http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP116_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new windowSubscribe: Android | RSS This week, Mike and Brian talk with Tom Metz from worshipplanning.com. LifeWay is excited to now have integration with this great resource through LifeWayWorship.com. Listen as Mike and Brian discuss this great online planning resource – from humble beginnings to how it can now be used […]
4 Helps for Worship Planners – By Mike Harland
Find Your Pastor’s Preparation Rhythm Every pastor develops a unique approach to planning, preparation, and the presentation of their sermons. Identify how your pastor plans his messages. Does he prefer a topical series? Verse by verse through a book of the Bible? With a few questions, you can identify how your pastor approaches sermon preparation. […]
Three Ways to Improve Your Worship Planning – By Mike Harland
Think “Flow” not “Songs.” It really matters how you approach planning a service. If you think about songs alone, you could easily plan a service that starts and stops without any obvious connection. Think about the worship gathering as a single experience carried along by moments. Ask questions like these: What is unnecessary that can […]
WorshipLife Podcast #50 – Looking Past Next Sunday
http://media.blubrry.com/worshiplife_with_mike_harland/p/ministrysites.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/worshiplife/EP60_WORSHIPLIFE.mp3Podcast (worshiplife-comfeedworshiplifewithmikeharland): Play in new windowSubscribe: Android | RSS Today’s WorshipLife Podcast features Mike Harland and Brian Brown talking about the difficulties with planning a worship service. It can be a challenge to to get things ready for the upcoming Sunday, let alone have a vision for the Sundays after. Listen to Mike and Brian […]
The 80/20 Rule: Worship Planning That Connects- By Stephen Smith
We can totally leave members/regulars/visitors/guests/first timers behind if we plan worship services that aren’t accessible. By accessible, I mean, worship gatherings that lack handles and don’t give everybody a chance to grab on tightly. As worship leaders, we all have a basic understanding that the worship services we plan are to and through the Lord. […]
Sound Check with Keith Getty – Creativity – by LifeWay Worship
Join us as Keith Getty shares his thoughts on Creativity. Keith asks the questions — what are our core talents and how can we constantly be growing, learning, and getting better? To watch more of our Sound Check videos with Keith, songwriters, artists, and more, visit our YouTube Channel.
Sound Check with Keith Getty – Worship Service Planning – by LifeWay Worship
Join us as Keith Getty shares his thoughts on the Getty’s Irish Christmas Tour, along with what he believes to be key points of planning a worship service. To learn more about the Irish Christmas Tour, click here. Up next on Sound Check, Brandon Heath.
Worship Leaders or Worship Teachers?
I had a special opportunity today to be part of a panel discussion at the GMA (Gospel Music Association) Immerse Conference. The panel was “distinguished.” (Aren’t they always called that?) But, truly, I felt honored to be counted among them. It was a panel made up of worship leaders at Nashville-area churches. There were five […]
Worship Evaluation
David Manner gives an exhaustive explanation of why it’s important to understand the principles behind why you worship the way you do at your church. That leads me to the next question… how do you evaluate? Is it whenever you get around to it? Do you have a set time each week where “iron sharpens […]