I have been working with our youth worship team for a little over 4 years now. In that time we have mostly played for our own youth evening programs and a few Sunday Mornings. This past summer that began to change. In June we had a District Youth Week. Several churches volunteered to sponsor a [...]
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Youth Band: Three Things to Check Before Beginning After Summer Break
August 11th, 2010
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Our youth program, like many others, takes on a different schedule for the summer. With all the trips and unusual schedule we found it hard to keep up with our Youth Band over that same period of time. Now summer has come to an end and it’s time to get going again.
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Wearing Hats in Worship! Big Deal?
June 23rd, 2010
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Last week I started writing about my 5 things that we do at camp, that looking back we could probably do differently. I started off with the need to Shhhhhhhsh at the beginning of worship, and how we could do that differently.
Here is the second in my list of “Things we could do differently at [...]
5 Things We Do Wrong at Camp- #1 SHHHHHHHHH TIME FOR WORSHIP!!!
June 4th, 2010
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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 [...]
So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp- Part 1- Questions to Ask
April 13th, 2010
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So you are sitting in the bookstore, drinking coffee and your phone rings.
“Hey, I was wondering if you would be interested in leading music for camp this year?”, the cheery voice on the other end says. “Um, sure?”, you say “When is it?”.
After a promise to check your calendar you hear, “I’ll call you later [...]
Youth Worship Teams: Be Creative by Not Leading?
March 29th, 2010
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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
February 22nd, 2010
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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 [...]
The Importance of Teaching
December 9th, 2009
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When working with my youth worship team I often find myself emphasizing rehearsing the songs. After all, we generally have one event or another to prepare for so that means creating a songlist, and working up that music to perform or lead with.
I have realized, however, that there is a huge benefit to teaching, and [...]
What Should I Sing?
July 10th, 2009
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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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