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TWC: Morning Edition Signup
August 6th, 2011
Introducing … TheWorshipCommunity’s “Morning Edition”:
Each morning, around 7:00 AM EST, we will be sending an email with a partial summary of the articles, reviews, and conversations that have been created here on TWC.
The morning email is the easiest way to stay connected to the community’s activity. It can become a huge source of encouragement for you and it will give you an opportunity to be that encouragement to Read the rest of this entry “
The “Professional” Worship Leader
July 19th, 2011
The Professional Worship Leader.
You can design a masterful flow of songs
You can recite Scripture, encourage, and effortlessly transition between songs
You can close your eyes, raise your hands, and demonstrate physical acts of worship …
all the while, your heart is far from God.
You know just where to raise the key …
You know exactly where the people will start standing because of the response to your arrangement …
You can predict precisely how the mood of the room will be …
all the while, your heart is far from God. Read the rest of this entry “
Invitation to TWC Event: “Refuge” – 3 Day Retreat
June 21st, 2011
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 the rest of this entry “
How to Host a “Night of Worship”
April 18th, 2011
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 the rest of this entry “
Review: Our God is Near (Brenton Brown)
March 24th, 2011
Kingsway Music releases new Brenton Brown album, “Our God Is Near” on March 22, 2011.
Brenton Brown has penned some of the most loved songs of the past two decades. I had the privilege of seeing Brenton with his band at the “Forge Conference” last Fall (2010). One of the coolest things about this appearance was his sharing the stage with one of his favorite co-writers and worship leaders, Paul Baloche. Despite the volume of incredible songs co-written by Paul and Brenton, they’d never shared the stage together as worship leaders. To say it was surreal would be an understatement.
I was especially interested in this new album because I’d already heard Read the rest of this entry “
Worship Demographics Survey: Enter to Win $10 iTunes Gift Card
February 25th, 2011
Hello Everyone,
We are updating our website demographics (our last update was in 2009!) and would be honored if you’d take a few minutes to complete this quick survey. We will randomly choose 10 entries for a $10 iTunes Gift Card, for a total of $100 in iTunes Gift Card giveaways!
No personal information will be Read the rest of this entry “
Featured Song: Greatly To Be Praised (Mike Kim)
November 9th, 2010
“Greatly To Be Praised”
Words and Music by Mike Kim/ASCAP
©2010, HPP Music (a division of Highest Praise Productions, Inc)
CCLI# 5498585
Download this Track on iTunes.
Download the Chord Chart/Lead Sheet
What Exactly Is A Culture of Worship?
November 1st, 2010
There’s a great discussion going on over at FredMcKinnon.com about the phrase “culture of worship.” We hear and maybe even use this phrase a lot when talking about our “job descriptions” as Worship Leaders.
What does it mean? How doe we achieve it? Is it even the right question to ask? Here’s Fred’s post:
One of the primary responsibilities in my job description as the Worship Director at SSCC is this:
“to create a culture of worship”.
Pursuing Fitness & Leading Worship: A Worship Leader’s Insights
September 24th, 2010
Regimen is an outdoor training program here at the beach on St. Simons Island. This is group training – some would call it boot camp, but not quite.
Over and over during the last 1-1/2 years I have observed principles that our trainers are using that easily carryover into worship leadership, or leadership of any type. Read the rest of this entry “
Sunday Setlists #99 – June 13, 2010
June 13th, 2010
Share your worship confessionals, recaps, and setlists for the week of:
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Welcome to the 99th 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.
Click here to receive an email reminder each week to participate.
Click here to view the archives of “Sunday Setlists” posts.
To participate:
1. Blog about your worship services this week. In that blog, mention that you are participating in “Sunday Setlists” at TheWorshipCommunity.Com and link back to this post.
(http://www.theworshipcommunity.com/sunday-setlists-99/)
2. If you don’t have a blog, leave your own recap right here by simply adding a comment to the discussion thread below.
3. Share your information (links, media, etc) and encourage others to do the same.
Oh … and whatever you do … don’t forget to leave a comment below! If you aren’t a member of TheWorshipCommunity.Com, you can register quickly, or just use the “Facebook Connect” login!
Share your Experience:
1. If you blogged about your worship recap, add the link in the “Mister Linky” below. Be sure that the link goes directly to the specific entry about this week’s “Sunday Setlists” post, and not to your blog’s homepage.
2. If you use Twitter, use the #sundaysetlists hashtag. Your “tweet” will show in the box below soon. You can even tag videos or images with the #sundaysetlists hashtag.
3. Regardless, don’t forget to leave a comment in the discussion area. Subscribe to the thread so you can come back and see what others are doing.
Links: (add a link to your “Sunday Setlists” blog post below)
