A greater understanding of this post can be had if you read this first. Believing the majority of the readers here to be aligned more with the Post-modern characterization, we’ll start with a post that strikes at worship from the Modern perspective and how to communicate with him about worship. The tension that exists in …
How to Kill Your Worship Rehearsal
My worship team rehearses on Thursday nights. We start in the evening after a full day for the team members and myself. To be honest, there are times where we’re all going through the motions and just want to get home. Over the past few months I’ve really felt that God was asking more of …
Worship Review // Inland Hills Church // Volume 1
Artist: Inland Hills Church Album: Volume 1 Release Date: October 27, 2013 Label: Risen In the heart of the Inland Empire of Southern California, Inland Hills has a vision to build the Church and reach their community and world by whatever means. This review holds a special place in my heart …
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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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, …
Ministry Feature // Songs for Danforth Chapel
We had the chance to talk with Ryan and Tyler about their project. Be sure to check out our worship review here! TCC – Tell us a little bit about yourselves Ryan – Well I was born in Germany so I can’t be president. TCC – Is that true? Ryan – Yes. (sighs). TCC – …
Worship Review // Songs for Danforth Chapel
Album: Songs For Danforth Chapel Artist: Tyler Clements & Ryan Mayo Release: July 3, 2013 Be sure to check out our interview with Tyler and Ryan here. Tyler Clements’ and Ryan Mayo’s debut record “Songs For Danforth Chapel” comes at us with a fresh take on modern worship writing and arrangement. We live in an …
Worship Review and Giveaway // Jeremy Horn // No Other Love
Scroll to the bottom to enter the giveaway! Album: No Other Love Artist: Jeremy Horn Label: Ardent Release:November 12th, 2013 Before we get started, remember that we review these albums from the point of view of a worship leader. I’ll unpack the songs musically, theologically, and thematically to help you as you’re planning your worship sets! …
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Worship Planning // Song Repertoire
Have too many songs and the congregation looks lost while you lead them. Have too few and the worship team gets bored and loses passion. What’s a worship leader to do? What is the perfect number of worship songs to have in your book? Why it’s Important As “music people”, we only need to hear …
Worship Team Building // Ten Ways to Encourage Your Team
In our last post we talked about showing the members of our worship teams some appreciation and encouragement. This topic may seem like one that doesn’t need much discussion, but with all of the logistics that go into planning, rehearsing, and then leading a worship service, our team members can easily get left behind. Below …
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Artist Feature // Darren & Jessie Clark // Calvary SLO
Artist Feature // Darren & Jessie Clark // Calvary SLO
Over the past year I’ve had the pleasure to not only work with, but also become the friend and babysitter of the amazing Clarke family. British natives, Darren and Jessie Clarke, songwriters of the famous, “I Love Your Presence”, just released their latest seven-song EP, “Your Love Endures”. After several live records with Vineyard Music, …
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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 …
Monday Musings // It Doesn’t Matter if Your Church is Modern or Traditional
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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Worship Planning // Festival or Congregation?
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 …