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Rocking Seniors (Or Encouraging Senior Worshipers to Reinvent Themselves)

June 27, 2011 by 8 Comments

Mr. Jimmy (playing bass above) was a senior musician who constantly reinvented himself. Now he's rocking with Jesus!

Republished with permission from Don Chapman of WorshipIdeas.com.

Over the past few weeks as I’ve been teaching worship conference classes, I’ve been intrigued by the change I’ve been seeing lately. There seems to be a greater desire among churches to become more relevant and contemporary. I think this is the next phase of worship – ministries are discovering it’s not enough to merely plug praise songs into their traditional service order – they need to build contemporary worship from the ground up.

I’m also seeing more contemporary worship acceptance by older people. [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #153

June 26, 2011 by 12 Comments

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, June 26, 2011

Welcome to the 153rd 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.

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Review: Dwell by Aaron Keyes

June 24, 2011 by 15 Comments

Thanks to Rob Rash for sharing this review of Aaron Keyes’ latest worship project, Dwell.

Aaron Keyes has produced a fantastic album for personal and corporate worship.

It’s Solid. It’s Sound. It’s Beautifully Crafted.  These are only a few of the many phrases I could use to describe Aaron’s second release, Dwell, from Kingsway. Produced by Stu G (Delirious?) and John Hartley (Matt Redman, Rebecca St. James), this album does not fail to yield songs for the church and songs for the heart. [Read more...]

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Invitation to TWC Event: “Refuge” – 3 Day Retreat

June 21, 2011 by 11 Comments

Dear Worshipers & Leaders,

We all know how vital prayer, rest, solitude, and fellowship are for our faith walk.  Yet, our culture has created such an insane pace of life that we rarely take the time to:

Stop.
Rest.
Focus.
Worship.
Pray.

That’s what the “Refuge” 3-Day Sabbatical Retreat is all about.  Hosted by [Read more...]

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The Supreme Guitar Enthusiast Moment

June 20, 2011 by 7 Comments

Thanks to Dr. Chris Brewer for sharing this series about the “Kairos Moment” with The Worship Community the impact of the Kairos Moment…and he’ll probably talk a lot about guitars too!

Last January, I was slowly walking down one of the many aisles of vintage instruments trying to absorb as much as I could of the 2010 Orlando International Guitar & Music Expo. Not really watching where I was going, I nearly bumped into a young man in his early twenties carrying what I would best describe as a filthy looking, beat up brown box. It was roughly the shape of a guitar and held together by a couple of frayed yellow bungee cords. [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #152

June 19, 2011 by 12 Comments

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, June 19, 2011

Welcome to the 152nd 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.

Also be sure to check out our community provided reviews of Matthew Reed, Brandon Gilliam and Weekend Warrior Worship.

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Review: Better Than Life by Brandon Gilliam

June 17, 2011 by 9 Comments

Thanks to Dennis Arriaga for providing this review for The Worship Community.

Brandon Gilliam will be releasing a full-length album early fall 2011. A Love Better Than Life is a 3 song EP that will give listeners a great taste of what’s to come. Brandon is the director of worship at Rivers Crossing Community Church in Kings Hill, Ohio.

Dennis Arriaga | dennarr.com | @dennarr

Brandon Gilliam’s EP, A Love Better Than Life, is a great find! Mixing great arrangements, memorable melody lines, and solid lyrics, this 3-song EP is a great one for personal listening and for a worship leader’s set list. [Read more...]

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Review: Come and Drink by Matthew Reed

June 15, 2011 by 15 Comments

Thanks to Rob Rash, Melanie Siewert, Mark Snyder and Mat Reames for sharing reviews with The Worship Community:

Rob Rash (originally published at www.robrash.us):

Matthew Reed is about to burst onto the musical scene with his first EP release Come and Drink. Produced by Michael Rossback (Gungor, Jared Anderson, Paul Baloche) and recorded out in Colorado Springs, CO, this 6 song record is sure to find it’s way into your most current playlist.

With a mix of Coldplay and Mat Kearney comes a refreshing and new sound for corporate worship. Although I wouldn’t pigeonhole Matthew Reed solely into a Christian worship genre, there are tones strung throughout this album that continue to point us back to God.

As a seasoned musician, who was not only a founding member on the worship team at Church of the HIghlands, but also toured with Daniel Bashta (Like a Lion), the musical integrity of this EP is nothing short of fantastic. [Read more...]

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Review: Your Word by Weekend Warrior Worship

June 13, 2011 by 9 Comments

Founded to enable the church to connect with its ‘weekend warrior songwriters’, Weekend Warrior Worship’s music is a collaboration between songwriters and producer Jeff McCullough of Tree Hill Media. Each project brings meaningful, well-written songs in a fresh presentation intended to offer new worship resources to the church. Neither a band nor a church ministry, Weekend Warrior Worship is instead focused entirely on the songs themselves. Each production is designed to give the songs their best possible voice, and the songs themselves are chosen with criteria that stresses biblical integrity and musical quality. Weekend Warrior Worship’s songs are performed by aspiring and established artists whose heart’s desire is to help the church worship.

Thanks to Melanie Siewert for providing this review for The Worship Community: [Read more...]

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Sunday Setlists #151

June 12, 2011 by 11 Comments

Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of: Sunday, June 12, 2011

Welcome to the 151st 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.

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