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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Worship’
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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Top 5 Post of So Far- Free Backgrounds and Iphone Apps
August 3rd, 2010
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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)
Simple Worship Stage Design Ideas
August 2nd, 2010
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You may think that designing the background for your worship stage, platform, or venue takes a lot of know how, and a lot of money. Over the past few years we have found neither of those things to be true. We have found that by shopping and finding some material on sale or for free, [...]
Your 4 Favorite Recent Posts.. and The Stories Behind Them
July 7th, 2010
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Recently there have been a few posts that have seemed to have caught your attention. These are the most read, and most commented posts I have had in the past 30 days…
Free Background- Palm Trees— I wrote this over a year ago as part of a series of free backgrounds I was offering. For some [...]
Worship Recap 05.02.10
May 3rd, 2010
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Usually our Sunday morning services consist of an 8:15 traditional service, and then 10:30 Sanctuary and 10:30 Xperience services run at the same time. From time to time, for special occasions in the life of the church, we will combine the 10:30 services into one worship service. This past Sunday, Senior Sunday, was one of [...]
Don’t Worry, I Know Where You Are
April 20th, 2010
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A friend of mine shared the story of one of his daughters driving adventures. The story goes that she was returning home from being across town late one evening. After a wrong turn somewhere here or there, she found herself among unfamiliar surroundings. Frantically, she called her dad and told him what was going on. [...]
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, [...]
What the Texas Longhorns Taught Me About Leading My Worship Team
January 8th, 2010
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Last night, along with millions of others, I watched the BCS national championship and learned a valuable lesson.
First let me catch some of you non football fans up. Early in the first quarter the Longhorns quarterback, Colt McCoy went down with a shoulder injury. He never returned to the game. Colt McCoy had led the [...]
