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Youth Worship is HARD!
I LOVE leading youth in worship. It can be AWESOME! But there are some unique challenges as well…
Why is youth worship often so much more difficult than Sunday Morning worship?
Young People are usually less mature and more self conscious Teenagers are notorious for being […]
Once upon a time a group of families met to sing songs of worship to God. They all squished into a nice, clean, warm, bright room with wooden arches and padded pews where one could see and hear everyone, including the piano and/or organ and everyone sang melodies and harmony out of a hymnal. […]
Too Much Repetition? Repetition in Songs – How much is too much?
Modern worship songs are often accused of being too repetitive. Let’s take a look at some key questions around repetition.
Is repetition ever ok?
I don’t know anyone that is against all repetition. Everyone is in favor of some repetition. Let me […]
When it comes to training musicians and leaders for Concerts versus Church Worship Services, both of which can be useful in the Kingdom of God, many of the required skills are the same, but here is my list of the main differences in emphasis.
Do you agree? Have I left some out? Give me some […]
I have been very excited lately to read about and experiment with some new ways of discipling and have hit a very exciting treasure trove with “storying” from Avery Willis and Discipleship training from Jim Putman and Real Life Ministries in Post Falls Idaho. If you want to read along, my […]
In John 13 we read that Jesus washed his disciples feet. In Mark 10:45 we read that Jesus came “came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
In our culture we don’t have “servants” who “wash our feet” which in cities […]
Dave Morgan from Canyon Hills Community Church in Bothell and formerly from Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, is a great worship leader who I look up to. One of the things he is great at is networking with other worship leaders and he hosts a worship leader’s network meeting a few times a year and […]
This one is fairly simple. It is hard to sing along on a new song, so you want the majority of songs that you sing to be songs that are familiar to most people if you can. It’s only once you learn the melody that you have enough brain power to spare […]
