Once when I was eighteen, I was visiting a friend’s house that had a narrow driveway on a steep hill. When it was time to leave, I backed down the driveway a little too quickly, and ran my van off the side of the driveway and into the woods at about a forty-five degree incline. …
Songwriting For Your Church // Part Two – Practicality
WHY? Songs are a powerful thing. They have the ability to speak to the mind with lyrics and content as well as speak to the heart with music and melody. The lyrics tell the story and share the message. The music and melody give the feeling or emotion. When you pair these two together, you …
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Songwriting For Your Church // Part One – Basic Elements
Songwriting for the Church has to begin with the spiritual before it can move to the practical. If we are not writing from a heart of private worship then our songs will be shallow and ineffective. They will be absent of the power of the Holy Spirit because we are not in communion or in …
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Parrish // Death Was Buried in It’s Grave
Welcome to the first feature in our “The Writing Room” series. You can expect more to come! This is the place where we’ll showcase music from contributors and partners of The Church Collective. You can read more from this particular contributor by clicking on their profile below this feature. What’s the theme of your song? …
Writing Music with Your Spouse
Hello there! My name is Rachel Parrish, and together with my husband Nate, we make up the husband-and-wife worship duo Parrish from Napa Valley in Northern California. We serve at Hillside Christian Church as worship leaders and college pastors. We have 5 years of marriage under out belt, and both come from musical backgrounds. Nate’s …
Thoughts On Songwriting
Seth shows us the steps he uses to create solid original worship songs
Songwriting For Your Audience
A good friend of mine was struggling. She was an incredible and talented songwriter with deep faith in Jesus, but she was writing pop songs and feeling like it wasn’t right. She switched to writing worship music to “keep following God.” After trying very hard for a few agonizing months she realized that her audience …
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 …
The Art of Songwriting for the Church // Part 1
Chris Sligh gives us a glimpse into his writing process and teaches us the methods of great song writing
Are You Good Enough to Write a Worship Song?
Rob brings us fantastic perspective and practical advice on songwriting.
Free Songwriting Webinar!
That’s right! Coming up Wednesday, March 26th at 5:30 (PT) we’ll be hosting a songwriting webinar. Rob Corona, Josh Brainard, and myself will be facilitating a great conversation, be sure to sign up and invite your friends in ministry. You can check out some of Rob and Josh’s songwriting training here. Check out the facebook …
Worship Songs – Have We Settled?
As a marketplace artist and songwriter who came into the church and experienced worship music late in life, I began to notice something very curious that happens in the worship songwriting arena that. To put it gently, one would call it “overuse” of lyrics, but if we are to call it like it is, it …
Songwriting // Finding Your Song
Finding Your Song – Rob Carona To all you aspiring songwriters out there – I want to take this time to encourage you in your creative pursuits and give you helpful tips designed to set you up for success, each and every time you sit down to write. It is so important to be aware …
Ministry Feature // Seth Rice // CrossPointe Church Valdosta, GA
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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