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Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more articles and blogs such as this popping up on the interwebs. The world doesn’t need another opinion, but here’s mine. It doesn’t matter if your church is “modern” or “traditional.” The mission of the church is to make the Gospel known and to carry the name of Jesus …
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For this Worship Space feature, we contacted Kyle Gordon of Valley View Church in Louisville, Kentucky (vvchurch.org). Their “Wood Walls” stage design is a creative and cost-effective way to transform the look & feel of the worship platform. Read on to learn about the process of putting it all together! The wall was originally built …
Artist: Hillsong United Album: Zion Acoustic Sessions (Live) Label: Hillsong Church Release: 10.29.13 I have been a fan of Hillsong for as long as I can remember. Year after year they have produced music that has connected to and impacted Christians, like myself, in every walk of life. Their release of Zion in early spring 2013 was …
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A few days later I led music at our church’s Sunday service. Everything went fine, I suppose, but I felt like the whole morning was weak. Underwhelming. In the back of my mind there was a nagging question: why couldn’t our Sunday worship times be more like what we experienced in the arena? If …
Album: The Rock Won’t Move Artist: Vertical Church Band Label: Provident Label Group Release: October 29, 2013 Vertical Church Band’s second full-length live album is full of songs focused on God being our sufficiency, protector, and strength. In keeping with the title track, the lyrics focus on God being a solid rock which His people should …
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Album: Christmas Worship Artist: Paul Baloche Label: Integrity Music Release: October 29, 2013 Merry Christmas Everyone! Too early? If you serve in the worship ministry you know Christmas planning can start in September, or January, depending on how quickly your wheels start turning. That’s why I was so excited to get my hands on Paul Baloche’s first ever Christmas …
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A few years back, I was serving with a worship team at a retreat weekend that we put together every year for the youth in our church. One of our team members suggested that we pray through each of the songs that we were planning to lead with that weekend during one of our practices …
Album: The Dispatch Artist: The Dispatch Label: Mars Hill Music/BEC Recordings Release: August 12, 2013 For this review here on TCC we will look at a little EP from another band out of Mars Hill Church. The Dispatch formed in August 2012 as the worship band for Mars Hill’s Sammamish, WA location (yes …
For this Ministry Feature, we had the privilege to chat with Seth Rice of CrossPointe Church in Valdosta, GA about his church, ministry, and CrossPointe Worship’s latest album. We hope you enjoy getting to know Seth! TCC: Tell us about your church! Seth: I serve at CrossPointe Church in Valdosta, GA, which is about as far south as you …
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Album: Take This City Artist: CrossPointe Worship Release Date: September 19, 2013 Remember that our worship reviews are from the perspective of a week to week worship leader. We recommend each song based on lyrics, melody, style and arrangement. Take This City // This song opens with a great signature riff. It works well as …
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A friend of mine told this to me over coffee. He said “We need to forget about our roles as church leaders, and put all of our focus wholly on Jesus”. Meaning, we get so caught up in being leaders, pastors, counselors, babysitters, etc…..that we often lose our focus on the One true cause. Over …
Album: Kingdom Come Artist: Bryan & Katie Torwalt Label: Jesus Culture Music Release Date: October 15, 2013 Following Bryan and Katie’s first album Here on Earth that brought us great songs such as “Holy Spirit”, “He is Faithful” and “I Breathe You In, God”, Kingdom Come is nothing short of spectacular. The Torwalts bring us …
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One of my family’s favorite things to do is to go hiking in the mountains. We live in Ohio so we only see mountains when we travel. Often times we’ll find a trail that will lead to a stream that flows down the mountain or even a waterfall. I think it’s so cool to be …
Album: The Water & The Blood Artist: Dustin Kensrue Label: Mars Hill Music/BEC Recordings Release: September 30th, 2013 Welcome to yet another worship album review from The Church Collective. If you are not aware of the church or the music, Mars Hill Church in Seattle was founded in 1996 by Mark Driscoll and now has …
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