Category: Worship Team Tips

Worship Leading

Should We Use This Song in Worship?

SHOULD WE USE THIS SONG IN WORSHIP? What happens when a worship leader chooses a song that the pastor has a question about? Do you simply not use that song anymore? Do you use it anyway and push buttons because you love it? Do you

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Worship Leading

Worship Leaders | What You See From The Stage

What you see from the stage is everything in worship leadership. And what you see from that stage has everything to do with what you want to see, need to see, or have learned to see. Photo by Kane Reinholdtsen on Unsplash When you are on a stage,

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Brainwaves

Smile: Why Worship Band Faces Matter

The songs are joyful. The songs are beautiful. But for a solid 30 minutes the worship leader’s face seems intense with concentration. Wait. So does the background vocalist’s face as she stares at her music stand. Why do I feel disengaged from those on the stage

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Music

5 Worship Ministry Hacks You Can Do Now (Guest Blog)

One of my favorite worship leader and team trainers is good friend, Mike O’Brien. This guest post from him is fun, helpful, and typical of his practical and detailed style of helping worship teams upgrade. Check out this excerpt, and the full article at his

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Essentials In Worship

The Fraction Principle: How To Make Beautiful Music By Playing Less

The Fraction Principle is, perhaps, the most important band-arranging principle any musician, worship leader, or arranger can implement immediately to make their music start sounding 100% better. I first heard about The Fraction Principle from my master arranger/co-writing buddy, Bruce Ellis. He spoke in terms of the “Layering Principle”

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