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Four Reasons Coaching Can Help Grow Your Ministry
| September 11, 2012 Why coaching can be a great investment in you and your ministry...
Band≠Worship, Part 5
| August 20, 2012 Why a band is about performing and a worship ministry is about facilitating
Blog Posts Will Resume After Lights Come Back On...
| July 3, 2012 Starting "day four" of no power...
If Worship is a Journey, What's Our Destination?
| May 1, 2012 Is worship just the "preliminary" stuff before the sermon?
Free Team Devotional: Heart Check, 2
| February 27, 2012 Do I find that I'm critical of others on the team? Even just a little...?
10 Steps to Remarkable Video Storytelling
| February 17, 2012 How to tell great stories with video...
1/2 off (almost) ALL Products
| November 23, 2011 It's No Post Wednesday, but I wanted to let you know that Brother Turkey (who's kinda like Father Christmas, only more, um...bird-like) is giving 50% off everything...
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November 16, 2011 "No Post Wednesdays" is a tradition I started awhile back. Like 4 minutes ago...
8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 1
| August 22, 2011I've been working the youth band at our church for last couple years. As a former youth pastor, it's fun to mix it up with the kids and NOT have to plan lessons or participate in lock-ins. Over the next few days, we'll look at some things I've been learning. #1. Start with who and what you have...
Reverse Sound Check
April 5, 2011Kent Morris is a rock star. Actually, he's the AV genius behind rock stars. And he was in my neighborhood a month or so ago doing a seminar for Peavey's Sanctuary Series line of sound systems. (Ended up having lunch with him, which was fun. But that's f
3 Notes Per String Scale
April 5, 2011 Jon introduces 3 notes per string scales as a alternative to major position scales. This segment was actually cut from Jon's "Lead: Step One" training video. It will be developed...
Small Churches are Small Because They’re Doing Something Wrong
March 23, 2011That’s what a college classmate of mine heard when he did a ministry internship in a very large church. No, he didn’t just hear the sentiment. He heard the actual words: “Small churches are small because they’re doing something wrong.†I
Free Music From Praise Charts
March 22, 2011PraiseCharts has another great giveaway . They've got charts and mp3s for several songs from Integrity. At the top of the pack (IMO) is Gateway's O the Blood with Kari Jobe leading. Another is You Gave Your Life Away by Paul Baloche. John Mark Mc
3 Songs I'm Loving for Easter
March 11, 2011One of the things I struggle with each year are finding songs that are focused on the Resurrection and not just on the Cross. Don't get me wrong, we need songs about the Cross of Jesus, but His resurrection is equally as important as the cross (and some w
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"Good Music--I Just Hate Looking at the Worship Team..."
March 4, 2011I've been talking to my team, especially my vocalists, about stage presence. Team members from secular backgrounds (bar bands, musical theater, etc) bristle at the thought of infusing worship with the kind of "stage presence" they used in performanc
Small Church/Big Worship - 2 or 3 More Numbers That Matter...
February 7, 2011In the last SC/BW post, we talked about numbers . Numbers matter. We can't scale NorthWillowBackHillPoint down to 100 people. These large churches have more people on staff than most churches have, well, people. But there are a few numbers that are
28 Ways to Make Great Segues - An Intermission
February 7, 2011We've just progressed through 14 different segues that can move us between songs. We're shifting now to look at segues between non-musical parts of the worship service.
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Mangling Our Banner?
February 7, 2011So Christina Aguilera botched the words to the National Anthem last night at the Super Bowl. One news site had a poll asking if "we forgive her?" Forgive her? Sure. I botch words every week when I lead. It's the running joke on my worship team. I even f
Great Song/Free Praise Chart
January 13, 2011If you haven't heard People's Church or Natalie Grant's "Your Great Name," you need to. Praise charts is offering the leadsheet/piano/vocal and chord chart for FREE. It'll end soon, so grab it now! UPDATE: it has ended...but check out this song - it's
Small Church/Big Worship - Numbers Matter...
January 5, 2011No one walks into a church of 100 and expects Hillsong United. But there is a slight disappointment when “Mighty to Save†isn’t that, well, mighty. Numbers matter. I know I’m not supposed to say that. But when it comes to corporate worship
LIDs
November 3, 2010Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. ~Eric Hoffer I had the privilege this Sunday to introduce a new worship leader to our congregation. We didn't hire him. Nor did he transfer from another church. He's been here for a while--I just duste
worship planning tip #17
November 3, 2010worship planning tip #17 Unless you have the same band and vocals week after week, always plan your songs with an eye on the musician* schedule. Look at the range the vocalists who may be taking the lead. Look at the strength of your scheduled band and d
Small Church/Big Worship - 10 Ways The Senior Pastor Can Make This Sunday Remarkable
November 2, 2010I believe the senior pastor of any church is the CLW: Chief Lead Worshiper . He sets the tone for corporate worship. For the solo pastor of a smaller church, he may be actually leading the worship, or at least doing most of the behind-the-scenes wor
Small Church/Big Worship, an Introduction
October 26, 2010Small churches. They're everywhere. Check out this excerpt from a great post I just read: Imagine you are looking down a very, very long street, and all the churches of U.S. are lined up along the left side of the street from smallest to la
May god wrap his arm around him and his family in ...
October 25, 2010May god wrap his arm around him and his family in this time of need.. Sending my thoughts and prayers to him.. May god bless them..
Our community and our family is praying for brando...
October 25, 2010Our community and our family is praying for brandon everyday and for the lord to watch over him and his family as the lord heals his wounds. I will be holding a benefit for brandon and his family if anyone would like the details please contact me @ moonch
Unless Chris Tomlin's Your Worship Leader...
October 25, 2010...you probably need to lower the key on Chris Tomlin's songs. You may have one singer who can nail those notes. But most of your team can't. And your congregation REALLY can't. So you go to Song Select and print out a more congregationally-friendly key
Brandon Moore...
October 24, 2010You don't know Brandon. Or chances are that you don't, unless you're from northern Morrow County, OH. But he's someone to get to know . Brandon goes to my church. He does video editing with me and helps out just about any other way he can. And I l
worship planning tip #8: Charts - Overdo it
October 23, 2010Charts - this is one of those places where the worship leader/pastor/director needs to overdo it. And by "overdo it" -- be all things to to all musicians, if at all possible. My OCD (obsessive chart development) stems back to a prolonged and silent suff
