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Month: September 2018

Alternative Worship

Essential reading for anyone who wants to know what the church’s progressive edge is up to, Alternative Worship provides practical tools for nontraditional worshipers during major festivals of the church year–Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. It acts as a “how-to” book for revitalizing worship and renewing imagination and creativity. Written by Jonny Baker with…

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Avoiding Complacency in Worship Leadership

Something I deal with as a worship leader and pastor is complacency. I relate to worship ministry, but no matter which ministry context you are in, sooner or later, complacency can be a great temptation, and if we are not careful, we will serve our ministry days settling for mediocre ministry. This is not what…

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Our Passion and Pursuit

The following article was written by Jim Feiker. It is an article that is well worth reading. A businessman seeking professional counsel was asked by his counselor to describe his life. He said, “I have come to the end of my life; I have climbed the ladder of success to the top only to realize…

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In Awe

Psalm 66:3-4 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!” So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.” A favorite song of Christians everywhere is “Our God Is An Awesome God” as it speaks…

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Featured Artist

Todd Marsh (T.F. Marsh) has been a freelance artist since 1984, writing, developing, and illustrating products for adults and children of all ages. Through the years, he has been involved with projects for such licensed companies as Disney, Warner Bros., Paramont, BBC, Enesco, Solo, and Nabisco. He has also illustrated his own line of Greeting…

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Worship and the Glory of God

INTRODUCTION When I was in college studying music, I worked for a while in the choral department of a large music store. The manager of the choral dept. was as secular and ungodly a man as they come, yet he was an expert on sacred choral music– I didn’t think much about it at the…

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Upgrading Your Video Projector

I receive numerous emails from churches asking about Video Projection. Listed below is one such church that is looking to upgrade their projector. What follows are a few of their questions. My responses are directed not only to them, but also to you, the reader. Read on to follow this real-world example. – Anthony D….

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Guidelines and Qualifications for Praise & Worship Teams

Qualifications 1. Spiritual maturity – As stated, this is a leadership-type ministry and, hence, is ordinarily not a place for new or immature Christians. 2. Musical expertise – The musicians and vocalists need to be skilled enough to follow a service which is “led by the Spirit of God.” We don’t want to limit what…

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Rehearsal Tips

This is the place for you to submit your suggestions for rehearsals. We all have different routines and ideas that we use and your ideas can be helpful to others. Please contribute your rehearsal tips here! See also Worship Tips EXW StaffStaff writer for ExperiencingWorship.com.

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