Oh man… it has been a rough couple of weeks.  I was miserable and sick almost all of last week (which is why my Weekend Review post was noticeable absent last Sunday).  Today has been the first day that I’ve had the time to sit down and write this out… I’ve been so busy catching [...]

In this weeks episode of The Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, David and Kevin are joined once again by John Ross. We’ve finished our discussions about Acoustic guitar (If you missed those episodes you’ll definitely want to check those out. Part 1 and Part 2.) and have now moved on to talking about the use of [...]

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0033 - Contemporary Liturgy Part 1 (of 2) [35:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Can you say flem? This weekend’s review is shaping up to be something like a treatise on what not to do to your voice when your sick. #1 – Don’t sing – (whoops)…. #2 – Don’t Drink coffee – (Oh Well)….#3 – Don’t strain your voice, don’t cough too hard, don’t clear your throat – [...]

So, I was trying to avoid this, but I fear that it has happened anyway. You know what I’m talking about. You plan for months and then totally rock on Easter, then the weekend after  Easter  it all flops. Maybe it doesn’t flop, but  it’s not even on the same playing field as the weekend [...]

In this episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, David and Kevin are joined once again by the venerable John Ross to finish up our two part Acoustic Guitar Workshop. We dig a little deeper this week as we talk about the “dynamics” of playing with a band. John gives us some very practical and [...]

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0032 - Acoustic Guitar Workshop Part 2 (of 2) [43:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Whew!  A lot of work went into making this morning happen… and it was such a success!  I am so happy with how everything turned out.  Like many of you, I spent hours in practices and working indivdually with musicians; not to mention all the prep work and putting together teams of sound people and [...]

As I’m sitting here waiting for our Easter dinner (Sorry if you’re kosher, but Mmmm Ham!), I thought I’d stop and do a quick review of the weekend. In Short, it Was AWESOME!!!  I’m sure (I hope) you felt the same way about your weekend, and since it was Easter I hope that’s the case. [...]

In this week’s episode, David and Kevin are joined the the venerable John Ross. John is an Associate pastor at Pearl Church, in the Pearl District in Downtown Portland, OR. In this first part of a two part series, John covers some of the basics of the Acoustic guitar. It’s not only insightful for those [...]

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0031 - Acoustic Guitar Workshop - Part 1 (of 2) [35:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hello out there!  Palm Sunday at Laurelwood was AWESOME!  We didn’t have a cool worship band like David, but we did get A LOT of excitement about Easter.  You ever have one of those Sundays where it’s just fun and exciting and there’s joy in the air?  That’s how church was on Sunday! Truthfully, a [...]

This weekend we had a guest band leading worship for us. The Neverclaim is a band whose electric guitarist goes to our church, so they’re still somewhat connected here. It was great for a bunch of different reasons. 1.) It gave me a chance to work side by side with one of our sound techs [...]