This is not going to be a technical piece, so if you’re looking for advice on lighting design and which flavor haze causes your vocalists the least amount of anguish (1 part raspberry surprise, 1 part Wise Man Myrrh makes Holy Lord Anointing Fire Haze, perfect for ushering in the Holy Spirits) look in the …
Monday Musings // You Crown The Year
“You crown the year with your goodness; your paths drip with abundance The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are robed with joy. The pastures are clothed with flocks and the valleys covered with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.” Psalm 65:11-13 Whether or not our year was, in our eyes, a year of …
Youth Worship Ministry // How to Involve Youth in Your Worship Service
Seeking. Want to hear something amazing? Are you ready? God is seeking true worshipers! God Himself, the Creator of music, the Creator of fingers, ears and hands, tongues, toes and feet…the Creator of the angels, the same angels who sang with voices that He gave as they praised the wonder of “let there be light” …
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Interview // Spectrasonics Founder Eric Persing
The Church Collective has had the great pleasure of having Eric Persing answer some questions for the site. Persing is the founder and creator of the vastly growing, and increasingly popular virtual synthesizer company known as Spectrasonics. The most well known of their products being Omnisphere, Eric has made a considerable impact in the secular …
My Story // Josh White
My Story // Josh White
Worship Team Building // Dealing With Complacency
It doesn’t matter how many seats are in the auditorium, how talented the musicians, how awesome the gear, or how beautiful the song: at some point or another, we all have to deal with the cancerous disease of complacency. And I’ve noticed that how we deal with it in our circles of influence is not …
Worship Planning // Offertory (The Great Interruption)
I understand in this day and age (online giving and what not) that not every church has an offering time during the service. But for those that do, I think we sometimes view it as a disruption to the “flow” of the rest of worship. Before I get to the solution of my title’s problem, …
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Artist Feature and CD Giveaway // Future of Forestry
Miles had the opportunity to speak with Eric Owyoung from Future Of Forestry. A great conversation on the release of their latest EP and the inspiration behind the band.
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Worship Review // Future of Forestry // Advent Christmas EP Volume 3
Artist: Future of Forestry Album: Advent Christmas EP Volume 3 Label: Credential Recordings Release: November 12, 2013 I’m not one of those people who have strict personal rules about Christmas music before it’s Christmas season, though I do have reasonable limitations. I’ve always swayed towards more traditional Christmas music and Christmas hymns. …
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Monday Musings // Treasuring Traditional Christmas Songs
It’s officially the time of year again where we all begin rifling through (or scrolling through if we want to be more realistic here) all of the Christmas records in our collections to search for our favorite renditions of the classic Christmas songs that we all know and love. I’m sure almost every one of …
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Artist Feature // Spacesuit
We’re all about getting the word out for solid groups that honor God in their music! Ryan had the chance to speak with David from Spacesuit. Check out latest EP, We, for your listening pleasure while you read the interview.
Worship Review // Warr Acres // Hope Will Rise
Artist: Warr Acres Album: Hope Will Rise Label: Dream Records Release: October 29, 2013 If you haven’t taken the time to familiarize yourself with Warr Acres yet, take it from us….you need to! Be sure to check out our interview with them here. Warr Acres hail from Victory Church in Oklahoma City, …
Artist Feature // Warr Acres
We had the chance to talk with Warr Acres about their latest album. Be sure to check out our review too!
Sunday is Dying
I spend a lot of time in thought. Probably too much. I sometimes will spend nights sitting up wide awake, staring at blank wall, wondering if we’ve completely miss it all. Everything we do at our churches…it’s in vain. I begin to wonder if we are merely a society that reflects what we’ve seen in …
Monday Musings // Worship Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
An “aha moment” as Oprah has so called it…that’s what I had. Months ago I attended Sunday evening chapel at America’s Keswick in Whiting, NJ. This place is something that I have taken for granted. The mission of this place in the middle of nowhere on a lake (to the outsider, a summer camp) is …
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