Book Review – Energizing Children’s Ministry in the Smaller Church

bookOne of the challenges I face as a Children’s Pastor is finding good, quality resources that apply to my situation.  My church is not large, we don’t have much space, we have fewer resources, and so many “solutions” that are offered in the ministry marketplace just don’t seem to fit.

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Leading Through Brokenness

griefI find leading worship to be an almost disturbingly intimate activity – a sharing of my innermost emotions in front of others. When I first began to be the actual worship leader, center stage, responsible for the worship set, I felt naked and exposed as I poured out my heart. It was difficult for me to be truly vulnerable and expressive in front of others. It was an uncomfortable sensation for me. It has been a recurring struggle for me to worship with honesty while others are watching.

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ReVue: In This Place

Welcome to another “ReVue” from The Worship Community – where we ask several worship leaders to give their thoughts on albums and resources for worshipers.

Northwest Worship Live:  In This Place

Northwest Worship Live is a live worship recording captured September 21, 2008 at Northwest Bible Church.  [Read more...]

How to introduce click tracks to your band

nude_tempomapWhy use a click?

I don’t want to assume we all know and appreciate the benefits of a click so I figured I’d start here. A click insures your band plays a song in the correct time and keeps your band in the correct time through the duration of the song.

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True Love

This video comes to us from Fellowship Church‘s newest project ‘Closer To The Start‘.


True Love from Pace Hartfield on Vimeo.

The song is originally by Phil Wickham and is definitely done justice here. If you like this,
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Too practiced?

prepareCan you be over-prepared for worship? I don’t think so.

I have had conversations with a few people over the years who have expressed concern about being too practiced, too prepared. They have voiced concern about not allowing for spontaneity or questioned whether the Spirit would be able to move if worship is too precise?

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ReVue: Kari Jobe

l92640840250_7610Welcome to another “ReVue” from TheWorshipCommunity.Com – where we ask several worship leaders to give their thoughts on albums and resources for worshipers. [Read more...]