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Six Lousy Methods to Get More Musicians, Part 2

Read part 1Photo: Kandyjaxx, FlickrThe third lousy way to get more musicians:3. Let Your Non-Musical Pastor do the Recruiting.Senior pastor to me, the worship leader: "Say, Jon, there's a new family that just started attending and I heard that the wife played piano and sang at their last church. Inc Read More...

8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 4

Read Part 1Read Part 2Read Part 315. Leave them wanting more. Don't expect a weekly band--especially at first. You don't want your band burning out or your youth group growing complacent.16. Foster Creativity. As your kids get to know the songs, they may have ideas for new arrangements. Let them run Read More...

8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 3

Read Part 1Read Part 2 11. Make it fun. Recently, I became the subject of the youth band's joking--actually, my mother did. Somehow "your mom" jokes started flying and stuck to me. Soon a theme song emerged: "Jon's mom is greater, Jon's mom is stronger..." I'm not sure if Chris Tomlin intended that Read More...

8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 2

Read Part 1 (#1-5)6. Create a standard form for each song. And don't deviate from that form (at least until #16 starts to happen). By a standard song form, I mean the order of the verse, chorus, bridge and other parts of the song. Use the original recording arrangement when possible. (And check out Read More...

8th Grade Odor and Sucking Out Loud: 17 Ways to Build a Better Youth Band, 1

I'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.Start with who and what you have now. If y Read More...

Getting Kicked in the Teeth?

A month or two ago, I wrote a piece here at WorshipMinistry.com called How to Dump Your Worship Pastor. It was my (therapeutic) response to another Dear Jon email I had just received from a team member (a drummer, no less--it always hurts more when it's a drummer. Amen?). Apparently, you've had thos Read More...

28 Ways to Create Great Segues: #25

For our last four segues, we'll be looking at elements we've already discussed but using them to transition to the message. #25 is prayer.Prayer before the message does a few things: 1) It gives time for people to prepare, both in their hearts and head. 2) It invites the Holy Spirit to work through Read More...

RadioShack Sound Systems & Faith-Infused Realism

Most leaders (volunteer or paid) find it easy to think about what they want to do and have and be after their ministry or organization grows. A preferred future is fun to think about. The current reality, especially for those in small churches, well, not so much. Here was reality at my first church: Read More...

DOs & DON\'Ts of Being Dumped, Part 2

It's inevitable. People leave. Whether they move, get mad, get dead or otherwise decide that the worship team is no longer for them, people eventually exit. Handling this well isn't always easy. Here are some DOs and DON'Ts for when people leave. Let's pick back up with #4. If you haven't read the f Read More...

28 Ways to Create Great Segues: #21

We've been talking about the "pre-service." I suggested in the last post that the pre-service time is one big transition time - comprised of several of small segues - that moves people into our worship gatherings.We can try to spiritualize this time, but let's just be honest: it's sometimes like her Read More...

They Need Me, They Really Need Me...

They need me every hour, most gracious LordTo lose talent like mine, the team can't affordThey need me, O they need meEvery service they need meI'll bless them with my presenceUntil eternityI think this bastardized hymn sings in the brain of every worship leader - full-time, part-time, volunteer - i Read More...

28 Ways to Create Great Segues: #17 - 20

Segues #17 - 20: The Pre-Service, Part 1I look at the pre-service time as one big segue: it's a sequence of elements used to transition people into corporate worship. The issue with most churches in American culture is this: the majority of people don't actually come into the service until right at Read More...

How To Dump Your Worship Pastor

Six Options for Quitting the Worship Teamthe new WorshipMinistry.com article...How to break up with your worship pastor/leader:1. Stop showing up. I'll eventually get the hint. And let all my phone calls go to voice-mail and emails go unanswered. The longer we delay the follow-up conversation, the Read More...

Bigger Than Bono...

I wrote this article for my own worship team's monthly newsletter. Rather than transfer it to the blog, I kept it a PDF so you can distribute it more easily to your own team. Click on the graphic or download the pdf here. Read More...

Linchpin or Liability?

When it comes to the worship ministry at your church, are you a linchpin or a liability?A linchpin is indispensable. Wait, I know. The right answer that's been drilled in our heads, especially in the church, is this: no one's indispensible. OK, so the earth might not break its orbit of the sun if yo Read More...

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