Notes from this video: Trust that you have the capacity to do what you need to do. This may sound weird but know that the work you’ve put in rehearsing and preparing has gotten you to where you are now. You’ve led worship before, you’re part of a great team. Put that rehearsal time in …
Leading Kids in Worship
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. …
What am I doing?
I believe one of the most important questions that we can ask ourselves as worship leaders is this… “What are we doing?” Really… What are we doing? What is our goal? What is our destination? How do we know if we are successful or not? These are questions that we MUST be asking ourselves weekly. …
Worship vs. Fear
What’s your biggest fear? Mine was insignificance, not being able to make an impact on people and helping them in their calling. I felt unable to find an avenue to pursue this and feared that God wasn’t going to use me due to some hidden sin that had disqualified me. The only thing these fears …
Three-Dimensional Worship Part II: A Case for Three Dimensions
If you have not read Part I of this series, it’s very possible you will want to before moving into this, Part II. It isn’t absolutely necessary but it certainly will help with understanding. You can catch up with Part I by clicking here. When I was younger I remember very vividly seeing “Braveheart” for …
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Characteristics Every Worship Leader Wants on Their Team
I love reading articles. Specifically, articles about Jesus, the Church, ministry, and leadership. As a worship pastor, I often stumble across articles with titles such as, “5 Things Every Worship Leader Needs to Do,” or “How Every Worship Leader Can Lead Better,” and so on. You know the articles and you’ve probably read several of …
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5 More Ways to Champion Your Team
As leaders, part of our job is to evaluate the performance of those who look to us for guidance and direction. But if all our teams get is evaluation with tips on how to correct what they’re doing wrong, morale will deplete very quickly. Here are five ways you can champion your team so that …
Possessing Nothing
I recently read a quote in a book that I am reading by A.W. Tozer called “The Pursuit of God”. If you have never read it I highly recommend it. Anyway, in this particular chapter he is talking about the incredible act of faith and trust by Abraham when he offered Isaac as a sacrifice …
Leading Transformational Worship
No worship leader who is serious about offering authentic, Christ-centered worship wants to simply show up on Sunday, sing a bunch of songs and go home without knowing that God’s heart was engaged and the Holy Spirit moved and worked in the lives of those gathered. Whether we want to admit it or not, we …
Being Led While Leading
I guess I’ve always felt like I was somewhat of a leader. With my Type A personality, taking charge of situations has not always been easy, but I haven’t refused the challenge. However, I can say that being a church leader has presented more challenges than any other situation that I’ve experienced in my life. …
Three-Dimensional Worship: Part I // An Introduction
Let’s be perfectly honest: it’s hard to build a worship program in any church – big, small, medium and everywhere in between. Building systems and processes that pastor your people while churning out the best “product” (yes, I use that term intentionally) is difficult in any sized church. In my experience most large churches didn’t …
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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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