We live in an English speaking world, or at least it seems that way to us, here in the US of A. It’s hard to believe, if not completely shocking, that English is not the predominant language in the world. It’s actually 3rd behind Chinese and Spanish. This statistic is interesting to me in a[…]
Main EQ lives a troubled existence – most people know that it’s important but its ability to enhance or ruin sound is often shrouded by fear and misunderstanding. As a result most every church has one hidden away in a back room and no one is allowed touch it. While the main EQ is[…]
5 Reasons NOT to play it like the CD: While conducting training sessions across the U.S. and the world we have found that most worship teams’ solitary musical goal is to be able play the song just like the CD. While there are many great things you can take from a recording to help you[…]
Introducing a new song can be challenging. You rehearse, you prepare, and then the people just stare at you when they should be singing. You present it during the offertory the week before and it gets a little better, you keep doing it week after week and after a month the people are starting to[…]
Weight vs. Pressure Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT) “Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]