A while back…ok, quite a while back I started writing a bit about using a creative team to plan worship services. (If you missed that article check it out here.) Well, here we are back in the saddle again.
This topic among discussions of creativity is probably one of the most important and yet, one of [...]

I don’t have any evidence to back this up, but I have a theory. A Senior Pastor once told me that people cling to the music of their youth. In other words, if someone has an emotional connection to a song when they’re young, they’ll likely become attached to that song and to other songs [...]

In this week’s episode, David & Kevin talk about Time management and particularly how it relates to being prepared for rehearsals and other events. We talk about some of the struggles in getting prepared and some of the things we can do to be more prepared.
This is a very important issue, one that can really [...]

 

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0028 - Time management and Rehearsal Preparation [38:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (105)

In this week’s episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, David & Kevin talk about the art of communication (or the lack thereof). It’s a delicate thing, how much should we communicate, and in how much detail, how often, what should we say, etc.
We share some of our personal successes and failures in communicating and [...]

 

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0027 - Communication [38:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (97)

Today, David and Kevin tackle a topic that has been a point of contention for many worship leaders for many years – what are the guidelines for introducing a new song? How many new songs can you do throughout the course of a year? When you introduce it, how should you teach it to your [...]

 

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0026 - Introducing new Songs [38:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (99)

In this weeks episode of the Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast, David and Kevin do a follow up to the interview of Jodan Fowler from www.worshiptrench.com. It was such a great episode we just had to continue talking about it this week. If you missed last weeks episode, you really should check it out.
We talk about [...]

 

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0025 - Year End Review (Part 3) [39:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (94)

What a great episode we have for you this week. We talked with Jordan Fowler of www.worshiptrench.com about doing a Year End Review. It is a very uplifting and encouraging conversation for us and I’m sure it will be for you too.
Jordan not only shares with us some very helpful insight in how to do [...]

 

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0024 - Interview with Jordan Fowler of Worship Trench.com [39:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (99)

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Creativity lately. I know that many of you are a part of creative teams at your churches and you all have your own process for how come to your end result. I’ve been wanting to write what I know about how to utilize creativity in the local [...]

Break out the Heresy hat because we’re bringing on the controversy this week on the Worship Ministry Catalyst podcast.
In this week’s episode David & Kevin talk about using Non-Christian Musicians in the Worship Band. For too many of us, we just answer “no” without ever thinking about it. But could it be possible that we’re [...]

 

 Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast - Episode 0023 - Using non-Christian Musicians in the worship band [34:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (95)

All the stars aligned and worship was awesome. So, I don’t actually believe in the stars aligning or whatever, but in a sense they did. We did almost everything this week that prepared us as wholly as we could for the worship this weekend.
I don’t know about you, but for me, it seems like I [...]