When I am a guest worship leader at a camp, or retreat, one of the hardest things I deal with is figuring out what songs I should sing. This seems like a small thing, but I can’t help but think, “Are they going to know these songs?” or “What songs mean the most to them?”
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What Should I Sing?
July 10th, 2009
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Refresh Workshop 2009
June 9th, 2009
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Are you a worship leader, or serve on a worship team? Do you live near or around the Houston area? Looking for free training for your self and your praise team? Check this out!
Sugar Land First United Methodist Church is pleased to present a series of free workshops designed to help local worship leaders and [...]
Appreciating Your Worship Team: Social Media
March 15th, 2009
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There are many ways to let your worship team know you appreciate them. Some of these include sharing a meal together, or even giving a CD as a gift. One more I way I thought of today is to use social media.
The beauty, and sometimes curse, of social media is that whatever you put up, [...]
Online Songwriters Showcase
March 8th, 2009
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Written a new song you want to share? Send in the link and have others listen to your creation.
Teaching Class Guitar Lessons Week 3
March 7th, 2009
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This week was our 3rd week of guitar lessons and I wanted to get to the point of what most people want to do with their guitar, which is playing chord. I included in their worksheets a basic chord chart. I figured since we learned how to read a chord chart last week that they [...]
Teaching Class Guitar Lessons Week 2
March 6th, 2009
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Last Thursday we had our second guitar lesson for the class. I actually gained one student, and everyone else was there as well. I asked the question at the beginning how many practiced and most of them said they spent atleast a little time working on stuff during the week.
I took some time to review [...]
Teaching Class Guitar Lessons Week 1
February 21st, 2009
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On many occasions during the past year I have been asked to teach individual guitar lessons. Instead of doing private guitar lessons, like I have done in the past, I decided to try a different approach. I put a small article in our church magazine indicating that I would be teaching a 6 week class [...]
What I’m Singing for the Next 6 Weeks
February 17th, 2009
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Yes you read the title correctly. I just finished our songlists through the end of May. I can tell you though that it has not always been this way. There was a time when my songlist compiling was a week by week, even night of basis. Before you say “Hey that’s how I do it, [...]
Using Video- Incorporating Scripture in New Ways
December 31st, 2008
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Isaiah 60:1-6 from russell martin on Vimeo
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Our contemporary worship service as well as our traditional service follow the lectionary. The lectionary usually provides four different scriptures for each Sunday that follow a theme. In the traditional service we have typically used one for the main scripture the sermon is based on, and then [...]
Using Video-Christmas Dinner in Fast Forward
December 29th, 2008
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This was my first attempt to do one of those cool fast forward time lapse videos you see around. I took a camera and set it on top of our china hutch before we ate our Christmas Dinner. Then I took the video and used Windows Movie Maker to speed up the footage. Cut it [...]
