I know Christmas isn’t here yet but as worship leaders we probably need to start thinking about it. With Christmas being such a traditional time, with people wanting to hear traditional music it’s sometimes hard to choose music. So I have three questions for you:
1. When do you start using Christmas Music?
2. What songs do [...]
I love listening to music almost constantly. It has been a challenge though to find a good mix of music that fit my taste. I could listen to the radio, usually tuning into “Air One” the only christian radio I get here in Texarkana, but I end up hearing the same songs over and over. [...]
The other night, the last night of a youth group mission trip, as a reward for a hard week of work, I carried the group to see a 3-D movie. The plot was cheesy and had a lot of holes. And if you tried to watch the movie in the conventional manner, it was blurry, [...]
Imagine this situation. You are part of a group leading worship. In your group you have a bass player, keyboard player, drummer, electric guitar, three or four vocals and you. It is Sunday morning and you are ready to go. Your songlist is set, your media in place and everyone tuned and geared up. Its [...]
Recently my friend Tim Schmoyer who blogs at Life in Student Ministry received the following email from a youth leader looking for some help. He asks:
“Do you know of any GOOD cd’s or dvd’s for sing-a-long praise and worship music for teens. We are a small group in rural Missouri. No praise band but we [...]
by Russ Bowlin
I was recently introduced to a song that challenges the way we live our Christian lives. Jon Foreman is the lead singer of Switchfoot, but recently began releasing solo EPs (6 song CD). ”Instead of a show” is written from God’s point of view as he expresses his dissatisfaction with our worship and the fact [...]
Something I have run across when working with youth and adult worship teams is to maintain a balance between songs we know well, songs that are getting old and new songs we should be working on. We keep a list of the songs we have done each week on google docs spreadsheet and that helps [...]
Everyone is searching for worship background slides. Instead of buying photos on CD or from a download site I would encourage you to make your own. Really all you need is a digital camera and some photo editing software. I take my camera wherever I go and take tons of pictures. Remember that on [...]
I got the unexpected privilege of leading worship at a camp this week. A camp full of 8th grade graduates. I initially came and brought my guitar because 1) it was camp, and 2) they said they might do a beginner guitar course, and 3) they might need some help with worship. [...]
Over the past few months I have toyed with this blog idea. I have shared some insights, thoughts and resources about worship and have had a fair response for the effort I have put in. Now that I have seen what is possible I have decided to get more serious about this blog.
My goal will [...]
