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Month: April 2013

How Much Media Budget?

The concept of Media budgets is relatively new (aside from broadcast oriented churches), and the amounts jump dramatically from church to church. So how much should you set aside for your Annual church Media budget? The best way to answer that is to look at what drives the budget. Budgets for churches are driven by…

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Worship: Responding to God’s Glory . . .

Intellectually. “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.” (Eph. 1:18-19) “But an hour…

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Let’s Just Praise the Lord

As I read through the book of Psalms I am finding more and more that the writers’ were doing more praising of our Father than anything else. Some of us come before the Lord in prayer and I know for myself, from time to time, we are asking for this and asking for that. It’s…

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Revealing Jesus

World-renowned worship leader and best-selling author, Darlene Zschech, and five-time GRAMMY Award-winner, Israel Houghton, open their U.S. “Revealing Jesus Tour” in San Diego today (April 16) followed by events in Las Vegas (4/17), Phoenix (4/18), Irvine and Rancho Cucamonga, CA (4/19), Houston (4/20-21) and Dallas (4/21). In addition to new music from Zschech and Houghton,…

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No One Higher

New 2012 release from North Point Music! One of the best CD’s of 2012 with some awesome songs for worship. You will not be disappointed with this project from our friends at North Point Church. Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. Can’t Stop Singing (Seth Condrey) 3. Bless Your Name (Eddie Kirkland) 4. God Is For Us…

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Familiarity

Do you ever wonder why people don’t participate in worship the way you would like them to? Have you ever been in a service where it was hard to worship? Do you know why? If the music is not distracting, and the style of music is to your liking, there should be no reason why…

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Consistency Please!

As I awaken this morning, my mind was filled with the thought that my life seemed as though it had no constants. What I mean by constants is that there appeared to be no consistency in my life. Reflecting on my life, I thought of what had transpired over the past year my life. It…

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What’s Your Reason?

When I speak to people on the subject of worship, I get a host of feedback from A-Z. Worship is so simple and yet it can be so complex. When humans are involved, conflict and differences are sure to be close behind! Everyone has a different definition and opinion on worship. When I ask people…

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Sight-Reading the Congregation

I tip my hat to those who can lead worship sight-reading from a lead sheet. While I can figure out the notes and play a crude melody on my guitar, I cannot sight-read music. Sight-reading seems to be one of those skills that many worship leaders what to improve. In fact, I have a friend…

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Getting Rid of the Clutter

After moving into our home last year, I had not realized ALL of the things we have accumulated over our nineteen years of marriage and two children later. There was just so much stuff! I was giving away things, throwing away things and putting other things in their places. It was so amazing because as…

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