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This post includes some practical advice and encouragement for hiring a part-time worship leader. Many churches look to a part-time leader to help form or keep their worship band moving forward. There are some unusual challenges when you are in this stage. You need consistency, ability, and leadership, but you’re not at the point of …
Encouragement And Steps To Hire A Part-Time Worship Leader Read More »
I’ve heard it said that culture overrides vision in getting your team where you want it to be. Vision is still important, but no matter how many times you share the vision, if the culture of your team or organization is working against it, you won’t get far. Determine Your Culture Goal Culture is a …
Change Your Worship Team Culture With These Simple Steps Read More »
When we experience something new, our brains are working hard to process all the new data and information. When we know what to expect and we’ve already experienced it, our minds don’t have to work as hard, because we can already predict what will most likely happen. We have a script about how things are …
Three Foundations To Creating Powerful Moments In Worship Read More »
Every worship team has it’s own culture during the summer months. I’ve known some churches where the worship leader also works in the school system and as a result, there is time in the summer months to grow, stretch and push. Other times, based on the area or the style of the congregation, many people …
You can’t fabricate worship in Spirit and Truth. It has to come from the heart. I’ve been helping in worship ministry for a long time, and the more the years stack up, the more I realize, there is no formula to authentic and engaging worship. There are times when I feel like it’s all creatively …
There May Not Be A Formula For Authentic Worship, But There Are Ingredients Read More »
I’ve played guitar and led worship for small groups of three or four people. I’ve led for groups of 100-500 thousands of times. I’ve led groups of 500-3000 hundreds of times. Probably the most people I have ever stood in front of to lead at one time was 25,000. I’ve been in concert halls, convention …
Six Foundational Components For Healthy Congregational Worship Read More »
One role for the worship leader is to select the songs for worship. We took a quick poll in the Worship Leader Toolbox Facebook Group to see how worship leaders go about selecting songs. Some do it alone, others choose songs with their pastor, others choose it with a small team of band members. Some …
Five Aspects To Selecting Great Songs For Worship Services Read More »
Don’t stop developing your worship ministry. There should always be something taking shape and moving forward. The leader is responsible for building a culture of development. Ministry development most often moves pretty slowly, with a few spurts. We’re in one of those spurts. We’ve had this unusual time to step back and re-tool some of …
New music can make a huge difference in worship! It adds a level of energy to the worship team members who have to break the norms and learn new things. It adds an element of surprise and refreshment to the congregation who may be feeling a little stale in singing the same songs. It also …
It’s great to learn from other churches, to be inspired by bigger and better, but what about the smaller settings? What if you are leading in a smaller church? What if your stage area is more traditional, without grand lighting or state of the art tech? If you watch many tutorial videos, follow #worship on …