Tag: "lessons"

Worship Service Brainstorm #3
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Worship Service Brainstorm #3

A few months ago I proposed an idea to help worship leaders brainstorm and give ideas for worship services we were working on. The Worship Service Brainstorm is an opportunity for you to help out, give suggestions and ideas, and to gain some ideas and resources. 
This weeks worship service brainstorm comes from John Hagge at oursaviorlcms.org. 
Here [...]

Lessons Learned from My Dogs- #1 Let It Go
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Lessons Learned from My Dogs- #1 Let It Go

It’s amazing what lessons I have learned from my pets over the years…

National Youth Workers Convention- Part 1
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National Youth Workers Convention- Part 1

This weekend I am attending the National Youth Workers Convention in Nashville TN. I have attended many of these events in the past years, especially when I was the youth director, but now since I have moved into a different role, (I am a volunteer and work with the youth band) I am viewing this [...]

Online Lesson- Basic Chord Theory and Nashville Numbering Part 2
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Online Lesson- Basic Chord Theory and Nashville Numbering Part 2

These are lessons 2 and 3 of an online lesson on Basic Chord Theory and the Nashville Numbering system. This lesson deals with how to put together scales and chords. It is built on lesson one which talked about intervals and whole and half steps.
Part II – ScalesA scale is made up of a combination [...]

3 Things: Advice for New Worship Leaders
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3 Things: Advice for New Worship Leaders

One of my goals and passions is to help young worship leaders develop and help to give them the tools and opportunities to do so. With that in mind I thought what would I tell someone who is starting to lead worship? So I am starting this post of “3 Things”.
Three things to keep in [...]

Video Lesson: 4 Easy Chords
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Video Lesson: 4 Easy Chords

Last year I began a Tuesday night guitar class for some kids in my youth group who wanted to learn to play. Due to sheer time constraints, I had to discontinue my class. Some of the kids kept practicing while others lost the motivation they got from our weekly sessions. I recently [...]

“Embracing Technology in Working with Youth Bands”
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“Embracing Technology in Working with Youth Bands”

One of the most difficult challenges in working with youth bands is dealing with students who are in the beginning phases of learning an instrument, particularly guitar or bass players. This can be frustrating for a youth worker/band leader who is an experienced player because you don’t want to spend a large portion of band [...]

Looking for Contributors
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Looking for Contributors

This Fork In the Road blog was started as a way to encourage and share ideas, thoughts, advice and tips about worship leading in various settings from camps and retreats, to church services, to youth praise teams. I can write and share many things but I know that there are many more of you who [...]

Lessons from Camp- Part 2
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Lessons from Camp- Part 2

We are just now on the last full day of camp. I have been leading for the 6th and 7th graders this week and I have really enjoyed it. There are a few more things I have learned and Ideas that I have seen I’d like to pass on.
First… I was kind of worried on [...]

Lessons from Camp- Part 1
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Lessons from Camp- Part 1

11 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
This week begins three weeks of my life spent at Lakeview Church Camp. For the past 12 or so years I have spent atleast one week [...]

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