Worship Planning
There is a ton of planning that goes into making a Worship Ministry work. In our Worship Planning section will find helpful tips, thoughts and ideas on how to make it all work and keep it working for the long haul.
The Orderly Audio/Sound Man
Have you, worship leader, worship team member, pastor or a member of the congregation ever really thought about your sound engineer? If the average person could answer right here, they would probably say, “I honestly never thought about them”. The sound man is probably one of the few positions that goes unnoticed not intentionally, but…
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Soar on Wings Like Egos, 5
5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings I sometimes look at the young, hip worship band members in the “famous” churches and wonder if they’d let me play guitar on their team if I attended their church. I think I’ve got the chops to hang with them. But I exceed both the age and weight…
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Soar on Wings Like Egos, 4
Soar on Wings Like Egos, 4 Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings I remember my brief stint as a trumpet player in the junior high band. Whenever multi-measure rests occurred we had to just sit there while the saxophones played something cool. (Those sax players…
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Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 3
Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 3 Read Part 1 Read Part 2 5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings “I just worship so much better when I’m on stage.” In the not too distant past when I’d hear something like this from one of my worship team members, I immediately saw warning…
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Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 2
Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 2 5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings Read Part 1 Every team has a griper. You know, that person who’d complain if his ice cream was cold. It’s like someone’s been spitting in his Cheerios every morning since he was nine. It’s easy to get frustrated and…
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Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 1
Worship Planning: Soar On Wings Like Egos, 1 5 Questions to Clip Our Ego Wings Let’s call her Lydia. If Lydia’s voice was an Uno card, it’d be a Wild Draw 4. Great when you’ve got it; bummer when someone else does. When Lydia’s voice is on, it’s fantastic to listen to. When it’s off,…
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Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons At the edges of the world where the sea was yet to be explored, an ancient map-maker wrote HC SVNT DRACONES: Here Be Dragons. Places unknown, unexplored, untamed. But where dragons be, there also be gold and other treasure. We went off the map this past week at my church. Beyond…
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Worship Ministry and Adaptability
Worship Ministry and Adaptability How Technology Can Challenge Us. One of the things I like most is when a group of diverse people comes together to worship. They do so because of an ideal that I believe is in the heart of most volunteers: a commitment to unity. The typical worship team consists of diverse…
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The Preferred Future (or, Why I Get Up at 5am)
The Preferred Future (or, Why I Get Up at 5am) Vision. This is a black-hole subject. What I mean by that is it’ll suck you in and you probably won’t find the end of it. There have been oodles (yes, oodles) of books written and talks given on vision. Some agree on some things. Most…
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Organization Communicates Love
Organization Communicates Love I’ve been in worship ministry in some capacity for over 20 years now, and I’ve learned one thing about the perception of worship leaders; We are flighty, artsy, and unorganized. Truth be told, I can be flighty from time to time. My adult ADHD can kick in at any moment, and my…
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