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Worship Review // Hillsong United // Of Dirt And Grace

Chances are you’re probably doing a lot of the songs from Hillsong United’s Empires in your church already.  If you are, this record will give you some fresh ideas and arrangements.  If you’re not, maybe this will help you contextualize the songs for your church!  Here are my thoughts on some of the album: Here …

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Hillsong United Offering “Even When it Hurts” to Aid Syrian Crisis

Came across this news this morning and was really touched.  If you have the means, any support is a big help for everything going on in Syria. Here’s the press release: After an exclusive music video premiere on Billboard.com, platinum selling Hillsong UNITED’s “Even When It Hurts” is being given away with a donation to the international …

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Worship Review // Hillsong United // Empires

Before we get started, remember that our reviews are meant to help you navigate the album and offer suggestions for use in your church context.  I’d love to hear how you’re using this music in your church in the comments below.  Here’s my rundown. Here Now (Madness) // The opening track for the album is …

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The Role of the Musical Director

A Musical Director is a voice of leadership on the platform that helps to run the rehearsals, navigates the band through musical transitions, and fuels the worship leader with clear ideas that can create a moment where people can interact freely with God. A Musical Director adds unity and strength to the team on platform, …

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Worship Mob // Carry The Fire

Artist: WorshipMob Album: Carry The Fire Label: Integrity Music Release: March 3, 2015 Carry The Fire is the Colorado worship collective’s first release with Integrity Music. This was the first exposure I personally had to WorshipMob despite their self produced Youtube videos which have over 9 million views (What rock have I been living under?). As an …

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Worship Review // Hillsong Young and Free // This is Living

I am a huge fan of the Hillsong ministry. They have made an immeasurable impact on local churches around the world in the past couple decades. In 2013 they introduced their new youth movement Young & Free, and brought fresh biblical lyrics and a modern electronic sound to worship. “This is living” is the follow …

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Hillsong Releases Mainstage Patches

Attention all keyboardists! Hillsong just released Mainstage patches for a few of their most popular tracks including Cornerstone and No Other Name. Click here to access them. Enjoy!

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Hillsong Worship // No Other Name

Be sure to check out our other worship reviews as well!  Remember that we write these reviews from the perspective of a week to week worship leader looking to bring new songs to their church. This I Believe (The Creed) // From an album standpoint, this song isn’t as uptempo as we’ve heard on previous …

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Hillsong Young & Free // Brighter // Electric Guitar Tutorial

Electric Guitar Lead Tutorial for “Brighter” by Hillsong Young & Free. Taught by Justin Greer. For info on Justin’s Guitar Rig, see this post.  

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Hillsong Young & Free // Sinking Deep // Electric Guitar Tutorial

Electric guitar lead tutorial for “Sinking Deep” by Hillsong Young & Free.

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Book Review // Darlene Zschech // Extravagant Worship

Title: Extravagant Worship Author: Darlene Zschech Release Date: November 2004 Publisher: Bethany House You may be familiar with Darlene Zschech through her work with Hillsong, her popular song “Shout to The Lord”, or her newly released album “Revealing Jesus”. In 2001 she wrote Extravagant Worship, a book discussing the principles that Hillsong clings to in …

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Hillsong United // Oceans – Acoustic

Acoustic Guitar tutorial for Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) acoustic version off of Hillsong United’s Zion Acoustic Sessions. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to hear when new tutorials come out!  We’d love to get you plugged in to the collective! Tab for this lesson here: Oceans-Acoustic Nashville chart for the whole song here: Oceans …

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Hillsong United | Go | Electric Guitar Lead Tutorial

Electric guitar lead tutorial for “Go” by Hillsong United from their album Aftermath.

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Worship Planning // Song Types

There’s many creative ways to plan the music for any worship service: drawing songs out of a hat, throwing darts at your pile of sheet music, singing whatever feels good on Sunday morning and hoping the band can keep up. As worship leaders, I think we sometimes get exasperated by the week-in, week-out task of …

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Worship Review // Hillsong Young & Free // We Are Young & Free

If you know me at all you know I’m a huge Hillsong fan, both Live and United, even London. Their albums, when they release, are playing through the speakers in my car on day one probably for a good month straight. When I heard about Young & Free I was super excited to see what …

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