Archive for the ‘How To’ Category

Top 5 Post of So Far- Free Backgrounds and Iphone Apps

In one week the 50 free worship backgrounds became the #5 post of all time. Here are those that occupy the #1-#4 slots.
Iphone Audio Applications (1-14-09)
Free Background- Palm Trees 1,494 (3-29-09)
Free Backgrounds 1,428 (10-30-08)
Iphone Apps for Musicians: Part 1 1,366 (12-20-08)
50 Free Worship Backgrounds 1,044 (7-13-10)

5 Things We Do Wrong at Camp- #1 SHHHHHHHHH TIME FOR WORSHIP!!!

Over the past several years I have been leading worship for many camps and retreats. This has given me the opportunity to observe some awesome things happen at camp, and some things that didn’t work so well. Over that time I have been able to come up with this list of my top 5 things [...]

Youth Worship Teams: Be Creative by Not Leading?

This past year our schedule for youth has changed, and our youth band is not leading worship for the youth as often as we once had. This has given me a great opportunity to try something new.  Being Creative!
Since we do not have the schedule of having to work up songs for the next week, [...]

Worship Leading Conversations #1- Working With Youth Worship Teams

The first of my Worship Leading Conversastions podcast series started this week. I sat down with my friend Jason Huffman, a youth director in Palestine, Texas. As part of his youth director duties, he leads the youth praise band. I asked him to share some of his thoughts about working with youth and how to [...]

What You Can Buy For $10

Movie ticket and drink
10 Dollar menu items
2 Packs of ornaments at walmart
Starbucks Venti Egnog Latte or two
2 $5 Footlongs from Subway
Mosquito Net that saves the life of a child in Africa

Appreciating Your Worship Team- Ask for Feedback

I encourage you to find some way where you can receive honest feedback from those you work with on a weekly basis.

Creative Artists or Praise and Worship Cover Band?

Do we foster an atmosphere of creativity and unleash our members to use their talent in unique and creative ways, or do we throttle creativity by insisting on playing a piece just as it was recorded by the latest worship band?

My Dropbox – Something Free for You and Me!

For about a year now I have been using Dropbox as a way to share files between my various computers. It simply works like this. Install dropbox on whatever computers you want and folder called “My Dropbox” is put into My Documents. Whenever you add or take away files from that “My Dropbox” folder, it [...]

The Best Form of Communication

One of my jobs at the church is dealing with communication. We are constantly trying to find the best way to communicate with our members and the community. We are always looking for new ways to get information out. It seems like each week we ask ourselves, “What’s the best way to communicate?” Well I [...]

How to Make a Slide Show Without a Computer?

This past year I was introduced to Animoto, a service that takes your photos and turns them into a slide show. I really hadn’t done more than a few attempts at videos. However earlier Animoto released an app for the iphone. I began wondering if it would be possible use this app to create a [...]