Worship Ministry Catalyst

Acts 2 to U2 – What is the Purpose of the Ch...

(Yes I realize U2 isn’t the chart-topping machine they used to be, but I like the alliteration and what not…) In episode 0124 of the podcast, we talked about the purpose of the church and how it affects our worship ministry. I wanted to follow up that episode in hopes to get some conversation going about how we...

Posted by David Lindner on Jan 29, 2013 | 0 comments

WMC – 0124 – What is the Whole Point o...

What is the reason we bother with church? And why does the way we do church affect how we do worship ministry? These are some of the questions we begin to deal with in this episode of the podcast. Why don’t you chime in? TWITTER: @wmcatalyst FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/worshipministrycatalyst VOICEMAIL: 360 818...

Posted by David Lindner on Jan 28, 2013 | 1 comments

Encouraging Volunteers – The Power of a Than...

Unlike any other organization in the world, the church is completely dependent on volunteers. Sure, a lot of churches have some paid staff members. There’s usually a full-time senior pastor, but not always. Then there is usually an administrative assistant. Then maybe some other full-time staff or part-time...

Posted by David Lindner on Jan 17, 2013 | 0 comments

The Basics of Using Compression

So far in this series, we have covered a couple of basics in running sound. We first covered setting your gain structure. Then we covered some basics on EQ. And of course, these all go back to episode 0123 of the podcast. Today we’re going to cover the highly useful, yet misunderstood topic of compression. It took me...

Posted by David Lindner on Jan 15, 2013 | 1 comments

I Wanna Be Like Hillsong

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Worship Ministry lately. (In part because I have the time to do so.) I’ve been thinking about how we run our ministries and what our motivations are. What is our philosophy for worship ministry and how did we get here? As I have been thinking about it, I’m starting to...

Posted by David Lindner on Jan 10, 2013 | 3 comments

Acts 2 to U2 – What is the Purpose of the Church and How Do We Get Back?

Jan 29, 13

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Encouraging Volunteers – The Power of a Thank You

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Top 20 Worship Blogs

Jun 07, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Headline, Networking, Resources, Worship Ministry, Worship Ministry Catalyst

One of my goals, is to help equip Worship Leaders and Worship Team members to do their ministry in the best possible way. I wish I knew everything there was to know about Worship Ministry, but unfortunately, I do not. And that’s ok. It’s ok that you don’t know either. But, here are a few people who know worship...

Worship Prescriptions

Jun 07, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Headline, Styles of Worship, Worship

What are the few things we are prescribed when it comes to worship? I know there are a lot of things we think we are supposed to do, but most of them aren’t actual prescriptions. Styles aren’t prescribed. Hymns aren’t prescribed. Choruses, nope. Isaac Waats, Chris Tomlin, Martin Luther, no. Decibel Levels. Who...

10 reasons you should like us on facebook

May 31, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Headline, Social Network, Worship Ministry Catalyst

Top ten reasons you should like Worship Ministry Catalyst on Facebook: 10. Kevin Kruse is now on facebook. 9. When you like us, the facebook fairy waves a magic wand over your personal profile, protecting you from spammers. 8. When you like us, you have a page that you can click to quickly when someone comes in your office, so...

Worship Leader, What’s Driving You?

May 30, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Headline, Leadership, Spiritual Preparation, Worship

Today, through that amazing little 140 character powerhouse we refer to as Twitter, I came in contact with this article. I’ve been a fan of Perry Noble and what they’re doing down there at New Spring for quite some time. And the fact that I grew up with that kind of preaching, just makes me reel right at home with...

Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast – Episode 0110 – Transitions, leading through change

May 23, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Headline, Leadership, Podcast, Worship Ministry

IN this week’s episode, we talk about having multiple services in different locations. David’s church is just a few weeks into a change which includes two simultaneous services. David & Kevin talk about some of the issues that David and his church have faced. TWITTER: @wmcatalyst FACEBOOK:...

Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast – Episode 0109 – Hand Signals, guiding the band during worship

May 16, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Band Tips, Headline, Podcast, Worship Leading, Worship Ministry

Potential

May 08, 12

Posted by David Lindner in Headline, Leadership

I wanted to share a post with you that I wrote for our Worship Arts Ministry at our Church: Tonight, for the opening session of the retreat at Cannon Beach Conference Center, Dr. Rod Stafford shared a synopsis of “The Princess and the Goblin.” The basic premise of the story is that a grandmother tells her granddaughter to...