If you have ever been into a church service during worship, chances are you have seen people lifting up their hands during the music portion of the service. When the chorus of the song everyone knows drops you see the hands fly up; but why are they doing this? If you have been to multiple…
6. How To Turn On & Off The Sound Board… Yes So lets start with something that isn’t necessarily a concept but something that is pretty important and it points to other things that are important as well. As the worship leader at your church you should understand the basic principles of your sound board,…
10. Worship Central – Set Apart (Live) Worship Central is doing some great things for worship in the UK. Their sound capitalizes on Electronic Dance Music similar to Young & Free, but WC found a way to make it even more accessible for worship environments. Check out their Song “The Way” for a good starting…
I guarantee you will recognize most, if not all, of these tunes! I keep track of the number of times we play songs at our church so we don’t wear them out. The truth is that different congregations respond to certain songs differently than others. I thought I would share the group of songs our…
1. Be Creative. Be Experimental. Ok so you have your song and you think it’s the best thing ever. Guess what? That song can be better. Does that mean it’s not good? NO! I means it can be improved upon. When you or even your worship team come together to record and create a demo remember…
One of the biggest accomplishments for my worship team in the last few years has been our ability to pull off some of the most challenging songs. My team is 100% volunteer and it has nothing to do with my own musicianship. The reason for our success is that we play to backing tracks, which are also called loops.…
I often think about and evaluate what truly makes a great leader. I think in our culture we can be a little obsessed with leadership in a funny way, people pour over books about leadership and attend conferences about leadership. Sometimes I wonder if we spend too much time looking for the secret to leadership…
I am a planner. I think most worship leaders can relate to the way I approach a sunday. I carefully work out my transitions with the team, I walk through the song parts intricately with my band, I make sure everyone gets detailed information about the service programing and I even walk through different aspects…
As worship leaders and as church musicians we can often get a bad rap for not having the best understanding of different musical concepts. We even get labeled “amateurs” or “not real musicians” in some circles. Sometimes that can be true, but we, as those church musicians, shouldn’t settle for the bare minimum. I know…
Us worship leaders sing about grace every week. We praise God and worship Him because of that sweet grace that has been offered to us so that we could be reconciled with the father. We are a grace culture and we know the only way we would be where we are is because of His…
Children Of Pursuit 