Worship Ministry Training Podcast (For Worship Leaders)

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Most worship leaders want to achieve high levels of musical excellence without skimping on authenticity and spirituality. We want high-quality music without sacrificing heart. But how can we cultivate both without leaning too heavily towards one or the other? In this episode, I talk with BJ Putnam from Bethany MSC about how they’ve cultivated high levels of musical excellence while still...

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In many churches, tech and worship teams operate as two separate teams. There is little cohesion, cooperation, and culture shared between the two. In my opinion, this is not the best approach, because both teams are serving the same purpose and have the same objective… to facilitate the corporate worship experience. At a fundamental level, the two teams need each other, and should be w...

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Many worship leaders get the pre-service butterflies before getting on stage each Sunday. But how do we overcome our nervousness and lead from a place of confidence? Why are we afraid anyway? In this episode, I’ll be talking with Seth Putnam from New Life Church about how we can overcome our nerves and lead from a place of security in God. If you struggle with being nervous while (or b...

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Want your worship vocalists to sound better together? Would having a designated leader help your background vocalists improve their singing? Imagine having a volunteer vocal director who schedules your background vocalists, provides harmony parts, helps them improve their tone, pitch, and timing, helps them warm up their voice, and even confronts them about any awkward dress code issue...

Want to ACTUALLY hit your goals this year? In this episode I’ll teach you the proven system I use to hit the majority of my goals every year. This works for both your ministry and your personal life. Good intentions are not enough. We need to determine the highest impact goals, break them into repeatable actions, and keep them visible through regular review. This live training will teach you the system I use to do just that. Let’s ...

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How can we move our worship teams in a more spiritual direction? How can we move beyond simply playing music or doing life together, to intentionally make disciples of our team members? What does discipleship look like day to day in our ministries? Can we even set goals for (and measure) spiritual growth? We talk about all of these topics in this month's episode!

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If you're struggling with engagement from your people during worship, this little episode should help!

In this bonus episode, we answer an academy member question: "How do I increase participation in my old, traditional, country church?"

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Worship leaders often struggle with what to say and pray from the platform. In fact, "confident stage leadership" is one of the biggest challenges we hear from worship leaders all over the globe, regardless of their experience level. If you want to learn how to be a clearer, more confident, and intentional leader when on stage, this episode is for you.

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So much of worship music today has focused on creativity over clarity and catchiness over truthfulness. The problem with that is that Biblical worship is always revelation, then response. When Christ is clearly revealed in our songs, people will passionately respond in praise. Brett and the team at Journey Co Worship have decided to emphasize clarity over creativity as they write songs for their church.

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As worship leaders we are at our best when we are invisible. Transparency is the goal. When people see through us and see Jesus instead, we are successful. But that can be hard to accomplish both on a practical level and a spiritual level. When we stand on stage with bright lights shining on us, how can we lead in a way that’s invisible?

And when we’re off stage, how can we fight our pride and ego to live a quiet life of anonymity ...

Do you have background vocalists that would like to start leading songs? What if they aren't quite good enough to sing lead? How can you help them "get there"? What if they are putting pressure on you? How do you handle that as a worship leader? These are all of the questions I cover in today's bonus episode about worship background vocalists wanting to sing lead. 

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Writing worship songs can be hard. Co-writing worship songs can be even harder. Especially if you're new to songwriting, or your church wants to start a songwriting ministry. It can be difficult to get a diverse group of people writing worship songs together (also known as co-writing). In this bonus episode (taken from our live, private academy Q&A) Stephen Duncan shares some gold nuggets about how to co-write worship songs effecti...