So I’ve been following along with this series called “The Journey of Worshipâ€â€ taught by Ray Hughes,at Grace Center in Franklin, TN. You can watch the videos here. And I got his book “107 Things I Forgot To Say The Last Time I Talked About Worship, Creativity and Music” It’s a guided journal exercise to “slow down”, fully experience [...]
If you need support, advice, and encouragement in worship ministry, maybe I can help. I’ve been leading, teaching and mentoring in worship ministry for over 20 years. I’ve served as a volunteer and later as full time church staff. I’ve lead the worship ministries of large, medium and small churches. I’ve served as an advisor to [...]
So as I write this, Ray Hughes is teaching a series called "Journey of Worship" at Grace Center in Franklin, TN. I happened to catch session #7 (there will be 12 total). It was totally, prophetically, inspiringly awesome. If you can attend live, do it. If not, watch the video series here. I've known Ray [...]
My guest post for Seedbed Worship Design Collective Dear Worship Leader, Choir Director Friends, I encountered something in God’s word the other day that stirred my heart and I want to share it with you. I have a question. Do you ever feel like a hired hand performing a gig? The sheer technology [...]
Shortly before Christmas we mysteriously received a book in the mail from Amazon. Never ordered it. Had no clue how we got it.* We were rather puzzled when we saw the rather large, gold-toned, boldly designed hardcover of 384 antiqued pages, commenting “what is this?” The back cover copy was bold too. “Enter a life-changing journey… to [...]
This past week we shared with the HFUMC  family I’ll be leaving staff. It’s been a wonderful experience. My last Sunday will be February 12, 2017. Here’s the letter we shared. […]
A few years back I started doing an exercise by Chris Brogan called “my three wordsâ€. The idea is to choose three words that will serve as a guiding theme for the coming year. You can read more about it in his blog post here. […]
This article is published by Seedbed Worship Design Collective, http://www.seedbed.com/book-recommendations-for-worship-leaders-2016-edition/ Recently I was asked about book recommendations for worship leaders. There’s a lot out there that are either directly or indirectly helpful to the worship leaders growth and development. Here’s some I’ve read recently worth checking out: The Worship Pastor: A Call To Ministry [...]
I’m delighted to say I’ll be venturing on my first ever ministry project to the nation of Ukraine. I’ll fly out October 25 and fly back November 4, 2016. I’m planning to be back in church at HFUMC on November 6th. I would be most appreciative of your prayers! I’ll be a guest lecturer at the Ukrainian [...]
We recently held a working retreat for our worship ministry volunteers and it was a big win for all involved. So much so that Seedbed Worship Design Collective published my debreif on how you can do one too. Read the full article “How To Invigorate Your Worship Ministry With A Retreat”  here. […]
