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?
Posts Tagged ‘resources’
Do We Have Customers?
October 5th, 2009
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Is the church a business? Do we have customers? Chime in!
Worship Service Brainstorm #3
February 15th, 2009
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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 [...]
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 [...]
I Missed My 100th Post
November 28th, 2008
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Apparently I missed one of my first milestones in the life of Fork In The Road Blog. Two posts ago was my 100th blog post. I guess that would make this 102. In this brief time of I have learned much about blogging and have apparently written some things that others have learned from and [...]
Free Backgrounds
October 30th, 2008
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I have shared some free image resources that I have found or created before. Here are a few more sites I have found that have photos and backgrounds free for you to use. Of course it is always fun to create your own.
Creative MYK- I have mentioned this one before but they have added a [...]
Youth Worship: Making Your Job Easier
October 23rd, 2008
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This used to be the way I did things when I was leading the youth worship team.
1. Find a song that the youth wanted to do.
2. Type up the lyrics
3. Use my awesome ear training skills to figure out the chords
4. Transpose the key if needed for the vocals to sing
5. Rehearse with the band
6. [...]
Worship Service Brainstorm #2
October 5th, 2008
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Last week I started a series called Worship Service Brainstorm. The idea is that you send in your service idea, scripture, topic etc and we will brainstorm and give ideas, videos, song suggestions etc. It is a great way to find some resources you may not have known about before, and a great way to [...]
A List of Free Worship Resources
September 5th, 2008
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When I began this blog one thing I wanted to do was to provide worship leaders and churches with free resources to use in their services. Over the past year I have shared mp3 files of songs, PDF Chord sheets, powerpoint background files and photos free for such use. My hope is that this will [...]
Youth Worship: Worshipping without a band
August 11th, 2008
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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 [...]
