How to Kick Someone Out of the Band (nicely)

Nancy Beach has a post about a colleague that believed they needed to ask a Worship Band member to step down in order to take the team to the “next level.” I’ve been there. To start, there are 2 main things I look for when selecting new Worship Band members. First there needs to be [...]

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Worship Band Tune Up, part 2

Read “Worship Band Tune Up, part 1″ here. 2. In guitar driven worship, the keyboard should use pads and strings so not to conflict with the rhythm of the guitar. Depending on what God gives you, your band may be more guitar driven than keyboard driven. The instrument “driving” the band is the one that [...]

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The New Traditional Church’s Approach to Websites

From Tony Morgan… Rather than looking at the Web through the eyes of a Facebook and YouTube and Twitter user, though, we’re still looking at the Web through the eyes of a Sunday bulletin reader. That approach works for the people who are already attending our churches. It completely ignores the people who we are [...]

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Free Kids Music

Download the songs from Faith Inkubators HERE: At Faith Inkubators, we believe in memory work. We also believe that memory work doesn’t need to be work. That’s why all of our ministry resources teach Bible verse memorization with verses—verbatim—set to music.

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Worship Band Tune Up, part 1

Technologies for Worship Magazine had a great little tip from John Chevalier on how to build a Worship Band. I’m going to break apart his points and riff on each of them. 1. The bass should always play in sinc with the beat of the kick drum. This is key, as about 60% of your [...]

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Drum Microphones 101

From Technologies for Worship Magazine… Start with the kick drum. Generally, the kick will produce less volume than the other drums, and the dynamics of contemporary Christian music rely on a strong kick drum sound. Improving or amplifying the kick drum will produce the most immediate impact on the overall drum set sound for the [...]

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Robert Webber quote

From an interview with Jordon Cooper for TheOoze.com The pragmatic churches have become institutionalized – with some exceptions. They responded to the sixties and seventies, created a culture-driven church an don’t get that the world has changed again. Pragmatics, being fixed, have little room for those who are shaped by the postmodern revolution. A clash [...]

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Cultivate thankfulness – sing your hearts out to God!

Colossians 3:15-17 Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one [...]

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Qualifications of a Worship Pastor

From Resurgence… Understanding the biblical role of a worship leader in the local church is central to the health of a church body. While the task of leading people in worship is outlined in varying ways, the implementation and function of the modern “worship leader” isn’t found anywhere in the New Testament. What we do [...]

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How to involve laypeople in planning worship.

Encourage feedback from the congregation. Ask individuals the question, “What helps your heart soar in worship?” Form a team of laypeople to design/implement a special service or season of services. Start a blog and invite the congregation to interact. Use posts to describe upcoming services and facilitate discussion about worship. Teach a class on worship [...]

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