Worship Blog
Get More Musicians: Two Factors That Affect Growth
| November 12, 2012 Every church has one of two problems. First problem:Finding enough musicians. Second problem: Choosing between too many musicians. Where can I sign up for the second problem?
Know When to Say Goodbye to a Worship Song
| November 9, 2012 If people audibly groan when start a song, it might be time to retire it...
When Life Goes Sideways
| November 7, 2012 The best response when your world tilts to the left of normal...
The Problem With Young Worship Leaders...
| October 29, 2012 Is it inexperience? Or Naivety? Or the traits of late adolescence? Or something else...
Slash Chords: Why Guitarists Should Play the Bass Note
| October 25, 2012 It's time for guitarists to reclaim the bass note. Find out a little more why the note on the right of the slash matters...
The Biggest Wall in Worship
| October 24, 2012 One of tough barrier in worship that we need to break...
Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs, #5
| October 23, 2012 The final tip, and putting all the tips into action...
Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs, #4
| October 22, 2012 Where's the best place to insert new songs?
Four Worship Lessons from the Fab Four
| October 19, 2012 50 years later, we're still learning from them...
Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs, #3
| October 18, 2012 Practical ideas for intentionally teaching each part of the song to your congregation...
New Electric Guitarist Struggles With Last Minute Changes
| October 17, 2012 In another segment from a recent WorshipQ session, the panel tackles a tough issue of last minute changes that trip up a new electric guitarist...
A Pro Reveals His Technique for a Great House Mix
| October 16, 2012 This is a Jedi-Ninja secret-awesome technique that might not be legal in your state. It's that good...
Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs, #2
| October 15, 2012 A simple tip to bridge the gap between "brand-spankin' new" and "now we're trying to sing along with it"...
Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs: #1
| October 11, 2012 Preview your new song as people are coming in...
Forget Excellence in Worship...
| October 10, 2012 There. I said it. "Forget excellence." Want to know why?
Five (and a half) Tips for Teaching New Songs: #4.5
| October 9, 2012 Finding the balance between teaching a song and maintaining the flow of worship...
Eight Questions for Great Song Selections
| October 5, 2012 Why You Need to Be a Micromanager of Worship Music...
11 Ways to More Deeply Engage - Seminar Playback
| October 3, 2012 FREE: the playback for the webinar: 11 Ways to More Deeply Engage
The Ideal Worship Leader (and Other Myths You Should Stop Believing)
| October 2, 2012 Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Great-At-Everything Worship Leader...
What If Your Sr. Pastor is a Lousy Leader?
| October 1, 2012 Jon chats with a couple great worship leaders about this tough question...
The Role Most Worship Leaders Didn't Sign Up For...
| September 28, 2012 Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love...
When is it Time to Start Growing Quality Instead of Quantity? Part 2
| September 26, 2012 Two issues when it comes to growing quality versus quantity...
When is it Time to Start Growing Quality Instead of Quantity? Part 1
| September 25, 2012 What does it take to move your team from surviving to thriving?
Two Segues That Worked This Weekend
| September 24, 2012 Getting real with my Sunday Setlist - a brief post-mortem...
Save Time & Serve Your Musicians - A Video Tutorial
| September 20, 2012 How to load multiple weeks of music into Planning Center Online...
A Missing Ingredient In Your Worship Planning
| September 18, 2012 A missing ingredient...and one that probably shouldn't be there...
Could This Give You a Better Team?
| September 17, 2012 Using Dave Ramsey to create a better worship team...
"Why Bother Standing?" A Short Teaching for Your Congregation
| September 13, 2012 A short lesson for your congregation on why "awe" is a great reason to stand in worship...
