About three years ago, I found myself in a place I had never been before in my ministry career: Leading worship for kids. Over the course of my ten years working in the local church, I have led worship for many demographics and types of events and even different styles. But I had never done anything like this. …
Worship 101
Creating a Healthy Worship Culture
I recently spoke with a worship pastor friend who was seeing major decline in his team. People were leaving left and right from his music ministry, and he couldn’t figure out why. I started off with asking him some questions. Let’s call him Jeff. Josh: Have you set vision for your team? Jeff: Yeah…I told …
10 Ways To Make Your Worship Leader Happy
My last few articles have been a bit on the heavy side, and more reflective. This article may come off a little cheeky, but these are real applicable ways to help strengthen your church’s worship team! I’m going to take a moment to just point out 10 ways to support your Worship Leader. Since it …
It’s a Symphony
We as worship leaders are participating in a divine symphony that has been playing for an eternity and will be playing forever. Some of the greatest pieces of music ever written are classical symphonies that have stood the test of time and continue to move people. Most of them were written for God’s glory, and …
City Worship Culture
American churches are a unique product of Christianity. We have megachurches with giant production; some just as big as the shows on the Vegas strip. We have backwood chapels with hymns and pews. Some with skinny jeans, some with suits and ties, and some that don’t meet in a building whatsoever. I have the unique …
Worship on a Budget
We all know that money can’t buy you happiness. It can’t buy you anything of lasting importance at all, in fact. In the worship ministry world, it seems that often times money, which buys equipment & environments, has become equated with excellent worship. There’s a subtle undercurrent out there that pulls us into believing that unless we’re …
Using What You’ve Got
In a perfect world we would all have our dream rigs. Our tone would sound exactly as we imagine it in our heads and we’d never need to buy another piece of gear because we had everything we ever wanted. Sounds good right? The fact of the matter is that for the vast majority of …
Creating A Safe Worship Environment
“How can I, as a leader, create a safe worship environment?” This is a significant question that draws at the heart of what it means to be a worship leader. I remember what it felt like to me when I first encountered a safe worship zone! The atmosphere in the room felt electric. The sense …
Worship = Power
Our churches are filled with broken people that have real hurts. Others keep coming through the doors in denial, thinking that everything is well and that they can just “phone in” their worship by showing up at church once a week, usually right before the teaching. How can we, as leaders, facilitate worship that breaks through great pain …
Worship = Peace
Be sure to check out the previous Worship = posts here! Are your Christmas preparations causing you stress? Is your body staying afloat only by a steady stream of extra caffeine that leaves you shaking by the time you try to go to bed? This season can be a really tough time for everyone in …
Strike up the Band
Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth! Most people of my generation know what that references. In one sense, it represented the desire to party in a negative way. At the same time, it represented an attitude wishing well on a friend. Maybe there’s something to that. Ancient Israel knew how to throw a party! Most …
When Do We Worship?
Part 2 of 4 Text: Hebrews 10: 23-25 New Testament 23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but …
How do We Worship in Spirit?
Part 1 of 6 Text: John 4:21-24 “How Do We Worship” seeks to take the “book education” of worship and make it very practical. Although this has been attempted in terms of application, this section uniquely attempts to apply these Biblical principles. John 4:21-24 21 Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the …
Worship = Intimacy
Petri brings us insight and understanding concerning how our worship related to our intimacy with God.
Words for Worship // Literal Liturgy
Chuck brings us insight into what we call the different aspects of our worship services.