“You sounded great. You’re getting better!” “Every time…” I think to myself. My worship pastor is awesome at encouraging his musicians. Never have I felt as though I wasn’t enough or that I wasn’t doing well. This is awesome most of the time, except for that it makes it difficult to know where I can …
Youth Worship Ministry // Leading Worship With Students
I come from a community where Student Leadership in Youth Ministry is encouraged and expected. This naturally causes students to lead, play and help plan worship experiences every week. I want to set out and start a dialogue to better serve our churches youth ministries by having student leaders. This means asking and answering some …
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Worship Team Building // Flattery vs. Praise
A few years ago, I read Tom Rath’s book ‘How Full is Your Bucket’ and it changed the way I showed appreciation to my team. The basic premise of the book is to fill your team, family and friend’s ‘Bucket’ (or need for acknowledgment for their works & what they mean to you) on a …
Monday Musings // Things Go Wrong
We’re all imperfect beings. And let’s face it: things go wrong. Leading worship, we have all at one time: gone off click, sang the wrong verse, dropped a wireless pack, had straplocks fail, dropped sticks, hit a wrong note, unplugged our instruments… The list goes on. It seems like every time this happens, it happens …
Youth Worship Ministry // Ministering to Student Leaders
College is obviously a very formative time for people and for many different reasons. There are all kinds of new experiences waiting at college: some good, some bad, and definitely some ugly! I think most of us can agree that, as a follower of Christ, college is a very formative time for our relationship with …
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Ask the Worship Doctor // The Worst Worship Set Ever?
This is the first of a series of articles I have been asked to write for The Church Collective. They will also be available on my blog and are available for publication for any entity that asks for permission to do so. Just finished our Sunday morning set and it was not good at all. …
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Worship Through Production
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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