Everyday

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Steven Reed

According to a quick search on the Internet, the average person lives 27,375 days on this earth. When you look at it that way, it can seem like a lot. Now maybe it goes without saying, but some of those 27,375 days are going to be awesome. Like the days you get to open the[…]

Leading For A Small Church

Posted on April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 by Steven Reed

Small is a relative term. Being ‘small’ has less to do with how many people attend your services and everything to do with what you compare yourself to. The church down the street or the mega-ministry on TV may seem large but what really makes you feel small is how you view your resources in[…]

Steroids, Multi-Tracks, and Other Drugs

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 by Steven Reed

Everywhere you look these days it seems like there’s an advertisement for Multi-Tracks. If you don’t already use them, you probably have thought about it. Marketed as a quick, easy, low cost, and professional way to improve the sound of your Sunday worship it can seem like everyone who is someone is already using them.[…]

The Purpose of Volume

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Steven Reed

The Purpose of Volume: Why Is It So Loud? One of the greatest challenges for churches around the world is volume. Why is it so loud? For many, the answer to finding what level of sound to use is based solely on preference; that of the pastor, the band, the sound person, or those that[…]

How To Reach The Young People

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Steven Reed

Reaching the Millenial’s: what churches filled with 20 year olds have in common. We travel – a lot. Which is the traveling part of being a traveling worship minister. Part of what is great about our job is that we get to visit so many different denominations and non-denominational kinds of churches all over the[…]

Getting Your Church To Sing: Part 4 Things To Do and Not Do

Posted on March 18, 2016March 19, 2016 by Steven Reed

Welcome back for the dramatic conclusion. In the previous edition of this article we risked the offense of every cheerleader throughout history in pointing out that most cheerleading is not actually cheerleading, it’s cheerdoing. Well-rehearsed and well intentioned cheerdoing for that matter. The parallels were then drawn to how we as well meaning worship leaders[…]

Getting Your Church To Sing – Part 3 “Cheerleaders”

Posted on March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 by Steven Reed

I like to imagine that cheerleading originated out of a chaotic mess of disorderly and conflictive cheering; causing someone to stand up and say, “Stop the madness! Let’s have a leader so we can all be on the same page with our yelling.” From its humble beginnings to today, “cheerleading” has curiously become so filled[…]

Getting Your Church To Sing – Part 2

Posted on February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 by Steven Reed

Ready, set, go…predictably everyone stares at each other in confusion as I re-ask my volunteers if they are willing and ready to participate. With hesitant conviction they reiterate that they are. I ask, “Why aren’t you doing it then?” Then comes the light bulb, change your approach to leadership, moment I was looking for as[…]

Getting Your Church To Sing (part 1)

Posted on February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 by Steven Reed

Getting Your Church To Sing Part 1: It’s different than you think We all know the feeling. You’ve planned, prepared, and are giving it your very best every Sunday morning but there the people are…just starring at you. At least the ones who are actually in the sanctuary at the beginning of worship are. The[…]