motivation and the ability to be joyful in serving, it cripples our ability to actually serve. We often pin our own discouragement onto “tangible” causes: the leadership in …
Worship Spaces September 28th
Always so much fun to see where everyone is worshiping! Feel free to join in. Mention @thechurchcollective and use #thechurchcollective on instagram to share!
Leading Worship Roundup
Sometimes it’s easy to miss some of the great training for leading worship on the site. I took the time to put together some of our more popular posts for people wanting to lead worship. Spence talks about how leading worship comes from a heart that is chasing after him in this great post. It’s …
What’s on Your Mind?
If I’m totally honest with myself, a million things can be going through my mind when I’m in front of people singing songs and praising God—thoughts like: – is the click track loud enough in the ears? – is the backing track too strong in the house? – is the way I’m standing distracting people? …
Jon Ashley of Bondi Effects
Chris catches up with pedal builder Bondi Effects – one of the most exciting new pedal manufacturers.
Lauren Daigle Releases Debut EP
There are some great songs on this new EP from Lauren Daigle and our friends at Centric Worship. Check out a live video here: and grab the EP here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/how-can-it-be-ep/id915626960
Masks and Makeup
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 …