Posts Tagged ‘youth’

We’re a Traveling Youth Band, 5 Ways We are Better For It

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 [...]

Youth Band: Three Things to Check Before Beginning After Summer Break

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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So You’re Leading Worship for Church Camp?- My Packing List

When you head off to camp it’s a good idea to have a list of items you will be needing. This will help to solve two problems.
1. You can make sure and take everything with you that you might need to camp
2. You can make sure and take everything home that you brought with you.
So [...]

Youth Worship Teams: Be Creative by Not Leading?

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, [...]

The Importance of Teaching

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 [...]

The Right Key is One Key to Stong Vocals

There are many ways you can help your worship team vocalists sing strong with confidence. One thing I discovered this past year is that the right key is the key!
Last year I would introduce a song usually by listening to the cd then having the band try it and vocals sing. Many times they would [...]

Help Me Save a Life

For the past two years I have been supporting the “Nothing But Nets” campaign. The campaign raises money to provide mosquito nets that protect from Malaria with the goal of wiping out the disease on the continent of Africa.
Between now and Christmas I want to raise enough money to buy 1000 nets. At $10 each [...]

Instrumental Reflections #10- Bridal Entrance and Podcast Test

This past weekend I had the privilege of providing music for the wedding of one of my former youth. The really cool part is that I was given the challenge of providing original music for the ceremony. This is the original recording of what was chosen for the Bride’s Entrance.
Also, I am using this post to test [...]

Suggest Your Favorite Podcasts

Here are some of my favorite podcasts.. what are some of yours?

Video Tips- One Way to Capture Audio

I did need to find a way to capture good audio. When telling a testimony, we really need to hear the story.