I was Betty’s worst nightmare. She’d been hearing about this new “contemporary music” from some of her friends around town, then I showed up as the new worship pastor at her church. First, the rule about starting and ending every service with a great hymn of the faith was tossed. Then the hymnals were shelved […]
Five Myths About Finding a Worship Pastor – By Mike Harland
From time to time I am asked to recommend leaders to churches looking for Worship Pastors or Music Leaders. I’ve observed several myths about searching for music leaders that limit how churches might find their next leader. Assumptions are being made that just are not true. Some churches approach this like they are looking for […]
WorshipLife Podcast #9 – The Top 5 Things Worship Leaders Want to Say to Their Pastor
http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP9_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS Summary of Top 5 Things Worship Leaders Want to Say to Their Pastor – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a list written by our friend, LifeWay Worship Song Writer and Worship Leader, Tommy Walker. Tommy, with his many years of experience […]
WorshipLife Podcast #8 – Top 10 Things Your Pastor Wants to Say to His Worship Pastor… But Won’t – by LifeWay Worship
http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP8_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSSummary of Top 10 Things Your Pastor Wants to Say to His Worship Pastor… But Won’t – Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about a blog written by our friend and Director of Worship & Music for the South Carolina Baptist Convetion, Mark Powers. […]
3 Ways Student Choirs Can Help Our Kids – by Mike Harland
Most parents want their kids to excel in life – in their academics, sports, hobbies, and arts. We hire tutors for the studies, coaches for their mechanics, and pay for lessons so they can master some performing art and win an award. So, why don’t we want our kids to excel in worship? God’s […]
Sound Check with Charles Billingsley, Part 3 – by LifeWay Worship
Join us as Tim Henning, Red Box Guy and life-long friend of Charles Billingsley, completes his interview with Charles. Today, Tim and Charles talk a little smack-talk about playing racquetball with Mike Harland. BUT more importantly, Charles talks DIRECTLY to the local church worship pastor… providing encouraging words to worship pastors, including the importance of […]
Four Ways to Improve the Worship Leader-Pastor Relationship – by Jordan Richmond
By Jordan Richmond Worship leader: your pastor is the single most important professional relationship you have. He is likely your direct supervisor. He’s the one who will sing your praises, or defend you to a disgruntled church member (or even before a board of directors or elders). He’s also responsible for the entire worship experience. You […]
An Interview with Matthew West – by LifeWay Worship
In August, Matthew West joined Mike Harland on WorshipLife LIVE. If you watched the episode, we hope you enjoyed it… thank you for watching. If not, we thought you might like to see a shortened version… An Interview with Matthew. During their time together, Matthew and Mike talked about Matthew’s 24 concerts in 24 hours, the story behind […]
When It Feels Like Your Pastor Has Let You Down – by Mike Harland
Pastors make many, many decisions every day. And, in a fast-paced ministry organization, decisions can be made that cause a person to question whether or not the Pastor has your interest at heart. After all, he would never have made the choice he made if he really cared about what you, right? You’ve got two […]
A Conversation with Eric Geiger Part 2: Worship, Choirs & Embracing Change – by LifeWay Worship
A few days ago, we gave you Part 1 of an interview with Mike Harland and Eric Geiger. Eric serves as one of the Vice Presidents at LifeWay Christian Resources, leading the Resources Division. Today, we’re giving you Part 2 of the interview. This video gives Mike and Eric the opportunity to discuss Worship, Choirs & Embracing Change. We hope you’ve […]