Last Monday I gave a presentation in my Principles and Practices of Worship class on “seeker sensitive churches/worship services.” You can download the power point presentation by going here: Seeker Sensitive Powerpoint Presentation I would define a seeker sensitive church this way: Using the weekend services to reach the unchurched through high quality music, media, [...]

Wow what a crazy weekend I have. Yesterday was a day spent with worship ministry staff and leadership going over a DISC personality profile workshop and then a ministry-wide dessert get together. Today I am part of strategic and long term planning for the worship ministry at Sunset. Hoping for a wonderful day with much [...]

The last couple weeks a lot of great music has come out. I haven’t had a chance to get a hold of all of it, but I’ve been listening to a not as well known band a lot: Needtobreathe. They are really really great. Picture this: Kings of Leon meet Warren Barfield meet Tenth Avenue [...]

Yesterday I was in and out of watching The Nines, a church leadership conference that took place entirely on the web. From what I know of, I think it was the first of its kind and will likely be replicated more and more in the future. In most cases I eat stuff like this up. [...]

I’ve noticed this video being all over the place in the past week, but I wanted to post it for those of you who haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. It took me about 10 years to start enjoying Oregon and Portland, but I am now officially a fan…of it all. (come here [...]

Over the weekend I went back and forth as to whether I should share something that was on my heart during Sunset’s services on Sunday or not. In the end I decided to only share it in the 11 because it tied in very well with the first 2 songs. Here is basically what I [...]