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Spirit of Excellence
February 25, 2009
“Make a joyful NOISE unto the Lord all ye lands” Psalm 100:1.
As a worship leader, I often have this Scripture quoted to me by people who have not been given, shall I say – the gift of song. “The Bible says, ‘make a joyful noise’ and that is just what I do”. Unfortunately, that is the same verse that many people use in defense of why they should be part of our Praise and Worship Teams. But I believe that the Lord has called us to something greater. Our lives and our ministries should be a living example of the excellence of the Father. Is your team lacking in their desire to become better musicians? Read on for some helpful tips on how to foster a Spirit of Excellence.
Crafting Sunday Announcements That Won’t Put Your Congregation To Sleep
February 23, 2009
In many churches, the Sunday order of service (liturgy) is focused and effective, with each element making sense and building on the others. Until it’s time to tack on the announcements. And then, it’s as if the ship has run aground and the train has slipped the tracks.
Review: United Pursuit Band: EP
February 19, 2009
United Pursuit Band: EP
Every now and again, you come across music that just hits the spot. You find a spark, a flash, a reflection of creativity, raw passion, and intimacy that burns you to the core. I’ve felt this spark on only a few albums, and hardly any of them were mainstream worship recordings.
I’d like to introduce you to a couple of incredible songwriters and worshipers: United Pursuit Band. First, I invite you to head on over to their Myspace music page and listen to them right now. I suggest you begin with Story of Your Grace, which is El Ben’s favorite.
ReVue: Light in the Darkness with Freddy Rodriguez
February 10, 2009
Welcome to another “ReVue” from TheWorshipCommunity.Com – where we ask several worship leaders to give their thoughts on albums and resources for worshipers.
Today’s review covers one of the latest albums offered by Integrity Music, “Champions Live – Light in the Darkness” featuring Freddy Rodriquez. Freddy Rodriguez has been the Worship Leader at Champions Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and recently moved back home to Dallas, TX to be closer to his family. In Texas, Freddy is now the Worship Pastor for Destiny Church in Cedar Hill. Freddy leads this multicultural congregation in an energetic and passionate journey into the presence of God. Featuring many songs written by Freddy, this project has a fresh sound, mixing Latin, Gospel and modern worship dynamics to create a unique worship experience. Read more
FaceBook Integration for TWC
February 9, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: TheWorshipCommunity.Com Announces FaceBook Integration
February 9, 2009 – St. Simons Island, GA
TheWorshipCommunity.Com, (TWC) a popular online portal for those involved in worship ministry, has completed testing and integration between their online discussion forums and FaceBook.Com, the popular social networking site.
“The last thing people need these days is to remember another login to another site. Integration of the FaceBook Connect technology on TheWorshipCommunity.Com gives our users the ability to login with their FaceBook credentials and post TheWorshipCommunity.Com related materials back to their FaceBook Profile” says Fred McKinnon, Founder of TheWorshipCommunity.Com.
With the integration, new visitors to TheWorshipCommunity.Com’s community forums can immediately login and engage in discussions with others in areas of music, worship, leadership, arts, prayer, technology, and other subjects. When a member creates a new discussion or replies to an existing discussion they have the option to allow that discussion to be posted on their FaceBook profile.
The new integration is also available for existing members of “TheWorshipCommunity.Com” who already have a UserID and account. Those members of TheWorshipCommunity.Com can use the “FaceBook Connect” login and link their FaceBook account to their existing UserID and immediately share their information on FaceBook as well.
Specific details on how to join or integrate your existing TWC Membership can be found in the discussion forums at:
http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16156
“Since integration of the FaceBook Connect technology, we have seen a large increase in traffic from FaceBook.Com and a reciprocal exchange of traffic back to FaceBook and our Fans and Group page” shared McKinnon.
Another application that enables communication between TheWorshipCommunity.Com and FaceBook is TWC’s Twitter.Com account (@theworshipcomm). “Twitter has been an invaluable tool in making connections with people from around the world, as well as providing a dynamic opportunity to have live interaction with people in online networks that we otherwise wouldn’t have access to”, says Russ Hutto, dubbed TWC’s “Twitter Ambassador”. Using Twitter allows us to interact in quick, real-time ways by posting polls, questions, and auto-posting new article and forum links. This information can also update the pages on FaceBook, creating a powerful network of followers and users with updated communication.
TheWorshipCommunity.Com continues to publish relevant articles and is the host to hundreds of active discussions ranging from worship leadership, church service reviews, technology, faith, and the arts.
For more information, visit www.theworshipcommunity.com
Contact: Fred McKinnon, Founder
Worship Team Retreats: Why They’re Worth It!
February 9, 2009
When I entered worship ministry leadership, I had spent the previous nine years in student ministry. If you know anything about student ministry, you know we like to spend lots of time together and have lots of retreats, play crazy games and light lots of candles. I entered worship ministry and immediately carried these ideas over into my work with adults simply because I didn’t know any better! But it is an “accident of ignorance” that I thank God for every year. I scheduled our first worship team retreat in 1999 and the fun hasn’t stopped since! It would not be an overstatement to say that our yearly retreat is the highlight of the year for our team. We now take time to “run away with God together” each year. Retreating together has marked our team – and in a beautiful way.
Small Group vs. Team
February 4, 2009
Looking back over the past 12 years, if I could begin building teams all over again I would do many things differently. The main difference would be how I create teams. I would start all of them as Small Groups. Even the praise teams.
re:create 2009, Nashville TN
February 2, 2009
Hello Everyone,
I’m joining a great group of creative people at the “re:create” conference in Franklin, TN – “an annual thinktank for arts and worship leaders from around the world”. I’ve invited other bloggers and TheWorshipCommunity.Com contributors who will be at re:create to join me in real-time, live blogging from the event. The event will be updated here in this post – you are welcome to follow along!
To comment with us live, go to:
http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/recreate_2009_Nashville_TN
