We all face disappointment from time to time in many areas of our lives. Whether it’s home related, relational or work, if you are human, you will face it in your lifetime. This article from Mike Sessler brings some great perspective on how to deal with it. If you are in ministry, you will be…
A collection of worship quotes “The whole person, with all his senses, with both mind and body, needs to be involved in genuine worship.” Jerry Kerns “The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.” C.S. Lewis “When God’s people begin to praise…
When the curve is too steep, you could be upgrading to a better console but getting a worse result because its “too much board” for your volunteers. At the end of the rainbow isn’t a pot of gold, it’s a well-trained volunteer. In a perfect world, you’d have a team of highly-trained volunteers who are…
Sometimes, something really special happens, and you know you need to drop everything to see it through to completion. For Bethel Music, the worship ministry of Redding, California-based Bethel Church, steady progress was being made toward a follow-up to 2012’s The Loft Sessions live album. Songs were being selected for intimate performance in a rustic…
“There came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she broke the box and poured it on his head” Mark 14:3 Did you ever wonder why this woman did not just open the lid and dab a little ointment on Jesus? Couldn’t she have used some if it on…
Lamp technology has gone through significant leaps in technology over the last several years, and the new technologies have created much longer lamp life, and a host of other caveats and pitfalls. I feel a mini-article coming on, so here I go: It used to be that a projector manufacturer would say 1,000 hours was…
It’s so easy to forget what the Christian faith is all about. We struggle so much, work so hard, and fail so often that we frequently sense something in the equation of life must be missing. Tullian Tchividjian argues that what we are missing is the gospel—a fuller, more powerful understanding of Jesus and what…
When we look at the role of church staff person, many duties come to mind. Listed below are some qualifications for Music Ministers, Worship Leaders, and all Pastors of the church. I. A good shepherd puts his flock first- Ezekiel 34:1-10 A. a leader with a shepherd’s heart cares for his team with an authenticity…
I don’t know about you but I am getting pretty tired of buying worship CD’s that are 40% to 90% full of songs already recorded by another artist. Every CD I pick up these days has a couple of songs that have already been well overplayed. I used to subscribe to a service that sent…
Does your Pastor use a Creative Team to help craft the weekend experience at your church? Does your team plan out sermon series, music, videos and events well in advance? Chances are, your Pastor is overloaded with studying for the weekend, managing the staff, meeting with members and handling the day-to-day of today’s church. I…
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