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Review: Love Shine Through by Tim Hughes

April 27, 2011 by 11 Comments

Thanks to TWC member, Terry Timm, for providing this review!

I have been awaiting the new release from one of my favorite worship leaders, Tim Hughes called “Love Shine Through” with a great sense of anticipation.  Released in the US until April 19, I have listened to it quite a bit and I am finding it extremely engaging. Tim is first and foremost a worship leader; his day job is the director of music for his church, Holy Trinity Brompton, an Anglican community in central London and as such he writes songs for the church to sing and express their worship to God through music. Tim’s songs help give voice to what is in my heart. [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #144 – April 24, 2011

April 24, 2011 by 19 Comments

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter from the Worship Community! We join a myriad of brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ this weekend in celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Welcome to the 144th consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”. The purpose of “Sunday Setlists” is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn’t work as well as you’d like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don’t have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week. [Read more...]

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Glenn Packiam Responds To The Worship Community Member Questions

April 20, 2011 by 21 Comments

In early April, we featured Glenn Packiam’s newest project, The Kingdom Comes, and asked you, The Worship Community members, to ask Glenn some questions. We received A LOT of questions. It was hard to narrow them all down, but we selected (and combined) some that we feel will give our readers a great insight into where Glenn is in this stage of his journey and what he’s working on! [Read more...]

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How to Host a “Night of Worship”

April 18, 2011 by 40 Comments

Have you ever wished you could devote an entire service to worshiping God through music, song, and other expressions of worship?  Do you want a special time where you can have a bit more freedom without the constraints of what is required of a typical Sunday morning gathering?

One of my favorite times of ministry in the local church is when I host our “Night of Worship” events.  These are times [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #143 – April 17, 2011

April 17, 2011 by 10 Comments

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of:

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Welcome to the 143rd consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”. The purpose of “Sunday Setlists” is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn’t work as well as you’d like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don’t have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week. [Read more...]

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Winners of The Glenn Packiam EP Giveaway

April 13, 2011 by 18 Comments

Thanks to all who participated in our Glenn Packiam giveaway last week! Here’s our winners (selected by random number drawing):

  1. Douglas Phillips
  2. Zachary Miller
  3. Rodney Morton

Thanks to all who participated!

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Review: Laura Story’s Blessings

April 13, 2011 by 8 Comments

Thanks to Melanie Siewert for providing this review for The Worship Community!

Laura Story’s latest album, “Blessings” (released April 12, 2011), has a sweet and tender feel to it. Each song expresses a heart after God’s own heart in a posture of praise and worship. Following the successes of “Indescribable” and “Mighty To Save,” this latest release has some potential of use in worship gatherings. Laura’s style of music in this release has more pop with some piano-driven instrumentation. Although the style falls a little short of the more popular “worship styles” of today, her lyrics in every song cut through with messages and expressions of encouragement, healing, reflection, praise and worship. Here is a break down of each song: [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #142 – April 20, 2011

April 10, 2011 by 20 Comments

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of:

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Welcome to the 142nd consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”. The purpose of “Sunday Setlists” is to share a recap of your worship services. What songs did you use, what arrangements? What worked really well and what didn’t work as well as you’d like? What issues did you have preparing? What is the sermon series? How about creative elements used in the service? You don’t have to be the pastor or worship leader to participate. We would really love to get reviews from the perspective of those in our congregations each week. [Read more...]

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10 Ways To Recruit New Musicians & To Strengthen The Ones You Already Have

April 7, 2011 by 27 Comments

Reposted with permission from www.davidsantistevan.com. Part of a very insightful series entitled: Tips For Taking Your Worship Team To The Next Level.

It’s an all too common scenario. Great musicians come. Great musicians go. Young, mediocre musicians get better. Young, now improved musicians go to college. Have you found yourself in that situation numerous times? Have you been so discouraged that you’ve wanted to quit? Is all this church musician transitioning really worth it?

Maybe stand on the street corner and hold a Help Wanted sign?

Transition comes with the territory of being a worship leader in the local church. People come for a season and move on. Young people go to college. Wouldn’t you love to have a culture where when some musicians move on, others step up to the plate? A culture where you have multiple players who are skilled and available? [Read more...]

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Review: Glenn Packiam’s The Kingdom Comes EP

April 5, 2011 by 74 Comments

The Worship Community will be giving away THREE (3) The Kingdom Comes EP prize packs this week. We will randomly draw the winners from the comments section (below) next Monday (April 11, 2011) at the end of the day. Make sure you get your comments in! All you have to do is answer the question:

Glenn Packiam is an accomplished worship songwriter, author, AND executive pastor. If you could spend 10 minutes with Glenn and pick his brain (about songwriting, being an author, balancing pastoring with leading worship, etc.), what ONE question would you ask him? [Read more...]

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