This post may be of particular interest to writers, bloggers, artists, and small businesses owners. It’s about tribes and the upcoming Killer Tribes conference. At the end of this post is info on getting a reduced rate.
The metaphor of “tribes” has re-emerged in recent years as a model of communal affiliation. The ideas expounded in “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Some time ago I listened to the audio book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. original recordings of MLK himself with additional readings by Lavar Burton.
I loved hearing the heart and mind of the man through his own voice. The audio book also won a Grammy. To understand Kings perspective and vision in his own words made a great impact on me.
Asking the right questions ...
This post is part of the Guidelines to Evaluate Worship series. Asking the right questions helps align our actions with the vision of A Wholehearted Worshiping Community.
There’s a great website and blog all about evaluating worship by David Manner called Worship Evaluation. He has some fantastic articles on his website about this topic.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, I’ll use this post to share my research with you. Below is the Evaluation Questionaire from David Manner . It’s a comprehensive and very useful tool. Adapt for your own purposes. Continue Reading…
How did we do today? How are we doing overall?
This post is the first of the Guidelines to Evaluate Worship series.
We all need feedback. It’s the only way to get better.
Worship services need to be honestly evaluated. Not to be critiqued, but to be improved. Leaders need to create a culture of on-going, healthy debriefing.
Today I have the honor of writing a guest post for my friend David Santistevan’s blog. He’s a great young worship pastor. His blog was selected as one of Worship Leader Magazines Best of the Best for 2011. I hope you’ll check it out and leave a comment on his site.
In that post I share 7 Tips For Engaging Youth In Worship.
This post takes it a step further. In any worship ministry, youth or adult, we need to develop a culture of worship and a culture of leadership.
Wax on, Wax off
"I'm just a simple person"
I recently heard football coaching legend and ESPN commentator Lou Holtz speak at the “Get Motivated” seminar in Nashville.
His straight forward message was especially relevant for me.
Here’s 3 ideas inspired by Lou that I’m applying in my role as a worship leader/pastor:
Recently, I had the privilege of listening to former Secretary of Sate, General Colin Powell at the “Get Motivated” seminar in Nashville.
He was warm, engaging, humorous, motivational and practical. He presented a textbook model of an excellent keynote speech.
One topic were his feelings transitioning from a position of great power and prestige; “I was the most important diplomat in the free world” to being “just a normal guy.”
How to fill the emptiness?
“Buy a Corvette”
“My life is very different now.” He talked about his current non-profit work with America’s Promise, motivational speaking on leadership, and his venture capitalist investments in “the information revolution”.
He also discussed his development as a leader.
Dear Prospective Worship Team Member,
I am thrilled you are interested in serving the Lord with your gifts at OurCoolChurch. I’m looking forward to getting to know you and your story. You can find out more about my background by reading my story here.
These principles will form our vision as we develop this new worship ministry. Continue Reading…
I recently blogged about looking for songs for a new service just starting. I’d love your ideas for song choices.
Current top worship songs on www.planningcenteronline.com
Beloved readers, I’d like your help with an upcoming project.
Imagine this, worship dudes and dudettes.
You’ve been asked to lead a new “contemporary” service in the gym of a mainline denominational congregation. Historically, the worship services have been very traditional – sanctuary, stained glass, pews, printed programs, organ, hymns – not exactly “modern worship.”
What songs would introduce first? What songs would you add over the next 3 months?
I’d love to get the advice of you guys reading this.
For inspiration and reference, here’s the latest CCLI Top 25 list.
www.CCLI.com
Help me pick a core group of songs to get started. There’s so many good ones today. Which ones do you think would be essential? Why?
