I’ll shoot straight with you . . . I don’t like it when someone tells me that I’m making a mistake. Call it foolish pride I suppose. Can you relate? After all, no one’s perfect and I know I make mistakes (just ask my wife and she’ll tell you all about it :-). But, usually […]
Have you ever wondered what your service would look like on Sunday if NONE of your volunteers showed up to serve? No band… no sound team… no media or tech crew… It would be a disaster (seriously, I have this nightmare some Saturday nights)! Your volunteers are vital to the mission of your church. As […]
Are you a worship leader or a worship pastor? That’s a question I ask the men and women that are part of the Worship Pastor Tele-Coaching networks I lead. And it’s an important question for us to answer if we are going to fulfill the calling that God has given us. On the surface, the […]
With all of the news about Hurricane Isaac the last few days (and a close call here in South Florida) it seems that everywhere I turn I hear people saying, “You need to have a plan.” I agree . . . after 10 years of living in NYC and now living in South Florida, my […]
This Sunday I have the privilege of hosting a Worship Arts Overview Reception at our newest Journey campus here in South Florida. If you are familiar with the How to Double Your Worship Team in a Day resource, you know that the Worship Arts Reception is one of the KEY STRATEGIES that I use to […]
Contrary to popular belief, “Experience is NOT the best teacher.” This is a lesson I was taught early on in ministry. Simply going through a difficult challenge doesn’t mean that you learn from it. Doesn’t make you a better leader. Doesn’t prevent you from going through the same difficult experience again. Like Wile E. Coyote, […]
Did you catch the Olympic Opening Ceremony over the weekend? It was hard to miss (at nearly 5 hours long), but I think the ceremony actually holds a great lesson for you and I. If you watched the Opening Ceremony you know the work, effort, creativity, and planning that went into the show. It didn’t […]
Did you know . . . This summer is the perfect time for your team to grow? That’s the question I’ve been asking in Part 1 and Part 2 of this new series on How to Grow Yourself and Your Worship Team this summer. The last two weeks I’ve challenged you to have a Passion […]
Recently we started a 3-part series on How to Grow Yourself and Your Worship Team this Summer. As you know, many worship leaders look at the summer as a time to GLIDE . . . to just get through the summer months and pick up where they left off in the fall. But I believe […]
A worship leader told me once that the summer was the worst time of year for him and his team to grow. He went on to explain that because of this, he took it easy during the summer, didn’t challenge his team (or himself) to grow and just coasted through until fall arrived. What I […]